Alarm at EU passports for Moldova

On the 7 May 2009 the EU launch talks with six Eastern European neighbours on closer relations in the Eastern Partnership initiative - including Moldova, which only one month earlier was rocked by violence following a disputed election.

Moldova is Europe's most impoverished country and its 4.1 million people can only travel to the EU if they have a special visa. But Romania has offered passports to up to one million Moldovans - alarming both Moldova and some in the EU, says the BBC's Oana Lungescu.