News about Social sphere

The legislative branch will exercise parliamentary oversight over the activities of the bodies responsible for managing the state of emergency, and the duration of the state of emergency will become more flexible.

The new law is intended to make it easier for people with limited mobility to access six types of goods and services.

The Chisinau City Hall invites residents of the capital to participate in the “City Barometer,” launched as part of the process to update Chisinau’s General Urban Development Plan (GUDP) through 2040.

On the evening of July 23, nearly the entire territory of Georgia experienced a widespread power outage. Residents of Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Borjomi, Zugdidi, and a number of other cities and towns across the country were left without power. In some areas, the power outages also led to partial disruptions in the water supply.

The Moldovan Ministry of Culture has launched a program to support young professionals who are starting their careers in state cultural institutions. Graduates of relevant universities will be eligible to receive up to 120,000 lei, while graduates of vocational and technical schools will be eligible to receive up to 90,000 lei.

This was announced by Government Secretary-General Alexei Buzu as he presented today another group of villages that have decided to merge and establish a single municipal administration.

This fall, “Discover – Fuori dal guscio” will open in Florence—Italy’s first specialized center dedicated to preventing digital addiction and promoting mindful use of digital technologies among children and young people.

Self-employed individuals will be able to voluntarily purchase a full package of state social insurance coverage. Currently, they are subject to fixed contribution rates, and they are guaranteed only an old-age pension and a funeral allowance.

This minimum wage level is planned for 2030. This was announced by Natalia Plugaru, Minister of Labor and Social Protection.

A police station has opened in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, located in the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. Authorities hope that housing the police station here will strip the building of its former symbolic significance and make it unattractive to neo-Nazis.

At its meeting on July 22, the Moldovan government approved a bill aimed at protecting journalists, human rights defenders, civic activists, whistleblowers, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations from lawsuits used to exert pressure on them or restrict their activities in the public interest.

The National Army of the Republic of Moldova has deployed its 25th contingent of military personnel to participate in the KFOR international peacekeeping operation in Kosovo.

Termoelectrica acknowledged that the water in Chisinau’s rivers had temporarily turned green due to repair and testing work on the heating networks carried out in the Ryshkanovka sector.

The death toll from the two devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 5,398.

This new measure will allow citizens to avoid additional consular legalization procedures, reduce the time required to process documents, and lower the associated costs.

The Republic of Moldova wishes to retain 17 of the 140 international treaties concluded through the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

According to the EU Neighbors East 2026 study, commissioned by the European Union, trust in government institutions in Moldova remains low. However, attitudes toward the European Union itself are at a record high.

Government Secretary-General Alexei Buzu has been instructed to urgently submit, by the end of July, a “package of proposals and specific measures” that will reduce the excessive salaries of certain officials and “give people a sense of fairness,” until order is restored to the overall system of public sector pay.

In South Korea, the owner of a restaurant awarded two Michelin stars faces up to one year in prison for using ants as a garnish on desserts. Prosecutors have also demanded that the restaurant be fined 20 million won ($13,500) for violating food safety regulations.

The government has approved the “Restart in Education” reform, which calls for a sweeping overhaul of the school management system. Starting January 1, 2027, public schools will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and Research through the newly established Regional Education Agencies.