The political scene of the small Republic of Moldova has come to have one more political party called “New Historic Choice” (NOI, as the Romanian-language acronym goes), which is the successor to the Romanian National Party.

The actions undertaken by Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca are nothing but revenge against the Chairman of the Russian Youth League of Moldova, Igor Tulyantsev and his organization, said Director of ‘Sodrujestvo’ Fund, Boris Shapovalov on Tuesday at a news conference.

An early election is the only way to overcoming the continuing political crisis in Moldova, believe 75% citizens, who took part in the opinion poll held by the Moldovan Labor Party on May 10-25. The poll aroused the interest of 820 respondents from 72 populated areas from all over the republic.

The Moldovan Federation of Basketball, in cooperation with the sports organization ‘Athletes in Action’ will organize a basketball tournament USA-Moldova on May 26 – June 4.

The popular German rock-band Fotos will perform in Moldova for the first time ever, giving two open-air concerts – one in Chisinau and the second one in Tiraspol.

Moldovan citizens staying and working in the Russian Federation have the possibility to purchase medical insurance policy at a moderate price, said Alexandr Kalinin, chairperson of the Congress of Moldovan Diaspora in Russia.

Three left-wing Moldovan parties – the Party of Regions, the Socialist Party and the Patriotii Moldovei Party, signed today a partnership and cooperation agreement. The leaders of these parties announced this at a news conference at Infotag today.

Moldovan farmers are concerned about the fact that because of the ongoing political crisis in the country, the World Bank (WB) may refuse to provide Moldova a loan of US$10 million, for mitigating the consequences of the 2012 summer drought.

Chisinau lawyer Gheorghe Susarenco, a former Judge of the Moldovan Constitutional Court, maintains that President Nicolae Timofti let happen injustice with respect to Andrei Bastovoi, a member of the first Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.

The republican Consumer Protection Association has drawn attention to the multiple infringements on the consumers’ rights and to the impossibility to bring to justice those who stand behind these violations, because the Article No.28, providing for punishments in this field has been removed from the Moldovan legislation.

The Youth Media Centre and the Winrock Moldova Association have launched an appeal to the Moldovan civil society, urging it not to remain indifferent towards the problem of family violence.

A group of Balti citizens will demand that the General Prosecutor’s Office open a criminal file against a Russophobe teacher from Balti, Victor Kravchenko, the head of the initiative group, Andrei Ciornii said at a news conference at Infotag today.

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.