Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca committed a violation, when obliged consumers to pay for consumed tap water based on readings of supplier’s [the Apa Canal enterprise] meters, said representatives of the Consumer Protection people’s organization.

Bashkan [Governor] of Gagauzia Mikhail Formuzal stands up for establishing a wide popular movement for the protection of the rights of the so-called Russian-speaker population – ethnic Ukrainians, Russians, Bulgarians, Gagauzes, Jews and many other ethnic minorities residing permanently in the Republic of Moldova and constituting one-third of the country’s populace.

On June 10, the Jewish community of Moldova will organize one-day education conference “Limmud Moldova”.

Participants of the MMM 2011 financial scheme from Moldova have accused commercial banks of illegal blocking of their deposits by arrangement with authorities. The statement was made by one of MMM 2011 activists Anatoly Prezenko.

Fighters of the Moldova K-1 Federation have won 7 medals at the European Kickboxing Championships held in Lithuania, and their team ranked 3rd, said Federation Secretary Victor Serban at the press conference on Wednesday.

Representatives of the MMM 2011 financial scheme in Moldova intend to launch the sale of virtual MAVRO stocks as an alternative currency to euro and U.S. dollar. The statement was made by MMM 2011 scheme Director Alexander Kolbasov at the press conference on Wednesday.

Members of the Movement of Transnistrian Refugees (MTR) have said they intend to hold a protest action in front of the Chisinau Primaria [city government] and Government against the authorities’ prohibition to privatize apartments of a dwelling house (situated in 21/5 N. Milescu-Spataru street) before the repayment of a pledge assigned by the Council of Europe Development Bank (for 20 years) for its construction.

Security specialist of the Chisinau penitentiary No 13, Victor Ceban, and regime specialist of the Pruncul penitentiary No 9, Tudor Cosoi, said the Moldova Penitentiary Department (MPD) leadership threatened them with death.

Moldovan athletes have successfully performed at the East Europe Grand Prix prestigious tournament of mix fights in Kiev.

The Euro 2012 children’s football tournament will be organized in Chisinau on May 5-13 on the initiative of the Embassies of Ukraine and Poland to Moldova, as well as the Don Bosco children’s center.

The republican jujitsu and analogous martial arts association Bushinkai has won 19 prize-winning places and 16 medals within the 9th IKF World Kempo Championships 2012 that was held in Antalya, Turkey.

The 5th Congress of the history of the press entitled “The Mass Media: Between Document and Interpretation” has opened in Chisinau. It was organized – for the first time in Moldova – by the Romanian Press History Association (ARIP) and Moldova State University.

Former Director of the National Folk Center, Iustina Scarlat, has said that Minister of Culture Boris Focsa disregards the law and does not want to execute a court decision.

The closure of the private NIT television channel is a means of distracting the public attention from assessing the activities of the incumbent governing Liberal-Democratic Alliance for European Integration (AEI), believes Eco-Tiras Association Director Ilya Trombitchi, a former parliamentarian.

The Demnitate trade union of security, defense and law enforcement officers has said that establishing lower lump-sum benefits for police officers, who suffered within 7-April-2009 events, than for civilian participants is discrimination.