Valeriu Vulcan, the HotNews.ro correspondent to Chisinau, was among protesters in downtown Chisinau, the capital of the Moldova Republic, on Tuesday, reporting live from the event. He said of the crowds gathered between the buildings of the Parliament and the Presidency: "What I see now is a huge crowd of people sieging the ground floor of the Presidency".

Valeriu Vulcan:

1.56 p.m.: There is a lot of people, in the thousands. It's hard to say a precise figure/ Some are grouped before the Presidency, others before the Parliament HQDemonstrations have gone violent. Provoked by law enforcement troops, protesters started to throw stones.Under protest pressure, law enforcement troops withdrew and are now grouped somewhere on a side of the Parliament building, while others are grouped at the Presidency HQSpirits appear to have calmed down a little. So far, the ground floor and the first floor of the Presidency building have been devastated2.10 p.m.: Five minutes ago two grenades were thrown as a warning from inside the Parliament building, which is sieged by the protesters. No victims have been reported as far as I know. But I've seen policement wounded by stones thrown at themFurniture which protesters brought out from inside the Parliament has been put on fire in front of the buildingAn administrative unit that belongs to the Presidency HQ has been put on fireAt least one politician is among the protesters - Vlad Filat, head of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM)Most protesters are young, some of them very young. It appears most of them are students, with an average age of 20Chanting: "We won't leave here", trying to force their entrance in Presidency and Parliament buildings, which are guarded only from the insidePolice use water cannons at the Presidency HQ3.00 p.m.: Number of protesters in the Great National Assembly Square in Chisinau up to several te