The Embassy of Moldova to Japan presented the goods of over 20 Moldovan winemaking companies to Japanese importers. The event was organized with the assistance of the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project (MAC-P), financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Swedish Government.

Moldovan schoolchildren, interested in the Chinese language and culture, will celebrate the Chinese New Year in the Moldovan National Children’s Library. They prepared an artistic program, studying Chinese music, dance and literature. The event will be attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China Zhang Yinghong, while guests will enjoy performance of composer Constantin Rusnac. Also, a book and photo exhibition “Who does not climb the mountains, does not know the height of the sky”.

The Moldovan futsal team defeated the team of Northern Ireland within the qualifying round for the World Cup 2020 with the score of 13:3. In the first game Moldova defeated the team from Wales with the score of 8:4. The concluding game – against Finland team – will take place on Saturday, when they will fight for the first place in the group, as both teams already got into the second round of the tournament.

The Government has decided to nominate Moldovan swimmer Ion Lazarenco for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Pavel Filip announced on Tuesday during his meeting with the swimmer, who has become the first man in the world to have crossed 7 main famous straits - all from first attempts.

A special commission will check the legality of diplomas, issued by the Moldova State University of Medicine and Pharmacy. The inspection is due to the appearance of information that a group of doctors was detained in Israel and they demonstrated fake diplomas, stating they got them in Moldova and Armenia.

Chinese Embassy to Moldova held a reception on Monday, to which over 100 representatives of the Moldovan business circles were invited, as well as of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moldova (CCI), the Government, in particular State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure Iuliana Dragalin.

The national campaign "Smile to the toy!", initiated by the General Police Inspectorate (GPI), started in Moldova on Friday.

Doctor of History, Archaeologist Mark Tkachuk presented an archaeological story about the Rudi hill-fort in the Chisinau Civilizations Library on Sunday.

Tiraspol team “Sheriff” won for the 17th time the 2018 Moldovan Football Championship, which concluded on Sunday. The second place was taken by the Orhei FC “Milsami”, while the third – to the “Petrocub-Hincesti”. The Nisporeni FC “Speranta” ranked the 4th. In case one of the teams-medalists of this championship wins at the Moldova’s Cup, this victory may become for “Speranta” a ticket to participation in the Europe’s League in 2020-2021. Besides, the Nisporeni football players were awarded with the prize “For will to win”, established by the “Banks & Finances – Profit” magazine and the Infotag News Agency. Before, this prize was awarded to “Zarya” and “Sfantul Gheorghe”.

On Thursday, the Moldovan Parliament approved in a first reading a bill stipulating the repayment of a lifelong monthly allowance to the coaches of athletes who have won medals at Olympic games, at world and European championships.

The Moldovan Parliament is hosting an exhibition, dedicated to 100th anniversary of declaring independence of the Czechoslovakia. Guests of the exhibition may get acquainted with historical events, depicted on stands.

The Moldovan National Museum of History is hosting an exhibition of works by winners of the prestigious international premium World Press Photo 2018. It opened on Wednesday and will last till December 12.

The 2nd Japanese Film Festival will take place in the Chisinau cultural center "Odeon" on Friday and Saturday. It was organized by the Japanese Embassy to Moldova.

Speaking at Moscow State University on Thursday, President Igor Dodon announced that 2019 will be The Year of Moldova in Russia and 2020 - The Year of Russia in Moldova.

Over 700 people gathered on Monday evening in the National Philharmonic Society in Chisinau to mark the 100th anniversary of the Komsomol - the All-USSR communist youth league.

A group of Moldovan youth launched the project MoonShot, which will give to everyone the possibility to send a message to the Moon. The project presentation took place in the Moldova ICT Excellence Center "Tekwill" on Monday.

The Moldovan Parliament has approved, in a final reading, the new “Code of Audiovisual Services in the Republic of Moldova”, better known under the name of “Audiovisual Code”. Adopted on Thursday, the Code includes a number of new provisions on the principles of audiovisual communications.

The Salcuta company from the name-sake village in the Stefan-Voda raion was declared winner of the 2018 Grand Prix in the field of winemaking.

A delegation of Moldovan athletes and coaches departed to Buenos Aires on Wednesday for participation in the Summer Youth Olympics 2018, which will take place in Argentina on October 6 through 18.