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 […]

Vladimir Voronin: «This is not ‘ciastnaia lavocika’ this is a state »

(ciastnaia lavocika (ru) — private booth)
Yesterday, the Romanian ambassador in Republic of Moldova was declared ‘persona non grata’. Yesterday as well, the Government decided to introduce visas for Romanian citizens. In this light, president Vladimir Voronin made a few declarations, in the presence of presidents of counties, of the Cabinet of Ministers, of deputies and […]

A Letter to the Ministry of Finance

“We are not normal and real patriots, we are fighting for a piece of bread which comes from abroad.”

Vladimir Voronin, President of the Republic of Moldova, at a meeting with the press, June 10 2008.

$24 million was given to the government of the Republic of Moldova to combat corruption by […]

The Year of the Youth: an “Electoral Charity”

Due to a lack of financial resources available for Moldova’s ‘Youth Year’ project, the Ministry of Education and Youth has transferred funds from its Youth Department to the YY scheme, thus attempting to accomplish the items of the December 26 2007 presidential decree.

Writing a Letter to the Government: a Case Study

30 minutes for writing a letter that will never reach them

If you are on the government’s website, you will easily find a couple of pieces of advice for writing a letter:

Choosing the recipient – 1 minute
Write to the Prime Minister
Write to the government’s press service
Write to the AAPC […]