{"id":445535,"date":"2018-05-20T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445535"},"modified":"2018-05-20T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T17:09:09","slug":"weekly-roundup-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/weekly-roundup-may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: Gazprom’s $476 mln gas claim, Moldova’s hypocrisy at the UN, LGBT March and Teargas"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

20 May 2018- While people in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and B\u0103l\u021bi are voting, we would like to deliver you the news we might have missed to cover in the last week. Due to various reasons such as limited time of our limited personnel, Moldova.org will often use the format of weekly roundups in the future. But don’t get upset, we will always be around. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\n

29-30:<\/strong> A\u00a0new round of 5+2 negotiations will take place on May 29-30 in Rome, Italy. Chi\u0219in\u0103u and Tiraspol are expected to review the progress on the Berlin+ protocol and make further agreements, accompanied by Moscow, Kyiv, OSCE mediators, and EU and USA observers.\u00a0Ambassador Alessandro Azzoni, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, announced<\/a> that the Italian Chairmanship is hopeful to see “further positive steps that will bring more benefits to the lives of people on both banks of the Nistru\/Dniester River”.<\/p>\n

\n

Gura B\u00eecului-B\u00eecioc:\u00a0<\/strong>The EU could finance the feasibility study on the rehabilitation and development of the recently opened (and quite problematic<\/a>) bridge between the two localities on different banks of Nistru. The information was communicated by Moldova’s Reintegration Bureau, after the meeting of Cristina Lesnic and EU Delegation Head, Peter Michalko.<\/p>\n

The European Union was also the main financial contributor to the initial reconstruction of the bridge, bombed down by separatist forces in 1992.<\/p>\n

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475,8 million USD:\u00a0<\/strong>That’s how much Gazprom claims from Moldova’s Moldovagaz in a new case at the Russian International Arbitrage Court. Mold-street<\/a>\u00a0reports that the claim is referred to the gas delivery debts from 2015, adding up to Moldovagaz’s debt of almost 5 billion USD. Only 4-5% of the debt belongs to the “right bank”, while the majority of it is to be paid by Tiraspol, which hasn’t paid any bills since 2006.<\/p>\n

Don’t be surprised if Russia would soon use Gazprom’s claim as a tool to impose something to Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n

\n

What do you do when you might have a chance to speak up about a hurting problem, like the violation of international law?<\/strong>\u00a0If you are 73 countries, you speak up. If you are Moldova, you skip the chance.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Moldova’s ex-Ambassador to the United Nations, Vlad Lupan, got to know<\/a> that Poland organized a UN Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security. Around 73 states attended the meeting and were represented by Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers or even Polish President Andrzej Duda.<\/p>\n

The main topic of the meeting was the upholding of international law within the context of international peace and security. Polish President talked about the violations of international law by Russia in conflicts like the Ukrainian one, Georgian one, Nagorno-Karabakh, AND Transnistria. Lithuania’s FM Linas Linkevicius also mentioned<\/a> Moldova’s protracted conflict in his speech at the meeting. The Moldovan Ambassador to the UN, Victor Moraru, surprisingly did not show up. As if the Russian troops stationing in Eastern Moldova do not pose a security threat and are in violation of international agreements.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

This contradiction comes in the context of Moraru’s previous letter to the UN General Assembly<\/a> to include on the agenda the item of the withdrawal of foreign (read: Russian) troops from the Moldovan territory. That request was delayed as well.<\/p>\n

Don’t expect much on international security from Moldova at the UN.<\/p>\n

\n

18 years:\u00a0<\/strong>The Military Court in Moscow has given a Moldovan citizen a long jail term for involvement in planned terrorist attacks on Russian soil along with other Tajik citizens, reports Balkan Insight<\/a>.\u00a0Russian courts sentenced a Moldovan national, Victor Feodorovich, on Wednesday to 18 years in jail in closed detention for involvement in planned Islamist terror attacks.<\/p>\n

