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Press Review. Friday, 8 December 2023

Press Review. Friday, 8 December 2023

InfoMarket Agency presents:
* "Moldavskiye Vedomosti"
- Ciurea: If the EU does not agree to enlargement - it will invent stages to distance us from the goal
What does it mean to start negotiations on EU accession? Will they actually be started? How long can we stand in line to join? Will Ukraine and Georgia join us? Will we be able to join before the EU disintegrates? Political scientist Corneliu Ciurea answered these and other questions of "Moldavskiye Vedomosti".
- Why one and the same policy for different patients costs from 4,117 lei to 14,796 lei, while by law it costs 12,636 lei
The contribution of compulsory health insurance in the form of a fixed amount (medical policy) was and will be 12,636 lei. And this is with the average minimum wage for the economy in 2023 of 11700 lei, according to Government Decision No. 939/2022. That is, the policy is more expensive than the monthly salary by 936 lei!

* "Saptamana"
- Government doubles scholarships for education students
Starting next year, education students will receive double scholarships. A decision to this effect has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers as a measure to support future teachers.
- Hungary is threatening us with a stick in the wheel
Most EU countries support the start of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, but Hungary could be the one to block the process. So says the Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives, Vadim Pistrinciuc, who says Hungary does not have a problem with Moldova, only with Ukraine.

* "Moldova Suverana"
- Justice reform and counter-reform
There are no prosecutors for the thousands and thousands of corruption cases.

* "Economic Review"
- "Franzeluţa" returns to big business
After several unprofitable years, "Franzeluţa" plans to make a profit of 18 million lei. At the beginning of the year, the company's losses amounted to 22 million lei, and at the end of 2023 they were expected to increase to 84 million lei
- On regulating online trade
The development of technologies today is so dynamic that the government does not always have time to adequately respond to the challenges and regulate business processes.

* Media
- NM Espresso: on pension indexation, opposition resolution and quality of education in Moldova – NewsMaker
- Moldova is one of the last places in Eastern Europe for investment in startups and IT - MoldStreet
- Revelations on the fabulous debts of Termoelectrica! The maneuver by which the company wants to get rid of them - Realitatea