Chisinau. Participants in the Protest Family March, which took place on May 11, 2008, demanded to outlaw GENDER–DOC–M.

Chisinau. The taekwondo JDI national federation, the “For Life” public association and the Charity Fund of Invalids consider that the GenderDoc-M center, which promotes the rights of sexual minorities in Moldova, discriminates the society.

Chisinau. The GenderDoc-M Information Center will conduct the VII parade of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transsexuals of Moldova, titled “The Rainbow over the Dniester” on May 8-11, 2008.

Chisinau. The Orvento Metal, which is a joint Moldovan-American enterprise and which sells rolled items and manufactures metal constructions and items in Moldova and outside it, marks its 15th anniversary on May 6. The results of the enterprise’s activities have been summed up at a news conference in Infotag.

Chisinau. On May 11, the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova will hold meetings with local residents in 13 raions of Moldova in support of concluding a Moldo-Romanian Agreement on trans-border traffic. And on May 25, an analogous action will take place in Chisinau.

Chisinau. Chisinau organization of war veterans intend to restore the cemetery of heroes in the Botanica sector, where presumably more than 3 thousand people of various nationalities, who fell in the Second World War, are buried.

Chisinau. The Pacifism without Borders organization calls upon the Moldovan Government to recall Moldovan servicemen from Iraq. Twenty servicemen, mainly, sappers, participate in the post conflict operation in Iraq.

Chisinau. In 2007 Moldovan citizens paid unofficially to state institutions about 900 million lei. Such data are given in the public opinion poll, conducted by the Transparency International.

Chisinau. The “Alianţa Verde” [Green Alliance] Ecological Party is demanding from the Moldovan authorities to solve environmental problems more actively and consistently.

Chisinau. The Social Democratic Party of Moldova is convinced the Transnistria problem will be much easier to solve in the conditions of an internationally guaranteed neutrality status of the republic, the party leader, ex-Prime Minister of Moldova MP Dumitru Braghis stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. Non-governmental organizations of Moldova consider that shelters for old people should be substituted for day centers. It was said at a press conference of the “Second Breath” non-governmental organization in the Tourist hotel on Friday.

Chisinau. Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin, is convinced it is impossible to solve the Transnistria problem in the nearest future, despite the restarted negotiation process between Chisinau and Tiraspol.

Chisinau. The oppositional Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova is preparing to sue in court all the actions being undertaken lately to intimidate concrete party members and to compromise the formation as a whole.

Chisinau. Moldovan sportswoman Liudmila Cristea has won the title of the Vice-Championship of Europe in free style wrestling among women and will participate in the Olympic Games-2008 in Beijing.

Chisinau. The XVI international COMINFO Moldova’2008 exhibition, which will take place from April 16 to 19 in the Moldexpo center, will gather more than 60 information technology companies.