On April 26, 2012 the report of television and radio broadcasting Company “Deutsche Welle” named “Transnistria – Europe’s Hotbed of Smuggling” appeared on popular video hosting “YouTube”.
On May 3, 2012 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR saw a meeting between deputy Head of Foreign Office Vitaly Ignatiev and the delegation of Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of France.
On April 26, a regular meeting of the Department of World Political Processes took place, at which thesis work on “Conflict in Pridnestrovie: International Aspects” of a PhD student Nina Viktorovna Shtanski was discussed (research supervisor – Docent S.S. Veselovskiy, thesis reviewers – Professor D.M. Feldman, Professor K.P. Borishpolets, docent T.V. Yurieva).
During the briefing held for the Mass Media on April 26, 2012 official representative of the Russian MFA A.K. Lukashevich touched upon the results of the Vienna round of Moldo-Pridnestrovian settlement negotiations.
On April 28-29, 2012 within the framework of initiative of the Council of Europe “Sport instead of Drugs” the tag rugby championship, organized by the Council of Europe, Pridnestrovian and Moldavian sides, was held.
On April 26, 2012 on Rybnitsa station the official opening of full-scale freight railroad communication through Pridnestrovie was held. The present event took place within the framework of implementation of Protocol Decision “On the Principles of Resumption of Full-scale Freight Railroad Communication through the Territory of Pridnestrovie” signed by the President of the PMR Yevgeny Shevchuk and Prime-minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat on March 30, 2012 during bilateral meeting in Tiraspol.
