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| | History of Moldova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The first democratic elections to the Moldavian SSR's Supreme Soviet were held 25 February 1990. | | | New parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994. | | | On 28 July, Parliament ratified a new constitution, which went into effect 27 August 1994, and provided substantial autonomy to Transnistria and to Gagauzia. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Moldova
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| | Moldova, Country Information |
| | The election of state officials, the mobilisation of the armed forces and the declaration of the states of national emergency, martial law and war. | | | The treaty determined Moldova to be a federal state with each part of the federation having its own constitution although the treaty did not state how many federal entities there would be. | | | After consulting the Constitutional Court, Parliament was dissolved on 31 December and a parliamentary election set for 25 February 2001. |
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http://www.ecoi.net/pub/panja1_mol0017.htm
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| | Moldova |
| | The minister opposed the introduction of Ukrainian peacekeeping forces in Transnistria, admitting, however, the presence of Ukrainian observers in the region. | | | Igor Smirnov, the president of the self-proclaimed Dniestr republic, has accused the Supreme Soviet (legislature) and its chairman Grigore Marakutsa in particular of violation of the constitution and abuse of power. | | | Igor Smirnov took part in the work of the session, has characterized the situation as a "direct pressure of the shadow economy on the government and the Supreme Council". |
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http://www.republicamoldova.org/warcommunism.html
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| | The World Odessit Club: Archives |
| | Romanian law did not automatically apply in Transnistria; not could Romanians or Transnistrians cross from one area to other freely.In practice, Transnistria's government was entirely separate from that of its occupying power; it had a Romanian civil governor and an administration that a composite of Romanian and indigenous elements. | | | Thus Bucharest found its rights to Transnistria confirmed and, as it were, recognizes by international (though military, rather than diplomatic) agreement. | | | Once in Romanian hands, however, Transnistria's appeal to at least a fringe of extreme nationalists an Romanian fascists was sufficient to bring about a Romanization campaign. |
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http://www.odessitclub.org/en/archives/dallin/chapter_2.html
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| | Denisenko that Tiraspol had violated both the electoral legislation of Transnistria and the Law of Transnistria “On the Status of a People’s Deputy of the Supreme Council.” The newspapers had been printed outside the republic (in Moldova) and were evidently not registered with the relevant Transnistrian agencies regulating the press in accordance with prevailing legislation. | | | Zenovich enjoyed the support of the Bender faction of a movement known as “Yedinstvo” (Unity) of Transnistria (see www.bhhrg.org/transnistrian/contents.htm), which, in the parliamentary elections a year previously, had opposed the parliamentary forces allied with President Smirnov. | | | Radchenko complained that, although all candidates made use of the full two hours afforded them, in practice the process was unequal because President Smirnov appeared on television and other mass media much more frequently by virtue of his office as head of state. |
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http://www.bhhrg.org/Print.asp?ReportID=16&CountryID=16
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| | POROSHENKO ADOPTS PRIMAKOV'S CONCEPT FOR TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT - Eurasia Daily Monitor |
| | The second step would see Moldova's parliament and Transnistria's newly elected Supreme Soviet create a joint commission to draft a law on Transnistria's special status as a part of Moldova within six months. | | | The plan's preamble briefly acknowledges general principles of democracy, Moldova's unity as a state, and Moldova's constitution as the starting point for negotiations. | | | But, crucially, it still envisages quick-fix elections to Transnistria's Supreme Soviet and recognition of the latter as legitimate. |
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http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369757
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| | Freedom in the World 2000 - 2001 |
| | In fact, DMR president Igor Smirnov strengthened his resolve in 2000 that the region should be a “sovereign and independent state.” The DMR held elections for the entire 43-seat Supreme Soviet in December. | | | The year 2000 was also marked by President Smirnov’s efforts to increase his power. | | | Russian legislators and officials from disputed republics in Georgia and Armenia served as observers. |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2001/countryratings/zztransdniester.htm
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| | Positive experiences of autonomous regions as a source of inspiration for conflict resolution in Europe |
| | Rather, it must be considered as a compromise aimed at ensuring respect for territorial integrity in a state that recognises the cultural diversity of its population. | | | The constitutions of most Council of Europe member states recognise the principle of territorial integrity and do not permit the right to unilateral secession. | | | The Italian Constitutional Court has declared with respect to the special status of Trentino-Alto Adige (South Tyrol) that “the fact that the ethnic minorities living in this region can elect their own representative body under conditions of genuine equality can only be in the national interest and, indeed, national unity”. |
