Chisinau. The recently established Civil Congress, uniting several profiled non-governmental organizations of Moldova, has organized kind of an ‘examination session’ for political parties standing for Parliament in the April 5 elections. So far, six such parties have agreed to subject themselves to such an unusual test.

Chisinau. The Center of Ethnic Integration For Problems of National Minorities has been opened in Chisinau. Its presentation took place at a news conference in Infotag on Thursday.

Chisinau. The Casa Modernă Company and the Moldexpo International Exhibition Center will conduct the Second Contest for Ceramic Tile Facing.

Chisinau. Chisinau citizen Eugenia Goga accuses the local authorities of the unlawful prolongation of the construction permission and the town planning certificate for the family, which built a six-storeyed apartment house in a common yard in the Bernardazzi Street, 68.

Chisinau. The Government of Moldova must urgently work out and adopt an anti-crisis program, as any delay of this work until after the elections may lead to an irreparable aggravation of the crisis and a collapse of the national economy, the leader of the Social Democratic Party and ex-Prime Minister MP Dumitru Braghis stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. After the elections, parliamentary parties will receive from the State Budget 72 thousand lei for each seat they will win in the new legislative forum, free-lance Moldovan lawyer Mihai Corj warned during the news conference he organized in Infotag on his own accord today.

Chisinau. Ecologists recommend to the Moldovan authorities to change their approach to environmental problems. It was said at a news conference, dedicated to the International Day of Humid Zones, in Infotag on Monday.

Chisinau. A breach of law – that was how the Political Council of the Centrist Union of Moldova (CUM) perceived the Ministry of Justice’s refusal to register Vasile Tarlev as CUM Chairman.

Chisinau. The Civil Society Congress, established earlier this month, has called upon citizenry to think hard before casting ballots for this or that political force at the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Chisinau. Three of the nine members of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Nicolae Girbu, Vasile Gafton and Mihai Busuleac, have demanded apologies from the authors of the "Media Express" program broadcast by the private EUTV channel [every Friday].

Chisinau. Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the oppositional Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin, is demanding from the Moldovan General Prosecutor's Office to request the Romanian Ministry of Justice to extradite his sons, Roman and Adrian, over to Romania.

Chisinau. The Coalition-2009 for Free and Correct Elections recommends the Ministry of Interior, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Center for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption not to allow themselves taking actions of political character during the campaign for the parliamentary elections, which will take place on April 5.

Chisinau. The oppositional Social Democratic Party presumes the approaching parliamentary election campaign should offer voters sound solutions for overcoming the global financial crisis’ impact on Moldova, SDPM leader, ex-Prime Minister of Moldova MP Dumitru Braghis stated at a news conference in Infotag today.

Chisinau. Ex-Premier, who is also considered to be the Chairman of the National Association of Producers (?), Vasile Tarlev invites scientists, public functionaries, trade unions, associations of employers, industrialists, doctors, teachers, students, workers, peasants and farmers, members of non-governmental organizations, all citizens of the Republic of Moldova to take part in working out the National Economic Development Strategy “Moldova-2020: Innovation Economy, Information Society, Wealthy People”.

Chisinau. The Our Home is Moldova party has officially stated the Moldovan Communist authorities are building up oppression against the organization.