(UPDATE, 16.36) Liberation: a minority in Moldova wants reunification with Romania.  Moldovan youngsters organizing the protests last week in the Republic of Moldova took a stand against the Communist rule and pleaded for a reunification with Romania, a country which shares their language and history, Liberation reads. Read the news here!

(UPDATE, 16.13) Russian President, Dmitri Medvedev, supports V. Voronin and declares that the protests from Moldova have been anti constitutional. Also he qualified the Romanian flag hoiting on the presidency and parliament as - "monstrous".

(UPDATE, 12.20) Financial Times/Hotnews.ro: EU has no choice but to accept Romania's citizenship policy. The European Union has to face situations in which certain states abuse their sovereignty and act in their own interest, British daily Financial Times reads, referring to Romania's decision to accelerate the citizenship process for one million Moldovans. See the news here!

(UPDATE, 12.13) French Newspaper Le Figaro: La «révolution» volée des Moldaves.
Des milliers d'opposants au régime communiste moldave ont défilé hier à Chisinau. Au Parlement, trois formations d'opposition ont dénoncé d'une même voix les violations flagrantes des droits de l'homme.   
See the entire article here

(UPDATE, 12.09) Baroness Emma Nicholson calls on Moldovan Government to improve treatment of protestors in custody. The declaration was made previous day.
“I am deeply saddened and dismayed that yet another death of a person in police custody has been reported in Moldova following the electoral unrest. “The President must issue an urgent blanket instruction that all prisoners are treated according to international standards and make a special effort to bring prisoners to trial quickly. “It is essential that the Moldovan authorities honour the conventions and agreements they have signed supporting the values of the European Union, Council of Europe and United Nations.”  

(UPDATE, 12.06) NDI deplores violence in Moldova and calls for dialogue to resolve disputes. NDI welcomes the procurator general’s announcement today that described as “groundless” charges that the Institute’s resident representative violated the terms of his residency in Moldova.  NDI hopes that his status and that of NDI will be formalized as soon as possible.

(UPDATE, 12.01) CNN: Moldovan government attacking journalists, reporter says. Authorities began harassing journalists Thursday, when four journalists covering the arrests of protesters were attacked and their cameras destroyed. You cand see the detailed article here.


(UPDATE, 11.45) FINANCIAL TIMES: A senior official in Moldova's Communist party has admitted that opposition protesters have been subject to police brutality over the past week but said the officers in question should not be punished.

Marian Lupu, speaker of Moldova's parliament, said the amnesty from prosecution announced on Wednesday by Vladimir Voronin, Moldova's president, must apply to protesters who contested the Communists' election victory two weeks ago as well as to the police who beat them in holding cells.
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