The children who will go to the first grade this autumn will enjoy a new teaching approach that will not consist in staying in desks only. As from September 1, the first and second graders will be distributed new generations of textbooks. The primer will be in a new, interactive format. The parents who took part in the forum “Come with us in the first grade, dear parents and children!” that was organized by the General Division of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the Chisinau Municipal Council were informed about this.
The president of the National Unity Party (PUN) Anatol Șalaru said the party he represents will not take part in the building of a new unionist bloc because the unification of the parties of the right or unionist parties is a false slogan and a false goal given that their goal is the Union with Romania, not the union of unionist parties. Anatol Șalaru referred to the recently announced bloc that was created by three political parties and three civil society organizations. “All the parties that form part of this bloc taken together didn’t garner more than 1% of the vote in the recent elections. The Union with Romania is not an act that we plan for a particular date. It is a long-term process and this process cannot be developed by parties that are not recognized in Romania and that represent nothing for Romania,” the PUN leader stated.
The president of honor of the Liberal Party Mihai Ghimpu said the Party of Socialists (PSRM) will form an alliance with the Democratic Party (PDM) or the Bloc ACUM if particular key points of its party program that is pro-Russia are accepted. The politician developed the issue in the talk show “Politics of Natalia Morari” on TV8 channel.
The Moldovan Congress of Local Authorities (CALM) noted that in its April 4 Resolution, the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities found that in Moldova “the political context for the exercise of mayoral functions (...) is negatively affected by the intensive practice of bringing criminal prosecution against mayors and local representatives.” The CoE Congress calls on Moldovan authorities “to find an accurate balance between the fight against corruption and the requirements of local democracy, so that the bringing of criminal charges against local elected representatives does not disrupt local political life”.
Currently, according to Vlad Gribincea, head of the Legal Resources Center, the judges of inquiry authorize almost nine in ten remand detention requests made by prosecutors. In 2018, according to official reports, the request acceptance rate was the highest ever, of 88.4%. ”Why does this happen? It was established, at least by the International Commission of Jurists, that fear prevails in the justice sector in the Republic of Moldova. This fear makes the judges adopt decisions that they think are convenient to the government,” noted the jurist.
The International Labor Organizationc (ILO) started the first Local Employment Partnership for Moldova project in Cahul town. “The Local Employment Partnership envisions the creation and formalization of over 260 jobs and the launch of 106 businesses in beekeeping, creative industry and handcrafting. Approximately 670 persons from Cahul district, including persons exposed to a social exclusion risk, will directly benefit from the opportunities offered by the project and about 1,000 persons from the community will become indirect beneficiaries,” stated Violeta Vrabie, coordinator of the ILO project “Promoting Youth Employment”.
Contacted by IPN for details, Radu Musteață, division head at the National Foiod Safety Agency, said none of the 30 samples taken for checks so far was noncompliant. Even so, the consumes should attentively choose the places from which to buy such products as these should be authorized and supervised by the Agency.
The Democratic MPs announced they will donate the salaries of MP received for March. “Each of the MPs of the PDM will choose a social cause towards which they will direct their revenues. We continue to hope the political stalemate will be broken as soon as possible so that we could work for the benefit of those who elected us to Parliament – the de facto payers of these salaries,” Pavel Filip wrote on his Facebook page.
Five passenger transport operators have already been authorized to operate regular bus routes from Moldova to Italy, with applications from 30 more companies awaiting approval. The routes will launch no later than in two weeks, authorities say. MoE state secretary Serghei Bucataru said that thorough verifications will be in place to crack down on unauthorized transportation of passengers.
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