Chisinau. Chairman of “My Moldova” Public Association Fedor Ghelici, who is the former Chairman of the Economic Council that used to function under the Chisinau Mayor’s auspices, has brought accusations against the Moldovan Ministry of the Interior for inflicting damage to his reputation.

Chisinau. The Moldovan representation of the Eurasia Foundation and the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova (AMCHAM Moldova) have announced a contest for the best coverage of social problems in the local press.

Chisinau. The recently registered Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) is strongly proposing that President of the Republic of Moldova be elected by the entire nation, not by a majority at the 101-member Parliament, and that the Parliament be elected by using a mixed system: a half of deputies should be elected on party tickets, and the other half – from single-mandate constituencies.

Chisinau. Moldovan non-governmental organizations will conduct the monitoring of actions on combating corruption in the judiciary system, customs service, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health Protection and the Center for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption from January 2008 to February 2009.

Chisinau. The former owner of the Chisinau mortar/concrete plant, Gheorghe Iovu, has sent petitions to Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and the General Prosecutor's Office, asking their help in restoring justice and in having back the enterprise, which, in his words, had been taken away from him by force.

Chisinau. The new Social Democratic Party of Moldova, reformed last December 22 through unification of the old SDPM (headed by Eduard Musuc) with the Party of Social Democracy (headed by MP Dumitru Braghis), has presented its political program called “A Social Moldova”.

Chisinau. The Casa Modernă company with support on the part of the Agency of Construction and Territory Development will conduct the first ceramic tile placement championship from March 11 to 13, 2008.

Chisinau. Diplomatic tension between Moldova and Romania was one of the serious-most problems this republic faced last year, according to the research carried out by the IDIS-Viitorul Institute for Development and Social Initiatives with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s support and presented here on Tuesday.

Chisinau. Lawyer Roman Zadoinov considers that tax inspectors provoke taxpayers into violating the Law in force.

The National Coalition for Participation “The Voice of Roma” informs that on 21-22 of December 2007, in town of Cahul (Southern Moldova) for the first time in Moldova there was organized a capacity building training for the Roma NGOs from Moldova.

Chisinau. Moldovan pacifists are claiming they are being discredited and intimidated in order to curb the growing number of young citizens wishing to undergo an alternative service instead of military service.

Chisinau. The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova has declared its intention to take an active part in the elections to the Gagauz National Assembly.

Chisinau. The Party of the Socialists presumes the Republic of Moldova should follow the example of Switzerland that is no member of either the European Union or NATO, “and is even not in a hurry to join the Schengen area”, party co-chair Veronica Abramciuc stated at a news conference in Infotag.

Chisinau. The Eventis Mobile company has today started rendering regular commercial services in the GSM 900/180 MHz standard in Moldova, having thus become the 4th mobile telephony operator in this republic.

Chisinau. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (MENR) considers that Moldova achieved considerable successes in destroying persistent organic pollutants.