21/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - The German presidency has noted “with satisfaction” that the local elections in Moldova “went off smoothly”. However, the multi-party elections “did not comply on all points with the international obligations”, it says in a press release, calling on the country's authorities to resolve the remaining shortcomings, such as “equal access for all candidates to the media, the orderly registration of all candidates, as well as the maintenance of the electoral registers and the vote counting”. The presidency also regretted that the people of Transnistria were not able to take part in the elections. (ab)