Nonworking days in 2018

IPN.md

16 January 2018
11:21

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection suggested that March 9, April 30, December 24 and December 31, 2018 should be nonworking days, while the Saturdays of March 3, April 21, December 15 and December 22, 2018 should be working days instead. The provisions are contained in a draft decision that was proposed for public debates, IPN reports.

The move is aimed at optimizing the working time and free time. It is proposed that budget-funded employees should have a mini-vacation of four days – from March 8, which is a nonworking day, together with March 9, which falls on a Friday and should be a nonworking day, together with Saturday and Sunday.

Another 14 days are holidays and no one will work on other days instead of these. These are: January 1 – next day after New Year’s, January 7 and 8 – Christmas according to the old calendar, March 8 – International Women’s Day, April 8 and 9 – Eastertime, April 15 and 16 – Low Sunday, May 1 – Labor Day, May 9 – Victory Day, Europe Day, June 1 – Children’s Day, August 27 – Independence Day, August 31 – Our Language Day and December 25 – Christmas according to the new calendar.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection suggested a draft decision stipulating that December 31 and January 2 should be declared nonworking days, while March 8 and May 1 should be declared working days. The draft was withdrawn following negative reactions.

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by Irina Botu 02.08.2026

The Independent Analytical Center “Expert-Grup”, in collaboration with Maib and with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Moldova, organizes the launch event of the public offer regarding the municipal bonds issued by the Ceadâr-Lunga City Hall /maib park /at 10:00 AM/.

The PRESS AGENCY IPN invites media representatives to the public debate on the topic: “Neutrality and the defense capacity of the citizen and the state”, the 354th edition of the series “Developing political culture in public debates”. Participants: Dionis Cenusa, political scientist, associate expert at the Center for Eastern European Studies, Lithuania; Andrei Curararu, expert in international and national security, WatchDog Community; Igor Botan, permanent expert of the project /Conference room of the IPN Agency, Teatrului street, 2/2, 3rd floor, online on the YouTube channel of the Agency, on the Facebook page IPN Press Agency and accessed later in the archive; Realitatea TV, live or replayed, as well as on www.Rlive.md /at 11:00 AM/.

The Ministry of Education and Research, in partnership with the Interethnic Relations Agency, the Ethnographic Association of Roma and the “Voice of the Roma” Coalition, is organizing a roundtable discussion entitled: “The Memory of the Roma Holocaust – lessons for the present and future”, in the context of the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Holocaust against the Roma /Government House, entrance from Banulescu-Bodoni Street /at 11:00 AM/.

The exhibition “Bessarabian Authors in the World” is inaugurated as part of the Diaspora Days 2026, which takes place under the theme “Wherever we are, Moldova unites us!” /National Library of the Republic of Moldova /at 11:00 AM/.

The People’s Assembly of Gagauzia convenes for a meeting /APG, Comrat /at 02:00 PM/.

Flower laying and the unveiling ceremony of the commemorative plaque dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust victims against the Roma during the Second World War will take place /at the Visterniceni Station area in the city of Chisinau, Petricani street no. 3 /at 03:00 PM/.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Baiba Braže, is making a working visit to the Republic of Moldova /August 3-4/.

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Nonworking days in 2018

IPN.md

16 January 2018
11:21

The Armenian Government, led by Pashinyan, resigned following the commencement of the new Parliament’s term

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Today, the Old Style Orthodox Christians celebrate the Holy Prophet Elijah

One in ten students in Moldova comes from abroad. Their number has reached a record level

by Irina Botu 02.08.2026

One in ten students in Moldova comes from abroad. Their number has reached a record level in the academic year 2025-2026 – 6,423 people, 667 more than the previous year. Economic expert Veaceslav Ionita believes that this segment has significant potential, but it remains insufficiently exploited, reports IPN.

The proportion of foreign students in the total university population has significantly increased in recent years, from 1.3% in 2010 to 10.2% in 2026. According to the IDIS “Viitorul” expert, attracting young people from other countries can contribute both to the financial consolidation of universities and to the improvement of education quality and the development of educational services export.

The majority of foreign students come from Romania – 56.4% of the total. This is followed by India, with 19%, Ukraine – 8.6%, Turkey – 6.9% and Israel – 6.7%.

Veaceslav Ionita asserts that the Republic of Moldova has several advantages in attracting international students, among which are the cultural and linguistic proximity to Romania, but also the possibility of developing training programs in Romanian for young people from other countries.

In the last two decades, the total number of students in the Republic of Moldova has decreased from about 128 thousand in 2006-2007 to 62,900 in 2025-2026. However, in the last two years, their number has increased by about 6,400, and approximately 20% of this increase was generated by the rise in the number of foreign students.

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Oleg Ivancioglo: The consultation of citizens must remain a condition even in the case of normative amalgamation