Embassy of Germany will be built on land earmarked initially for Palace of Justice

The architectural building located at 85 A. Mateevici St, where there was the German lyceum for girls and which is now in a deplorable condition, will be offered to the Government of Germany to set up the Embassy of Germany there. The decision was adopted by the Parliament by a majority of votes on December 3. The Communist group did not vote and demanded that the bill be withdrawn as the territory was initially allocated for building the Palace of Justice there, Info-Prim Neo reports. Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim said the state-owned plot that is 0.4152 hectares in area will be transferred to the Government of Germany on condition that the architecture of the building is preserved. Thus, the building is to be reconstructed. The bill aroused dissatisfaction among the Communist MPs. Iurie Muntean and Vladimir Turcan said the Palace of Justice has been already designed and money was spent on this. “If you insisted, the Government of Germany could find some other place,” Muntean said, addressing Prime Minister Vlad Filat. MPs of the Alliance for European Integration - Mihai Godea (PLDM), Veaceslav Untila (AMN) and Oleg Serebrian (PDM) – said the bill must be passed as there will be reconstructed a valuable architectural monument that the state could not renovate in the near future. They also said that this building was owned by the German Baroness Iulia A. von Gheiking at the end of the 20th century. “It is regretful that the problem of the building for the Embassy of Germany has not been yet solved. The partnership with Germany is very important,” Serebrian said. Oleg Efrim also said that the money that the Government of Germany will transfer for the building could be included in the state budget by the end of this year and would be used to repair courts of law. Earlier, Minster of Justice Alexandru Tanase said the transaction was assessed at about 1.5 million euros.