 RFE/RL Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova Report 9/21/2010 7:54:16 PM 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  Milinkevich Won't Run For Belarus Prez Belarusian opposition leader Alyaksandr Milinkevich has said he won't participate in presidential elections in December because the future victory of the incumbent is widely seen as a foregone conclusion. More  Belarus Writer To Run For President Prominent Belarusian writer and opposition activist Uladzimir Nyaklyaeu has officially announced his intention to run for president. More  Rally For Schooling In Belarusian Brings Results A schoolgirl in the western Belarusian city of Hrodna is to be taught in the Belarusian language, following a protest by her parents. More  Leading Moldova Politician: EU 'Too Far' The leader of one of the four parties in Moldova's ruling alliance says the European Union is "too distant" a goal and that Chisinau should focus on building better relations with Russia. More  Moldova's President Wants Voronin Tried Speaking at a press conference, Mihai Ghimpu said ex-President Vladimir Voronin broke the law during the April 2009 antigovernment protests by "acting on his own" and failing to consult the national security council before ordering police to disperse the crowd. More  Raid On Wife Of Jailed Moldova Journalist The wife of a Moldovan journalist jailed on charges of espionage in the breakaway region of Transdniester says their apartment was raided by security officers. More  Concerns Mount About Press Freedom In Ukraine As Journalist Attacked A journalist in Donetsk is recovering from a severe beating he says came from local police, as the European Union and the United States press Kyiv over the disappearance of another Ukrainian journalist, Vasyl Klymentyev. More Officials from Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions say shots were fired overnight at a party branch office in Odesa. More  In Eurasia, Millions Worry About Beloved Buckwheat Devastating fires and droughts are not the only consequences of the heat wave that hit much of the former Soviet Union this summer. Millions of people across the region are now hit by another misfortune: buckwheat shortages. More  The First And Second Murders Of Heorhiy Gongadze Heorhiy Gongadze was not a martyr in the service of freedom of speech, as some would have him. He was a Ukrainian journalist -- mature, experienced, hardened, and, at the same time, somewhat romantic. He was, however, very serious about his work. More  Chornobyl Victims' Monument To Be Erected In Ukraine A campaign to raise funds for a monument commemorating victims of the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster is under way in the southwestern Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk. More  Press Freedom Under Threat In Ukraine Five years later, the Orange Revolution brought to Ukraine greater liberties than any of its ex-Soviet comrades, with the exception of the Baltic states. But today, just six months after taking office, the government of President Viktor Yanukovych is turning back the clock on press freedoms, a revanche that poses a stern test for Ukraine's civil society. More |
