Moldova

Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey On Using Twitter For Social Change

Huffington Post | Shams Kazi | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact


In case you haven't noticed, Twitter has made headlines recently as a platform for passionate people to effect social change. In April, the presiden...

Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

Democracy's Digital Revolution

New York TImes | Posted 11.14.2009 | Technology


There is no turning back the clock. We now have more public opinion exerting pressure on politics than ever before. The question is how it may be chan...

Moldova Elections: Communists Lose

Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


Moldova's pro-Western opposition parties have defeated the Communist Party in repeat parliamentary elections. With most of the votes tabulated, the C...

The I-Factor

David Hoffman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


David Hoffman

From Iran to Pakistan, information access puts authoritarian rulers in a dilemma.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Obama and the Muslim World Facts: US President Barack Obama completed his much-anticipated trip to the Mid...

World In Photos: June 2, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

Communists Win Moldova Election Recount

Moscow Times | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


Moldova's ruling Communist Party was again declared the winner on Tuesday in the country's disputed parliamentary elections in a recount ordered after...

Moldova: Power to the People, Electronically Speaking

Moira Gunn | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


Moira Gunn

Yes, the Information Age has arrived, and without a doubt, information and freedom are inextricably linked. Truth be told, the power of governments will never be the same.

Moldovan President Calls For Recount

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV and CORNELIU RUSNAC | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova's Communist president called Friday for a recount of ballots in last weekend's parliamentary elections in an effort ...

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Turning East - Turning West: Brewing Revolutions and Breakaway Provinces Facts: Up to 100,000 protesters h...

West Must Speak up for Moldova

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Oleg Kozlovsky

Will the West allow the pro-European democratic forces in Moldova to be crushed by the Communist regime?

Two Detained For Moldovan 'Coup Attempt'

Radio Free Europe | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


Ukrainian police and customs officers have detained two Moldovan citizens at the airport in Odessa, RFE/RL's Ukrainian service reports. ...

Moldova Blames Romania For Violent Riots

BBC | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Moldova's president has accused neighbouring Romania of stoking the protests that erupted into violence in the capital Chisinau on Tuesday....

Moldova erupts into violent protests after elections

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.09.2009 | Home

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Protests in Moldova. Photo: Denis Graur Riots broke out in Moldova — a former Soviet republic between Ukraine and Romania — as t...

Massive Protests Explode In Moldova With Help Of Twitter

New York Times | ELLEN BARRY | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


A crowd of more than 10,000 young Moldovans materialized seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday to protest against Moldova's Communist leadership, ransac...

Moldova Students Raid Parliament In Protest Of Newly Elected Communists

BBC | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Demonstrators in Moldova have attacked the country's parliament in protest at the victory of the governing Communist Party in Sunday's general electio...

Europe's Last Ruling Communists

Amb. Swanee Hunt | Posted 05.06.2009 | World


Amb. Swanee Hunt

Today is election day in Moldova, Europe's poor step-sister in the southeast corner, near the Black Sea.

Metropolitan Kirill Elected New Patriarch Of Russian Orthodox Church

Radio Free Europe | Jeffrey Donovan | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


The Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelmingly elected Metropolitan Kirill as its new leader, succeeding the late Patriarch Aleksy II, the shepherd of...