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http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc03/EDOC9824.htm
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| | AIDS.MD |
| | The President of the Republic of Moldova is "the Head of State" who "represents the state and guarantees the sovereignty, national independence, unity and territorial integrity of the country"(Constitution, Article 77) and acts as one of the two subjects of the executive power, the other being the Government. | | | The laws and decisions of the Parliament are adopted through the majority vote of the deputies present. | | | The Parliament elected in February 1998 consisted of 104 deputies representing different social groups, political orientations and opinions of the electorate Almost two-thirds of the deputies were 30-3 5 years old and the majority had received higher education. |
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http://www.aids.md/infections/chapter5.shtml
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| | Federalization Experiment in Moldova |
| | This could thwart the federalization project and enable Transnistria to fall back on its "confederal" scheme, by which it means two full-fledged states with distinct armies and two security establishments within | | | Consequently, Kyiv can not be expected to act as counterweight to | | | 's federalization on the basis of three coequal components: Transnistria, Gagauzia, and rump |
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http://dev.eurac.edu:8085/mugs2/do/blob.html?type=html&serial=1035991567713
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| | Eurojournal.org: Comentarii |
| | They will be respected and defended on the entire territory of the federation. | | | A national referendum on the question of accepting the constitution will be carried out no later than 31 October 2004. | | | 14.2 Deputies of the Chamber of Representatives of the first session after the adoption of the Federal Constitution will be elected no later than 30 April 2005 in accordance with an agreement on electoral procedures between the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and the Supreme Soviet of Transnistria’s election procedures. |
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http://www.eurojournal.org/comments.php?id=P107_0_1_0
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| | Implementation of Resolution 1303 (2002) on the Functioning of democratic institutions in Moldova |
| | This constitutional scheme for the “reintegration of Moldova”, relying on a federalist solution, would allow the territorial question of Transnistria to be resolved while still preserving national unity. | | | He in effect proposed the adoption of a new Constitution for Moldova, to be drawn up jointly by the Moldovan and Transnistrian authorities. | | | Moreover, a Gagauz member of parliament and a Gagauz legal specialist will have seats on the constitutional commission. |
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http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc03/EDOC9772.htm
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| | Freedom in the World 2001 - 2002 |
| | Although some residents of Transnistria managed to vote, there were reports of voter intimidation by DMR authorities. | | | Moldovan authorities called the vote “illegitimate and undemocratic.” In the region’s 1996 presidential election, Smirnov defeated challenger Vladimir Malakhov with 72 percent of the vote. | | | Residents of Transnistria cannot elect their leaders democratically. |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2002/countryratings/moldova-transdniester2.htm
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| | Transnistria: Information From Answers.com |
| | On 27 August 1991 the Moldovan Parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova, whose territory included Transnistria. | | | An important company in the republic is Sheriff, which is owned by president Smirnov's eldest son. | | | The members of "Ilie Ilascu group" were arrested at their homes in Tiraspol between 2 and 4 June 1992, in the early hours of the morning. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/transnistria
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| | Due to the importance of the issue, the federalization of the country may be achieved only through a referendum in which a majority of the registered voters participate. | | | Keeping in mind the state of public opinion, a majority of the voters in the country would most probably reject the federalization of the Republic of Moldova. | | | Furthermore, article 10, section 1, states "The national unity of the Republic of Moldova constitutes the foundation of the State. |
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http://www.republicamoldova.org/CivilSociety.html
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| | About Transnistria |
| | The Parliament, titled Sovet Narodnich Deputatov (Council of People's Deputies) has 43 members, elected for a four year term. | | | Created for World Politics 116, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, USA | | | He has been declared the president of Transnistria following the presidential elections in 1991, 1996 and 2002. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~vteterce/abouttransnistria.html
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| | PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WATCH |
| | Turmoil in Transnistria; A black hole of the Black Sea region | | | Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili called Wednesday on the people of two secessionist regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, to reunite with Georgia and immediately start negotiations aimed at restoring the nation's unity. | | | This part of the world is not, in general, known for the altruism of its businessmen. |
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http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/docs/PNW4/PNW.1June_04.htm
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| | USMFPROJECTS |
