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12.04.2009, 14:42
A 23-year-old man who took part in mass protests in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, has died on Sunday. Parents claim he was beaten by the police after arrest, while officials say he may have died of gas poisoning.
10.04.2009, 22:19
The office staff of the Moldovian newspaper “Jurnal de Chisinau” and the online news channel jurnaltv.md have requested political asylum in the U.S., according to Interfax.
10.04.2009, 19:27
Moldova's President, Vladimir Voronin, called on the country's Constitutional Court to order a re-count of the Parliamentary election.
10.04.2009, 14:40
A Romanian national involved in organizing riots in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, has been detained, says the country's Prosecutor General’s Office. Further investigations continue into who instigated the protests.
10.04.2009, 03:54
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Unlike many former Soviet states during the past ten years, something is fundamentally different in the case of Moldova’s opposition unrest. Some analysts already consider this week's events in Chisinau a revolution.
09.04.2009, 11:47
Moldova has announced the official count of Sunday's parliamentary election. The communist party got a landslide victory with over 49 % of the votes. This could bring another wave of rallies following two days of protest
09.04.2009, 00:34
Protesters in Moldova are vowing to continue rioting if the government does not call a new parliamentary vote.
08.04.2009, 07:41
Moldova's leader has appealed to the world community for help in ending the unrest in the country after thousands took to the streets of the capital, Chisinau, to protest the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
02.03.2010, 17:51
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Viktor Yanukovich’s victory in the presidential race has led to the disintegration of a Timoshenko-led coalition of three parties. What’s next for Ukrainian politics?
07.04.2010, 17:15
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Clashes between protesters and police in Kyrgyzstan have continued on Wednesday, spreading to the capital Bishkek. Human rights organizations have described the situation in the country as "complex."
Published: 12 April, 2009, 18:06
Moldova’s Constitutional Court has decided that votes from the parliamentary election must be recounted within nine days. The decision follows violent riots after claims that the original balloting was rigged.
