Today is a sad day for the United States and for the entire world, when 18 years have passed since the terrorist attack in which more than three thousand people lost their lives and another six thousand were injured. The statement belongs to Prime Minister Maia Sandu who, in solidarity with the American people, laid flowers at the US Embassy, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Șor Political Party presented on Wednesday, September 11, its candidate for the position of general mayor of Chisinau municipality. It is Valeri Klimenko, honorary president of the party. Valeriy Klimenko has also run for the capital city hall in the previous local elections, representing "Ravnopravie" Movement, which was renamed Sor Party in October 2016. In the elections of June 2011 Valeri Klimenko accumulated 0.22% of the votes, and in the 2015 elections - 0.09%. As leader of "Ravnopravie" social-political Movement, in 2008 he declared that he was on a long term mission on the territory of Moldova.
The disastrous situation in which Moldovagaz currently finds itself is largely due to fraudulent administration, with the tacit knowledge and agreement of the shareholders, especially of the majority shareholder Gazprom. This was aggravated by the abusive conditions imposed by Gazprom when signing gas delivery and transit contracts. Additionally, ANRE, the government and Parliament took illegal and reckless decisions that severely damaged the assets of the company. This and other conclusions can be found in the Report on the activity of JSC "Moldovagaz" and on the schemes of consumer fraud over the course of the last 20 years, presented by the community for advocacy and public policies "WatchDog.MD" in a public event. In order to solve the issues related to the tariff calculation and the administration of the company, "Watch Dog" recommends the identification of unjustified expenses that were abusively included in the gas tariffs or led to the increase of the Gazprom owned debt. The unjustified expenses should be excluded from the tariff, while the rest of the expenses should be assumed by the shareholders who tolerated violations throughout the activity of Moldovagaz. Additionally, the experts recommend to carry out an audit at this company in order to determine the justified costs, to determine the cost of fraud and the actual value of the tariff deviations.
In the opinion of Lilian Carp, ACUM bloc MP, the statements of the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Soigu that Russia is ready to destroy ammunitions in the Transnistrian region cannot be considered as a first step in the Transnistrian settlement. "The Russian Federation’s intense activities in Transnistria, on the contrary, indicate that it is trying to strengthen its positions. Moldova is a kind of bridgehead for the entire Balkan area. In Romania, Bulgaria it is dangerous to keep its agents and, in these conditions, the Republic of Moldova can be used as a bridgehead for the training of secret services," said Lilian Carp.
During a meeting with Claus Neukirch, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Prime Minister Maia Sandu specified that identifying an immediate political solution for the Transnistrian region raions was very difficult at the moment, and a first step would be to eliminate, in collaboration with the Ukrainian authorities, the corruption and smuggling schemes that operate in the region. The policy of small steps was another topic addressed during the meeting. Maia Sandu maintains that this strategy can only continue if it brings concrete results, while respecting the principles of sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova.
The Superior Council of Prosecutors has published the list of the seven candidates who submitted their files to the contest for the position of Prosecutor General: Eduard Bulat, one of the deputies of the Prosecutor General, former prosecutor Anatolie Istrate, Gheorghe Petic's lawyer, former deputy prosecutor general, prosecutor Igor Popa, Roman Eremciuc, deputy chief prosecutor of the Chisinau Municipal Prosecutor's Office, head of the Center Office, Maxim Gropa, prosecutor in the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Causes, Vsevolod Ivanov, prosecutor in the Chisinau Municipality, Râșcani Office, Ruslan Popov, chief prosecutor of the Section for criminological analysis, endorsement and enactment within the Department for policies, reforms and protection of society interests of the General Prosecutor’s Office.
The first payment of temporary disability allowances will be issued on September 18, 2019. According to a National Social Security Office (CNAS) press release, CNAS employees work overtime and during the weekend in order to ensure the payment of the respective allowances, which will be issued based on the data received through the Portal for medical leave certificates. In order to receive the compensation for temporary incapacity for work via the salary card, the beneficiary needs to file a request to the employer.
A highway that would connect the Republic of Moldova with the European road infrastructure and the European economic corridor could be built in at least ten years. Currently, the project "Moldova wants a highway", which establishes a connection between Munich - Vienna - București - Târgu Mureș - Iași - Chișinău - Odessa is being reviewed. According to Iurie Calestru, Development and Expertise Project Institute director, an impact study of the project, but also a vox populi regarding the highway, could be done next year, if the Delegation of the European Union supports the project. "The impact study would help us have a framework document that would serve as a solid basis for the pre-feasibility studies, while the vox populi would help us document the wish of the citizens."
Seven out of ten Chișinău residents use to sort waste. According to the data of the General directorate for housing and communal services, 24% of Chișinău residents sort all their waste, while 27% do not sort at all. 48% of the capital's inhabitants partially sort the waste, by separately collecting bottles or boxes. Chisinau City Hall DGLCA data show that a person who does not collect garbage separately and is throwing everything in one basket, annually produces 322 kilograms of waste. However, the person who collects waste separately, produces half as much, 159 kilograms.
Circumstances of the criminal case concerning the 31 buses indicate that two bids were made at the tender for the procurement of transport units. However, without any objective reasons, one of the two bidders was disqualified. In this respect, the designated winning company was operating within a jurisdiction that did not implement international transparency standards.
The General Directorate for Criminal Investigation of the General Inspectorate of Police initiated a criminal case based on the reasonable suspicion of involvement in crime stipulated in article 327 of the Criminal Code. It is about "abuse of power or abuse of service committed in the material interest, for the purpose of carrying out other personal interests or in the interest of a third person".
The National Wine Day will be organized this year the first weekend of October, on October 5 and 6. But the start of the holiday will be given a week earlier by the country's wineries. They will open their doors for guests from September 28 until October 13. For the first time, on October 5 and 6, the Wine City will expand beyond the Great National Assembly Square, including the square of "Nativity of Our Lord" Metropolitan Cathedral, which will host the Wine School and the Countryside Yard.
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