Moldovan Parliament Chairman Andrian Candu has stated that the republic will be further insisting on adopting a United Nations Resolution on the need to withdraw Russian troops from the Moldovan territory.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon has made a valuable personal present to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko - several hundred liters of his own-made domestic wine, honey and walnuts, Dodon said to journalists on Thursday, answering their questions about his meeting with the President of Belarus.

The political party called Platform "Demnitate si Adevar" [DA, "Dignity and Justice"] expressed an opinion at a press conference that the media controlled by the Plahotniuc-Dodon tandem are spreading misinformation and defamation about Andrei Nastase - the party's candidate for Chisinau mayor.

After ruining the law-stipulated quorum in the Balti Municipal Council [city legislature], the Democrats and their allies from the faction "For the Development of Balti" have decided to convoke a municipal council of their own, Balti Acting Mayor Nicolai Grigorishin, currently running for mayorship as Our Party's candidate for the May 20 elections, wrote in the social networks today.

Candidate of the Our Party (OP, Partidul Nostru) to the post of Balti mayor Nicolai Grigorishin was registered by the Balti constituency electoral commission and received his certificate of candidate on Wednesday.

Constantin Codreanu, a Member of the Parliament of Romania from the Popular Movement Party, who is running for Chisinau Mayor as the candidate of the National Unity Party (PUN), believes the Republic of Moldova should secede from the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Within next 2 years, Moldova will be not ready to apply for membership of the European Union, Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip stated in an interview with “The European Truth” publication of Ukraine he gave during his last week’s visit to Kiev.

If Ukraine really opens a corridor via its territory for removing Russian troops from Transnistria, such corridor can be used for movement in the opposite direction, too, – in order to replenish the peacekeeping contingent in Transnistria, MP Konstantin Zatulin, the First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma [parliament] Standing Committee for CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Ties with Compatriots, and Director of the Institute for CIS Countries, stated to the press commenting the Thursday’s sayings by Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip concerning his preparedness to agree with Kiev upon opening a corridor for removing Russian troops from Moldova.

Eastern European countries should apply greater efforts to ensure security because everybody is interested in a greater stability and predictability in the region, Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip stated on Thursday, speaking at the Kiev Security Forum.

Ion Ceban, the Party of Socialists’ candidate for Chisinau Mayor, has tendered resignation from the post of Presidential Press Secretary, after the Chisinau constituency election council had officially registered him as a candidate for mayor on Wednesday evening.

The Partidul Nostru [Our Party, OP] has nominated incumbent Acting Mayor of Balti Nicolai Grigorishin as the Party’s candidate for mayor of the country’s second-largest city for the May 20 snap mayoral election. The decision was taken at the Wednesday’s open-door meeting of the OP Balti city territorial organization.

Questions of Eurasian integration will be the subject matter of the 6th international forum "The Eurasian Economic Perspective" to be held in Saint Petersburg (Russia) on Thursday and to be attended by MP Zinaida Greceanii, Chairperson of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova.

On Wednesday, Moldovan Parliament Chairman Andrian Candu flew for a working visit to the United States that will last until April 19, the parliamentary press service has reported.

The Constitutional Court approved the initiative on introducing amendments in two articles of the Main Law that concern the rights of citizens and children with disabilities. The initiative came from a group of MPs.

Acting Mayor of Chisinau Silvia Radu wrote in social networks on Tuesday that she starts raising signatures for participating in mayoral elections as independent candidate.

The Moldova-Russia relations are now going through far from their best times, but the common sense will necessarily triumph, Moldovan President Igor Dodon wrote in the congratulatory telegram he sent today to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation.

The Republic of Moldova has advanced with the implementation of some reforms, but further action is still required for its citizens to reap the full benefits of the Association Agreement, reads the Joint Report prepared by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission published on Thursday.

After the closing of the Parliament Committee for EU-Moldova Association Agreement sitting, a joint declaration will be adopted, in which recommendations for Moldova will be included, said Committee Co-Chairman Eugen Carpov of the European People’s Group at a press conference during Thursday’s Committee sitting.

The Party of Socialists has nominated Alexandru Usatii as candidate for the post of Balti mayor, announced party Chairwoman Zinaida Grechanaya at the Thursday’s meeting with city residents.

Deputy Chairman of the “Demnitate si Adevar” [DA, “Dignity and Justice”] Party Alexandru Slusari said that an illustrative example of public opinion manipulation and propaganda is the TV story about EU readiness to provide financial assistance to Moldova, which was broadcasted by TV channels, controlled by the current authorities.