On June 17, Moldovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Valeriu Ostalep declared that Moldova will not be leaving the Georgia-Ukraine-Azerbaijan-Moldova alliance (GUAM)
The European Union has urged Moldova to upgrade the election code and noted increased cases of persecution of certain political forces in the media.
Gazprom has filed four lawsuits at the International Commercial Arbitration Court against Moldovagaz regarding the recovery of debts for gas delivered worth a total of 101m dollars, Interfax-ANI has been told by Gazprom's information directorate.
In a bid to meet the growing demand petrochemical products including polyethylene, Moldova plans to ease accessibility to petrochemical products. Belarusian petrochemical products will now be sold in Moldova by a joint venture company between the two countries.
Moldova has to persuade the EU of the need to speed up the issuance of a mandate for negotiations on a new cooperation agreement before the 2009 parliamentary election, the Basa-press news agency quoted President Vladimir Voronin as saying at a meeting of the National Commission for European Integration on 17 July.