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• Oct 19, 2009: Moldovan presidential election delayed (Ria Novosti, 2009) Presidential election will be delayed as only one candidate has been registered.
• Oct 14, 2009: Moldovan parliament to elect president on Oct. 23 (Ria Novosti, 2009)
• Apr 30, 2009: Communists receive majority in Moldova parliament – official results, ITAR-TASS (2009) The recounting of the votes did not change the result of the election.
• Apr 30, 2009: Moldova: time to take sides, Opendemocracy.net (2009) After the announcing of official results of parliamnetary elections in Chisinau there were such in events like in the 1990's in Ukraine and Georgia. People wanted the recount of the ballots.
• Apr 14, 2009: Moldovan Central Electoral Commission rules to recount all votes on April 15, Azi.md (2009) The votes will be recounted on 15 April, 2009.
• Apr 14, 2009: Moldovan authorities to review parliamentary election results, Ria Novosti (2009) Moldovan parties agreed that they have to do everything possible to stop the violence in which hundreds of people injured.
• Mar 30, 2009: PL launches appeal to governments of EU members states, Moldova Azi (2009) According to the Liberal Party the Moldovan citizens who are living abroad are not protected by the Moldovan authorities, and they meet difficulties when they want to enforce their right to vote.
• Mar 26, 2009: Party of Communists' electoral rating is 2.5-fold higher than other political formations' rating, Moldpress (2009) If the elections would be held next Sunday, the Party of Communists would get the majority of votes according to a public opinion poll which was published on 24 Monday 2009.
• Mar 26, 2009: Mass media is politically biased, CIJ and API report says, Moldova Azi (2009) Between February 19 and March 4, 2009 24 media organizations were investigated, the aim of it was that the investigators wanted to know if the people got all relevant information in connection with the elections.
• Jul 18, 2008: Up to 20 thousand people to participate in organizing and conducting parliamentary elections, Moldova Azi (2008) Up to 20 thousand people will participate in organizing and carrying on the Parliamentary elections, slated for 2009.
• Jul 18, 2008: Eu representatives call upon Moldovan authorities to improve electoral legislation, Moldova Azi (2008) Representatives of the EU member countries and European institutions have called upon the Moldovan authorities to further improve the legal framework governing elections.
• May 23, 2008: Aggregated victory of dispersed opposition, Democracy.md (2007) This article analyses the possible impacts of results of the June 3, 2007 local elections on future elections of Moldova.