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As EU pact is celebrated, Moldova keeps wary eye on Russia

July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 VOANews Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Former Soviet republic Moldova’s government is happily embracing a new pact with the European Union. But the celebration is overshadowed

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Europe 

EU prepares to sign association agreements with three former Soviet states

June 26, 2014June 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The European Union will sign association agreements on June 27 with three countries in its Eastern Partnership – Ukraine, Moldova

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Europe 

In Moldova, visa-free does not mean poverty-free

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Moldova

A short while ago, it was unaffordable for the family of Ecaterina Hauca (15) from the village of Tigheci in

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Europe 

Separatist Transnistria finds it needs Moldova after all

May 22, 2014 The Kyiv Post Moldova

Kremlin-backed separatists in Donbas and Russian-annexed Crimea have something to learn from Transnistria, the breakaway republic of Moldova. The region’s

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Europe 

Europe raises stakes with tour of former Soviet states

May 14, 2014May 16, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

The President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy visited Georgia Wednesday – the latest stop on a tour of

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Europe 

EU to sign major deal with Moldova on June 27

May 14, 2014 VOANews Moldova

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says the EU will sign a major economic and political agreement with Moldova on

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Europe 

Tensions in CEE with parallel celebrations of Europe Day, Victory Day on May 9

May 9, 2014May 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The atmosphere in a number of Central and Eastern European countries – especially Ukraine – was anything but celebratory as

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Europe 

Ukraine: Struggle over Mariupol – and tensions over May 9 commemorations

May 7, 2014May 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian officials said on May 7 that government forces had retaken the city hall in the south-eastern port of Mariupol,

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Europe 

Tensions high on Ukraine’s border with Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Oksana Grytsenko of The Kyiv Post Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

When on April 6 activists of the EuroMaidan Revolution came with Ukrainian flags and flowers from Odessa to Kuchurgan village

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