The new Minister of Labour, Alexei Buzu, took the oath

Alexei Buzu, who was recently appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Protection, took the oath on Tuesday, January 10, in front of President Maia Sandu and Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița. Alexei Buzu replaced Marcel Spatari, who announced his resignation for personal reasons. The head of state and the prime minister came up with recommendations and pointed out several priorities in the work of the new minister.

A new help from the IMF. The Republic of Moldova will receive $27 million for budget support

The International Monetary Fund will allocate 27 million US dollars to the Republic of Moldova for budget support. The announcement was made by the IMF after the organisation's board of directors completed the second evaluation of the 40-month program.

A Ukrainian soldier with an unexploded grenade in his body was successfully operated on

A Ukrainian soldier with an unexploded grenade in his body was successfully operated on by military doctors, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Monday. The intervention was performed in the presence of two geneticists.

An Armenian tried to smuggle 100 thousand US dollars into the Republic of Moldova

A citizen of Armenia tried to illegally introduce 100 thousand US dollars into the Republic of Moldova, but he ran out of money and risks a criminal case.

Bucharest will host exhibition of works by Moldovan and Romanian painters

An exhibition of paintings made by fine artists of the Republic of Moldova and Romania will be mounted on January 13 in Bucharest on the occasion of the National Culture Day. The participating painters had taken part in the creation camp staged in Butuceni village, Orhei district, the Republic of Moldova last autumn, IPN reports.

The General Police Inspectorate of the Interior Ministry will receive a donation from the Land Hessen

The prospects for boosting the collaboration between the Republic of Moldova and the Federal Land of Hessen were discussed at the meeting of Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița with the Prime Minister of the Land of Hessen, Boris Rhein. The officials referred to the importance of developing bilateral relations on several levels and emphasized that several representatives of the Moldovan diaspora are established in the Land Hessen.

Maia Sandu is in Romania. The president landed at Oradea airport with an airliner

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, arrived in Oradea on Saturday evening. The information in the Romanian media, according to which the head of state would have flown on the Bucharest-Oradea route, was confirmed for Radio Moldova by the press service of the presidential institution.

Traffic in Leușeni and Sculeni. Dozens of cars are waiting to leave the country

There is intensive traffic at the Leușeni and Sculeni border crossing points, the Border Police announces. An increased and continuous flow is on the way out of the Republic of Moldova.

Prime Minister Shmihal: Ukraine currently has the largest minefield in the world

The war waged by Russia in Ukraine has created a vast minefield of 250,000 km2 in the country's territory, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmihal, reports dpa.

Russian gas delivered to the left of the Nistru will be more expensive in January

In January, "Moldovagaz" will purchase natural gas from Gazprom at a price of approximately $1,230 per thousand cubic meters. All the volume of gas will be delivered to the left bank of the Nistru. This was announced by the president of the Board of Directors of "Moldovagaz", Vadim Ceban.

Electricity is getting cheaper. The new tariffs, approved by ANRE

The electricity supplied by the Premier Energy company will be cheaper by 1 lei and 20 bani, up to 3 lei and 42 bani. At the same time, FEE Nord consumers will pay 3 lei and 84 bani, or 81 bani less. The respective decisions were adopted by ANRE, in the meeting of December 30.

The special representative of Ukraine on the Transnistrian issue was dismissed. Mihailo Podoleak: There will be no vacuum in the Transnistrian problem

Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the special representative of Ukraine for the Transnistrian settlement, Yuriy Klimenko. The decree was signed on December 26.