Greceanyi tells reporters to stop making 'such a fuss' about Xmas tree

Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanyi advised the press to “stop making such a fuss about the Christmas tree, it's not worth it”, saying that people have other concerns to take care of ahead of New Year's Eve, like “taking their salaries and pensions on time”. “There shall be a tree, a big, nice tree, which will have its lights switched on at the appropriate time”, Greceanyi said. She went on to add that the population would learn later how much the tree cost. On Tuesday evening, December 16, a 19 meters tall fir tree was erected in Chisinau's central plaza. The Government's spokesperson, Vitalie Condratchi, told the agency Info-Prim Neo the tree was brought from Calarasi district and would be inaugurated on Friday, December 19. Earlier on Tuesday, the municipal authorities reported the tree they bought for the same central square had been arrested by police on its way to the city because the driver hauling the fir failed to produce an ecological authorization requested by the police.