News http://old.ape.md/ 27.04.2024 en http://old.ape.md/ Copyright (c) 2024 http://old.ape.md/ Newsletter nr.10. Synthesis and Foreign Policy Debates http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2333 The Newsletter is based on the radio programme broadcast on November 21st, 2016, produced by the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). The programme is broadcast on the Radio Moldova public channel. The programme is part of the FES/APE “European Integration and Foreign Policy Dialogues” Project. The content can be reproduced by mentioning the source. Materials can be taken without restriction but with the mentioning of the source http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2332 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2328 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2327 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2326 Frontiers of Democracy - Embedding Democratic Values in Moldova and Ukraine. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2324 Moldova and Ukraine, countries of the European Union's Eastern Partnership program, are undergoing complex processes of democratic transformation, but with weak embeddedness of democratic values and principles drawbacks can occur. It is embeddedness that helps to overcome the challenges of transformation and pushes countries beyond mere frontiers of democracy towards becoming strongly committed democratic communities. The goal of this project is to facilitate embedding democratic values in the societal ethos, and thus to contribute to future successful consolidation in Moldova and Ukraine http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2304 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2302 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2300 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2299 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2297 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2295 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2287 Counsil of the European Union:Joint Press Release following the second Association Council meeting between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova. 14.03.2016. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2283 The European Union and the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter "Moldova) held today the second meeting of the Association Council under the Association Agreement. The EU and Moldova reconfirmed the common determination to implement their commitments to strengthening Moldova´s political association and economic integration with the EU. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2281 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2276 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2274 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2272 Press Release, “Communicating Europe” task force group meeting, Chisinau, December 10, 2015 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2267 In September 2015, the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova in partnership with Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies (Poland), Center for EU Enlargement Studies (Hungary), Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (Slovakia), Association of International Affairs (Czech Republic), the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (Georgia), the Institute of World Policy and the financial support of the Visegrad Fund has launched a new project entitled “V4 Supporting Communication Strategy of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine on implementing AA and DCFTA” . Ecorys UK, „National Survey on the Transnistrian Reintegration Prospects: Public Perceptions”, CBS AXA, Chisinau, May 2014 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2225 Ecorys UK, „Quality Sociological Survey on the Dialogue Between Two Banks of Dniester River”, Tiraspol, July 2014 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2224 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2218 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2215 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2184 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2183 EU and Council of Europe to Boost Cooperation in Eastern Partnership Region. Visa- Free Europe, 29.12.2014. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2178 The Council of Europe and the European Commission have signed a new cooperation agreement to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law in six Eastern European countries. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2170 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2169 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2167 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2163 European Commission's support to the Republic of Moldova. EU MONITOR, 15.05.2014. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2162 European Commission's support to the Republic of Moldova The European Commission has met today the government of the Republic of Moldova, led by Prime Minister Leancă. The meeting took stock of the latest developments in the Republic of Moldova, addressed both sides’ preparations to ensure that the future EU-Moldova Association Agreement delivers growth and stability up to its full potential, and reviewed the state of play with key reforms in Moldova’s justice sector, business environment and energy relations. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2156 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2155 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2150 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2149 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2147 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2146 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2136 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2135 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2132 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2122 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2121 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2113 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2111 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2110 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2105 Application open, Tbilisi Transformational Leadership Forum!!! http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2092 To be Launched in the first week of June 2014, the Tbilisi Transformational Leadership Forum (TTLF) is a 5-day lecture series that is hosted By the Georgian Institute of Strategic Studies (GISS) in Tbilisi, Georgia and is supported by the International Visegrad Fund. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2091 Statement of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on Russian military intervention in Ukraine. 04.03.3014. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2089 EU should apply maximum diplomatic pressure on Russia to immediately withdraw military forces from Ukraine, and join with US to isolate Russia through tough trade sanctions if Russia does not comply Statement of the Foreign Policy Association (APE) on condemning the Russian Federation Military aggression in Ukraine http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2088 The Foreign Policy Association (APE) condemns firmly the armed attack of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, which represents a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our neighbor country. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2087 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2085 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2083 WEASA 2014 EDITION: Call for Participants http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2082 The College of Europe, Natolin Campus with the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the Polish American Freedom Foundation are pleased to launch a call for participants for the second edition of the Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy (WEASA). The main objectives of the Academy are presenting the political, social and economic foundations of modern democracies in the European Union and the transatlantic community and promoting them in the Eastern European countries. