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OSCE Chairmanship calls for negotiations on Transnistria
November 06, 2009 - PoliticomThe Greek Alternate Foreign Minister, Dimitris Droutsas, encouraged participants in the 5+2 format to renew formal negotiations on a Transdniestrian settlement during a meeting held in Vienna today. Minister Droutsas had convened an informal meeting...
Moldova has a new governor of the central bank
November 06, 2009 - PoliticomDorin Dragutanu has become the new governor of Moldova National Bank (MNB) after having been elected by 52 Members of Parliament of the Alliance for European Integration on Friday, DECA-press informs. The communist opposition faction refused voting...
A tragic anniversary in Georgia
November 06, 2009 - SocialBy Paul Goble Tomorrow, in various ways and with various feelings in their hearts, many people across the former Soviet space will commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Bolshevik coup d’état. But in Georgia, many will mark the 2nd anniversary...
Chişinău: 48 de cazuri noi de infectare cu virusul gripei porcine
November 06, 2009 - SocialIn Moldova au fost inregistrate, intr-o singura zi, 48 de cazuri noi de infectare cu virusul gripei pandemice (porcine). Centrului National de Medicina Preventiva precizeaza ca numarul total al celor infectati cu acest virus este acum de 113. Ministrul...
US military praising policewoman who wounded shooter at Fort Hood
November 06, 2009 - SocialOfficials at Fort Hood Military base in Texas have praised a civilian policewoman for stopping Thursday's shooting spree that killed 13 people and wounded 31 others. Fort Hood Spokesman, Colonel John Rossi, told reporters early Friday police woman Kimberly...
US jobless rate hits highest level since 1983
November 06, 2009 - EconomieBy Jim Randle The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the highest level since 1983. Friday's report from the Labor Department says U.S. employers cut fewer workers in October than the prior month, but the overall...
New York Yankees win Major League Baseball's Championship title
November 05, 2009 - SportBy Richard Green The New York Yankees defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 7-3, Wednesday, to win the 2009 World Series, the championship round of North American Major League Baseball. New York's Japanese-born designated hitter, Hideki Matsui...
Berlin Wall's Lessons for Today
November 05, 2009 - PoliticomTwo decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin writes in today's USA Today about the vital need for "trustworthy information" in repressive societies By Jeffrey Gedmin First as a college student, then as a...
Manfred Grund: Moldova should better advertise itself in Europe
November 04, 2009 - PoliticomTo achieve a stronger support from European nations in its efforts to join the European Union, Moldova should actively promote its image on the continent, German parliamentarian Manfred Grund stated in Chisinau on Monday evening during the European political...
Dorin Dragutan to be governor of Moldova's central bank
November 04, 2009 - PoliticomDirector of Assurance Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dorin Dragutan, is one of the candidatures of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) to the position of governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), proposed by Speaker of Parliament...