On the initiative of the Heating electric power plants #1 and #2 [CET-1 and CET-2] in Chisinau, Gas Natural Fenosa and Solartech Energy the first Association of Energy Sector Employers has been created.

The civil society organization “Civil Control – Elections 2014” is reporting violations of electoral legislation that began yet before the official start of an election campaign.

The representatives of the organizations of the Tiras-Tighina Association of Transnistrian Conflict Veterans, Solidaritate, and Tineretul National-Crestin (National Christian Youth), known to be ardent supporters of the idea of unire [unification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania], have expressed indignation that Liberal Party Chairman Mihai Ghimpu and First Deputy Chairman Dorin Chirtoaca “are misappropriating other people’s merits”.

Prominent Moldovan political scientist Bogdan Tardea has announced that he had joined the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM).

Over one-third (34.2%) of Moldova citizens appear to have no trust whatsoever in Moldovan political parties, as per the findings of the opinion poll “The Pre-Election Situation in the Republic of Moldova”, carried out by the Moldovan Political Science Association by order of the Center for Strategic Analysis and Forecasts.

Moldova’s ex-president Vladimir Voronin and the organization he heads – the Moldovan Communist Party (MCP) continue to enjoy the population’s highest trust, according to the results of an opinion poll that were presented in Infotag on Wednesday by experts from the Moldovan Association of Sociologists and Demographers, who carried out the poll by order of the Chisinau branch of the CIS Parliamentary Assembly’s International Institute for Monitoring of Democracy Development.

Businessmen Denis Ureche and Alexei Damaschin presented schemes, the realization of which led to withdrawal of 18 million euros from Moldovan banks.

MP Grigore Petrenco of the Communist Party faction has decided to test for impartiality the Prosecutor General’s Office and commissions for integrity and for struggle against corruption.

Victor Coroli, Director of the Alliance of Access to Information and Training Community Centers of Moldova, and Ludmila Mitioglo, chairman of the Pro-Europa Center in Comrat, launched the Project “EU-RM, Partnership More than Donorship”, which aims to reduce Moldovan citizens’ Euro-skepticism and to promote best EU practices in Moldova.

The Moldovan authorities are deliberately dragging out the distribution of a credit intended for financing projects in the farm sector because they have no idea who should manage the 100-million-euro credit provided by the Government of Poland”, maintains National Farmers Federation Chairman Valeriu Cosarciuc, a former Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry.

Communist MP Grigore Petrenco has demanded to summon Defense Minister Valeriu Troenco to the Parliament’s first plenary meeting with explanations about the presence of American paratroopers in Moldova.

The Party of Regions, the “Moldova’s Patriots” and the Socialists Party launched on Monday an initiative “No vote for parliamentary parties!”

The Copyright and Related Rights Association (AsDAC) denies charges of the National Association for the Protection of Intellectual Creation (ANPCI) that in 2013 the Association has illegally collected 5 million lei – Moldovan authors and performers’ remuneration from abroad.

The amendments to the Law on Natural Gas, that were adopted by the ruling coalition recently, will cause expenditure growth by minimum 200 million lei a year, Victor Parlicov, the former Head of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE), said at a news conference at Infotag in Thursday.

Former employees of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Elena Gritco and Nina Cereteu believe that sending criminal cases, initiated against them, to the Prosecutors’ Office is a political order.