Chisinau. The Christian Evangelical Church of Moldova has called upon the local populace to go to the polls on April 5 to elect a new Parliament for this republic.

Chisinau. Moldovan Gypsies are demanding special conditions for their participation in parliamentary elections on April 5.

Chisinau. The Government of Moldova has lost dozens of litigations in the European Court of Human Rights through the fault of Supreme Court judges Mihai Poalelungi, Mihai Ciugureanu, Nicolae Clima, Tatiana Raducanu, Sveatoslav Moldovan, as well as Appeals Chamber judges Grigore Zubati, Nelli Budai, Ghimpu Corun, Ghimpu Stratan, Mihai Buruian, maintains the Lawyers for Human Rights Organization.

Chisinau. The recently formed Demnitate [Dignity] socio-political women’s movement will support the Democratic Party at the April 5 parliamentary elections.

Chisinau. Chisinau Municipal Health Department Director Ion Arteni, appointed to the post by the Chisinau Municipal Council [city legislature] in November 2008, has accused his predecessor of arbitrariness.

Chisinau. The just dismissed Chairman of the Chisinau Municipal Council [city legislature], Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party of Moldova (SDPM) Eduard Musuc has accused CMC deputies from the Moldova Noastra Alliance (MNA), the Liberal Party (LP) and the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) of irresponsibility.

Chisinau. The Deputy Chairman of the Cantemir raion organization of the Social Democratic Party, Alexei Busuioc, has quitted the formation and applied for membership of the Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM).

Chisinau. The Patria-Rodina Party of the Socialists of Moldova (PSM) has decided to abstain from running for Parliament on April 5, but will back the ruling Communist Party, PSM Chairman Eduard Smirnov announced at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. The European Court of Human Rights will compel the government of Moldova to introduce amendments into the Code of Criminal Procedure pertaining to the tapping of citizens’ telephones. The just passed ECHR judgment will come into force in three months.

Chisinau. Experts of the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) and the Expert-grup analytic center forecast that the Law on the State Budget item concerning the macro-economy will be changed immediately after the Parliamentary elections, which will take place on April 5.

Chisinau. The oppositional Social Democratic Party of Moldova has officially announced its embarking on an election campaign.

Chisinau. The Srraseni raion authorities assert that somebody impedes the installation of water supply to the raion center.

Chisinau. The candidates for the Chairman post in the National Football Federation of Moldova (NFF) Petr Efros, Igor Oprea and Vasile Vatamanu consider that Pavel Ciobanu’s victory at the elections was unlawful and they demand to annul it.

Chisinau. The recently established Civil Congress, uniting several profiled non-governmental organizations of Moldova, has organized kind of an ‘examination session’ for political parties standing for Parliament in the April 5 elections. So far, six such parties have agreed to subject themselves to such an unusual test.

Chisinau. The Center of Ethnic Integration For Problems of National Minorities has been opened in Chisinau. Its presentation took place at a news conference in Infotag on Thursday.