Protesters mass outside Netanyahu's house as anger grows

Police held back protesters outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, amid widespread anger at the failures that led to last month's deadly attack by Hamas gunmen on communities around the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports.

Igor Grosu: "I voted for a European capital, for mayors and councilors to represent us"

The Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu cast his vote in the general local elections, declaring that he voted for "a European capital, for mayors and councilors to represent us".

Blinken visits West Bank to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his latest bid to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and begin to sketch out a post-conflict scenario for the territory, AP reports.

President of the voting commission in the village of Gradiste, Cimișlia district, died on the day of the election

The president of the voting commission at a polling station in the village of Gradiste, Cimișlia district, died on the very day of the election. The information was confirmed for Radio Moldova by the spokeswoman of the General Police Inspectorate, Diana Fetco.

Maia Sandu: "Democracy depends on our vote"

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, cast her vote in the local general elections. The head of state voted in Chisinau "for people she trusts." Also, Maia Sandu urged citizens to vote, "because voting means the power of the people".

Gaza's Health Ministry reports dozens dead in a refugee camp

Dozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital, CNN reports.

LIVE // Briefing of the Central Electoral Commission

Members of the Central Electoral Commission hold a press conference on the conduct of the general local elections.

Promo-LEX mission// 141 incidents were reported

By 9:00 a.m., 141 incidents were reported by observers in the territory. Based on the 44 incidents processed, 4 cases were of restricting observers' access to the polling stations, but they were still admitted 5 minutes before 7 o'clock, so that they could see the entire preparation process.

Profile of candidates for the general local elections of November 5, 2023

Every third candidate for the position of mayor is a woman, and every fifth candidate for the position of councilor is aged between 18 and 35. The Central Electoral Commission presented information on the profile of the candidates participating in the General Local Elections scheduled for November 5, 2023.

General local elections // Watch live the voting on Moldova 1 TV

On Sunday, November 5, keep an eye on Moldova 1 TV for live coverage of the general local elections. The public television station will have special editions at 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, and 19:00. Our reporters will inform you live from the polling stations in Balti, Orhei, Chisinau, Cahul, Comrat, and from the Central Electoral Commission about the voting process.

LIVE TEXT // General local elections: Polling stations have closed. By 21:00, the voter turnout is 41.4 percent

General local elections are held in the Republic of Moldova. 898 mayors and 11,058 local councilors are to be elected for a four-year term. The elections are held in all administrative-territorial units except for the towns on the left side of the Nistru and the municipality of Bender. 2,762,125 voters are expected at the polls.

11 representatives of the Sansa party were detained in Balti

11 representatives of the Sansa political party, including 4 minors, were detained by the police from Balti. Yesterday evening, they were handing out electoral leaflets in support of another candidate affiliated with the outlawed "Sor" political party. The police established that the electoral leaflets were received at the office of the "Sansa" party in Bălți, for the purpose of subsequent distribution in the mailboxes of the inhabitants with the message of support for another political exponent of the same party.