Chisinau - Former Moldovan president Petru Lucinschi endorsed opposition parties running against the ruling Communists in upcoming parliamentary elections, the Infotag news agency reported Monday.
Lucinschi served in Moldova's highest office from 1997 to 2001, when he was replaced by Moldova Communist party boss Vladimir Voronin.
Moldovans should vote for "a younger generation" to throw out "the present generation in power," Lucinschi said at a Chisinau press conference.
Chisinau - More than 7,000 protestors gathered in the of the Moldovan capital Chisinau on Monday to protest the Communist government and its alleged corruption, the Infotag news agency reported.
The peaceful demonstration organized by opposition groups moved through the city centre without incident. The march was the largest yet seen in the run-up to parliamentary elections scheduled for April 5.
Chisinau - Moldova's Communist Party appeared on track to retain or even strengthen its near-total control of the former Soviet republic's government, according to the results of a nationwide survey made public Tuesday.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and his ruling Communists enjoy 36 per cent support, while the opposition Liberal-Democratic Party and Liberal Party currently can manage only 16 per cent combined, according to data gathered by the Barometre of Public Opinion, a Chisinau-based political science research group.
Chisinau - A Moldovan opposition party accused the ruling Communists of using western-donated humanitarian aid to buy votes in upcoming parliament elections, the Infotag news agency reported Friday.
A statement from the Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) claimed government officials were handing out to potential voters food and goods sent the former Soviet republic in 2007 and 2008 by Europeans concerned with droughts and floods hitting Moldova at the time.
Moscow - Russian President Dmirty Medvedev on Wednesday brokered peace talks in the 20-year-old frozen conflict between Moldova and its separatist region.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and Transdniestr leader Igor Smirnov signed a statement in Moscow pledging to continue direct talks "with the goal of invigorating the negotiating process for the political resolution of the Transdniestr conflict," news agency Interfax reported.
The meeting comes ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in Moldova on April 5.
Moscow - Russian President Dmirty Medvedev on Wednesday brokered peace talks in the 20-year-old frozen conflict between Moldova and its separatist region.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and Transdniestr leader Igor Smirnov signed a statement in Moscow pledging to continue direct talks "with the goal of invigorating the negotiating process for the political resolution of the Transdniestr conflict," news agency Interfax reported.
The meeting comes ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in Moldova on April 5.
Chisinau - Former Moldovan president Petru Lucinschi endorsed opposition parties running against the ruling Communists in upcoming parliamentary elections, the Infotag news agency reported Monday.
Chisinau - More than 7,000 protestors gathered in the of the Moldovan capital Chisinau on Monday to protest the Communist government and its alleged corruption, the Infotag news agency reported.
Moscow - Russian President Dmirty Medvedev on Wednesday brokered peace talks in the 20-year-old frozen conflict between Moldova and its separatist region.
