A. whereas one fifth of the Belarusian population consists of 130 nationalities, including Russians (11 %), Poles (3.9 %), Ukrainians (2.4 %), as well as Armenians, Tatars, Roma, Lithuanians, Azerbaijanis, Moldavians, Germans, Georgians and others; whereas each and every nationality enjoys legally ensured rights to preserve and develop its native language, culture, customs and traditions,

5. In case the person to be readmitted possesses the nationality of a third state in addition to Moldavian nationality, the Requesting Member State shall take into consideration the will of the person to be readmitted to the state of his/her choice.

12. Recognises the recent elections in Moldova; notes the concerns of the EU Council that the elections did not succeed in meeting certain obligations required for a full competitive electoral process, especially in relation to fair access to the media and impartial campaigning coverage; calls on the new Government of Moldova to investigate reports of alleged torture and ill treatment by police of victims, including minors, and to improve its prison conditions; calls for reforms to improve the rule of law and to redress corruption in the institutions; calls on Moldova to prevent any trafficking in human beings, particularly in women and children including women as sex slaves and trafficking in human organs for transplants; calls on the ...[+++] authorities to ensure political balance in the state-controlled media; considers that arrests of opposition MPs and other actions against peaceful demonstrations constitute clear violations of fundamental rights and freedoms such as freedom of expression, association and assembly; calls on the so-called Dnestr Moldavian Republic to release any remaining political prisoners;

11. Recognises the recent elections in Moldova; notes the concerns of the EU Council that the elections did not succeed in meeting certain obligations required for a full competitive electoral process, especially in relation to fair access to the media and impartial campaigning coverage; calls on the new Government of Moldova to investigate reports of alleged torture and ill treatment by police of victims, including minors, and to improve its prison conditions; calls for reforms to improve the rule of law and to redress corruption in the institutions; calls on Moldova to prevent any trafficking in human beings, particularly in women and children including women as sex slaves and trafficking in human organs for transplants; calls on the ...[+++] authorities to ensure political balance in the state-controlled media; considers that arrests of opposition MPs and other actions against peaceful demonstrations constitute clear violations of fundamental rights and freedoms such as freedom of expression, association and assembly; calls on the so-called Dnestr Moldavian Republic to release any remaining political prisoners;

The problem itself has often gained some dramatic changes like in the recent political scandal in Montenegro when a Moldavian woman victim of trafficking has identified some of the key political figures as clients and/or those who actually were involved in the "business".

* Corridor IX: from the Ukrainian and Moldavian borders to the Bulgarian border, an accent being put on the road and rail accesses to the new bridge on the Danube in Calafat-Vidin.