Keywords: Moldova - Joining the Club; Multilateral Agreements; Regional Plurilateral Agreements;
International agreements are ways to gain advantages in exchange for aspects of sovereignty. Smaller countries employ a variety of methods to band together and compete with larger countries. For the country considering joining a restrictive union, there is more than one option--and in the United States, several independent countries profited from becoming States within the union. The process of becoming a state has sometimes been prolonged, particularly with cultural differences; countries joining the European Union may see similar timelines. This process, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of joining a particular union, can prove useful for a country trying to negotiate optimal entry conditions.
More...Keywords: Foreign Relations Counsellors; Moldova EU accession; EUSR for Moldova
On 20 September 2005 the Political and Security Committee (PSC) reiterated its endorsement of the tasks of an EU Border Mission, as outlined in the Joint Council Secretariat/Commission Fact Finding Mission to Moldova and Ukraine concerning an EU Border Mission for Moldova - Ukraine and welcomed the agreement reached between the Council Secretariat and the Commission on the basic principles for the organisation of such a mission, as the agreed basis for taking forward this work. In this context, the PSC agreed on the need to reinforce the team of the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for Moldova, with four advisors to be located in Kiev, Odessa and Chisinau.
More...Keywords: EU-Moldova relations; Moldova: Economic and social situation; Rule of law; Human rights and freedom of expression in the Republic of Moldova; Situation in Transnistria/Transdniestria;
The EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee applauds the plans for an EU border mission on the Moldova-Ukraine border as welcome signs of enhanced engagement by the European Union in the search for a settlement of the Transnistria problem; stresses that better controls on the border are an essential element in bringing the conflict to an end: calls for this process of deeper EU engagement to be accelerated; welcomes the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the EC Border Assistance Mission to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine in order to establish an international monitoring mechanism for an efficient customs and border control at the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border: calls for the EU border mission to form the nucleus of a full ESDP mission in the future and to form part of a policy of greater EU engagement in Moldova... EU-MOLDOVA PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION COMMITTEE - EIGHTH MEETING, 6-7 October 2005, CHISINAU
More...Keywords: Moldova - Border Management: Institutions and Process; problems and deficiencies; Visa and Migration Policies; Multiple citizenship; The present border between Moldova and Ukraine; Romanian Government; Moldova - Demarcation and Delimination; Legal framew
BORDERS AND NEIGHBOURS THE BORDER BETWEEN MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE: A VIEW FROM KYIV For a long time border issues have been producing tensions rather then friendly cooperation between Kyiv and Chişinău. The border deal was formally complete in June 2001, when the parties simultaneously ratified the Treaty on the State Border and an additional protocol, which provided an exchange of territories. In return of 7 kilometers of the road Odessa-Reni (which is going through Moldova territory across Palanka village) Ukraine has provided Moldova with a small piece (appr. 400 meters) of Danube river bank near Dzurdzulesty village to built a river terminal there. This regulation still didn’t get a consensus in Moldovan society. Government of Republic of Moldova has ignored strong opposition inside country. Some political leaders still treat the protocol as wrong and unfair and call for reconsidering. This border dispute determined a debate on the essence of bilateral relations. Complains appeared that Ukraine behaves as an ’elder brother’ using the weakness of small poor neighbor. In January 2003 the parties started the process of border demarcation talks and in February 2005 signed an Agreement on border demarcation. Two obstacles actually slowing down this process, namely: lack of funds and Transdniestria issue. Almost a half of Ukraine-Moldova border is under control of Tiraspol separatist regime. This part of border is probably the most criminalized one in the East of Europe.
More...Keywords: Moldova - politics; security; Transnistrian/Transdniestrian question; European future; Moldova - economic and social issues; Moldova - borders and neighbours;
Policy Paper and Conference Report on EU-Moldova relations prepared by Johanna Deimel and Wim van Meurs, based on expert reports by Arcadie Barbarosie, Valeriu Gheorghiu, Anatol Gudym, Daniela Gutsu, Odette Hatto-Tomescu, Igor Munteanu, Nicu Popescu, Oleksandr Sushko and Victoria Umanet. International Conference "Moldova and Europe: Bridging the Gap" April 26 - 27, 2005. SÜDOSTEUROPA-GESELLSCHAFT
More..."From historical point of view Moldova was always a border-periphery. Moldova’s geographical position before 1882 placed on the border between the two big Empires Ottoman and Russia contributed actually to the first separation of the territory from Romania. Moldova’s periphery status is reaffirmed after the Second World War when it was separated again from Romania and became the border line between the Soviet Union and Romania. Thirdly, Moldova’s periphery status is reinforced after the end of the Cold War by Romania’s accession to NATO, when Moldova was labelled as border line between the West and post-Soviet space."
