Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Arcadie Barbarosie: Power has seen an enemy in civil society organizatons 2. Lilia Carasciuc: Controlling the civil society is a clear way towards a dictatorial regime 3. Andrei Brighidin: More than 90...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Natalia Albu: External threats are fueled by vulnerability within the state - by poor governance 2. Ion Tăbârţă: Moldovan politcal actors exploit security threats in order to obtain electoral and economic...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. How is the Republic of Moldova handling the issue of the Gagauz autonomy? Mindaugas Kacerauskis: Gagauzia can serve as a positive example for Transnistria in the regulatory process. 2. Elena Bacalu:...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Sergiu Sîrbu, co-author of the draft law on the change of the electoral system and vice-chairman of PDM: The vast majority of citizens are asking for the change of the...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Romanian ambassador to Chisinau, Daniel Ioniță: Romanian assistance is directed at all Moldovan citizens, and not at certain partners or politcians 2. Ukrainian ambassador to Chisinau, Ivan Gnatşin: Ukraine is a...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Sebastan Kurz, Austria’s Foreign Minister and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Ofce: We should make best use of this window of opportunity in political terms. 2. Andrei Deviatkov: Moscow is aware of the electoral...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. This newsletter is dedicated to the impressions on the year 2016 and how the past year was seen by PirkkaTapiola, the Head of the EU Delegation to the Republic of...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The current newsletter presents the opinions of oficials, participants in the “5+2” negotiations format, local and international experts on the Transnistrian settlement prospects, discussed at the international conference “Transnistrian settlement...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The Republic of Moldova after the presidential elections. Igor Dodon: We will have to carry out negotations in a tripartite format – Russia, UE, and the Republic of Moldov.a 2. Ion...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The Republic of Moldova afetr the first round of presidential elections. The first statements of Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu, and the reactions of the electoral competitors excluded from the...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Serghei Gherasimciuk, Kiev: The alternative to the European integration is transformation of Ukraine and of the Republic of Moldova into a „geopolitical morass” between Russia and the EU. 2. Sorin Ioniță,...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The Britsh Ambassador to Chisinau, Phil Batson: Taking business out of politics is one of the major challenges for the future of the Republic of Moldova. 2. Executve Director of IDIS...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Signe Burgstaller: The systemic high level corruption is a major obstacle for the political and economic development. 2. Nicu Popescu: Brexit - any internal weakening of the EU has a negative...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Berlin and Moscow – a tandem in the resumption of the 5+2 negotations. Corneliu Ciurea: “Transnistrisaton” of Moldova means an increasing influence of the Eurasian factor to the detriment of...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Alexander Kremer, Head of the World Bank Ofice in Moldova: Negative trend can be reversed in the space of one government if the will to do so is there. 2. Polish...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Britsh Ambassador to Chisinau, Phil Batson: The major risk is that the establishment does not learn from its mistakes and continues to pay lip service to the reform process. 2. Ex-Finance...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Moldova Cooperation Commitee of the European Parliament, Andi Cristea: „Deeds speak more than words and promises. So we want to see results”. 2. Petru Macovei:...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Government sworn into ofce against the background of protests and instability. Nicu Popescu: The current situaton is not caused by external factors, but rather by the corrupted domestc politcal class. 2....

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. Politcal reformatng in Chisinau – an alternative to the current political class? 2. Veaceslav Negruță: With the appearance of new political leaders there is more optimism for a healthy alternative to...

TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The fight against corruption and the judicial reform – are these objectves achievable in Moldova? Laura Ștefan: If citizens don’t demand changes from the political class, the changes will not...