The Parliament of Moldova has turned 33 years old. As INFOTAG reports, on this occasion, archive photos telling about the activity of the legislative body are exhibited in the square in front of the Parliament building. Also exhibited are vintage cars from the garage of the State Chancellery and from the collections of private collectors.

Austria will allocate two million euros to implement a new program to reduce poverty in Moldova. This was announced by Labor and Social Protection Minister Alexei Buzu, who met with his Austrian counterpart Johannes Rauch in Vienna on Thursday, INFOTAG reports.

The World Bank (WB) draws the attention of the Moldovan authorities to the existing risks in the non-banking financial sector. According to the INFOTAG agency, in an economic review on the prospects of Moldova's economy, the bank's experts note the stability of the banking sector, but point to a slow recovery in lending activity.

Transnistrian economic agents' deliveries of goods abroad by early May totaled 228.7 million dollars, only 1% less than a year ago. According to the data of the customs committee of the region, imports decreased by 39%, to 603.1 million dollars, while the trade balance deficit almost halved to 376.4 million dollars.