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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Cynical Internet attacks for Wikileaks
The websites of several credit institutions were attacked and partially paralysed by hackers on Wednesday because they have blocked the financing channels of whistle-blowing Internet platform Wikileaks. The daily Gandul says the attacks are very worrying: "The hackers are more dangerous than Julian Assange. He made diplomatic secrets public but never attacked anyone, as has happened with the paralysed websites. The distrust of these hackers could suffice to trigger 'a global anti-terror war' on the Internet. The hypocritical defenders of Wikileaks who claim to be the pioneers of a war of 'citizens against the government' didn't attack a government. Instead they have caused 'collateral damage'. ... The companies that cut their ties to Wikileaks under pressure from Washington can be accused of having 'given in' but what they have done certainly can't be classified as worse than Assange's 'revolution', supposedly aimed at making the world a better place - at any price, like Lenin, Che Guevara, Napoleon Bonaparte and all those other cynical 'heroes'."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Online media, » Sweden, » U.S., » Romania
Moldova's democrats assist communists
Mihal Ghimpu, the interim president of the Republic of Moldova, yesterday declared the newly signed border treaty with Romania unconstitutional on the grounds that it was not signed between equal counterparts. The governing party AIE runs the danger of ruining its advantage in the run-up to the parliamentary elections, writes the daily Gândul: "In the run-up to Moldova's third parliamentary elections in two years every gesture of friendship on Romania's part could win votes for the 'democrats' of the Alliance for European Integration (AIE). ... But instead of using this diplomatic success to wrestle as many votes as possible from the [Communist Party] PCRM, the four parties of the AIE are accusing Prime Minister Vlad Filat of signing the treaty in an 'undemocratic' manner and informing no one, not even the interim president, of his actions. ... In the last hundred metres of the election campaign the 'Allies' are whetting their knifes to fight amongst themselves, instead of against the Communists."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » EU neighbourhood policy, » Elections, » Europe, » Romania, » Republic of Moldova
Border treaty strengthens Moldovan government
Romania and the Republic of Moldova signed a border treaty on Monday. The EU had pushed for the treaty as a means of ending rumours of a reunification between the two neighbouring states. The daily Gândul says the Moldovan government is making headway: "This document provides an opportunity to find a well-considered solution to all the problems on the border, which until the beginning of the year was covered with a barbed wire fence. ... In the short term the border treaty could give the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) in Chişinău a boost, which has so far proven incapable of expelling the communists of [ex-president] Voronin from the political stage. The treaty is a good way of improving the AIE's chances in the parliamentary elections on November 28 but it is not a guarantee that the four parties [within the alliance] will bring the country anything more than a prolongation of the current political stalemate."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Security Policy / Crises / War, » EU Policy, » EU neighbourhood policy, » Russia, » Europe, » Romania, » Republic of Moldova
Not about human rights
Even China has criticised the Roma policy of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but for dubious reasons, writes the daily Gândul, adding that however even within the EU there is no consensus on the issue: "The most harsh criticism of the French Republic comes from the Chinese press. Not because they're worried about the Gypsies but because now China can expose the 'difference between discourse and action on human rights in Western countries'. ... Some call for a 'European strategy' for this particular ethnic group. Such a strategy would be difficult to define, particularly seeing as the EU hasn't even been able to hustle up sufficient support for a [common] energy strategy or foreign policy."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Domestic Policy, » Migration, » Integration, » Minorities, » France, » Europe, » Romania, » Bulgaria, » China
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