Moldova is being deliberately drawn into geopolitical games between the West and the Russian Federation, believes Director of the independent Moldovan Institute of Euro-Integration and Political Studies Dr. Viorel Cibotaru, an expert in strategic management, globalization and social communication strategies.

Ecologists from Moldova, Ukraine and Romania are realizing joint project under the title “Cross-border cooperation for preventing consequences of natural disasters and reducing environment pollution in the Lower Danube Euroregion”.

The leading canning companies have proposed to the Government a set of measures to be urgently taken, which will help stabilize situation in the branch.

The experts of the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) and of the Еxpert-Grup Center made a conclusion that the progress made by Moldova in the European integration process in the second quarter of 2014 remains moderate.

The Edujoc Company, represented by Victoria Novac and Igor Hincu, has been named national finalist of the contest Creative Business Cup, held in Moldova for the first time by the Gew Moldova Association.

Farmers-horticulturists from the North of Moldova give a week to the Iurie Leanca’s Government to find sales market for apples, grown by them this year and traditionally sold on Russian market, stated on the Monday press conference Veaceslav Valico, Chairman of the Council of Moldovan Farmers’ National Representatives.

Nicolai Kojushko, Chairman of the Ukrainian human rights organization “Dopomojemo Dityam” [Let Us Help Children] demands from Moldova humanitarian aid for children from Donbas [region in Eastern Ukraine, where armed conflict is conducted].

“We are in a step from filling a lawsuit to the European Court against a number of state institutions from Moldova”, stated Serghei Gotonoga, Eventis Mobile lawyer and representative of the Iulerom Company.

The Russian Federation financial assistance, offered to Transnistria, accounts for US$500-US$600 million per year. Such figures have been published by the experts from the Independent Analytical Center Expert-Grup, authors of the research “Regional Economic Review” Transnistrian Region”.

Moldovan agricultural producers demand from the Government and the Parliament to introduce amendments to the Law on Petroleum Products Market and to raise the branch subsidizing fund for 200 million lei till the end of 2014.

Lawyers Violeta Gashitoi and Roman Zadoinov consider that “in September 2013, the Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case on the basis of false documents, in which three people were suspected of misappropriation of the European Union funds”.

Activists of the NGO “Women and Future” demand the reinstatement of the 69-year-old pediatric surgeon-urologist, Chisinau Valentin Ignatenco Children Hospital director, Nicolae Starciuc.

On July 11-13, 2013, the Federation of Basarabian Associations from Romania is organizing the 4th Fair of Romanian Universities.

Three Communists from the so-called ‘Tkachuk group’ [ex-MP Mark Tkachuk, MP Grigore Petrenco and MP Iurie Muntean] have demanded convocation of an extraordinary congress of the Moldovan Communist Party (MCP) and election of a new party leadership, Grigore Petrenco announced at a press briefing in Infotag on Wednesday.

Roman Malinovsky, Director of the Accent-TV channel, regards as “absolutely unlawful and made to order” the decision by Judge Galina Moscalciuc of the Sectorul Buiucani Court of Chisinau to fine the company 130,000 lei in favor of Ruslan Popa, Chairman of the just registered Communist Reformist Party (PCR).