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CHISINAU, December 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is unable to fully compensate Moldova’s losses resultant from higher prices on Russian natural gas, but it may cushion the effects, IMF mission head Thomas Richardson told a Friday press conference in Chisinau. He said the Moldovan government had asked the IMF for help. It would be unfair for the IMF to compensate all losses of Moldova, because fuel costs are growing in all countries and consumers should become economical. At the same time, the IMF will help Moldova with loans, because it is a main task of the Fund...

On December 2, a constituent forum of the Democratic Choice Commonwealth took place in Kiev. The is as an alternative organization to the CIS, that unites Ukraine, Moldavia, and all Baltic countries, Poland, Slovenia, Macedonia, Romania and Georgia. During the round table discussion “Influence of the fourth wave of NATO expansion on political and election processes in post-Soviet countries”, that took place in Moscow on December 2, President of the Effective Policy Foundation Gleb Pavlovsky stated, that the creation of the new organization presumes peculiar blockade of Russia, as a REGNUM correspondent informs. “The unification of democratic countries’ club between...

The official Chisinau is in possession of documents indicating that weapons from Transnistria were supplied to Iraq, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin stated to Russian journalists who are paying a 5-day-long working visit to this republic on the Moldovan leadership's invitation. "We have sent to Russia a file with documents on the directions of arms exports from Transnistria. According to the data available with us, 13 Transnistrian industrial enterprises manufacture armaments continuously. We have a document from the Presidential Office of Saddam Hussein's certifying that weapons from Transnistria used to be imported to Iraq. Now we are scrutinizing this", Voronin...

CHISINAU. Oct 27 (Interfax) - Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev thinks that armaments from Russian stockpiles in Transdniestria might have been shipped to Chechen militants and, probably, Beslan. "Unfortunately, as far as we know, some armaments from the Russian depots in Transdniestria have been sent to Chechnya and some allegedly went to militants in Beslan," he told the Russian press in Chisinau on Thursday. "We must finally eliminate this source of arms for separatists and terrorists," he said.

CHISINAU (AFP) - Moldova's Communist party retained its dominant position after weekend parliamentary elections that, according to final results, confirmed the former Soviet republic's pro-European turn in the past few months. AFP Photo AFP Slideshow: Moldova Elections The Communists, who have recently distanced themselves from Moscow and shifted towards the West, won over 46.1 percent of Sunday's vote, the central election commission said, with all the ballots counted. The vote is vital to the tiny republic splitting Romania -- a future European Union (news - web sites) member -- and Ukraine, as the nation's parliament decides the country's president, with...

MOSCOW, December 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has supplied to Moldova 10,000 tonnes of wheat in disinterested aid. The possibility of more supplies will be discussed in January, Deputy Prime Minister, Agriculture Minister Alexey Gordeyev told President Vladimir Putin. Gordeyev said he had held a meeting with Moldova’s ambassador in Moscow and deputy prime minister. “Moldova thanked Russia for the provided 10,000 tonnes of wheat. We advised to distribute the aid proportionately, including the population of the Dniester Region,” Gordeyev said. Moldova asked Russia for more wheat supplies. “We agreed to raise this question again in January, depending on the situation...