Less and less schools in the Republic of Moldova
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Moldovan press news
- Rights and freedoms of Russian speakers not violated in the Republic of Moldova, including its eastern region, states the Reintegration Policy Bureau from Chisinau, after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hinted otherwise on Wednesday. Lavrov warned that the Russian Federation will take care of the rights of Russian speakers in the Republic of Moldova, especially those from the Transnistrian region and the Gagauz Autonomous Region. Realitatea.md cites the reaction of the Bureau of Reintegration which finds that in the Transnistrian region there is an intentional limitation of the rights of Romanian speakers. The Chisinau authorities emphasize in this context that, for example, even the negotiations between Chisinau and Tiraspol are conducted in Russian, as is the correspondence between the two parties.
- The school year for Romanian-language schools in the Transnistrian region has begun again this time under the supervision of separate authorities. But for the first time in the history of the Lucian Blaga High School in Tiraspol, where it is taught in Romanian, he was at the ceremony to start the school year on September 1. raised the flag Republic of Moldova, writes the portal “Zona de Securitate”. In previous years, the first day of school for the students of this high school ended with various incidents, including the disconnection of the electricity, so that the national anthem could not be played inside the high school. This educational institution, which has faced many different pressures over time, is celebrating 31 years since its establishment.
- The schools of the Republic of Moldova remain less and less from year to year, due to the small number of students and, consequently, the optimization of schools. In the last year of studies, ten institutions were abandoned, including seven primary schools, one gymnasium and two schools for children with special needs. Practically, in the previous academic year, one school disappeared every month, he notes Anticorupţie.mdwhose journalists note that the optimization of schools has been used over the years as a pretext for various political conflicts and for launching populist electoral promises.
- Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița addressed the citizens of the Republic of Moldova in a video message in which she assures that “we can get through the crisis well”. The head of the government in Chisinau said that there will be more actions to support the population, so that everyone will get through well. the winter period. In the message quoted by Newsmaker.md, Natalia Gavrilița also said that there will be higher compensations and salaries for civil servants and for vulnerable segments of the population. The Prime Minister thanked the citizens for their patience and asked them to trust the government.
- Several farmers from the Republic of Moldova announce that the problem has reappeared diesel shortage on the wholesale market, just at the beginning of the work of harvesting autumn crops.Jurnal.md quotes representatives of the association Forța Fermierilor with the statement that there is a sudden daily increase in diesel prices. In addition to the drought, the Russian embargo, the exorbitant prices for the inputs needed for agricultural production and the ridiculous prices for the increased production, farmers say they are now facing some shady games in the oil products market, which are causing tens of thousands of farmers to lose nerves and money.
The topics discussed on the networks in the last 24 hours
- On Facebook, among the most accessed news is that of the Gardà newspaper about the death of the head of the board of directors of the Lukoil oil companies in Russia, Ravil Maganovwho allegedly fell from the window of a hospital in Moscow.
- The material published by Free Europe about the Japanese ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Yoshihiro Katayama, is also popular speaks Romanian for decades.
- On Instagram, according to the Crowd Tangle network monitoring application, the news from TV8 is viral, which captures the moment when several deputies and the President of the Parliament Igor Grosu. sing the song “For her” by Doina and Ion Aldea-Teodorovici, in front of the bust of Eminescu, on Romanian Language Day.