Germany offers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova to establish privileged relationship with the European Union. An Eastern European Union may be formed by example of Mediterranean Union, MEP Ingo Friedrich said.

Moldova's GDP grew 3.3 percent to about $3.567bn ($3.106bn in comparable prices) in January-September 2007 compared to the same period a year earlier, the Republic's National Statistics Bureau informed.

Moldova’s foreign minister said Friday that Russia 's pulling out of a key European arms control treaty could make Moldovan efforts to have some 1,500 Russian troops withdrawn from its territory fruitless.

Moldovan wines and cognacs, whose exports to Russia were suspended a year ago, will begin arriving at Russian markets by the fall, an official from the Moldova-vin state agency said Wednesday.

Nationwide local elections in Moldova involved a little of everything: meter-long ballots, dirty politics, and surprise results.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin held negotiations Friday with his Moldovan counterpart on the long-running conflict in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester province.

Leaders from Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Azerbaijan have signed a final joint declaration at the summit of the GUAM Organization For Democracy And Economic Development in Baku. The declaration states that all sides will work to strengthen cooperation on security and stability in the region.

World Bank Assists with Improving Access to Health Care and Better Social Services for Country's Poor

Moldova's ruling Communist Party has won a majority of the vote in municipal elections held on June 3 across the country. The opposition Our Moldova bloc came second, followed by the Liberal Party in voting for some 900 mayors and 12,000 local councilors.

Wetlands to Reduce Nutrient Discharges to the Black Sea

European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini today attended the inauguration in Chisinau of the newly created EU "Common Visa Application Center, RFE/RL reports. Speaking in Brussels, Frattini's spokesman Friso Roscam Abbing said six EU countries have either joined the project or will do so shortly.

It has been three months since Russia was due to lift its ban on Moldovan wine. But the prohibition remains in place. Vadim Gustov, the head of the CIS Committee of Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, had a frustrating message for reporters in Chisinau on March 21 -- some of Moldova's vintage wines may return to the Russian market, but only in two months' time.