Moldova

European reforms, fight against corruption, priorities for Moldova

Support to the Republic of Moldova on its European path must and can be enhanced in 2015 through continuity in the relation with the Chisinau Cabinet, Prime Minister Victor Ponta told AGERPRES.

Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, in a meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council taking place in Basel with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, discussed about the post-vote situation in the Republic of Moldova, reads a release of MAE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to AGERPRES on Thursday.

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu hailed pro-European parties' victory in the November 30 elections in Moldova, Romania's former Soviet neighbour state.

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The incumbent president, Traian Basescu hails the victory of the pro-European parliamentary parties of the Republic of Moldova and hopes that the modernisation process of this country and the nearness to the European Union will be speeded up, highlighting that Romania will further be a partner in carrying out these goals, according to the Presidential Administration.

Romania's Foreign Affairs Minister, Bogdan Aurescu has had on Monday, in Chisinau, the capital-city of the Republic of Moldova, a half-an-hour meeting with the neighbouring country's President, Nicolae Timofti, in his first visit abroad since he was appointed in office.

Despite expectations that it will occupy third or fourth place in the Sunday parliamentary elections, the pro-Russian Socialist party of Moldova is in the lead, according to preliminary results.

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Moldova is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday expected to decide whether the ex-Soviet country would maintain its recent course towards EU membership or turn back and move closer to Russia.

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The Romanian Academy and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in a joint meeting of the leaders of the two institutions on Friday, the Romanian Academy Press Office informs in a release sent to AGERPRES.

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti on Friday hailed the decision of the President-elect of Romania, Klaus Iohannis to pay his first visit abroad to Chisinau, after the November 16 presidential runoff, a press release by the presidential Administration of the Republic of Moldova says.