 RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report 3/24/2010 11:29:42 AM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova. For more stories on Eastern Europe, please visit and bookmark our Eastern Europe page . |
| Belarus  Belarusians Detained For Protesting Death Penalty Four Belarusian activists protesting recent executions were detained today near President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's office in Minsk. More  Belarus, Poland Discuss Group Dispute Belarus and Poland are holding talks in Minsk on resolving the conflict over a Polish cultural organization. More  Chavez Relocates Eastern Europe In a video from December 2009, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proudly shows his knowledge of geography to a visiting delegation of Belarusian dignitaries. Chavez claims that Belarus -- considered to be part of Eastern Europe -- is in fact located in Central Europe More  Moldova Coalition Ask Communist Help Moldova's ruling coalition has asked the opposition Communist Party to help it change the way the country's president is elected and end a political stalemate that has been dragging on for months. More  Yushchenko Defends Bandera Decision Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he is concerned by talk of overturning his decrees awarding World War II-era nationalist leaders Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych the Hero of Ukraine Order. More  Ukraine Region Wants Pollution Help Residents of a heavily polluted area in eastern Ukraine say they're hoping for help from native son President Viktor Yanukovych in cleaning up the area. More  Going Nowhere Fast -- Crimean Tatars In The EU If Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of Ukraine's Crimean Tatars, was shocked or otherwise unpleasantly surprised to find himself in Brussels addressing less than two dozen people in a dusty room capable of accommodating some 150, he did not show it. More  EU Will 'Always' Remain Kyiv's Main Priority, Ambassador Says Ukraine's EU ambassador says integration with the bloc will remain the country's overriding policy objective under President Viktor Yanukovych. More  Mykola Azarov: Yanukovych's Right-Hand Man Ukraine's new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, gets angry when reminded he's a geologist by training. He prefers to think of himself as a political animal. More  EU Enlargement Chief Tackles Balkans, Moldova, Eastern Neighbors, And 'Elephant In The Room' Stefan Fule, the new EU commissioner for enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy, says the European Union is looking to keep its relations with neighbors on a pragmatic footing. Fule also recommends pragmatism to the EU's neighbors in their relations with Russia, but says the countries must remain free in choosing their own future. In an interview with RFE/RL's Brussels correspondent, Ahto Lobjakas, the commissioner also said the EU would not accept the emergence of any new states in the Balkans. More |
