Tag Archives: Moldova
Moldova: “Revolution, here we come!” Or Consequences !?! (part 4)
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). [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, elections, media, pman, protests, Revoloution, riots 1 Comment
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!" Or who is to blame? (part 3)
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 [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, elections, pman, protests, revolution, riots 8 Comments
Exclusive photos from Chisinau, Moldova
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 [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, photos, pman, protests, revolution, riots, violence 6 Comments
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!" (part 2)
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, [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, elections, opposition, pman, protests, revolution, riots, violence 7 Comments
What is happening in Moldova?
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 [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, media, pman, protests, revolution, riots, sources 3 Comments
Moldova: "Revolution, here we come!"
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 [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged Chisinau, elections, pman, protests, revolution, riots 10 Comments
Kosmolinks #8
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 [...]
Posted in Kosmolinks Also tagged Bucharest, Chisinau, European Parliament, links, lisbon treaty, Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia, Srebrenica, UN Leave a comment
Transnistria's internal power struggles
A quite interesting article on the internal power struggles in Transnistria called Sheriffs vs. Patriots (!) speculates about the underlying internal reasons for the recent plan on the settlement of the conflict in Transnistria. Insistent rumors are circulating in Transdniester that Igor Smirnov has fallen out with the Kremlin. Moscow has again refused to grant financial [...]
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Breakthrough in Transnistria?
Apparently a solution for the conflict around the breakaway region of Transnistria has been found. Vladimir Socor reports in the Eurasia Daily Monitor about the deal between Russia and Moldova and he highlights the anticipated consequences for the Moldovan constitution. The proposed settlement plan consists of three interrelated documents: The first document paves the way [...]
Posted in Eastern Europe Also tagged European Neighbourhood, Kremlin, Russia, Russian Politics, Transnistria 8 Comments
Civil society reacts on crisis in Moldova