Chisinau. The Centrist Union of Moldova and United Gagauzia Movement have decided to stand for Parliament as one team in order to win the April 5 parliamentary elections and start building a new Moldova, the two leaders, Vasile Tarlev and Fedor Gagauz, stated at their joint news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. The team of Nikolai Dudoglo, the Mayor of Comrat town [the administrative center of the Gagauz Yeri autonomous region in southern Moldova], has decided to render support to the Social Democratic Party (Dumitru Braghis) at the April 5 parliamentary elections.

Chisinau. Over three hundred employees of the MoldATSA state enterprise for air traffic servicing and air space using have voiced strong disagreement with the decision of the Sectorul Botanica Court of Chisinau that has sentenced enterprise director Valerian Vartic to 10 years.

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.