The main and only objective set to the above-mentioned team, aka the Ghimpu commission, is to remove the Moldovan Communist Party, a mighty election rival, from the political arena, presumes Dr. Sergiu Nazaria, Chairman of the ProMoldova Association of Historians and Political Scientists.

The extra-parliamentary Social Democratic Party of Moldova [1.86% ballots at the July 29 elections] is proposing to raise the state-provided minimum pension up to 1,137 lei a month as from July 1, 2010 [currently – 400 lei a month]. For this to achieve, the party has worked out a draft law on the subsistence level and on ensuring of state-guaranteed social protection, and is going to offer the bill to parliament before June 16.

The Party of the Humanists of Moldova draws the authorities’ attention to the intervention of informal groups and religious sects in the education. The discussion was caused by the rename of Chisinau School №24 into the Theoretical Lyceum Univers-Lions. The leader of the party, Ion Mereuta, thinks that the name given to the school indicates the connection of the school management to the international Lions Association.

Possibilities of eliminating customs barriers between Moldova and Ukraine was the chief topic of the discussion, which the leadership of the Social Democratic Party of Moldova (SDPM) and the Party of the Regions of Ukraine held in Kiev last weekend.

“The Joint Statement, which was signed in Kiev on May 17 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovitch, is but an ultimatum to Moldova that implies that the Republic of Moldova can exist as an independent state only in the circle of Russia’s interests”, stated Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action Movement and former Adviser-at-Large to President Vladimir Voronin.

Moldova’s Independent Journalism Center (CIJ) and the Tiraspol Media Center have launched the first-ever joint project in the media sphere, “Strengthening the Moldovan media Capacity to Cover Issues of Public Interest”, to be subsequently joined by the Sofia Development Center of Bulgaria.

The so-called ‘Ghimpu commission’ [the full name of the special body set up by Acting President Mihai Ghimpu’s body is the “International Scientific Commission for Studying the Consequences of the Totalitarian, Dictatorial and Anti-Democratic Regimes in the Republic of Moldova Territory in the 20th Century”] is nothing but a political order, maintains history doctor Piotr Shornikov, an independent expert and a former member of parliament in 1990 through 1998.

A group of 10 citizens of Moldova put their signatures under the claim they filed with the Prosecutor General's Office, demanding to initiate criminal proceedings against Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu for his desecrating the light memory of the warriors who sacrificed their lives for the sake of sparing the human race of the German nazism and fascist ideology.

The Casa-Alba national project and the Credit-Profit company propose the construction of “economic houses” on the basis of up-to-date technologies to the Moldovan citizens.

Even according to very cautious estimates, the damage inflicted to Moldova by the Soviet regime by annihilating the population and massive deportations should reach US$28 billion, maintains Dr. Veaceslav Stavila, a member of the “International Scientific Commission for Studying the Consequences of the Totalitarian, Dictatorial and Anti-Democratic Regimes in the Republic of Moldova Territory in the 20th Century”.

On Tuesday noon, the traditional action called “St. George Ribbon”, a symbol of the Victory over the nazi fascism, was launched here by the Russian Youth League of Moldova.

Turkey hopes that in 2010 the influx of Moldovan tourists to it will increase by 15-20%, compared with 2009.

The Eurasia Foundation (EF), headquartered in Washington DC, has registered in Chisinau an East Europe Foundation (EEF), which will continue the EF activities in the Republic of Moldova. The EF had worked in Moldova 17 years, carrying out programs and projects in the fields of democracy promotion and economy development.

The Russian Youth League of Moldova is inviting young compatriots to take part in an international project called “Our Victory”.

Representatives of the “My Moldova” civil Association Tudor Ghelici and Igor Caldare have demanded from the Government to investigate reasons of Russia’s ban on the consignment of Moldovan wine in bulk.