Petru Puscari, a member of the Basarabeasca Raion Council and several activists from the Communist youth organization in that raion have announced their leaving the Moldovan Communist Party (MCP).

Owner of the Le Bridge Corporation Limited (duty-free store chain), French businessman Frank Arif, has filed a suit of 50 million euros to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank Group, against Moldova.

Former Communist Igor Dodon has joined the Socialist Party of Moldova – so far, as a rank and file member.

The implementation of economic reforms in Moldova is being undermined almost completely by the unending feud between the three constituent parties of the governing Alliance for European Integration, maintains the independent Expert-Grup analytical center.

The independent trade union called “Social Protection”, which defends the rights of the poorest population groups in Moldova, will organize a rally of protest in the Chisinau central Great National Assembly Square on November 26 to demand resignation of the ruling AEI’s Government.

Early parliamentary elections are unavoidable regardless of whether a president is elected or no, stated leader of the Anti-Mafia people’s movement, Sergiu Mocanu.

Twelve members of the Communist factions in the Chisinau suburban community councils [legislatures] of Ciorescu and Bubuieci have left the Communist Party and stated an intention to join Igor Dodon and the Socialist Party.

An international mission will come to observe the ordinary presidential election in Transnistria scheduled for December 11.

In 3Q2011, the Republic of Moldova had achieved only inconsiderable successes in its reform implementation work, believe experts from the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) and the independent Expert-Grup analytical center, who presented their findings and conclusions in the 21st quarterly issue of their Euromonitor publication.

Chisinau, November 17, 2011 (Infotag). The independent trade union Social Protection, representing interests of the unemployed, calls on the rest Moldovan trade unions to come to the Great National Assembly Square on Saturday to protest against the authorities-pursued anti-social policy.

The national team of Moldova has ranked 18th out of 38 in the 18th European Team Chess Championships, which was recently held in Porto Carras, Greece.

Nearly 50 members of the Communist Party from Moldova’s second biggest city of Balti and over a half of the Balti subdivision of the Komsomol [communist youth league] have broken up their whatever relations with the MCP.

The psychiatric assistance system in Moldova is a Stalin one, stated Chair of the Center for Protection of Patients and People with Disabilities, Alexander Kovalski.

Director of the firm Safari-Impex, Petru Gogu, has accused the Chisinau Primaria [city government] of illegal issue of construction authorizations.

Nearly two hundred MCP members of the Chisinau sector subdivisions of Riscani and Buiucani have left the Communist Party and stated they would support Igor Dodon’s political project.