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2080 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2067 Transnistrian Dialogues, Newsletter, October 2013, no. 01. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2065 TOPICS OF THE EDITION: 1. The head of the EU delegation to Chisinau, Pirkka Tapiola, congratulates the Moldovan authorities on the opening of the offices of the Bureau on Migration and Asylum along the river Nistru in a way which takes into account the interests of the Transnistrian population and enables the control of migration on the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan –Ukrainian border. 2. Vice-prime minister for Reintegration, Eugen Carpov, says that the new territorial offices will improve the freedom of movement on the Nistru. 3. Opening of the offices of the Bureau on Migration and Asylum along the river Nistru has been severely criticised by Tiraspol. The Tiraspol ex-chief negotiator, Vladimir Iastrebciak, explains the point of view of the representatives of the Transnistrian administration. 4. Nicu Popescu, expert at the European Institute for Security Studies from Paris, analyses why the Tiraspol concerns on the negative impact have no ground. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2058 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2050 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2039 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2036 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2035 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2034 Pressure exerted by Russia on Eastern Partnership countries (in the context of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius), European Parliament, Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 12 September 2013, P7_TA-PROV(2013)0383 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2032 European Parliament resolution of 12 September 2013 on the pressure exerted by Russia on Eastern Partnership countries (in the context of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius) (2013/2826(RSP)) http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2031 Think Tank Young Professional Development Program. Open Society Foundations. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2020 Human capital is the biggest asset of each and every think tank. In securing reliable and high-quality researchers, think tanks compete with much more powerful competitors, i.e. governments, state agencies, private companies, banks, and consulting companies. The region’s think tanks, therefore, have to devise special motivation strategies to retain existing staff and attract new talented individuals to opt for this career. Despite being present in the public life, think tanks constitute a small part of civil society and are often not the first choice to fresh graduates who are interested in embarking on research/policy careers. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2019 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2015 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2011 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2010 EU is committed to strengthening cooperation with Moldova, Catherine Ashton. Info Prim Neo. 10.07.2013. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2009 The visit to Chisinau shows the European Union’s firm commitment to strengthen cooperation with Moldova, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said in a meeting with President Nicolae Timofti, IPN has learned from the presidential press service. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2008 Catherine Ashton travels to Moldova, Brussels, 08 July2013, A 375/13 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2004 High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Catherine Ashton travels to Moldova tomorrow. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=2002 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1985 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1981 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1980 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1979 APE Activity Report - 2012 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1975 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1972 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1971 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1968 Moldova weighs up implications of overtures from EU and Russia. The Guardian. 30.04.2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1966 Country's politicians consider the geopolitical and economic benefits of closer ties with the European project or Moscow Analysis: Boar hunt shooting tragedy triggers Moldova crisis. Reuters. 24.04.2013. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1964 (Reuters) - It all started when Moldova's top judiciary and businessmen gathered in a snow-laden forest called Tsar's Wood to mark the year's end by stalking wild boar. In the course of the hunt, a shot rang out and a man fell fatally wounded. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1963 Invitation to apply for the 5th meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on 4-5 October 2013, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1960 The Steering Committee of the EaP Civil Society Forum is inviting all interested parties to submit expressions of interest to participate in the fifth meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The submission of expressions of interest is a necessary step in the selection process to participate in the EaP CSF meeting in Chisinau in 2013. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1953 CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (APE) seeks six experts to conduct policy analyses within a joint APE/FES Project “European Integration and Foreign Policy Dialogues” http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1951 The aim is to produce six policy analyses that would provide a fair overview and useful policy recommendations on crucial issues of European integration reform agenda, foreign policy and Transnistrian settlement http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1950 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1942 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1941 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1940 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1936 EUROPEAN COMMISSION, PRESS RELEASE, Brussels, 18 February 2013 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1930 New EU initiative to fight organised crime and human trafficking at EU borders http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1928 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1925 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1923 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1916 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1915 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1909 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1904 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1903 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1902 EUBAM joint border control operation deemed success. EU Neighbourhood Info. 24.01.2013 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1901 A Joint Border Control Operation (JBCO) codenamed PODOLIA recently carried out on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border by the EU Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) has been deemed a success. The results of the operation (conducted at key locations last autumn) were assessed at EUBAM headquarters in Odessa on 22 January by representatives from Interpol, Europol, and EUBAM’s partner services in Moldova and Ukraine, an EUBAM press release said. