“My Soul Bessarabia” is the name of the collection of Moldovan poetry published in Toronto city by Maria Tonu, a citizen of Moldova, in English and Romanian. The book presentation was held in the Onisifor Ghibu Library of Chisinau on Thursday evening. Arcadie Suceveanu, Chairman of the Moldovan Writers’ Union, said at the ceremony that the anthology covers the Moldovan literature with a broad spectrum of the representatives of various generations. Literature writer Leo Butnaru welcomed the publication and voiced confidence that it will present the Moldovan poetry to people living on other continents.

The 16th annual painting camp opened on August 9 in the village of Parcova, the Edinet Raion, where six artists from Moldova and Romania will bring together.

A youth festival on the occasion of the International Youth Day will be held in Chisinau on August 11.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Moldova, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yinghong, has handed in to 9 Moldovan students official notifications on their enrolment into Chinese universities and on granting Chinese governmental stipends to them.

A Chisinau court has fined the Guteks Company for advertising carpets with sexual and sexist overtones on a Facebook page. The claim has been considered at the request of the Competitive Council, which filed a legal claim for bringing the company to responsibility.

More than 100 Moldova citizens, living abroad, together with Moldovan economic agents transferred about 200 thousand lei for the reconstruction of a school in the village of Aliatu - the Taraclia Raion’s only educational institution working in the Romanian language.
According to the pro-Romanian unionist association Unirea – ODIP, which is the initiator of the repair works, during three months six classrooms have been repaired, as well as the classroom for music lessons, two laboratories (physics and biology) and the school library.

The multifunctional sport and cultural complex “Chisinau-Arena” will be built by a Turkish company “Summa”, announced Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Chiril Gaburici. He reminded that almost 70 ha of land in the Chisinau suburb was allocated for the building, 10 ha of which are designed for the very arena.

Director of the Bureau for Ties with Diaspora Olga Coptu wrote about her resignation on Facebook.

The Moldova National Library has for the first time organized a Day of Japanese Culture on Tuesday, holding a whole range of activities for this.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon met in Moscow with His Holiness Kirill, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The DescOPERA open air classic music festival will start on Friday in the natural and cultural reservation "Orheiul Vechi".

Head of the National Agency for Monument Inspecting and Restoring Ion Stefanita met with representatives of French delegation to Moldova on Monday and discussed the projects on promoting Moldovan cultural heritage.

A whole range of events will be conducted in Chisinau on Saturday on the occasion of the International Museum Day. All activities, including the European Museum Night, are organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences.

Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and All Moldova addressed a letter to Chisinau municipal authorities, in which he calls to prohibit the conducting of the solidarity march "Without Fear" the LGBT community is planning to hold on May 19 within the 17th festival of sexual minority festival "Moldova Pride 2018".

The Twenty Tu project on free education for children and teachers on modern technologies and changes in the education system has been launched in Moldova.

The international tournament of first stages of the European Championship U-18 and of the Junior Olympic Games, which will take place in Buenos Aires in autumn, took place in the Chisinau stadium "Dinamo" in weekend.

The High Anthropological School (HAS) presented the first audio-guide through Chisinau. The unique project was developed by the HAS with the support of “Dromos-tour” tourism agency.

Professional designers, decorators and those wishing can show their abilities in the second competition ART OF DISPLAY: fashion window competition 2018 on decorating Din Inima shop windows.

The recently marked 100th anniversary of the Great Unification [Marea Unire], when Bessarabia became a part of Romania, did not remain unnoticed by the Moldovan and Romania forestry agencies. On the occasion of the remarkable historic date of March 27, 1918, they have decided to plant the so-called “Centenary Forests”.

An exhibition of photos of Moldovan and Swedish fathers, who give special attention to their children, will be opened in Chisinau on Wednesday with support from the Swedish Government.