News -
 | Journalistic freedom: Tiraspol Times staff weighing options after Moldovan gag law [0] - In the aftermath of a sweeping ban of "pro-separatist" media, journalists at The Tiraspol Times are weighing their options and seeking legal advice. On 5 June 2008, Moldova outlawed newspapers whose articles can be interpreted as positive coverage of Transdniestria. Moldova's legal authority over Transdniestria is in doubt but the country can enforce its laws internationally. ... |
| Moldova outlaws Tiraspol Times; others [0] - Moldova's Parliament has passed a sweeping law banning newspapers which "instigate territorial separatism". The ban applies to The Tiraspol Times and a number of other publications. Journalists can now be prosecuted for merely reporting the views of politicians and community leaders who are in favor of Transdniestria's independence.... |
| Transdniestria: Free market reforms cut red tape for small businesses [0] - The pace of economic reform is speeding up in Pridnestrovie with measures to boost local manufacturing and small businesses. Registration time for new firms is cut in half. New companies are also given a three year tax free "no tax holiday." ... |
| Moldova on human trafficking blacklist due to government complicity [0] |
| Romania's former Foreign Minister says Moldova should "decouple" from Trans-Dniester [0] |
| No more taboos: Tiraspol celebrates birthday of city's own Mikhail Larionov [0] |
| To Transnistria's plan of peace, Moldova responds with plan of war [0] |
| Graduate of Tiraspol "star factory" heads for top spot in European football [0] |
| Journalists cry out for help as free press is silenced in Moldova [0] |
| Moldova crackdown on press freedom brings international criticism [0] |
| U.S. disappointed with Kosovo for poor lobbying; limited recognition [0] |
| In Brussels, Moldova's Voronin sets conditions for new Pridnestrovie talks [0] |
| Inflation has Pridnestrovie officials worried [0] |
| Independence supporters from civil society and churches march in Tiraspol [0] |
| Female bodybuilders stand out in Tiraspol 2008 championship [0] |
| Brussels statement: Unrecognized states need voice in world community [0] |
| Moldova approval not needed for Transdniester independence [0] |
| Left-wing opposition demands Smirnov's resignation at Tiraspol protest rally [0] |
| Let Abkhazia have freedom and openness, recommends Wall Street Journal [0] |
| EU Parliament group wants Europe to "re-consider relations with Moldova after Pride violence" [0] |
| Moldova and Transdniester Parliament leaders meet in Brussels for EU-led talks [0] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses stonewalled by bureaucracy in Transdniestria [0] |
| Moldova police helping gay bashers attack minorities [0] |
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Features -
| Independence Day 2008 marks 18 years of Pridnestrovie living on its own [1] - 18 years of 'de facto' independence was celebrated in Pridnestrovie on 2 Sep 2008. The republic declared independence one year before Moldova.... |
| Pridnestrovie minority MPs recall beatings and attacks in Moldova Parliament [1] |
| Negotiations must reflect an objective reality, says Henry Kissinger [1] |
| Undiplomatic relations: Pridnestrovie clashes with Bulgaria, Romania [1] |
| Dynamics of the Moldova / Transdniestria ethnic conflict (1988-92) [1] |
| The 2003 plan for a common state with Moldova that Transdniester agreed to [1] |
| Moving past a "frozen conflict", voters in Pridnestrovie look to the future [1] |
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Opinion -
| More new countries predicted for Europe [2] - British Euro-MP Richard Corbett predicts that new countries are about to appear in Europe, and that some of them will be born as the result of flawed borders made by Stalin. In the same vein, blogger Carl McElroy argues that independence for Transdniestria is a better choice than defending outdated Stalinist cartography. ... |
| UN membership for the world's Phantom Republics [2] |
| What resurrecting Cold War with Russia costs us [2] |
| The West is strategically wrong on Russia [2] |
| Who Started Cold War II? [2] |
| Blowback from bear-baiting [2] |
| New media control laws [2] |
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Interviews -
| Yevgeny Shevchuk: "Division won't lead to a worse situation and destabilization" [3] - Formalizing the already 'de facto' division between Moldova and Pridnestrovie will not lead to a worsening of the situation and destabilization. That is the opinion of Pridnestrovie's Speaker of Parliament, pro-democracy politician Yevgeny Shevchuk, based on previous European examples. ... |
| Igor Smirnov: "We have not worked enough with other countries" [3] |
| Igor Smirnov: "There can be no common state with Moldova ... our people made that very clear" [3] |
| Alexei Ostrovsky: "Some political forces are ready to immediately recognize the unrecognized republics" [3] |
| Vladimir Voronin: "I can no longer hide my optimism" [3] |
| Valerianus Tulgar: "Moldovans in Transnistria overwhelmingly back independent statehood" [3] |
| Yevgeny Shevchuk: "Pridnestrovie must engage constructively with Moldova and Ukraine" [3] |
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