Children’s ombudswoman Maia Banarescu to study child labor in Moldova Children’s ombudswoman Maia Banarescu will work in 2018 on a study on the number of children exploited for labor in Moldova. She told a press conference at IPN that, to this day, there are no national official statistics on this topic, while daily observations show the number of children involved in dangerous labor is increasing. Maia Banarescu says that child

Draft Law on NGOs Could Imperil Moldovan Democracy This summer has proven to be a tumultuous period for civil society in Moldova. On July 11, the Minister of Justice, Vladimir Cebotari, made public a draft measure regulating NGOs in Moldova. The draft law, developed over the last year in consultation with several members of Moldovan civil society, included routine regulations  – with three important, worrisome exceptions. Articles 28

Call for assistance to lay out play area in the prison Rusca Activist Domnica Cemortan and the community “Ask a Mom” call on the Ministry of Justice to implement a project to set up a playroom for children at the women’s penitentiary in Rusca. Domnica Cemortan, in a news conference at IPN, said she initially was told by the penitentiary’s administration that an area for a playroom will be

It is impossible to survive on the "Moldovan" social pension Зарубежные эксперты в области пенсионных систем недоумевают, как пенсионер из Республики Мол­дова может выжить, получая толь­ко социальную пенсию. Дискуссии относительно внедрения рефор­мы отечественной пенсионной сис­темы состоялись на днях в рамках рабочего семинара. «На «молдавскую» социальную пенсию никто не в состоянии выжить. Не могу по­нять, как же жить этим людям? И на такую низкую зарплату невозможно жить, не го­воря

MOLDOVAN PENSIONERS’ UNION SUGGESTS DISMISSING INCUMBENT GOVERNMENT The Union of Pensioners of Moldova has proposed to vote no-confidence in the Government of Prime Minister Pavel Filip “for its inertia in handling the crying problems faced by the grassroots”, reads the Declaration, which the Union is going to send to the Moldovan Parliament, President and to foreign embassies in Chisinau. Union Chairman Victor Leanca stated at a news conference on

The European Parliament on the verdict "Petrenco group": Before you list this government at least a cent, you need to make sure that human rights are respected Режим Демократической партии Молдовы и лично олигарх Владимир Плахотнюк подверглись жесткой критике со стороны евродепутатов за приговор, вынесенный «группе Петренко». Члены Европейского парламента рассматривают целесообразность предоставления Республике Молдова макроэкономической помощи в размере 100 млн. евро. «В своем докладе Европейская комиссия указала на то,