The incumbent Government's striving for bringing Moldova closer to NATO is illegitimate because this contradicts to the Main Law of the constitutionally neutral republic, maintains its President Igor Dodon.

President of Moldova Igor Dodon met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin within his official visit to Israel.

The expiring 2018 year in general may be regarded as a good year, when the authorities managed to conduct the claimed reforms despite massive criticism, said Valeriu Ghiletchi, the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament, representative of the European People's Party of Moldova (EPPM), which is a part of the ruling majority together with the Democratic Party.

Leaders of the Party of Action and Solidarity and the "Demnitate si Adevar" Party Maia Sandu and Andrei Nastase said that the results of the parliamentary commission's investigation are false and directed to the opposition discrediting.

Minister of the Interior Alexander Jizdan stated that in election period the police will be acting in strict accordance with the law and fulfill its main task - to ensure public order, polling stations security.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has promulgated the Law on introducing amendments to the Election Code that pertain to the so-called the so-called ‘Election Silence’ [on the Saturday preceding the polls and on the very Election Day] in order to protect DP-disliked candidates in single-member constituencies from possible provocations aimed at de-registering them and removing them from election campaign.

On Sunday, Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Chairperson Maya Sandu and Andrei Nastase, Chairman of the political party called Platform “Demnitate si Adevar” [DA, “Dignity and Justice”], signed an official agreement on their forming the voting bloc called ACUM for participation in the February 24, 2019 parliamentary election.

All the oppositional parties in the parliament refused to participate in the sitting on Friday, when the Government's annual report is being heard. Faction leaders said that they do not want to take part in this show.

Prime Minister Pavel Filip received a mission of international experts of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), who arrived to Chisinau for assessing the process of preparation for parliamentary elections on February 24.

Moldova President Igor Dodon is trusted by 29.6% citizens of the republic, as per the findings of the opinion poll carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova and presented in Chisinau on Thursday.

If a parliamentary election were held in Moldova next Sunday, then not a single political force in the country would be able to win over 50% ballots, as per the findings of the opinion poll carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova and presented in Chisinau on Thursday.

The ruling Democratic Party of Moldova admits the possibility to form a post-election coalition only with deputies from the voting bloc ACUM [uniting two Right-wing opposition organizations - the DA Platform and the Party of Action and Solidarity, PAS]

Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has assured the leaders of the Moldovan opposition voting bloc ACUM Maya Sandu and Andrei Nastase that the European Union will do all in its powers to make the Moldovan authorities respect and observe the international standards of holding free and fair elections.

"It has become already habitual that each time oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc [DP leader] needs international political cover for lawlessness and stealing in Moldova, he can rely on unconditional support of Liviu Dragnea - Chairman of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, and Viktor Orban - Prime Minister of Hungary", says a joint statement of the ACUM election bloc leaders Andrei Nastase and Maia Sandu.

President Igor Dodon wrote on his Facebook page today that the laws, to be promulgated by suspending him from the post, shall be cancelled shortly after the February 24, 2019 parliamentary election.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has been once again suspended from his position by the decision of the Constitutional Court taken on Monday on the request of two Deputy Chairmen of the ruling Democratic Party - Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu and MP Sergiu Sirbu.

Prime Minister Pavel Filip maintains that the only way to successfully develop the country is its European integration.

The Liberal Democratic Party will participate in the February 24, 2019 parliamentary election as a part of the opposition voting bloc ACUM uniting, so far, the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) and the political party called Platform "Demnitate si Adevar" [DA, "Dignity and Justice"].

The Republic of Moldova consistently stands up for a complete and unconditional removal of Russian troops from its territory and for transformation of the continuing [since 1992] peacekeeping operation into a civilian mission under an international mandate, Moldova's Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Tudor Ulianovschi stated on Thursday at the Annual Meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers held in Milan (Italy).

Citizens' active participation in the approaching elections will force the incumbent authorities to leave the scene, believes Andrei Nastase, Chairman of the political party called Platform "Demnitate si Adevar" [DA, "Dignity and Justice"].