Deputies of the Popular Assembly of the southern Moldovan autonomous region of Gagauzia have initiated the procedure of impeachment of Bashkan Mikhail Formuzal – the head of the autonomy’s executive power branch.

Moldovan entrepreneur Viorel Topa was illegally convicted to 8 years in prison, as for over 12 years, the Moldovan law enforcement bodies had been concealing a judgment providing for the refusal to open a criminal case against him. The lawyer of Viorel Topa, Andrei Nastase made this statement at a news conference at Infotag today.

The service colleagues of retired police General Boris Muravschi, who was excluded from the contest for filling the vacant post of Moldova’s Prosecutor General, regard him as a good specialist and an honest, principled man, the 4 police colonels and a retired major general stated at a news conference at Infotag today.

Three Moldovan cities: Balti, Orhei and Vadul lui Voda have improved their planning capacities in the field of integrated urban development, within the framework of the project Integra-ABLE, financed by the Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme 2007-2013 of the European Union. The Black Sea Basin Joint Operational Programme 2007-2013 is a program under the European Neighborhood & Partnership Instrument (ENPI) of the EU. It aims to contribute to: “a stronger and sustainable economic and social development of the regions of the Black Sea Basin”.

The FAB Romania (Federation of Associations of Bessarabian) will be cooperating with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Moldova, in line with an agreement on the matter signed in Chisinau today.

The National Union of War for Independence Veterans has called upon Moldovan state organs to impede the multiplying attempts to create paramilitary organizations, “which are endangering the independence, security and territorial integrity of the country”.

The on-line publishing company Bestseller.md has created the first platform eBooks in Moldova, which allows Moldovan readers purchasing and reading books in electronic format.

Moldovan workers of culture and sciences are expressing strong concern about the political crisis in the governing Alliance for European Integration, and are urging its leaders to never forget that they bear responsibility before citizens and, therefore, must place country interests above their party or personal interests.

The youth movement “Together for the Future” is proposing to set up a parliamentary ad hoc commission to analyze the recorded telephone talks of National Tax Inspectorate Director Nicolae Vicol, which he held with high-ranked governmental officials at the beginning of the previous week.

The criminal cases, started recently against National Tax Inspectorate Director Nicolae Vicol, Deputy Secretary General of the State Chancellery Office Eduard Banaruc, Minister of Health Andrei Usatii, abound with procedural violations, the officials’ lawyers stated at a news conference in Infotag.

The governing Alliance for European Integration has been in a state of agony, but nevertheless keeps on feeding the nation with deceit, empty promises and fairy tales about the government’s ability to be successful. The AEI is only imitating struggle against corruption, while real criminals continue to act freely, Moldovan ex-Minister of State Security Anatol Plugaru, a free-lance political scientist and analyst now, stated at a news conference in Infotag.

Liberal Democratic parliamentarians Ion Butmalai and Alexandru Cimbriciuc are going to address to the country leadership with an insistent demand to examine the crime situation deteriorating in the republic each coming day.

Regional authorities of the Telita village, Anenii Noi raion are ignoring the rights of invalids and of the participants in the Transnistrian armed conflict, said war veteran Grigore Badascu at a news conference at Infotag on Tuesday.

“The arrest of the Head of Moldovan Tax Service, Nicolae Vicol, was illegal, as it run against all the procedures that must be observed in such cases,” said his lawyer, Ana Ursachi, at a news conference at Infotag on Monday morning.

Moldovan first-time business people will benefit from a new Entrepreneurs’ Guide, launched within the project “Remittances for Developing the Rural Communities in Moldova” presented at a news conference at Infotag, today. The presentation was organized by the representation of the international organization Hilfswerk Austria in Moldova.