Chisinau. The Quebec Immigration Bureau (BIQ) Vienna office is expecting that in 2009 the immigration of Moldovans to this province of Canada will grow by 25%.

Chisinau. Chisinau citizen Gennady Shatov, 43, is preparing for a motorcycle journey around the world, the first adventure of such kind in Moldova’s history. For this unusual enterprise, he has enlisted the support of several sponsors, including the Holiday Service company and the Linia Montana sportive equipment shop of Chisinau.

Chisinau. The GenderDoc-M Information Center, which defends the interests of sexual minorities in Moldova, has refused to conduct a public manifestation in support of the Law on Non-discrimination and Tolerance in the center of Chisinau in the frame of the VIII Pride-festival “A Rainbow over the Dniester”, which will take place on May 7-9.

Chisinau. Cancellation of political control over the judiciary, ensuring the independence of the Prosecutor General's Office, de-politicization of the institution of the president, resignation of the current administration of the Teleradio-Moldova public company and election of a new administration, establishment of a permanent political conference to facilitate political dialog between the opposition and the authorities – such are the main clauses of the Plan proposed by the civil society for the sake of achieving national reconciliation and Republic of Moldova’s integration into Europe.

Chisinau. Lawyer Ion Dron maintains that the case of his customer Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin, has been obviously fabricated because the prosecution has not yet provided whatever evidence of what Mocanu is being charged of – involvement into the April 7 disturbances in Chisinau.

Chisinau. The Parliament-90 Association, uniting the deputies of the independent Republic of Moldova’s first parliament (1990-1994), are proposing to convoke a Great National Assembly on August 29, i.e. on the 20th anniversary of the first such all-nation rally that took place in Chisinau’s namesake central square on August 29, 1989.

Chisinau. The Neaos company will help Moldovan farmers to acquire agricultural machinery from the John Deere company (the USA). In April Neaos received the status of the John Deere dealer in Moldova.

Chisinau. The criminal prosecution of young businessman Gabriel Stati has been caused by a chronic, intolerable antipathy Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has for the family of Statis, presumes Vitalie Nagacevschi, a renowned Moldovan lawyer.

Chisinau. The three main opposition forces of Moldova – the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Moldova Noastra Alliance – will request the Constitutional Court to extend the current deadline for checking electoral lists, party leaders Mihai Ghimpu, Vlad Filat and Serafim Urechean stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. The Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Moldova, Eduard Musuc, and several more members of the SDPM Political Bureau have left the organization.

Chisinau. The three main opposition forces that have won seats in the next Parliament of Moldova – the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Moldova Noastra Alliance – have announced they will not have a finger in re-counting the ballots cast at the April 5 parliamentary elections in this republic.

Chisinau. The Social Democratic Party of Moldova has proposed opposition parties to expand the democratic coalition and to include into it all electoral contenders that took part in the April 5 parliamentary elections.

Chisinau. The Liberal Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Moldova Noastra Alliance – the three opposition parties which made it to parliament after the 5 April parliamentary election in Moldova but which will hold a minority there – will stage a rally in the centre of Chisinau on Sunday, April 12, at 1100.

Chisinau. Hotels and of Anatolia and Moldovan tour operators are waiting for the increase of tourist influx to Turkey from Moldova.

Chisinau. The non-governmental organizations (NGO) of Moldova (the Association of Independent Press, the Independent Center of Journalism, the Moldova Union of Journalist, the Center of Young Journalists of Moldova) are concerned with the aggravation of the situation in mass media, violation of the right for the access to information) and attacks at journalists.