The United States will allot additional proceeds for carrying out a string of projects in Moldova. According to the Government’s press relations bureau, the Cabinet of Ministers made amendments to three Moldo-American Agreements, thus, raising the sums agreed before. details

The overall financing for the country’s reintegration in 2013, has been increased to 15 million lei, said the Head of the Reintegration Bureau, George Balan, who visited the populated areas on the Dniester River this week. details

The supreme soviet [parliament] of the breakaway Transnistrian republic will organize open parliamentary hearings on the topic ‘Assessment of current economic situation in Transnistria: threats and prospects of its development’, on November 27, on the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit due in Vilnius. details

The Republic of Moldova can give to the European Union exactly what is written in the European Neighborhood Policy: the EU wants from such countries as Moldova as a minimum – stability, so that citizens would not leave their homes and would not rush to Europe in search of decent jobs and pays, presumes Moldovan political scientist Dr. Igor Botan, Chairman of the Association for Participatory Democracy (ADEPT). details

Gagauzia Executive Committee (GEC) has condemned the decision of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly (GPA) to dismiss the CEG, the Bashkan [Governor] Mikhail Formuzal, and to appoint a new acting Governor. details

Moldova’s national football team captured a 1:1 tie in a friendly match with Lithuania played on Monday in Chisinau. details

Chris Murphy, who heads the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on European Affairs, criticized Russia for putting “considerable pressure” on Eastern European countries who want to join the European Union. He made this statement commenting for the radio Free Europe on the situation in the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative. details

Representatives of the Democratic Party in the Gagauzia Popular Assembly [autonomy’s legislature] demanded that Gagauz Bashkan [Governor] Mikhail Formuzal step down from his post and go out of his work-room. details

Gagauzia Bashkan Mikhail Formuzal stated that he is further serving as the autonomy’s governor. In this connection, he asked the legislators of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly “not to go beyond the legal frameworks and not to take part in such shows that are humiliating the public officials and are discrediting Gagauzia’s image.” details

On Friday evening, the deputies of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly failed to enlist two-thirds of ballots necessary to vote no-confidence in Bashkan of Gagauzia Mikhail Formuzal. The idea was supported by only 19 deputies of the 35-member regional legislature. details

At the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius [November 28-29], the European Commission will propose to cancel visa regime for Moldova citizens traveling to Europe, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Durao Barroso stated at a news conference in Brussels on Friday. details

The lawmakers of the Communist Party, as well as Liberal Democrat Petru Vlah demanded that the Democratic Party “keep its hands off the Gagauz Autonomy”. They made this statement at the Parliament’s plenary meeting today, in retort to the intention of the lawmakers of Gagauzia Popular Assembly [local legislature] to consider express a no-confidence vote to Gagauz Bashkan Mikhail Formuzal. details

Moldova will receive a grant of US$2.8 million from the World Bank and the Swedish Government for the creation of a competitive agriculture in the country. details

The ruling Coalition for Pro-European Governance is warning the opposition Communist Party against the impermissibility of public disturbances in the course of the so-called “march to Chisinau”, which the Communists are preparing for November 23, “and we are ready to share our manifestation organization experience with the Communists”, CEG representatives stated to the press on Thursday evening after the parliament plenary meeting. details

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation and has filed to the Hincesti court a resonant criminal case, involving eight persons, including three employees of the Leuseni customs station (Moldova), accused of large-scale contraband of cigarettes. details

The opposition Moldovan Communist Party has announced a decision to put off its “march to Chisinau” for two days – until November 23. details

The Russian Embassy in Chisinau has refuted media stories that Moldovan gastarbeiters are allegedly being expelled from the Russian Federation on a mass scale, along with migrant workers from other countries. details

Lithuania will help Moldova reform its defense sector, Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas stated in Chisinau on Thursday. details

In the result of a Moldo-Chinese Investment Forum, organized in Chisinau by the Association of Moldovan Business People, the trade relations between Moldova and China will significantly develop, said Prime Minister Iurie Leanca today at the opening of this event. details

Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca has offered advice to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin – to focus on creating conditions for resolving the Transnistrian problem in conformity with the Russian Federation’s official position and within the framework of the plenary powers which Mr. Rogozin has as the Russian President’s Special Representative on Transnistria. details