Monday, November 2, 2009

Romanian authorities to use Twitter to release information about voting abroad, including in Moldova

Romania will hold presidential elections on November 22, 2009 and December 6, 2009 (if a second round between the two top candidates is organized).

Bucharest has opened 13 polling stations in Moldova on this occasion. Many thousands of Moldovans hold Romanian passports.

Cotidianul reports that the Foreign Affairs Ministry (FAM) has decided to "tweet" information about voting abroad, including in Moldova, in order to increase transparency.

FAM representatives have said that they will be using Twitter to provide information about the actual organization of the voting process, which is normally not presented in press releases.

The Twitter account can be accessed here.

It is only available in Romanian, however. Imedia will be following the site to check for news related to Moldova.

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