More...Keywords: security threats and risks of the society in the Republic of Moldova; Transnistrian / Transdniestrian conflict; Moldova - Kosovo Model; ‘Cyprus’ Model; Organized crime; Traffic; Evolving oligarchs; Blockage of the reform;
It is a common point to claim that the Republic of Moldova is vulnerable, and that it is generally an ‘unsafe and instable place’, jeopardized by multifarious and strenuous security risks. On the other hand, anybody who visits Chisinau, not mentioning smaller cities or the rural area, has the feeling of “stopped time”, of a space where nothing happens. Which is the real dimension of security risks and which are the insecurity challenges in the republic of Moldova today? I tried to briefly present the real situation of the security threats and to find out which might be the options of solving these problem in the nearest future and on medium term.
More...Internal Report on Semestrial Evaluation of the EU-Moldova Action Plan Implementation, adopted on September, 7, 2005 by the National Commission for European Integration is the first Report of this type, elaborated by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, which set as its purpose regular submitting of information to the EU institutions and Member States on the country’s achievements in the context of European integration. Having been elaborated on the basis of Reports from the Ministries and Central Administrative Authorities, the Report includes major progress in the implementation of EUMoldova Action Plan, reflecting particularly legislative reforms in the field of justice, public administration, educational system; measures taken in order prevent money laundering, illegal migration; regulatory reform regarding the activity of entrepreneurs, the consolidation of financial, banking and fiscal systems; the adjustment of regulations in the field of inland water transport to international standards. Descriptive and table structure of the Report was determined by the necessity of the concentration of the most relevant achievements in the context of Action Plan’s priorities, without neglecting less significant actions, which, nevertheless, once cumulated, have formed the basis of the statements from the descriptive part.
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Keywords: Derived anglicisms; colloquial vocabulary; language of the media
This study presents the dynamic processes by which anglicisms are being made subject to assimilative word-formation in the most current Polish, as these may be set against the more general developmental trend dubbed “democratisation”, to be observed in contemporary Slavic languages. The last quarter century’s observed expansion within media language of both colloquial vocabulary and vocabulary associated with a specific circle is something the author links with, on the one hand: the younger generation’s enhanced need to achieve effective expression, generate value judgments and demonstrate affinity with a given group or circle (i.a. by way of specific wordplay and camouflage); and on the other: a “laid-back” attitude, with a simultaneous desire (on the part of journalists) to bring the media they represent closer to their audiences or recipients, which is to say to ordinary, everyday users of language.
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Keywords: Variants; substandard; variation; word formation; phraseological units
Word formation variants of phraseological units are characterized by the difference in word formation structure of words-components and are represented more widely in slang than in the literary (standard) language. Word formation variation in slang is characterized by a specific set of means which are not represented in word formation variation of literary language phraseological units: in slang the variation of non-synonymous prefixes takes place; there is a tendency of forming variants by means of desuffixation; most phraseological variants are marked by reflected variation and the synonymy of a motivating and motivated variants, which leads to word formation affixes desemantization.
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Keywords: Pronominal prepositions; Celtic; Goidelic
One of the characteristic features of modern Celtic languages is the wide usage of pronominal prepositions (also known as conjugated prepositions or prepositional pronouns). These forms consist of a preposition and a suffixed pronoun, or rather a pronominal personal ending. The process of their formation, referred to as ‘fusion’, ‘agglutination’, ‘incorporation’, or ‘merger’ resembles to some extent both inflection and derivation (word formation). The paper discusses the origin and properties of selected Celtic (especially Goidelic) pronominal prepositions, and gives examples of usage (including the possessive constructions) from Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx.
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Keywords: Upper Sorbian’s language; word-formation; diminutive; folk songs; dialect
Deminutiwa are frequently met in Upper Sorbian folk songs. They tend to play rather emotional than descriptive role (the former by informing about the size of an object) and above all in composing verses. It is not always possible to conclude whether given derivative plays in a song the clearly defined qualitative semantic role. Some, being first diminutive might become basic words like łastojčka / łastolčka, have in present Sorbian’s dialects been only structural derivatives. In some cases the structural diminutive form indicates regional differentiation like (čorna) jahodka near the village of Kamjenc. By comparing to the contemporary Upper Sorbian’s language, the structural distinction of the folk songs’ diminutives has been proved, like ječmenik, zwonašk, which were created solely for the purpose of composing the verse.
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Keywords: Polish language; history of Polish language; expressive lexis; appelative and proprial names of people; onomastics
In the article the author presents the analysis of both expressive appelative and proprial composed lexemes naming people in the history of Polish language. The author shows that sometimes one can treat appelative and proprial names as a whole. The structural models are similar and the method used in the research of appelative vocabulary can be proper in analysis of proprial names. A few aspects were observed, too. Structural aspect, stylistic and semantic aspect, psycholinguistic aspect, pragmatic aspect, sociological aspect and cultural aspect were taken into consideration what made possible to describe the analysed vocabulary in broadly understood communicative context.
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Keywords: Vocational feminine forms; contemporary Russian language; gender linguistic; Russian press and Internet
The author considers process to increase the quantity of vocational feminine forms in contemporary Russian language, especially in Russian press and Internet. This paper presents Russian vocational feminine forms (е.g.: директорша, бизнесменша, архитекторша, инженерша, инспекторша, таксистка, тренерша). The author tries to analyse these all forms in connection with situation of Russian language today and describes also a contrary tendency: changing of the feminine form to masculine (секретарша – секретарь).
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