The section of Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Blvd between the streets Mitropolit G. Bănulescu-Bodoni and A. Pushkin, the Great National Assembly Square, will be inaccessible to traffic between 9pm on May 12 and 8am on May 15, IPN reports.

According to the Chisinau City Hall, the measure was taken in connection with the holding of a sociocultural event on the occasion of Europe Day and the broadcasting of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova.

This way, the public transport (trolleybuses, buses, minibuses) that goes through the central square in the period will be diverted onto adjoining streets.

Drivers are urged to bypass the Great National Assembly Square in the period so as to avoid the formation of traffic jams.