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 labor is not properly monitored by authorities. The law allows part-time work [...]

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 – 30, which the Minister of Justice added on its own, include [...]

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 allotted, but this later changed its mind. “Following a number of visits [...]

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 Thursday that it is the authorities’ sacred duty to take care of [...]

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, что при перечислении этих финансовых средств необходимо учитывать экономической положение 2016 года, [...]