Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Republic of Moldova is not planning to accede to NATO, and all media stories concerning such a plan are but inventions, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated in his interview with Russia's official ITAR-TASS new agency, adding that during the first month of his premiership he has already got tired refuting the inventions. Filat explained the republic is not going to join...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat declared in an interview given to “Cotidianul” from Bucharest that, the key to the Transnistrian conflict is in Chisinau, DECA-press Agency informs. The „Solution is in Chisinau and it depends directly on the living conditions, rights and freedoms citizens from the right bank of the Nistru River will have”, Filat said....
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Union Commissioner for External Relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy, has today arrived in Chisinau for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Moldova, the Delegation of the European Commission to Moldova has reported. During her stay she will have meetings with Acting President and Speaker of the Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, Prime Minister Vlad Filat,...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Republic of Moldova's State Budget for 2010 is going to be quite moderate, but the Government shall find means for projects called to bring both parts of the country closer to one another, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated today during his meeting with Dan Russell, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, on a visit to Moldova. Vlad Filat highlighted as considerable...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The signing of the agreement on border traffic is a sign of the relaunch of ties between Romania and Moldova, said on Friday Romanian caretaker Prime Minister Emil Boc at a joint press conference with his Moldovan counterpart Vlad Filat. Filat came to Bucharest for the first time since he was sworn in last September, to take part in the Central European Initiative Summit. Boc said...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Prime Minister Vlad Filat met Chiarman of the Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana in Bucharest today. The two officials tackled aspects on the Moldovan-Romanian bilateral relations, the government's press service said. "You have won the admiration of all Europe by the way you understood that Moldova's citizens have right to freedom, democracy, European values," Mircea Geoana said....
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
France's State Secretary for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche has arrived in Chisinau on Wednesday evening to hold a number of meetings with the new Moldovan authorities and to discuss further development of the bilateral Moldo-French relations. Already on Wednesday night he is scheduled to meet with Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat and Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... electing Marian Lupu president. Moldovan Prime Minister, Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat said, "We must discuss... read more
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Prime Minister Vlad Filat was on ProTV tonight, speaking about the current political situation in Moldova and about the various loans that Moldova is seeking abroad. Mr. Filat spoke about the possibility of getting a one-billion-dollar loan from China and another one from Poland. Mr. Filat noted that he will soon head to Bucharest to meet with Romanian President Traian Basescu...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... IMF did not stipulate big redundancies in the extensive public sector, Moldovan prime minister Vlad Filat said. "There will be no salary cuts, the VAT rate will not be increased, there will be no redundancies, there is no provision to raise the retirement age and the 24 per cent salary increase to teacher wages will be implemented," Filat told reporters on October 28 after...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Prime Minister Vlad Filat has said that Moldova should return to direct presidential elections, thus removing all pre-requisites for political crises. Presently, the head of state is elected in parliament. "Our country needs a nationwide elected president, who would be the guarantor of the constitution and a mediator between the power branches and political forces," Vlad...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
It is time to shift from pompous statements to specific deeds in the Moldovan-Russian relations, Moldovan Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat has said. "When it comes to the development of our relations with Russia, it is necessary to shift from pompous statements to specific deeds, from formal commitments, which have prevailed so far, to responsible...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... European Union presently. Asked by journalists when the agreement may be signed, Prime Minister Vlad Filat said this will be a fairly complex-like document, so it may come to be... read more
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... for October 23.The Communists were unable to prevent the election of Mihai Ghimpu as speaker and Vlad Filat as prime minister, both of which require a simple majority in the 101-seat parliament – AEI has 53 MPs. However, the Communists have a stronger hand in the presidential vote, where a nominee needs to win 61 votes to be elected.Only one candidate had submitted his bid before...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... the coalition and the opposition communists means this will not be straightforward.Prime Minister Vlad Filat immediately called former communist president Vladimir Voronin."He discussed the situation with Voronin and asked him not to use this (the explosion) to destabilize the political situation in Moldova," Filat's spokesman said.SERIOUS BURNSWitnesses said about 3,500...
