MOLDOVA:  Media Struggles for Independence
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BUDAPEST, Jan 31 (IPS) - Opposition members and non-governmental  organisations (NGOs) are accusing Moldova's communist  cabinet of interfering with the work of journalists who are  critical of the government.
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CHISINAU, Moldova - The chairman of a Moldovan soccer team became so incensed when a penalty kick was awarded to the opponent that he drove his car onto the field and tried to run over the referee.  No one was hurt, and the game was called off.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - The opposition on Sunday protested to broadcasting authorities saying that news of President Ion Iliescu getting a haircut on prime-time television was illegal election campaigning.
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How two words illuminate the shift of power from the media to the people
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Hundreds of thousands of Moldovans have left their country over the past decade in search of better lives.
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Claims that Moldova's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States means its preferences of Russia versus the European Union are a mistake, Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan told the government ...
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Thursday's European papers occupy themselves with Ukraine, a reprieve for a Chirac ally and a war of words in Spain.
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Russian newspapers question the government's ability to tackle terrorism, while in France, there is hope two kidnapped journalists could soon be freed.
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Text of report in English by Romanian news agency Rompres  Bucharest, Feb 19 (Rompres) -President Traian Basescu on Monday 19 February lashed out at Dinu Patriciu, Sorin Ovidiu Vantu and Dan Voiculescu for what he said was their use of media holdings for political struggle.
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President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has touted Pakistan's independent media as a major accomplishment of his years in power, but journalists say recent restrictions on coverage of a political crisis are a sign that government tolerance has its limits.
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Sunday's referendum in Transdniestria, a separatist province of Moldova, could boost other regional efforts.
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BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (IPS) - Leaders of Romania, one of the European Union (EU)  members not ready to recognise declaration of independence by  Kosovo, are having a hard time justifying their opposition to  birth of the new state.
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PRAGUE, Jan 17 (IPS) - In the midst of a war between government and the  media, a new and controversial press bill will force media  outlets to publish anyone's reactions to articles considered  offensive.
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Today's papers see challenges ahead for Ukraine's newly-inaugurated president
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On the 150th anniversary of the start of the Crimean War, the region's press ponders the impact of the conflict on Russian history.
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The state media in Ivory Coast have become the exclusive mouthpiece of the government and its allies and are being used to promote street demonstrations, Reporters Without Borders said today after monitoring ...
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Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region go to the polls to elect a president.