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 […]

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 […]

L’acces au listes de votes est limite

La comitet electorale centrale, annonce que 8 formations ont solicite l’acces au listes de votes qui travaille ensemble avec les representats des instances de judgment. Les representats des formations dit que l’access au lists de votes est tres limite dans certains point electorale et interdit dans d’autres.

Tennis and Charity for Moldovans

Denis is 16-years-old and lives in Chişinău. Like so many children in Moldova today, both of his parents have gone abroad in search of work, leaving him and his twin sister behind. Yet Denis has cerebral palsy and is just one of the thousands of disabled children who have slipped through the net of […]

You Can Stop Corruption: Ziarul de Gardă at the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemiţanu

The campaign ‘You Can Stop Corruption’ continues. Last week we met some of our readers in front of the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy Nicolae Testemiţanu. We are glad that more and more young people came to meet us to express their opinion regarding corruption in the Republic of Moldova.