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World News // 1 decade ago

Moldova headed for elections

The leader of Moldova's Communist Party said Friday his party will not support the candidacy of Marian Lupu for head of state on Monday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Moldova still without president

Moldova's newly elected parliament met for the first time Friday but deadlocked on electing a president.

Top News // 1 decade ago

President of Moldova seeks recount

The president of Moldova called Friday for a full recount of votes in the disputed parliamentary election, seizing the issue from protesters.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Communists win Moldova Parliament majority

Communists allied with outgoing President Vladimir Voronin have won a majority in Moldova's parliamentary elections, returns indicate.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Leaders to work on Transnistria conflict

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is welcoming an agreement to move forward on a process to settle the Transnistria conflict.

Special Reports // 1 decade ago

Political will needed to resolve conflict

After two days of meetings, officials say ending the ongoing conflict between Transdniestria and Moldova will require political will from both sides.

Energy News // 1 decade ago

Analysis: U.K. firm to audit Turkmen gas

Since the death in December 2005 of Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, Western energy firms have longingly eyed Turkmenistan's vast natural gas reserves, which even during the Soviet era were estimated at 10 trillion to 14 trillion cubic meters, exceeded only by those of the Russian Federation. Among the potential suitors for Ashgabat's favor, no firms were more ardent than U.S. companies. Alas, once again for Washington, the groom has been left at the altar.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Bread price increases banned in drought

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has banned the increasing of bread prices amid the nation's worst drought in 50 years.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Russian base quest too much for Moldova

A last-minute Russian plan to put a military base in Moldova was the reason the country's president refused to sign onto a 2003 accord with Moscow.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Moldovan accuses Russia of bribe plot

Moldova's opposition leader has accused Russia of trying to bribe him, Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.

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We are able to ensure stable prices for this prime necessity and shall prevent the country's food security from suffering
Bread price increases banned in drought Jul 24, 2007

They are upset about our country rising from its knees, people getting rid of the fear and the elimination of racketeering
Crimebarons meddling in Moldova Feb 28, 2005

Vladimir Nicolaevici Voronin (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Воронин, Vladimir Nikolaevich Voronin) (born May 25, 1941) is a Moldovan politician. He has been the President of Moldova since 2001 and the First Secretary of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) since 1994. He is Europe's first democratically elected communist head of state after the dissolution of Eastern Bloc.

Vladimir Voronin was born in the village of Corjova, Dubăsari district of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Despite his russified name, his ethnic origins are Romanian. His grandfather was Isidor Sârbu, an anticommunist fighter in Romania after 1944. Voronin's mother, Pelagheia Bujeniţă, died on July 2, 2005.

Voronin graduated from the Cooperation College (Kooperativny technikum) of Chişinău (1961), the All-Union Institute for Food Industry (1971), the Academy of Social Sciences of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1983), and the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union (1991).

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