| | The USMF is applying for grants to help the democratic forces in Moldova (of all political persuasions) | | | Preparing the Moldovan democratic opposition to govern and to lead a successful transition in a | | | Lobbying the U.S. administration and Congress, and European structures, to pay closer and more |
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http://www.usmoldova.org/USMFPROJECTS.html
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| | Media in the CIS |
| | A 104-seats parliament was elected, at that time dominated by the majority of the Agrarian-Democratic Party (56 seats). | | | The movement had alienated reform-oriented people, which resulted in the establishment of "Unity" as well as the Social Democratic party. | | | The Agrarians were the first to raise the question of land ownership and economic reorganisations in the agricultural sector, which became an important issue. |
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http://www.internews.ru/books/media/moldova_1.html
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| | Moldpres News Agency |
| | Lupu also pointed to the 22 July adoption via consensus of the law on the main principles of the special juridical status of settlements on the left bank of the Dniestre river (Transnistria), the amendments operated to the election code, to the law on Supreme Justice Court, the Auditors Office, the Security and Information Service. | | | In the context, Lupu referred to the Moldovan Parliament's Declaration on Ukraine's initiative to settle the Transnistrian conflict, and the statements on criteria of democratisation and principles of demilitarisation of the Transnistrian region, which were unanimously adopted on 10 June 2005. | | | Lupu said the adoption of the declaration allowed achieving unity of the parliamentary positions on key-issues over Moldova's domestic and foreign policy. |
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http://www.moldpres.md/?Lang=en&ID=19665
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| | Ukrainian Monitor Headlines and Comments |
| | President Viktor Yushchenko, who arrived in Warsaw on Sunday, is participating in the 3rd Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe. | | | Ukraine pres sums up results of 100 days of his presidency (03.05.2005) | | | Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko wants the government, the State Border Committee and the State Customs Service to take extra control measures at the Ukrainian border with Transnistria. |
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http://www.foreignpolicy.org.ua/eng/headlines/politics/president/index.shtml?id=1576
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| | Elections in Transnistria |
| | The Sovet Narodnich Deputatov (Council of People's Deputies) has 43 members, elected for a four year term term, | | | Transnistria (Russian: пpиднecтpoвe / Pridnestrovje) is a part of Moldova that declared itself independent from this country. | | | Transnistria has a population of around 620,000 on 3,479 km². |
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http://www.electionworld.org/transnistria.htm
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| | Pinkas Hakehillot Romania: Birlad |
| | In the elections that took place in 1930 four Jewish members were elected to the city council. | | | Jewish participation in Romanian political parties had a bad effect on Jewish communal unity. | | | When the orphans returned from Transnistria, the Barlad community received 167 of them, established a hostel for some of them, and took them under its wing until their emigration to Israel. |
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http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00017.html
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| | Transnistria |
| | It held local elections in December of that year and | | | Transnistria, which had supported the putsch, followed by declaring | | | the Soviet times and do not recognize the so-called state of Transnistria. |
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http://www.photostoryworld.com/articpages/eurart1.html
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| | Idea of Federalization ... |
| | This circumstance will also prompt to search for a compromise with Moldova – the nearest trade partner; | | | Following this, there will inevitably be weakening of the “state regulation” and development of market independence of economic units, including selection of partners not through a directive, but based on common sense; | | | Draft of Transnistria's budget foresees deficit of 36% as regards budget expenditures and 6.5% as regards GDP (“Transnistria for 11 years has never had such strained budget before” – according to the estimate of the Ministry of Economy of Transnistria). |
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http://www.cisr-md.org/reports/cont-feder.html
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| | Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe Today |
| | This provoked Moldovan nationalists to stage a march to raise the flag themselves. | | | European mediators have recently proposed a federal system (like that of the United States), with Transnistria having some self-government and the right to use the Russian language alongside Moldovan in government business. | | | After the death of about 1,000 fighters, a cease-fire agreement ended the short civil war in June 1992. |
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http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria19_1c.htm
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| | Science Fair Projects - Tiraspol |
| | This is because Tiraspol has effectively never been ruled from Chişinău, due to Transnistria having declaring its "independence" at the same as Moldova. | | | After the independence of Moldova, the territory east of the Dniestr river declared independence as Transnistria, with Tiraspol as its capital. | | | September 2, 1990: Tiraspol became the capital of the new Trans-Dniestr Republic. |
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http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Tiraspol
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| | LLRX.com - Finding the Law: the Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe |
