{"id":443668,"date":"2017-03-27T18:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443668"},"modified":"2017-03-27T18:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T18:13:06","slug":"gagauzia-locals-blocked-several-national-roads-asking-decrease-driver-fines-cancellation-oil-exploration-concession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/gagauzia-locals-blocked-several-national-roads-asking-decrease-driver-fines-cancellation-oil-exploration-concession\/","title":{"rendered":"Gagauzia locals blocked several national roads asking decrease of driver fines, cancellation of oil exploration concession"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On March 26th, several truck drivers, car drivers and locals of Gagauzia took it to the streets or to the national roads, to be more precise, to protest against the increase of driving fines and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frontera-resources-moldova-government-sign-joint-declaration-exploration-production-hydrocarbon-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">agreement on the concession of southern Moldova for oil exploration<\/a>, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32020\" target=\"_blank\">Gagauziainfo.md<\/a>. Some of the protesters were also asking the Democratic Party to stop blocking the activity of the Gagauzia Executive Committee with the help of People&#8217;s Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in Comrat blocked the national road Chi\u0219in\u0103u-Giurgiule\u0219ti-\u00a0road linking the capital with the only fluvial port, while those in Cead\u00eer-Lunga and those from <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32023\" target=\"_blank\">Vulc\u0103ne\u0219ti<\/a> blocked the entrance in the respective cities. The main topic of the protest was still the &#8220;draconian fines&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490511295_viber-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At some point, the police intervened and took off the number plates from some trucks, threatening the protesters with fines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490509896_img_5827-26-03-17-09-27.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After three hours of protesting in the morning, the national roads were unblocked by the protesters, but the meetings continued on the sidewalks:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490511571_viber-image.jpg\" alt=\"\u0412 \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0443 &quot;\u041a\u0438\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0435\u0432-\u0414\u0436\u0443\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0443\u043b\u0435\u0448\u0442\u044b&quot;(\u0417\u0410\u0412\u0415\u0420\u0428\u0415\u041d\u041e)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two journalists from the local news portal <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32025\" target=\"_blank\">Gagauzinfo.md<\/a>\u00a0were even arrested in Cead\u00eer-Lunga with no clear motivation, being asked why they were filming the protests. After two hours of staying in the local police department, the journalists were released.<\/p>\n<p>Comrat, the center of the Gagauz autonomy:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506826_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506859_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506861_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506922_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgagauzinfo%2Fvideos%2F1367544243305115%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Vulc\u0103ne\u0219ti:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDAMNXqydUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cead\u00eer-Lunga:<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490508182_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nk3WO8tJzMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frontera-resources-signs-agreement-exploring-producing-hydrocarbon-resources-moldova\/\" target=\"_blank\">Concession Agreement<\/a>\u00a0in question\u00a0stipulates that Frontera Resources has the exclusive right to explore for, produce and develop hydrocarbon resources within an are of approximately 3 million acres in southern Moldova. The 50 years agreement include an exploration phase of up to ten years, aside from basic standards provisions on royalty, environmental protection and performance criteria.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/Ungheni-Basarabeasca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"662\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frontera Resources will be allowed to explore the oil resources in the territory below the red line<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>On March 26th, several truck drivers, car drivers and locals of Gagauzia took it to the streets or to the national roads, to be more precise, to protest against the increase of driving fines and the agreement on the concession of southern Moldova for oil exploration, reports Gagauziainfo.md. Some of the protesters were also asking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-reintegration"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On March 26th, several truck drivers, car drivers and locals of Gagauzia took it to the streets or to the national roads, to be more precise, to protest against the increase of driving fines and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frontera-resources-moldova-government-sign-joint-declaration-exploration-production-hydrocarbon-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">agreement on the concession of southern Moldova for oil exploration<\/a>, reports <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32020\" target=\"_blank\">Gagauziainfo.md<\/a>. Some of the protesters were also asking the Democratic Party to stop blocking the activity of the Gagauzia Executive Committee with the help of People&#8217;s Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in Comrat blocked the national road Chi\u0219in\u0103u-Giurgiule\u0219ti-\u00a0road linking the capital with the only fluvial port, while those in Cead\u00eer-Lunga and those from <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32023\" target=\"_blank\">Vulc\u0103ne\u0219ti<\/a> blocked the entrance in the respective cities. The main topic of the protest was still the &#8220;draconian fines&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490511295_viber-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At some point, the police intervened and took off the number plates from some trucks, threatening the protesters with fines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490509896_img_5827-26-03-17-09-27.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After three hours of protesting in the morning, the national roads were unblocked by the protesters, but the meetings continued on the sidewalks:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490511571_viber-image.jpg\" alt=\"\u0412 \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0443 &quot;\u041a\u0438\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0435\u0432-\u0414\u0436\u0443\u0440\u0434\u0436\u0443\u043b\u0435\u0448\u0442\u044b&quot;(\u0417\u0410\u0412\u0415\u0420\u0428\u0415\u041d\u041e)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two journalists from the local news portal <a href=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/index.php?newsid=32025\" target=\"_blank\">Gagauzinfo.md<\/a>\u00a0were even arrested in Cead\u00eer-Lunga with no clear motivation, being asked why they were filming the protests. After two hours of staying in the local police department, the journalists were released.<\/p>\n<p>Comrat, the center of the Gagauz autonomy:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506826_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506859_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506861_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490506922_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgagauzinfo%2Fvideos%2F1367544243305115%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"439\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Vulc\u0103ne\u0219ti:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDAMNXqydUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cead\u00eer-Lunga:<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gagauzinfo.md\/uploads\/posts\/2017-03\/thumbs\/1490508182_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: gagauzinfo.md<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nk3WO8tJzMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/frontera-resources-signs-agreement-exploring-producing-hydrocarbon-resources-moldova\/\" target=\"_blank\">Concession Agreement<\/a>\u00a0in question\u00a0stipulates that Frontera Resources has the exclusive right to explore for, produce and develop hydrocarbon resources within an are of approximately 3 million acres in southern Moldova. The 50 years agreement include an exploration phase of up to ten years, aside from basic standards provisions on royalty, environmental protection and performance criteria.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/Ungheni-Basarabeasca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"662\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frontera Resources will be allowed to explore the oil resources in the territory below the red line<\/p><\/div>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/gagauzia-locals-blocked-several-national-roads-asking-decrease-driver-fines-cancellation-oil-exploration-concession\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a 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