CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's president nominated Iurie Leanca on Wednesday to become prime minister to lead the country out of a political crisis that has paralyzed legislation and drawn criticism from Brussels. Leanca, who has been acting prime minister, was deputy to Vlad Filat, who resigned in March after losing a confidence vote amid feuding among leaders of their pro-European coalition. ...
Moldova held its first gay pride march yesterday in Chisinau. O-blog-dee-o-blog-da reports : I just saw this on twitter and cheered out loud: "First Pride March held in Moldova".
A new loan worth 2 million Euro will enter Moldova. The money will be given by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to boost energy efficiency projects in Moldova. According to a press release of the EBRD, the loan is part of the program called the Moldovan Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility (MoREEFF). It provides 35 million Euro to finance energy efficiency ...
U.S. Ambassador to Moldova, William H. Moser said that Moldova should take advantage of the skills and talents of all its citizens and not discriminate them against. In an interview with Publika TV, the American diplomat mentioned that Moldova will be able to have solid economic growth and a better society if the diversity is guaranteed. “Moldova needs the contribution of every person in order ...
Headline Title: Historic Pride march in Moldova should be 'first of many' 20 May 2013 The Moldovan authorities must ensure that yesterday's historic Pride march in the capital Chisinau is the "first of many" and is followed up by other steps to combat homophobic discrimination, Amnesty International said today. Around 100 people participated in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ...
The political crisis in the Republic of Moldova has sparked reactions oversees. Representatives of several non-governmental organizations with development programs in Moldova, as well as former U.S. government officials met last week in Washington, D.C. to discuss the recent laws adopted by the Parliament which caused concern among the European officials. In the informal “Friends of Moldova ...
The LGBT community in Moldova marched in Chisinau, the capital, on Sunday. This was the first gay pride parade in years, which was successfully protected by hundreds of police officers. The march was peaceful and no clashes between the anti-gay and homosexual persons were registered. Although the LGBT community members were supposed to walk through the Central Square of Chisinau, the court ruled ...
Steve Woehrel is a specialist in European Affairs at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which is a US government agency that does objective, nonpartisan research and analysis for Members of the US Congress and their staff. In an interview with Moldova.ORG, Mr. Woehrel talked about the current political challenges in Moldova, as well as the Transnistrian conflict resolution. Moldova.ORG ...
Moldova seems to have lost its European integration path and it is less likely to sign the Association Agreement during the Eastern Partnership Summit, said Graham Watson, the EU Parliament’s rapporteur for Moldova in a statement for Moldova.ORG. “I fear it is now highly unlikely that Moldova will be able to sign any of the agreements foreseen with the EU at the Eastern Partnership summit in ...