| | Andrew Grossman is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who served in Seoul, Abidjan, London, Tehran, Algiers and Geneva. | | | The author obtained a copy of the nationality law, which can be found on his European Nationality Law page and in due course he plans to translate it into English and post that, too. | | | Transnistria has a body of laws in the Russian language, but copies are not easily found in the West. |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/microstates.htm
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| | Transdniestrian “Bear” Hunt Launched |
| | A special statement by this organization underlines that those, who are interested in preserving the reign of criminal unlawfulness in Transdniestria, are staging this attack against the "Unity of Transdniestria" movement. | | | In the course of the interview Barabin repeatedly called upon the Transdniestrian Ministry of State Security to do away with the conspirators and upon the ordinary members of the Transdniestrian "Edinstvo" to change their leadership at the congress, slated for Saturday, November 25, in Tiraspol. | | | This turn of events can presumably strengthen the influence of the Transdniestrian State Security Ministry and save Vladimir Antiufeev from his probable deposition. |
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dreico/ilascu.org/newsdata/2311100.htm
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| | NATO must support ROMANIA Petition |
| | Romania, as a country defending the NATO borders, must be supported politically by solidarity messages and by firm political and diplomatic intervention of the transatlantic Alliance and not left alone against the threats of their very aggressive neighbors. | | | This is especially critical today when we are involved in the war against the global terrorism. | | | It is a wrong attitude for the long term, because Transnistria is not only a neighbor of NATO, but it is a supplier of the armaments for terrorist groups and is a center of regional instability where the democratic and human values are not recognized by a criminal administration under protection of the Russian troops. |
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http://www.petitiononline.com/treaty/petition.html
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| | Romanian Unity and Moldavian Integration from the 19th Century until World War II. |
| | Bessarabia, northern Bukovina and Transnistria are formally returned to USSR by treaty. | | | Bessarabia is incorporated into Russian Empire under the Treaty of Bucharest after the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12. | | | Osman Empire cedes all its holdings in Transnistria to Russian Empire under the Treaty of Iasi. |
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http://www.east-west-wg.org/cst/cst-mold/19thww2.html
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Commonwealth of Independent States |
| | Viktor Yanukovich, the Moscow-supported presidential candidate in the controversial Ukrainian presidential election, 2004, declared his intention to make Russian an official second language of Ukraine. | | | Russian is also considered an official language in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and Transnistria, as well as the semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia in Moldova. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/C/CO/COM/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States
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| | Europe-East : EU DECIDES TRANSNISTRIAN TRAVEL BAN.(On 17 members of the separatist regime of Igor Smirnov in ... |
| | There is also a "joint declaration" with the US, in which the sides declare "unity of purpose" in their intention to adopt "targeted sanctions in the form of travel restrictions" according to their respective internal procedures. | | | The move - formally decided without debate at the February 27 Justice and Home Affairs Council - is designed to promote co-operation on the part of the Transnistrian side in efforts to find a negotiated, political solution to a conflict which is a key obstacle to Chisinau's ambitions for developing closer EU ties. | | | The EU's common position says the Union will encourage third states to adopt similar restrictions. |
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http://static.highbeam.com/e/europeeast/march132003/eudecidestransnistriantravelbanon17membersofthesep
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| | Antisemitism Worldwide 2003/4 - CIS & Baltic States |
| | One scholar known for his antisemitic views is Anatol Petrencu, chairperson of the National Association of Historians. | | | The Christian Democratic People’s Party, led by Iurie Rosca, is one of the leading propagators of anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic, as well as Holocaust denial, ideas, despite Rosca’s claim that the party fights communism and totalitarianism. | | | About the same time, the antisemitic book of Paul Goma (a descendant of Bessarabia who lives in Paris), Red Week: 28 June–3 July 1940, or Jews and Bessarabia, was published in Chisinau and distributed widely among bookshops and libraries, and among colleges and universities in Moldova. |
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http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/cis.htm
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| | Raions and economy |
| | In soviet times, postulate on “unity of political and economic raion administration, which is a junction point where directives of the party and Soviet power are executed” (CPSU in resolutions and decisions of congresses and conferences, volume 4, p. | | | - 1998: restoration of judetses (10 units), plus ATU Gagauzia; Transnistria has kept 5 raions; | | | - 2003: return to raions (32), plus ATU Gagauzia (3 internal raions) and 5 raions in Transnistria. |
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http://www.cisr-md.org/reports/Adept%20eng/note7.html
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| | The World Odessit Club: Archives |