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1898 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1888 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1887 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1886 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1880 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1875 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1870 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1869 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1868 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1867 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1866 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1865 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1853 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1852 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1851 APE Press release, EU – Republic of Moldova Forum, October 22-23, 2012 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1846 The Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (Asociaţia pentru Politică externă) in partnership with the German-Moldovan Forum (Deutsch-Moldauisches Forum e.V.) and the Institute for Eastern Studies in Warsaw (Fundacja Instytut Studiów Wschodnich) organized in Berlin, in the period October 22-23, 2012 the second edition of the EU – Republic of Moldova Forum. Co-organizers of the event were the German – Moldovan Forum in Berlin and the German – Moldovan Forum in Chisinau. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1845 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1841 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1840 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1834 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1831 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1830 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1822 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1816 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1815 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1814 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1811 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1810 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1800 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1799 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1787 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1785 EC allocates new funding to support reforms in Moldova. EU Neighbourhood Info. 06.08.2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1781 €94 million bilateral support has been allocated by the European Commission for the Republic of Moldova as part of the Annual Action Programme 2012. EASTERN PARTNERSHIP YOUTH WINDOW: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF YOUTH http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1775 It offers new opportunities to finance more projects within the Youth in Action Programme involving organisations and participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1771 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1770 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1765 Latest round of 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement concludes in Vienna. OSCE. 13.07.2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1763 Ambassador Erwan Fouéré (l), the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, alongside James C. O'Shea of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the OSCE, during official 5+2 talks, Vienna, 12 July 2012. (OSCE/Sonya Yee) .VIENNA, 13 July 2012 – Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process, welcomed the constructive dialogue at official 5+2 talks which concluded in Vienna today and urged participants to redouble efforts to achieve concrete progress. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1757 European People’s Party publishes declaration on how to strengthen the Eastern Partnership process. EU Neighbourhood Info Center. 12.07.2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1756 European People's Party (EPP) leaders have published a declaration on how to strengthen the Eastern Partnership (EaP) process following an Eastern Partnership Summit in Batumi, Georgia, on 10 July. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1753 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1749 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1748 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1747 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1739 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1738 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1735 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1730 European Training Foundation meets partners to discuss regional project on continuing vocational training. EU Neighbourhood Info Center. 18.06.2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1727 The role of social partners, quality of training and effective funding mechanisms emerged as the key issues when the European Training Foundation (ETF), an EU agency, and its partners met in Tallinn, Estonia, to discuss and review the findings of the regional project on continuing vocational training (CVT) in Eastern Europe. The three-year project, launched in 2011, aims to strengthen the role of CVT in the context of socioeconomic challenges faced by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1717 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1716 Invitation now open to apply for participation in the fourth meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (29-30 November 2012, Sweden) http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1712 The Steering Committee of the EaP Civil Society Forum is now inviting all interested parties to submit expressions of interest to participate in the fourth meeting of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. The submission of expressions of interest is a necessary step in the selection process to participate in the EaP CSF meeting in Sweden in 2012. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1711 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1710 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1709 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1707 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1705 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1704 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1703 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1699 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1695 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1692 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1686 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1685 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1668 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1653 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1631 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1630 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1550 OSCE Welcomes Announced Resumption Of Transdniester Talks After Five Years. Radio Free Europe Liberty. 22.09.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1532 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has welcomed the announced resumption of internationally-mediated talks on the Transdniester dispute. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1520 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1518 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1510 Bogumil Luft: Combating of corruption is a condition for Moldova to come closer to EU. Info-Prim Neo. 29.07.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1501 Combating of corruption is one of the main conditions that Moldova must fulfill in order to come closer to the European Union, Polish Ambassador to Moldova Bogumil Luft said in a meeting of the Press Club of the Foreign Policy Association. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1500 Victor Chirila: New European Neighborhood Policy is a déjà vu. Info-Prim Neo. 07.07.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1486 The new European Neighborhood Policy presented officially by the European Commission contains new emphases as regards democracy. The European Union says stress will be laid on the democratic dimension as it will be hard to create a zone of stability, security and prosperity in the neighboring countries without stable democracy. But this new approach is in fact not new. It is a mainly a déjà vu and the European officials should be told this openly. The conclusions were formulated in a Press Club meeting of the Foreign Policy Association (APE). http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1485 Romanian FM Says Relations With Moldova Much Improved. Radio Free Europe. 11 June 2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1475 Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi says the European Union no longer suspects Bucharest of promoting a "hidden agenda" in regard to Moldova, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. McCain Backs Demand For Russian Troop Withdrawal From Transdniester. Radio Free Europe. 