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Press Review. Friday, 22 March 2024

Press Review. Friday, 22 March 2024

* "Moldavskiye Vedomosti"
- "Restart": social workers in the districts were replaced by party agitators
The re-subordination of social assistance departments in the run-up to the presidential elections has led to large-scale purges.
- Pie with jam from Nemerenco
The Ministry of Health proposes to fire kindergarten cooks.

* "Saptamana"
- The fate of future apples and pears
The European Commission presented on Wednesday 20 March the proposal for the gradual integration of the Republic of Moldova - and the other candidate countries - into the European Single Market, in parallel with the process of accession to the European Union. The announcement was made by Romanian MEP Siegfried Mureșan, Chairman of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Accession Committee.
- A good driver good in Israel as well
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that Moldovan driving licences will be recognised in Israel. According to the MFA, the Moldovan Ambassador to Israel, Alexandr Roitman, and the Minister of Transport and Road Safety of the State of Israel, Miri Regev, signed the intergovernmental agreement on the conversion of driving licences.

* "Moldova Sovereign"
- The appetite for dictatorship threatens the US and Europe
The radicalism of "political correctness" has radicalized autocrats and religions.

* "Ekonomicheskoye Obozreniye"
- Bank commissions have caused discussions
Recently, the volume of non-cash settlements in Moldova has been increasing rapidly, and from January 1, 2025 it will increase many times. But at the same time the costs of enterprises for their provision will increase significantly. The community of accountants has already sounded the alarm in this regard.
- Negative trend of the consumption crisis
Hopes for the economy to emerge from the crisis last year were not justified. The 0.7% GDP growth rate in 2023 against the projected 2% published by statistics is not at all electioneering.

* Media
- NM Espresso: about voting by mail, public toilets in Chisinau and "colorful socks" in Parliament - NewsMaker
- Largest increase in bank deposits in eight years. In 2023 there was a 19.9% increase in the total balance of deposits, or 18.89 billion lei, making up more than 113.86 billion lei at the end of last year, data from the National Bank of Moldova show. - MoldStreet
- Gherasimov announces news about Moldova's European integration: EU Council decision and Chisinau's reaction - Realitatea