Almost 45% voters in Moldova believe that prime minister must be an independent person, a politically neutral technocrat, as per the opinion poll “Vox Populi – April 2013: Political Crisis in Moldova as Seen by Citizens”, carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers.

The popularity rating and prestige of the opposition Communist Party in citizens’ eyes has gone up by more than 4% over last 3 months, while those of the former governing Alliance for European Integration constituent parties – has dropped by 2%, as per the opinion poll “Vox Populi – April 2013: Political Crisis in Moldova as Seen by Citizens”, carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers.

The German Embassy to Moldova has announced the launch of a contest for selecting three Moldovan youths that will benefit from the five-month International Parliamentary Scholarship of the German Bundestag – 2014.

The Russian Youth League of Moldova has given a start to its annual action called “The St. George Ribbon”.

“There is no professional football in the Republic of Moldova and the leading clubs are playing as amateurs. Moreover, they are infringing on the restrictions imposed by the UEFA,” said the Head of the Iskra-Stali football club and of the Feira Group Company, Marin Livadaru.

The Bic River Council has launched an appeal to Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti and to Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu, asking the top leaders to contribute to the improvement of the environmental situation of the river.

The third ‘ClassFest’ International Festival of Theatre and Film Schools will be conducted in Chisinau on April 8-13. The event is organized by the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Mihai Eminescu Institute of Romanian Culture in Chisinau, the Romania-based Goethe Institute, as well as the Moldova-based Center for Science and Culture of the Russian Federation.

The peaceful protesting of April 6-7, 2009 was “stolen” by people from President Voronin’s surrounding, who transformed it into criminal-type disturbances, presumes Chisinau lawyer Anna Ursachi.

The social-political movement of the Roma people living in Moldova invites all those interested to attend the celebrations of the International Romani Day, which will last for five days, for the first time ever over the past 23 years.

The Liberal Party’s legislative initiative on the Republic of Moldova’s language policy, according to which Moldova citizens will be permitted to receive education only in the Romanian language, “may simply blast up the civil society”. Such is the opinion of the Civil Congress, presented at the news conference in Infotag on Tuesday.

Moldovan athletes won three medals at the European Combat Grappling Championship, recently held in Kecskemet, Hungary.

"A special organization for promoting the interests of professional football is much-needed in the Republic of Moldova," said at a news conference today the head of the Iskra-Stali football club, Director of FEIRA GROUP Company, Marin Livadaru.

The Roma people living in Moldova have started being aware of the dangers and risks of tuberculosis and are ready to see doctors for consultations and treatment. This is the most important result attained due to the implementations of the project ‘Personal Health – the Health of Nation’ conduced by the Union Tarna Rom, with the financial support of the Soros Moldova Fund.

The contraband sugar serves as a certain test for the Republic of Moldova, according to the President of the Union of Sugar Producers, Alexander Koss.

The Adjuta Cives Association for Human Rights Protection is strongly dissatisfied with the activities of Moldovan law enforcement agencies, and says it is ready to organize actions of civil disobedience to the AEI authorities.