European integration
Germany is ready to allocate Moldova 12.9 million euros in the form of a grant for four priority projects. The Moldovan parliament’s foreign policy commission has approved the start of negotiations on a relevant intergovernmental agreement.
EU enlargement is a strategic investment in security, and the integration of Ukraine and Moldova directly contributes to regional stability and the development of energy, transportation and digital infrastructure. This was stated by Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, at the Conference on Security in the Black Sea Region organized in Chisinau under the auspices of the Crimean Platform.
Moldovan judges and prosecutors will be able to study EU law in Paris. The National Institute of Justice of Moldova and the French National School of Magistracy (ENM) signed a memorandum of cooperation.
The governments of Moldova and the German state of Baden-Württemberg will set up an intergovernmental mixed commission to expand cooperation in economy, agriculture, energy and other fields.
The law on phytosanitary products will be amended to unblock the market, avoid shortages of plant protection products and create predictable rules for farmers.
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airplanes and helicopters will be officially authorized in Moldova. Certification and permits will be introduced for them, pilots will have to undergo updated training and licensing, including emergency helicopter flights.
Moldovan scientists and researchers are invited to more actively utilize the opportunities for cooperation with the EU in the field of science and innovation through the Office of the Republic of Moldova for Science and Technology to the EU (MOST).
Europe is facing a new type of threat – cognitive warfare, which undermines public trust and prevents citizens from making free and informed decisions. This was the assessment given by Moldovan President Maia Sandu at the international conference “Media Literacy and Information Integrity: Building Resilience against Disinformation and FIMI in Europe” held in Chisinau.
Moldova has been waiting for more than three years for the start of negotiations on joining the EU, but during these years it has only drifted away from the European standards in all fields, says former Deputy Prime Minister and former Economics Minister Alexandru Muravski.
To transfer at least 10,000 people from the shadow economy to the legal economy within four years and to provide more than 100,000 people with stable jobs – these are the targets set by the government under the national employment program.
On March 18-19, the Romanian capital hosted the East Gate Strategic Forum, the founding act of the European Group for Territorial Cooperation (GECT – Grupării Europene de Cooperare Teritorială).
Legalization of EU citizens in Moldova is simplified by the removal of bureaucracy and other administrative barriers. Both they and their family members enjoy equal rights, including free access to the labor market. For example, the possibility to carry out activities on the basis of an entrepreneurial patent.
The participants of the High-Level Conference on Social Rights “European Social Charter” signed a Declaration demonstrating a common commitment to support the implementation of social rights in Europe. The document is conventionally called the “Chisinau Declaration”. Instead of the Prime Minister, the Secretary General of the Government closed the event.
Some 95 million children in Europe are at risk of poverty and social exclusion in 2024. This highlights the need for concrete action to protect social rights and implement the standards of the European Social Charter.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Environmental Information and Observation Network (Eionet) today approved the Republic of Moldova as a partner country, thus expanding the EEA network to 32 member countries and 7 partner countries across Europe.
In the face of global turmoil and growing social inequalities, investments in housing, health and education, based on the European Social Charter, are becoming a key tool to protect citizens’ rights and strengthen Europe’s resilience.
More than 400 participants took part (offline and online) in trainings dedicated to the implementation of projects financed under the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Republic of Moldova 2021-2027 program, which took place in Chisinau.
The High-Level Conference on Social Rights “European Social Charter” identified, among a number of other challenges to the social protection of citizens, a particularly acute problem – limited access to housing, which directly affects the social protection and dignity of people.
Within the framework of Moldova’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the High-Level Conference on Social Rights “European Social Charter” is taking place in Chisinau on March 18-19.
UPDATED. Moldovan medical institutions generate up to 3500 tons of medical waste annually. Their volume continues to grow as the number of medical interventions increases. However, some of this waste has nowhere to go: due to gaps in the system, some medical institutions are forced to store anatomical and pathological waste in refrigerators.