13 June 2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1473 U.S. Senator John McCain and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat meet in Chisinau. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1438 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1416 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1401 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1400 Economic Forum EU-Moldova, 29-31 of March, 2011 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1397 The Institute for Eastern Studies and the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova are organizing the EU – Moldova Forum to be held 29 – 31st March 2011 in Chisinau, under the Honorary Patronage of Mr Vlad Filat, the Prime Minister of Moldova and Mr Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland. The first EU – Moldova Forum will serve as a good opportunity to exchange the ideas, share experience and discuss the future projects. For more information please vizit the website: www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl, www.ape.md. The agenda is attached http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1396 Victor Chirila: EU needs new formula to provide assistance to Transnistrian region. Info-Prim Neo. 15.03.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1391 “The visit by Baroness Catherine Ashton will have a positive impact on the three main objectives of the official Chisinau, namely the negotiation of the Association Agreement, liberalization of the visa regime, and creation of a deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU,” executive director of the Foreign Policy Association Victor Chirila said in a meeting of the press club centering on the effects of the visits paid by high-ranking foreign officials to Chisinau. Victor Chirila: Joe Biden's visit can remain merely symbolical if Moldova doesn't act. Info-Prim Neo. 14.03.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1390 Victor Chirila, the director of the Foreign Policy Association, stated at a press club on Monday that the effects of the US Vice President Joe Biden's visit, considered to be symbolical by the Moldovan government, could be ephemeral if Moldova fails to act to fully achieve national strategic goals like European integration and resolution of the Transnistrian conflict. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1379 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1352 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1346 APE Press Release. 25.01.2011. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1342 The Foreign Policy Association regrets that its name was mentioned in an inappropriate context in the article “Transnistria 'zombies' stake their future on Russia, not EU”, published by Andrew Rettman on EUobserver website on 24 January 2011. Moreover, we have to mention that APE doesn’t use such words when speaking about people who leave on the left side of the Nistru River and the comments of the APE representative, quoted in the initial version of the article were false and taken out of context. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1341 A Lithuania’s invitation, a group of students from Moldova took part in the inaugural ceremony of the OSCE Chairmanship. Ministry of Foreifn Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. 13.10.2010. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1335 At the invitation of Lithuania that assumed the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a group of students from Moldova paid a visit to Vienna on 12-13 January. They met with representatives of the delegation of Lithuania’s Chairmanship in Vienna, the OSCE Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1334 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1333 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1324 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1270 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1269 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1246 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1241 Radoslaw Sikorski, Carl Bildt Letter to Catherine Ashton and Stefan Fule http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1235 Eastern Partnership Press Release: Council of the European Union, Foreign Affairs Meeting, Luxembourg, 25 October 2010. www.consilium.europa.eu. 26.10.2010. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1225 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1215 Press release APE, Victor Chirila: Republic of Moldova's foreign policy under the aegis of AEI: Achievements and Prospects. 06.10.2010. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1201 During the first year of Alliance for European Integration government, Republic of Moldova's foreign policy has been characterized by dynamism, initiative, intelligence and consistency. Moldovan diplomacy has able to capitalize effectively on the unified and strong political will expressed by the AEI in the area of European integration and to make the maximum out of the openness and confidence expressed by the EU and its Member States to the new democratic and pro-European government in Chişinău. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1199 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1164 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1150 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1083 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1072 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1064 http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1058 Moldova signs the Energy Community accession protocol. Interlic. 17.03.2010. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=1037 This morning, 17.03.2010 Valeriu Lazar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Republic of Moldova, and Fatmir Besimi, Minister of Economy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in his function as the Energy Community Presidency in Office, signed a protocol on the accession of Republic of Moldova to the Energy Community. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=975 On 13-16 of January 2009 Foreign Policy Association organizes the visit to Chishinau of Mr Pavel Telicka, former Chief Negotiator of the Czech Republic with EU http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=968 The expert invited by FPA in the framework of the “Moldova-European Union: learning from the integration experience of the new member states” is Mr. Pavel Telicka, former Chief Negotiator of the Czech Republic with EU, first Czech European Commissioner in Prodi’s cabinet. Mr Telicka will come to Chisinau on 13-16 January, 2009. There will be organized a series of meetings and discussions with senior officials, “european coordinators” in line ministries, civil society leaders, other national experts in EU affairs, university professors, students etc. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=966 Cooperation Council between the EU and the Republic of Moldova. Swedish Presidency of the European Union. 21.12.2009. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=953 The eleventh meeting of the EU-Republic of Moldova Cooperation Council was held in Brussels today, 21.12.2009 chaired by Moldova's Prime Minister Vlad Filat and Sweden's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Frank Belfrage representing the EU Presidency. Discussions at the meeting focused on the ongoing development of relations between the EU and the Republic of Moldova, political developments in Moldova and, over a working lunch, efforts to achieve a sustainable settlement of the frozen conflict regarding the Transnistrian region. The meeting adopted a Joint Statement. The visit of Petro Poroshenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to Moldova. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 17.12.2009. http://old.ape.md/libview.php?l=en&idc=173&id=935 On December 17, 2009 Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko started his working visit to the Republic of Moldova during which he held bilateral meetings with the Prime-Minister Vlad Filat and the Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca.