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Briefness first and foremost - January 16, 2019 IPN digest


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The potential candidate of the bloc ACUM DA PAS in the Nisporeni constituency Ion Terguță said the risk of his non-registration as an electoral contender is sufficiently big given that of the over 900 signatures he presented to the district electoral council, approximately 400 were declared invalid after a visual examination.

The politician stated he filed an application to the Central Election Commission and demanded to dismiss the head of the district electoral council because, after they submitted the lists with signatures, the photo of a list appeared in the public sphere and this was transmitted to mayors in Nisporeni district.

About 100 Bessarabian shirts for men and women that date from the 19th century were reconstituted and exhibited at the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History. They represent all the regions of Moldova and were remade using old chronicles, photos, drawings, sketches, damaged shirts and parts of shirts.

Coordinating researcher of the Museum Varvara Buzilă said the idea appeared three years ago inside the community “Sitting of Bessarabia”. “The shirts were sewed to show that we care about our cultural heritage that we offer to society,” stated Varvara Buzilă.

According to a press release of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, the company “Vestmoldtransgaz” earlier this week signed the contract for the building of the administrative complex Ghidighici, making the start of the construction works and of the implementation of measures to operate, exploit and maintain the Iași-Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline.

According to Veaceslav Ioniţă, expert of the economist of the Institute for Development and Social Initiative “Viitorul” , larger bee honey exports and higher honey prices during the next few years can be ensured by switching over to the production and certification of ecological honey. Before the signing of the Free Trade Agreement with the EU, exports totaled slightly over half a million dollars a year. Things changed when trade with the EU was liberalized and the U.S. Government offered support to Moldovan beekeepers. This way, exports during the past few years grew to US$ 14 million a year, with Romania, Italy, France, Slovakia and Germany accounting for 80% of Moldova’s honey exports.

The Legal Resources Center of Moldova signals that the obligation to examine the annual report of the Prosecutor’s Office in Parliament and to publish it on the official website of the Prosecutor General’s Office was excluded from the law on the prosecution service that was published in the Official Gazette on January 4. Eighteen SCOs call on the future legislative body to reinsert the given norms in the text of the law on the prosecution service. Eighteen SCOs call on the future legislative body to reinsert the given norms in the text of the law.

The goods received as a donation, including the money, are not a source of income that is taxed. However, the person who donates money will pay income tax if the sums donated in a fiscal period exceed the taxable income earned in the period. A tax will be charged only on the sum that exceeds the taxable income. Lawyer Oleg Efrim has told IPN that this rule does not apply to donations made to relatives of the first degree and to philanthropic donations or sponsorships.

The State Chancellery last year examined 4,047 petitions submitted by people. The figure is by 185 petitions higher than in 2017 and by over 600 petitions higher than in 2016. Almost 600 petitions were filed in electronic form. According to the Government’s press service, 2,555 petitions were referred to ministries and other central administrative authorities, while over 900 petitions to the local public authorities. The subdivisions of the State Chancellery examined almost 1,000 petitions.

Anticorruption prosecutors finished the investigation into the case of money laundering in very large amounts against ex-Premier Vlad Filat and sent the case to court. According to the collected evidence, pursuing the goal of hiding the illegal origin and the transfer of large amounts of ill-gotten gains in 2013, the ex-Premier organized and committed the money laundering offense, using an intermediary in close affinity with him to make the transfers.

The election observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) for the February 24 parliamentary elections in Moldova opened formally its activities on January 16, 2019. In a news conference, the mission’s head Matyas Eorsi said “we are not here for the sake of the election results, no matter what they are. We are here to make sure the elections are held in full compliance with the democratic principles. Our whole activity is based on the principles of impartiality, transparency, professionalism.” Matyas Eorsi noted this is the 14th election that the ODIHR mission will observe in the Republic of Moldova.

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