| | Such dynamics as this, which obviously influenced both Romanian internal politics and external politics in sometimes radical fashion, were first hinted at by Dallin even though he was hampered by virtually no access to official Romanian documents. | | | Finally, in seeking to analyze Romanian policies in Transnistria it might be more useful, as originally suggested by Gerald Reitlinger, to treat the Jewish populations of Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina deported to Transnistria separately from the Jewish populations that remained under Romanian sovereignty throughout the war in the Old Kingdom and southern Transylvania. | | | 15* Charles King, "The Moldavian ASSR on the Eve of the War: Cultural Policy in 1930s Transnistria," Romanian Civilization, IV:3 (Winter, 1995-1996), pp.25-52. |
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http://www.odessitclub.org/en/archives/dallin/dallin_intro.html
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| | News from the Washington File |
| | Together we are sending a strong signal to the secessionist leaders that they must negotiate seriously to bring this longstanding issue to a rapid settlement. | | | We share the European Union's hope that Cyprus can enter the Union as a united country. | | | Another example of our common efforts to resolve disputes is the joint announcement today in Brussels, Athens and here in Washington, of visa restrictions on the leadership of the secessionist Transnistria regime in Moldova. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030227-usia02.htm
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| | ASYMETRIA. Revista de cultura, critica si imaginatie. Paris. Redactor sef : Dan Culcer |
| | Salazar, he is persuaded, has reintegrated Portugal into its own traditions and “realities.” As a result, the land now is thriving and the nation has ceased to be a laughing-stock in the eyes of others. | | | The French Revolution and the demo-liberal ideals had penetrated the peninsula, cultivated and spread especially by the Masonic lodges.” Later, those who had been inspired by these ideals, became convinced of the need to abolish the monarchy and the Catholic religion, “blinded by the mirage of an absolute freedom and an abstract individualism. | | | Making himself an “absolute monarch” with divine rights, he destroyed the aristocracy, expelled the Jesuits, and “promoted everywhere Masonic lodges.” Following his death, the next king and queen tried to reverse his work, but “the national unity had been shattered. |
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http://www.asymetria.org/rickesttsvslavastine3.html
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| | National and Ethnic - The Balkan Peninsula |
| | VMRO - DPMNE / VMRO -Democratic Party of Macedonian National Unity. | | | Vnatresno Makedonska Revolucionerna Organizacija - Demokratska Partija za Makedonsko Nacionalno (VMRO-DPMNE) [Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity] Home Page (in Macedonian). |
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http://learning.lib.vt.edu/slav/nat_ethnic_balkan.html
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| | BGEA: About Us: News |
| | Despite having the only elected Communist government in Europe, Moldova remains open to the Gospel. | | | They went in three groups of seven cars each throughout the north, the south, and Transnistria—where they were forced to remove the banners and posters from their vehicles. | | | The car rally ended with a historic, first-ever Christian gathering in the “Plaza of the Great National Assembly” in the center of Chisinau on Sunday, July 3. |
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http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=106
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| | Ukraine, Map and Flag |
| | Independence Day, 24 August (1991); the date of 22 January (1918), the day Ukraine first declared its independence (from Soviet Russia), is now celebrated as Unity Day |
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http://www.greatestcities.com/Europe/Ukraine.html
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| | Jewish Culture and History |
| | The OJBDD "was created with the aim of eternalizing the memory of the 5,000 Jews of Dorohoi, and of the neighbouring places, who died during the Second World War in the camps of Transnistria, as well as of those who were killed in the pogrom of Dorhoi, June 1940." | | | Zabludow Memorial Web Page: Created and maintained by Tilford Bartman, this Web site is a memorial to the Jews of Zabludow, Poland (which is approximately fifteen kilometers from Bialystok). |
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http://ddickerson.igc.org/judaica.html
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| | Rumanian-Ukrainian friendship [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | Which doesn`t give us the right to say that Polish and Ukrainians are juadized. | | | Though I don`t know whether there are many Russians left in Kishinev now, after the war of 1992, probably you can enlighten me. | | | 11-02-2004, 12:47 PM I'll support anything that involves Aryan unity, even though I'm just an English guy! |
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http://www.stormfront.org/archive/t-162726Rumanian-Ukrainian_friendship.html
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| | Wikipedia Topics from Answers.com |
| | Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi) | | | Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
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| | News @ Serbian Unity Congress Former Swedish Prime Minister, UN delegate to Kosovo, Raw Story, July 15, 2004 |
| | There have recently been discussions between the Russia analyst, Stanislav Belkovski, and Romanian representatives, on a possible agreement where Transnistria could immerge from Moldova, while the rest of Moldova could re-unite with Romania. | | | Copyright © 1996-2004 Serbian Unity Congress : Our mission : Projects ::: Main server : News server : BLAGO server ::: | | | If Russia annexes Transnestria, NATO and EU will border Russia on another front. |
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