News about Social sphere

Moldova will strengthen the protection of personal data of citizens and companies. The Parliament plans to ratify the Protocol to update the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. This is intended to ensure stricter privacy guarantees and secure cross-border information exchange.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze called the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report on human rights violations during protests and dispersals of anti-government rallies in spring 2024 “permeated with lies.”

Economic agents should inventory groundwater wells so that, if necessary, they can be tapped to provide alternative water sources to the population.

A collector’s card of New York Yankees (USA) baseball player Aaron Judge was sold in an auction on the Fanatics Collect platform for $5.2 million, making it the most expensive in modern times, Logos Press reported.

The 98th Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, will begin at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles (USA) on March 16 at 01:00 EST. Logos Press will tell you why the world’s main movie statue is formally worth $1.

The Government decided to introduce an environmental danger regime in the Dniester basin. This will allow the authorities to limit the intake of polluted water, quickly mobilize resources and ensure coordination of actions to prevent a threat to the population’s water supply.

Women make up less than one-fifth of technology sector employees in Europe. The gender gap could widen even further, especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Experts cite corporate culture as a major factor.

In Moldova, one mayor’s office has, on average, about 2,700 inhabitants. This is 18 times less than, for example, in Latvia, with which Moldova is comparable in terms of territory and population. The density of mayoralties makes Moldova one of the most fragmented in Europe: there are 27 mayoralties per 1,000 km², while in Georgia there are almost 30 times fewer.

On March 15, Kazakhstan is holding a referendum on amendments to the Constitution of the Republic. The amendments affecting 84% of the articles of the Basic Law are to be approved, so in fact we are talking about a new document.

The number of Ukrainians aged 18 to 63 years in Germany has increased by more than 50 thousand in a year, according to Logos Press.

The fifth year of the war will be crucial for Ukrainians who went abroad during the war. The conditions of their stay in Europe will change. Therefore, many of those who have been hesitant so far will have to make a choice: stay or return.

A creditor will be obliged to resort to it before filing a statement of claim with a court. The innovation concerns a whole range of judicial disputes – civil, family and labor disputes, as well as criminal and administrative cases. But it will not apply to disputes in the tax, customs and administrative spheres.

The top leadership of the Council of Europe, ministers and other high-ranking European officials, as well as UN representatives will come to Chisinau for the Conference on Social Rights – “European Social Charter”.

Moldovan citizens who have legally worked in Canada and in Moldova will be able to receive pensions of both states for age, disability due to general diseases, as a result of accidents at work or occupational diseases, as well as for loss of breadwinner.

The renewal of the administrative board, as well as the problems of importing bee families and the quality of exported products were the focus of the general meeting of the National Association of Beekeepers of Moldova (ANARM) on March 13.

Romania actively responded to Moldova’s call for assistance in eliminating the consequences of the ecological crisis on the Dniester River. Specialists from IGSU Romania and Apele Române arrived in Chisinau with the pumping equipment needed for the cleanup work.

The authorities plan to introduce a national electronic system “e-Admitere” for enrolling children in nurseries and kindergartens. It should make the process of enrollment in early education institutions unified, transparent and accessible.

Strengthening market surveillance mechanisms to respect consumer rights, harmonizing legislation with European standards and informing citizens remain the most important priorities to ensure a safe and transparent market.

The Russian ambassador to Bucharest, in an interview with the Russian news agency TASS, speaking about a potential unification with Moldova, said that Romania would not be able to afford the costs of “uniru”.

The iconic electric guitar “Black Strat” (“Black Stratocaster”) of the leader of the British rock band “Pink Floyd” sold at Christie’s auction in London (UK) for $14.55 million and set a new record value in the history of the auction, according to Logos Press.