An initiative group of Bessarabians studying in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in concert with 11 organizations of Moldovan students from Romania, will provide consultancy services for graduates of Moldovan schools and lyceums willing to continue their studies in Romania.

Moldovan farmers regard the Parliament’s decision to push the VAT rate in agriculture to 20% from the current 8% as a catastrophe.

The Embassy of Germany to Moldova is inviting classical music fans to a traditional summer open-air concert, which will be called this year as “A Note Diplomacy” and will be timed to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The concert will be held in the Green Theater of Chisinau next Sunday, July 15 at 19.30 hrs.

Three Moldovan athletes have won medals at the senior European Championship in Grappling, Pankration and Amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Brussels, Belgium. Altogether, 300 athletes coming from 20 European countries took a part in the event.

Moldovan university graduates can take a part in the International Parliamentary Scholarships (IPS) program launched by the German Bundestag in cooperation with German universities, submitting applications before July 31.

A number of chairpersons of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) territorial subdivisions have announced their leaving the organization in protest against lack of democracy in it.

The Moldovan Red Cross Society has demanded organizations and institutions to not use its symbols – the Red Cross on white background that represents reverse symbols of the Swiss flag.

The Pro-Moldova Association of Historians and Political Scientists has initiated legal proceedings against the Government of Moldova and against the Ministry of Education with a demand to cancel the Minister’s order on introducing “The History of the Romanians” subject in Moldovan schools and lyceums.

Had a parliamentary election been held in Moldova on a nearest Sunday, the highest number of ballots, 39.3%, would be cast for the opposition Moldovan Communist Party, Association of Sociologists and Demographers Chairman Victor Mocanu stated on Wednesday, presenting in Infotag the findings of the Association’s a new Vox Populi opinion poll, carried out among 1,591 citizens of Moldova on June 1 through 10.

Chisinau will host the 3rd European Minifootball Championship on September 20-24, namely in the National Opera and Ballet Theater square.

Nikolai Besedovskyi – a Transnistrian conflict veteran, who has been failing to get customs clearance for and to import a car he brought to Moldova from the Netherlands since 2005 – has asked the state officials for help.

The corruption combating has been one of the biggest failures of Moldovan authorities since the beginning of the year. The statement was made by experts of the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) and independent analytical center Expert-Grup that published an analysis on the fulfillment of Eurointegration commitments by the Moldovan leadership in January-March 2012.

The Cricova primaria [executive authority] has said it is anxious about the misappropriation of an 11-hectare public land plot by the private economic agent – Ecotehlider.

The European cultural festival Tandem will be held for the first time in Moldova on May 25-27. The event aims to ensure cultural exchange between cultural managers of Moldova and the European Union.

The European Union helps Moldovan cities to develop their infrastructure. The assistance is provided within the INEGR-ABLE: Capacity for Integrated Urban Development EU-Black Sea CBC project.