The diplomatic missions of 25 countries working in Moldova have stood up with a Joint Declaration in the course of the international conference organized (December 9-10) by the UNESCO jointly with the Netherlands. It is dedicated to the World Press Freedom Day of May 3 and to the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (November 2)

The presentation of “The Route of Guinness Records in the Republic of Moldova 2020” was held on Monday in the Petru Costin Gallery of Collections in the town of Ialoveni.

A first Chinese film festival, conducted by the Teleradio-Moldova public broadcasting company, has begun in the Republic of Moldova. On Monday, the Moldova-2 television channel is launching a serial called Ode to Joy.

Radu Albot (82nd racket in the ATP world ranking) completed his participation in the international tennis tournament of the ATP 250 series in Cologne (Germany), losing in the ¼ final with a score of 0: 2 (3-6 and 0-6) to Canadian Felix Auger-Allassim (22nd racket of the world) - to the finalist of the tournament.

Within the framework of the Open Day "Class of the Future" in Moldova, the third stage of the national digital education project was launched. The project is funded by the Orange Moldova Foundation and implemented by the University Information Center with the support of the Ministry of Education.

Two new television channels, RLive TV and Cotidianul TV – CTV, will appear in Moldova soon. On Thursday, the Audiovisual Coordinating Council (ACC) issued operation licenses valid for 9 years to the new broadcasters, which are already working in the Internet as information portals.

The European Union's information center called "Europe Cafe" was solemnly opened in Chisinau on Thursday. The inauguration ceremony was attended in person by Ambassador Peter Michalko, the Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, and online - by Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Oleg Tulea and diplomats from European Union member countries.

After consultations with experts and the public, the EU Confidence Building Measures Program has selected 10 cultural heritage projects from both banks of Dniester/Nistru River that will benefit from restoration works.

The Government of Moldova will open a special account to raise funds for the restoration of the burnt-out building of the National Philharmonic named by Serghei Lunchevici, - said the mayor of Chisinau Ion Ceban. He wrote on Facebook that he visited the Philharmonic with President Igor Dodon and Prime Minister Ion Chicu on Friday morning.

The best Moldovan tennis player Radu Albot paired with Aysam-ul-Haq Kureshi (Pakistan), reached the quarter-finals of the prestigious international tennis tournament "Rotenbaum" series ATP 500. It is held annually on ground courts in Hamburg, Germany.

The days of European heritage in Moldova, which start on Monday, will be held because of the pandemic in a new format, the Ministry of Education announced this at a press conference.

On Monday, Chisinau marked the 200th anniversary of the beginning of Alexander Pushkin's Bessarabian exile. The Russian poet's exile began on September 21, 1820.

Moldovan spear-thrower Andrian Mardare sent a missile in his best attempt at 83.60 m and won a gold medal at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Starting from the 10th tour of the Moldovan Football Championship within the National Division, which starts on September 18, fans are allowed to be present at the grandstands of stadiums (no more than 30% of the total number of spectator seats) at the matches.

The club "Sfintul Gheorghe" from Suruceni lost yesterday in the second qualifying round of the Europa League to Serbian "Partizan" 0:1 and stopped participating in the tournament.

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) announced on Thursday a competition for sketches of jubilee and commemorative coins of the 2021 issue.

The promotion ceremony of the Republic of Moldova Pavilion, as part of the Permanent Exhibition of Import Goods "Hundreds Countries-Hundreds Brands" in Haian city, Jiangsu Province, took place in the Chinese capital Beijing. As Infotag was told at the Moldovan Embassy in the People's Republic of China (PCR), the event was attended by the Ambassador of Moldova to Beijing, Dumitru Braghis, Vice-Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Haian, Wu Wei, Deputy Mayor of Haian, Zhang Yuanchun, ex-Vice-Minister of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Zhou Li, Chinese officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Enterprises of China, diplomats, businessmen, press agencies.

More than 700 brands of sparkling wines and brandies (divins) from Moldova, awarded for international level quality, participate in the national competition Notorium Wine Awards.

The Moldovan junior national football team (U-21), in the qualifying tournament for Euro 2021, played 1:1 with peers from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Chisinau.

The Moldavian national team lost away yesterday with a score of 0:1 to the Slovenian team in the UEFA Nations League 2020.