Chisinau. A women’s auto sportive club, NANA, has been founded Moldova, the first women’s organization of such kind in this republic.

Chisinau. Last 12 months, the Republic of Moldova demonstrated only very moderate achievements in combating corruption. Accordingly, it has managed to move only one step up in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2008 classifier, and is presently standing on the 112th position among 180 nations included into the CPI research.

Chisinau. The European Court of Human Rights has accepted for examination the first one of more than a hundred claims lodged by forcible refugees from Transnistria against the Government of Moldova.

Chisinau. President Vladimir Voronin is enjoying the Moldovan population’s highest trust, revealed the Vox Populi opinion poll just carried out by the Moldovan Association of Sociologists and Demographers.

Chisinau. The behaviour of SDPM Chairman Dumitru Braghis and Secretary General Eduard Musuc was the reason why the party’s Balti city subdivision has decided to quit the organization.

Chisinau. The United Moldova Party asks the authorities to create equal conditions for all participants in the electoral race in the run-up to the 2009 parliamentary election.

Chisinau. Alleviation of grape export conditions and provision of means from the State Budget to subsidize the crediting of winemaking enterprises will help overcome the crisis in the sector, presumes the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.

Chisinau. Moldova’s former Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev will candidate for the post of chairman of the Centrist Union of Moldova at the party’s congress on 27 September, the leader of the Centrist Union, Mihai Petrache, told a news conference at Infotag today.

Chisinau. The German company Sudost-Medienagentur, with the financial support of the German representation in the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, will organize a training for 10 Moldovan journalists. During three months, international and local experts will teach journalists how to make interesting and unbiased TV reports.

Chisinau. The “Viitorul” Institute for Development and Social Initiatives and the Gagauzia administration have jointly created an official website for this southern Moldovan autonomous region – www.gagauzia.md.

Chisinau. The Chairman of the Lawyers for Human Rights public organization, prominent lawyer Vitalie Nagacevschi has joined the oppositional Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova.

Chisinau. Moldovan human-right organizations are showing increasing concern about lack of transparency at selecting candidacies for parliamentary ombudsmen.

Chisinau. The anti-discrimination coalition is demanding from the Ministry of Justice to introduce amendments into the draft Law on Discrimination Prevention.

Chisinau. The Moldovan Government has no sound, transparent policy of agriculture development, and this has already led to an unprecedented degradation of the farm sector, maintains Liberal Democratic Party leader MP Vladimir Filat.

Chisinau. Chairman of “My Moldova” citizens’ association Fedor Ghelici has called on Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca to tender resignation.