Dignity and Truth Platform Party

Support in the Moldovan parliament for Prime Minister Ion Chicu's coalition government is slipping away, as the Socialist Party, PSRM, and its Democratic Party, PD, allies now only hold 54 of the 101 seats in the legislature - a majority of three.

A government decision to gift Moldovans three days off work next week is being seen as an attempt to blunt an opposition protest called for August 26.

August 27 and 31 are already public holidays, but a government initiative to declare the rest of the week off amounts to an invitation to Moldovans to head off on vacation, some political analysts say.

The cancellation of the results of the mayoral election, won last month by Andrei Nastase, was the straw that broke the camel's back for many people in Moldova.

The initial ruling of a local court in Chisinau on June 20 was confirmed on June 25 by the Supreme Court of Justice.

The National Liberal Party (PNL) hails the "remarkable victory" recorded by the leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform Party (PPDA), Andrei Nastase, representative of the pro-European forces in the Republic of Moldova, in the second round of elections for the mayoralty of Chisinau, according to a press release issued on Sunday evening for AGERPRES and signed by the PNL chair Ludovic Orban.

Moldova's main pro-European opposition parties agreed on Monday to run joint lists for the 2018 parliamentary elections amid concerns that the new electoral system will help the larger parties.