An initiative group of former Constitutional Court Judges and prominent legal experts is insisting that the Moldovan constitutional jurisdiction vitally needs a thorough reform.

The Avia-Invest shareholder, with which the Moldovan authorities want to break up the contract on the Chisinau airport concession, lodged with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce a claim against the Moldovan Government on May 15.

Air Moldova asks the central authorities of Moldova not to drag the company into political conflicts.

Victor Pantiru, lawyer of the Avia-Invest Company, believes that the Moldovan authorities violate the rights of a private investor by cancelling the contract with the company through bankruptcy.

If a parliamentary election were held in Moldova next Sunday on the basis of the proportional representation system, mandates in new parliament would be won only by 4 political forces - the Party of Socialists, the Party of Action and Solidarity, the Democratic Party and the DA Platform party, as per the findings of the opinion research Vox Populi, which were presented at Infotag by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova today.

If a parliamentary election were held in Moldova next Sunday by using the proportional representation system, only three political forces would be able to win seats in the new forum – the Party of Socialists (PSRM), the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and the political party called Platform “Demnitate si Adevar” [DA, “Dignity and Justice”], as per the opinion poll results presented in Infotag on Wednesday by the Public Opinion Foundation.

The German cultural center Akzente in Moldova and the Goethe-Institut of Germany will establish cooperation for simplifying the access and improving the quality of German language courses and for promoting German culture in Moldova. For this, the two institutions will sign an agreement later on Thursday, which gives the status of Goethe Center to the Akzente.

The Association of Real-Estate Developers of Moldova demanded resignation of the officials of the Chisinau Primaria [city government], responsible for the issuance of documents for the construction in the city, which were later recognized as illegal.

Had parliamentary elections on the basis of proportional system been held in Moldova on Sunday, only the Party of Socialists, the Party of Action and Solidarity and the Democratic Party of Moldova would have entered the legislature.

Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban and the Party of Socialists are engaged in threatening economic agents for capturing the construction business in the city by mafia, said Chairman of the Association of Real Estate Developers of Moldova Marcel Darie at the Thursday's news conference at Infotag.

The Chisinau authorities should stop fighting against honest real estate developers, they should better make order in their own work, as there is a real building mafia in the Chisinau Primaria [city government], said Chairman of the Employers’ Association of Real Estate Developers of Moldova Marcel Darie.

The Chairman of the Congress of Russian Communities of Moldova, Chisinau Municipal Councilor Valery Klimenko has called on President Igor Dodon to facilitate the dismissal of Mikhail Bagas, Deputy Director of the Autosalubritate municipal garbage removal enterprise of Chisinau, “renowned for his atrocious public xenophobic and Russophobic statements”.

If a parliamentary election were held in Moldova next Sunday by using the proportional representation system, only three political formations would win seats in the new parliament – the Party of Socialists (PSRM), the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and the Democratic Party (DPM), as per the finding of the opinion poll that were presented in news agency Infotag by the pollsters – the Intellect Group company on Wednesday.

A list of 47 law enforcement officers, involved in fabrication of criminal cases, will be transmitted to Moldovan Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo.

Incumbent Moldova President Igor Dodon and Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Chairperson Maia Sandu are favorites of the forthcoming 2020 presidential campaign, as per the findings of the opinion research Vox Populi, which were presented at Infotag by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova (ASDM) on Thursday.