Sergiu Banari, an independent aspirant for parliament, is claiming that Moldovan embassies in foreign countries are boycotting, albeit unofficially, the raising of citizens’ signatures in his favor, and this is precisely why he cannot get the required number of 2 thousand signatures, so he would not be in a position to apply to the Central Election Commission for registration as a candidate.

The I-Tel Sistem Moldo-Russian company is ready to buy assets of the insolvent mobile network operator Eventis Mobile for the purpose to create and to launch the new operator in 2011. The statement was made by I-Tel Sistem Director Maxim Seliunin.

On Thursday, the League for Protecting Hereditary Rights Pro Echitate public association divulged another example of abuse of power that occurred in the Republic of Moldova’s (RM) courts. The activities were conducted within the public campaign - Jurists and Journalists against Corruption in the RM Courts.

Employees of the Glodeni-Zahar company that is now subjected to the insolvency procedure have demanded authorities to help them receiving their salaries and stuff reduction allowances. They said the manager of the insolvency process Laura Turcan tries to take out the factory 2.5 thousand tons of sugar which provides a guarantee of debt repayment to employees.

The Anti-Mafia Movement and the Party “Pentru Neam şi Tara” [“For People and Country”], running for parliament together, have stated they are challenging the mafia in Moldova to a duel.

The Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) has observed progresses in the transparency of elaborating documents by central authority organs. The statement was made by its Director Igor Botan on Wednesday.

The National Association of Artistic Unions and the Center of Cultural Policy have called on parties to sign the Cultura Moldovei 2015 convention that provides program for supporting and developing the culture, protecting and keeping the cultural heritage, reformation of the culture financing system.

The Party of the Humanists believes that orientation to the East and accession to the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus is the Republic of Moldova’s only chance for economic development.

All 898 village primarias [village government] of Moldova can participate in the competition of best projects in locality development and villager life quality’s improvement. The statement was made by national coordinator of the Best Practice Program for Local Authorities in Moldova (BPP) Olesea Cruc.

Days of French-German culture will be held in Chisinau for the 3rd time on October 22-23. The culture event purpose is to emphasize the importance of friendship and cooperation between countries and to present to Moldova a model of approaching with the European Union.

Lawyers Tudor Ungureanu, Veaceslav Turcan and Maxim Belinschi has demanded the Chisinau Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) to observe the legislation of criminal procedure and to apply it right when it makes decisions on the case of brothers Pavel and Vitalie Levinta.

Head of the Gasvat Grup company Vadim Ciornea has accused the Prosecution General’s Office and the Economic Court of Appeal of protecting interests of some groups, not the state.

The European Union regards 2010 as a year of a considerable progress in the rapprochement of Chisinau and Tiraspol, the EU Special Representative for Moldova Kalman Mizsei stated at his news conference in Infotag held on Tuesday evening.

The 8th international competition-festival Doua Inimi Gemene [Two Twin Hearts] dedicated to the memory of popular performers of 1990 Doina and Ion Aldea-Teodorovici (died in a road accident) will take place in Chisinau on November 13-15.

The Liberal Democratic Party faction in the town council [local legislature] of Codru, a Chisinau suburban community, have announced they are revoking their signatures from under the council resolution to give the Romanian marshal Antonescu’s name to a street in their town.