The events to celebrate the Union Day were launched on the eve. The National Library displayed more than 100 book titles, maps and other documents concerning events related to Bessarabia’s union with Romania of 1918. According to historian Ion Negrei, national unity is the significance of the day of December 1. “It is a holiday that makes us feel together, no matter where we are,” he stated.
The Alliance for the Centenary celebrates the National Day of Romania in Chisinau on December 1 by laying flowers at the monument to ruler Stephan the Great, at 9am. At 10am, a moment’s silence will be observed at the Cemetery of Romanian Heroes, followed by a march to the monument of deportees in the square of the Railway Terminal and then to the monument to Stephan the Great in central Chisinau, where the event will end with the Union Round Dance. A concert of patriotic songs will be given in the square of the National Opera House “Maria Bieșu” staring at 3pm.
The New Right will stage a march that will start at the Cemetery of Heroes at 10am and will end with the Union Round Dance near the monument to Ruler Stephan the Great and Holy.
Iurie Leancă’s statement that Moldova’s relationship with Romania forms part of the internal policy of Moldova and that we should speak about the relations with Romania separately from the foreign ones are not less interesting. Chisinau should be rather able with the EU too as, “for subjective reasons, we didn’t manage to explain particular decisions taken in Chisinau sufficiently well in Brussels or in other capitals. I refer to the Election Code. We, those who voted this Code, are to prove that we had sufficient reasons to do so,” stated Iurie Leancă.
Adjusting his European standpoint, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Tudor Ulianovschi, in the talk show “Moldova live” on Moldova 1 channel, said the parliamentary elections of next February are the main test for democracy in the Republic of Moldova and the main chance for the country to restore the normal relations with Brussels.
As the Deputy Prime Minister, Tudor Ulianovski described the bilateral relationship between Moldova and Romania as being not only strategic, but also appropriate. “It is extremely important first of all for Chisinau, for the Republic of Moldova, given that from commercial viewpoint Romania is the main partner of the Moldovan producers,” he noted.
As in other election campaigns, the project of the Isaccea – Vulcănești interconnection is being mentioned again. This time, Prime Minister Pavel Filip said the interconnection between the electricity systems of Moldova and Romania will be realized in two-three years. According to him, the contracts for the construction of the stations are to be signed so that the project is launched. The Government is ready to concede the networks in Moldova that are linked to this interconnect.
In another development, the Premier said he could run in a single-member constituency without leaving his post as the legislation allows him to do so. “The legal framework enables the Prime Minister to take part in the election campaign without vacating the post. A minister is obliged to leave the post when running in elections, but a Prime Minister is not obliged to do it,” stated Pavel Filip.
Remembering Alexandru Lăpușneanu’s famous saying, Dumitru Diacov said the pro-European parties after the elections will have to sit at the negotiating table so as to continue on the path of European integration. The Democratic Party does not intend to form a coalition with the Party of Socialists after the elections because this party pleads for another direction, the Eurasian one. Also, the parties that will cause early legislative elections will not have chances of entering the next Parliament.
As usual, the OSCE will monitor the way in which the mass media in Moldova will cover the election campaign prior to the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019. The announcement was made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir stated in a news conference held at the end of his three-day visit to Moldova.
On the last day of its mandate, Parliament adopted the 2019 state budget, state social insurance budget and mandatory health insurance funds after giving them a final reading.
The 2019 state budget provides for an expenditure of 47.6 billion lei. A sum of 1.024,1bn lei will be allocated for the Road Fund, 950 million lei for the national public road repair program, 900m lei for the National Agriculture and Rural Development Fund, 480m lei for the Energy Efficiency Fund, 289.9m lei for the National Ecological Fund, 220m lei for the National Regional Development Fund, 86.1m lei for the Population Support Fund and 47.8m lei for the Vine and Wine Fund.
The Republic of Moldova won two prizes and a scholarship of the seven prizes and three scholarships provided within the ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe, which is the most important media award for cultural diversity in the region.
Among the winners is the short film “Big Theater of Soroca” made by young director Eugeniu Popovici. Moldova was also conferred the prize for entertainment, for Valeriu Andriuță’s short-film “Chers Amis”.
An ADAMI scholarship was awarded to Ana Glushko from Moldova, a Prime TV reporter. She, together with another two female journalists from Ukraine, will go to Germany for a period of four weeks to familiarize themselves with the news making process at TV channels.
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