Chisinau. Users of the SunVoice stationary telephone service can call on a stationary phone to Paris cheaper than to analogous telephone, say, in Ialoveni [a town some 10 kilometers off Chisinau], and calls on mobile phones to Russia are cheaper than to any locality in Moldova, SunCommunications company Director General John Maxemchuk stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. In the month following the July 29 parliamentary elections, the Communist Party was mentioned by the mass media in a positive light 3.4 times more often than the rest 4 parliamentary parties. Namely, there were 527 positive mentions of the Communists, whereas the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Moldova Noastra Alliance had only 152 positive mentions all together.

Chisinau. Moldova's unification with Romania would be possible only as a result of a civil war and only if such war is won by supporters of unification, the leader of the pro-Russia Ravnopraviye [Equal Rights] Socio-Political Movement, Valeriu Climenco, has told a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. The “Moldova and Russia” Association for Friendship and Cooperation has sent an address to the deputies of the new Parliament of Moldova.

Chisinau. Citizens of Moldova are excellent candidates for immigration to Canada, says Jean-Pascal Vachon, Consultant to the Quebec Immigration Bureau in Vienna.

Chisinau. The change of political power in Chisinau should promote the improvement of economic, political and strategic relations between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, senator Viorel Badea stated during a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. Moldova’s Orthodox organizations, such as Pro Ortodoxia, ICHTHYS-Moldova, ASCOR and some other, are demanding from the Ministry of Education and Youth Affairs to attach more attention to Orthodox enlightenment of the youth.

Chisinau. The Casa Catarina citizens’ organization for protection of homeless animals has urged the Chisinau Primaria [city government] to put an end to the ongoing mass-scale annihilation of stray dogs in the capital city.

Chisinau. The Promo-Lex Association, which had its 270 observers working at the July 29 early parliamentary elections in 6 raions of Moldova, where polling stations for Moldovans from Transnistria were organized as well, has urged the Moldovan authorities to create the Alegeri [Elections] information system and a State Register of Voters as soon as only possible.

Chisinau. The initiative group of the Orthodox Christians of Moldova is indignant at organizing the “Follow the Bible” Action on August 15 on the central square of the capital city.

Chisinau. The Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM), headed by its Vice-Chairman Mihai Petrache appealed to the court against ex-Premier Vasile Tarlev, who was elected the CUM Chairman in autumn 2008. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice refused to register Vasile Tarlev on this post.

Chisinau. The Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM) has not been discouraged in any way by its failure at the elections, CUM Chairman Vasile Tarlev made such statement at a news conference, dedicated to the results of the election campaign for the early parliamentary elections of July 29 and the outlook for the CUM’s future activities at a news conference in Infotag on Monday.

Chisinau. Moldova’s July 29 early parliamentary elections were not correct and were only partly free, believes the Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, “Coalition 2009”.

Chisinau. The Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT) and the Expert-Grup Analytical Center are unanimous in the opinion that modernizations in Moldova during last several years has been exclusively in words, not in deeds, ADEPT Executive Director Dr. Igor Botan stated in Infotag today, presenting a new issue of their Euromonitor.

Chisinau. Lawyers Oleg Mancevschi and Galina Rusu demand from Moldova's leadership to depose Ministry of Justice Vitalie Pirlog from his post for his allegedly deliberate non-fulfillment of the court's decision.