Moldovan’s NGO’s are harassed by the government

Moldovan nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) say they are facing increasing harassment from the government, RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service reports.
IDIS Vitorul, the Institute for Public Policy, and the Association for Participative Democracy issued an open letter on April 27 saying that because of their criticism of the way the police handled the recent election protests, they found themselves […]

Les partis libéraux de l’opposition moldave font la lumière sur les élections déloyales

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A l’invitation de l’ADLE, les représentants de l’opposition moldave ont assisté aujourd’hui à Strasbourg à un débat sur la situation dans leur pays organisé au Parlement européen après le recomptage des élections générales contestées du 5 avril 2009 qui ont confirmé la victoire […]

The Spanish gambit

Spain in 2005 «normalised» 600,000 irregular migrants. The move stopped short of granting EU citizenship but did give permanent residency and right to work, with Madrid at the time facing strong criticism for failing to consult EU colleagues.
Poland at one point mooted offering citizenship to up to 1 million ethnic Poles left in Ukraine, […]

Under EU law, Romania is free to give citizenship to anybody it likes.

EU states in any case collectively naturalise over 730,000 people a year in what amounts to an annual mini-enlargement, bigger in scale than the individual populations of the smallest member states, Malta and Luxembourg.
In 2006 — the latest data available — the UK and France each gave citizenship to some 150,000 people, while Germany […]

EU dismayed by Romania mass citizenship plan

ANDREW RETTMAN
http://euobserver.com/9/27953/?rk=1

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS — EU institutions are appalled at Romania’s proposal to give citizenship to up to 1 million Moldovans - a project that could damage Romania’s standing inside the union.

If the scheme goes ahead and Moldova retaliates by making dual citizenship illegal, the EU country would effectively annex one quarter of its […]

Moldova welcome at EU summit despite crackdown

ANDREW RETTMAN
16.04.2009 @ 09:31 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS — A special gathering of MEPs together with the Romanian foreign minister in Brussels on Wednesday (15 April) said Moldova should be invited to an EU summit for eastern partners, despite recent violence.

«The EU will defend the rights of the democratic opposition, NGOs, those detained and killed […]

The United States is concerned about the situation in Moldova

Robert Wood, Acting Department Spokesman
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
April 16, 2009

The United States is concerned about the situation in Moldova following the violence on April 7. Although order has been restored and subsequent demonstrations have been peaceful, we have received reports from civil society and international observers of mistreatment of those detained […]

Letter of Concern on Recent Human Rights Violations in the Republic of Moldova

To: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Attn: Ms. Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights
Letter of Concern on Recent Human Rights Violations
in the Republic of Moldova

Your Excellency,
On the occasion of your visit to Princeton University to deliver the keynote address for the 2009 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs, we want to […]

The police announced the family that Eugen hung himself with footwear laces

The family of Eugen Tsapu says the police declared that their son was found hanged in a building in Chisinau, who hanged himself with footwear laces. Eugen weight over 80 kg, and has no ordinary cut throat specific to suicide.
The aggrieved family of Eugen Tsapu told us through tears that they had been advised to go […]

Another deceased young man: Soroca City is mourning

Today, Tsapu family from Soroca was informed by police sources that their son, Eugen Tsapu, had died.
Eugen’s father had a tormenting journey to Chisinau where he saw his 26-year old son, who is almost impossible to be recognized. «It’s a big tragedy, excessively big one»,