Almost one-third of Moldova citizens presume that parliamentary parties in the would-be new Parliament will be not able to form a majority, 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.

A majority of Moldova citizens believe that the practice of bribing voters or buying votes is quite customary in this republic, as per the findings of the opinion research Vox Populi for May-June 2021 that were presented at Infotag by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova today.

Civil society activist Veaceslav Valco is convinced that for 30 years now, the Moldovan Parliament has been in the hands of the so-called ‘Pakhans’ – criminal kingpins or mafia dons, who control everything in the legislative forum, even when they are not deputies. In his opinion, presently they are again doing their utmost to force their way to power “so that to be close to the public trough and to pad their pockets”.

Only the Party of Action and Solidarity, the Ilan Sor Party and the voting bloc of Communists and Socialists have chances for winning seats in the future Parliament of Moldova, as per the findings of the opinion research Vox Populi for May 2021, which were presented at Infotag by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova on Monday.

A state-of-the-art housing complex will be built in an eastern Chisinau suburban locality, in which an American fund will invest 2 billion lei, Vasily Kirtoka, Chairman of the Standing Committee for Construction, Architecture and Land Relations in the Chisinau Municipal Council [city legislature], told a news conference held at Infotag on Thursday.

Representatives of the HoReCa and entertainment business demand the Moldovan authorities to lift restrictions on their work, otherwise threatening protests.

The Moldovan Association of Road Builders has addressed to the country's leadership with a request to postpone the introduction of European standards because the sector is not ready to introduce the new requirements to be met with asphalt and related building materials stipulated in the European Directives.

Business tycoon Liviu Secrieru, a relative to Moldova ex-President Igor Dodon, became in February the owner of the Eastern Chisinau Boiler Plant for a bargain-basement price of 1 million euros, though the object's estimated price is 3.5 million euros, Mikhail Polanski, a member of the Executive Committee of the Collective Action Party "Civilian Congress", stated at a news conference in Infotag on Wednesday.

In Gagauzia, in a matter of hours, 3,000 signatures were collected in support of the opening of a consulate of Russia in the autonomy. This was announced on Thursday at a press conference in Infotag, said the head of the initiative group Alexandr Rotari.

In Gagauzia, the collection of signatures has begun under an Open Appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to facilitate the opening of a Russian consulate in the region, - said on Thursday at a press conference at Infotag agency, public activist, head of the initiative group Alexandr Rotari.

Should a snap election be held in Moldova next Sunday, only four organizations have chances for entering the next Parliament – the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), the Party of Socialists (PSRM), the Sor Party and the Platforma DA party, as per the findings of the socio-political research for February, carried out by the Date Inteligente (iData) sociological company, which were presented in news agency Infotag on Wednesday.

Moldova citizens believe that at the present moment it is more important for the country to approve a new Government than to hold an early parliamentary election, as per the findings of the opinion research Vox Populi, which were presented at Infotag by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova on Monday.

More than two-thirds of Moldova citizens namely 68.4% presently stand for the country's accession to the European Union, as per the findings of a socio-political research for January 2021 carried out by the Date Inteligente (iData) sociological company and presented in Infotag on Wednesday.

Neither central authorities, nor the Chisinau Primaria [city government] have invested even a single leu in separate waste collection, ABS Recycling Factory Director Sergey Balica reported at a press conference. The factory has been shut down since January 25.

The current and former presidents - Maia Sandu and Igor Dodon - remain the leaders among politicians in the rating of citizens’ trust. This is evidenced by the data of the Vox Populi poll for January 2021, conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers and presented on Tuesday in the Infotag agency.