Cliveden visitors in 2017. As home of Nancy Astor, Cliveden was the meeting place of the Cliveden Set of the 1920s and 30s—a group of political intellectuals. Later, during the early 1960s, it became the setting for key events of the notorious Profumo Affair. During the 1970s, it was occupied by Stanford University, which used it as an overseas campus. Today the house is leased by the National Trust as a five-star hotel. Cliveden means "valley among cliffs" and refers to the dene (valley) which cuts through part of the estate, east of the house. Cliveden has been spelled differently over
Political Alliance for a European Moldova Political Alliance for a European Moldova The Political Alliance for a European Moldova () was the pro-European governing coalition in Moldova from 18 February to 24 July 2015. On 24 July 2015 the Liberal Party joined a new majority coalition. The Pro-European Coalition ended after the formation of a new government in 2015 when the Liberal Reformist Party failed to gain representation at the preceding parliamentary election and the Liberal Party declined to participate in government. Its leaders were Chiril Gaburici, Vlad Filat and Marian Lupu. the Alliance was a minority coalition that from its outset relied on parliamentary support