Chisinau. More than 60 families ask the Moldovan authorities to return their money invested in 2005 in the construction of the apartment house in the Mircea cel Batrin boulevard 41 in Chisinau.

Chisinau. The Arguments and Facts in Moldova newspaper has issued a book of short stories by Moldovan authors under the title “The Thick Magazine”.

Chisinau. In the mainland Moldova, 69% families speak Moldovan at home, and only 18% families – Russian.

Chisinau. The political council of the Patria-Moldova Party has expressed a non-confidence vote to its Chairman Andrei Tarna, who was elected to this post in September 2007.

Chisinau. The campaign in the run-up to the March 16 election of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly [parliament] cannot be practically felt in the southern Moldovan autonomous region, experts of the League for Human Right Protection in Moldova (LADOM) are maintaining.

Chisinau. The representatives of territorial organizations of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, who recently joined the LDPM upon quitting the Democratic Party (DP) and the Christian Democratic Popular Party (CDPP), have stated they are going to start legal actions against the leaders of the latter two parties.

Chisinau. The Moldovan Communist authorities’ refusal to permit the agreed-on delivery of humanitarian assistance for Gagauzia is fraught with a new spiral of strain in Moldo-Russian relations, presumes Chisinau Municipal Council member and the Chairman of the Ravnopraviye [Equal Rights] Socio-Political Movement, Valery Klimenko.

Chisinau. The Liberal Party is demanding from the Communist authorities to give up the intention to fire 10 thousand public sector workers for the sake of meeting the International Monetary Fund requirements, according to which State Budget expenditures should not exceed 10% of the nation’s gross domestic product.

Chisinau. The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections has resumed activities and is preparing for monitoring the March 16 election of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly. On this occasion, the Coalition organized a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. The Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM) regards as untimely the Liberal Democratic Party’s idea to organize a nation-wide referendum on amending the Constitution and the Electoral Code.

Chisinau. The Coffee House network of cafes began making the Moldova dulce (Moldovan sweet) coffee on the basis of an exclusive recipe.

Chisinau. In January 200, with funding from the United States government, Lawyers for Human Rights launched the project “Free Legal Assistance to Journalists Dealing with Investigative Article.”

Chisinau. The Popular Action socio-political movement convened a news conference in Infotag today to announce that the much-spoken Moscow’s secret plan of Transnistrian conflict settlement does exist.

Chisinau. The Tiras-Tighina association of war vets and the Justeţe league of officers, veterans and combatants of the law-enforcement, justice and emergency organs have stated they will go out into streets if the Government keeps on ignoring their law-stipulated right of addition to pensions.

Chisinau. The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) has initiated legal proceedings against the Ministry of Justice for libel, party leader MP Vladimir Filat stated at a news conference in Infotag today.