The Social Democratic Party of Moldova (SDPM) has called upon the Moldova citizenry to boycott the September 5 referendum on amending the Constitution’s Article 78 stipulating the procedure of electing the head of state.

Moldova’s Labor Party has stood up in support of the Parliament’s decision to amend Article 78 in the Constitution (election of the head of state) through a nation-wide referendum.

The chief objective of the Ghimpu decree on declaring June 28 [1940] as a Day of Soviet occupation is to prove to the world that the statehood of the Republic of Moldova is illegal, so it needs to be abolished, maintains Dr. Sergiu Nazaria, Chairman of the ProMoldova Association of Historians and Political Scientists.

The Jewish community of Moldova has demanded from the Chisinau municipal authorities to explain in greater detail their decision, distributed in the mass media yesterday, concerning the unfolding of two museums – of the Holocaust and of the Soviet occupation – in one old small building.

The University for European Political and Economic Studies (UEPES) signed a partnership agreement with the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).

The socio-political movement of the Roma people of Moldova has called upon the Moldovan political class to consolidation and mutual understanding for the sake of a prompt and efficient solution of real problems the Moldovan people face.

The Social Democratic Party of Moldova (SDPM) is demanding from Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca to break up the contract concluded with the Engineering Consulting company (Italy) on the construction of an garbage incinerating plant in the capital city.

Nearly 25 of the 40 proposals, put forward by lawyer Mihai Corj, have been included into the Electoral Code just amended by parliament.

National Center against Violence will be commissioned in the Ciuciuleni village (Hincesti raion) in 2011. Presently, the object is being built with the financial assistance provided by the Department for Integration in Europe of Trentino-Alito-Adige province of Italy.

The former Prime Minister of Moldova [in 2001-2008] Vasile Tarlev has become president of the National Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Moldova (NCIE).

Moldovan organizations for human rights protection, including Amnesty International Moldova, Promo-LEX Association, the Institute for Human Rights (IDOM), and the Center of Torture Victims Memoria, called the Moldovan authorities to complete the international commitments to combat the torture and police impunity.

The Social Democratic Party of Moldova presented the party’s national projects on creating new jobs.

The government of Russia will provide 5 thousand tons of diesel fuel to Gagauzia as a donation.

The extra-parliamentary Social Democratic Party of Moldova (SDPM) has demanded from Acting President Mihai Ghimpu to dissolve the inefficient Parliament, announce the date of an early parliamentary election, and proceed with tackling existing problems in a new legally elected parliament.

Several ethno cultural organizations of Moldova support the proposal of the Social Political Movement “Ravnopravie” to put the issue of assigning the Russian language the status of state language on the referendum. A corresponding petition to Acting President Mihai Ghimpu is signed by chairpersons of 20 social associations of ethnic minorities of Moldova. The collection of signatures is continuing.