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A number of well known Moldovan civil society leaders issued a statement on the crisis: Declaration regarding the escalating social and political situation in Moldova after the parliamentary elections of April 5, 2009 (pdf)
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) also published a ‘Moldovan NGO statement’: A Sustainable Solution to Political Crisis in Moldova [...]
Written by Guest blogger Dorina in Chisinau - Read more here: part 1 , part 2 & part 3!
On April 8 2009, people knew that the evening before it was said that the protests will continue and that meeting hour was 10 AM in PMAN (the National Square, in front of the Government building). That [...]
Written by Guest blogger Dorina (in Chisinau/Moldova). Here are part 1 and part 2 of her story! NEW: part 4
Soon after that the Presidency have been occupied, the protesters entered into the building, got on the roof and on the 1st level balcony and entered the cabinet of the Mr. Vladimir Voronin, the President of [...]
Photos taken on April 7, 2008 in central Chisinau/Moldova. Credit goes to “ADL” in Chisinau. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the photos. Please mention ADL and link to kosmopolito.org if you do so. Click on any image to start a slide show. (I edited the photos after a hint by Luminita, thanks [...]
Written by Guest blogger Dorina (in Chisinau/Moldova). Read the first part of her story here. NEW: part 3 and part 4
The population in Chisinau, the capital of Republic of Moldova doesn’t recognize the results of the elections in which the communists won. They believe the elections were rigged.
The protest continued today, April 7, [...]
What a day in Chisinau/ Moldova. Is it a twitter revolution as some claimed? Or a grape revolution? Or not a revolution at all? One thing is remarkable: For the first time I did not switch on the TV for news updates but only checked twitter #pman and other news websites (for example Unimedia), mainly [...]
Guest blogger: Dorina (Live from Chisinau/Moldova) NEW: Read more here: part 2 , part 3 and part 4!
On April 6, at 6 pm, the second day after the Parliamentary elections, when the counting of almost 98% of the votes was indicating that the communist have won again (obtaining almost 50% and 61 seats in the [...]
Marko Bucik looks at Sarkozy’s wise men group that was transformed into a reflection group.
The signing of the Charter of Fundamental Rights caused some turmoil in the European Parliament.
This is the Treaty of Lisbon. And here is a useful collection of papers and studies dealing with the new treaty.
ISN Security Watch reports about a surprise [...]
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