\n

Moldova-US\u00a0<\/strong>Nuclear smuggling talks:\u00a0<\/strong>Last week,\u00a0American and Moldovan experts met in Chi\u0219in\u0103u to discuss the bilateral cooperation to counter nuclear smuggling. According to a US Embassy press release<\/a>, “Moldova has significantly strengthened its counter nuclear smuggling capabilities, particularly in the areas of R\/N material security, border security, and radiation detection”.<\/p>\n

\n

Speaking of energy, <\/strong>an electric bus made in Belarus will transport passengers through central Chisinau on a trial basis during a month. IPN reports<\/a> that the “silent” bus will run on 13 km long \u201cE\u201d route: Alunelul Park-\u0218tefan cel Mare Blvd- Negruzzi St-Gagarin St- Railway Station.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Source: IPN, Elena Covalenco<\/p><\/div>\n

With a capacity of 168 passengers (which Chi\u0219in\u0103u people can overdo!), the electric bus has the range of 15 km, after which it needs a 10 minutes charge of the battery.<\/p>\n

\n

3,8%:\u00a0<\/strong>The World Bank has readjusted its economic growth forecast for Moldova. Growth is expected to reach 3,8% in 2018<\/strong> and 3,7% in 2019<\/strong>, primarily driven by private consumption (IPN<\/a>). WB experts think that Moldova needs deep transformational reforms that will create new and better jobs in the private sector by reforming justice sector, improving the business environment and enhancing the skills of the workforce remain paramount. Among other recommendation are to reduce the interest rates on loans and to establish partnerships between universities and private companies, IPN reports.<\/p>\n

\n

650 million lei:\u00a0<\/strong>Moldova’s Government might need a lot of budget money in its attempt to “professionalize” the National Army, IDIS “Viitorul” Rosian Vasiloi told Radio Free Europe<\/a>. Moreover, despite the announcement of the abolishment of conscription, the professionalization of the army would not happen in 2018, because no corrections in 2018 were made on the defense budget. Vasiloi compared the professionalization of the Border Police, saying that the process lasted almost 9 years.<\/p>\n

\n

Dodon’s observer status:\u00a0<\/strong>The Supreme Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union approved<\/a> the decision to offer Moldova the status of observer state within the Union. President Igor Dodon claims this acceptance as his achievement. Few Moldovans understand the Eurasian Economic Union, fewer will understand what an observer status is for: it gives the opportunity to participate at the Union’s high-level meetings by invitation, but without participation in the decision-making process.<\/p>\n

\"\" Kommersant thinks, though<\/a>, that Dodon might play this “observer status” card in the Parliamentary elections this year to win support for his Eurasian agenda. Andrey Devyatkov writes for Eurasia.expert that Moldova<\/a> might find benefits in its “observer status” later by overseeing the decision-making process within the Eurasian Union so that it later coordinates trade policies with the 5 member states.<\/p>\n

The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization based on the Customs Union and the Single Economic Space functioning from 1 January 2015 in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n

\n

Orthodox tears:<\/strong>\u00a0On May 19th, ultra-Orthodox counter-protesters at the “No Fear” LGBT-solidarity march were sprayed with teargas after attempts to force their way into the group of LGBT supporters.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"

Alla Ceapai\/RFE\/RL<\/p><\/div>\n

Participants in the march were guarded by police escorts after a similar rally last year was halted by police to avert a confrontation with religious counterprotesters, reports RFE\/RL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bonus:<\/strong> The recipe of the famous Moldovan cake “Cu\u0219ma Lui Gugu\u021b\u0103” (Gugu\u021b\u0103’s hat)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Source: www.euneighbours.eu<\/p><\/div>\n

Let’s take it as a part of the national heritage.<\/p>\n

See you next week with more Moldova news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>20 May 2018- While people in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and B\u0103l\u021bi are voting, we would like to deliver you the news we might have missed to cover in the last week. Due to various reasons such as limited time of our limited personnel, Moldova.org will often use the format of weekly roundups in the future. But don’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":445537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-445535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 5<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

20 May 2018- While people in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and B\u0103l\u021bi are voting, we would like to deliver you the news we might have missed to cover in the last week. Due to various reasons such as limited time of our limited personnel, Moldova.org will often use the format of weekly roundups in the future. But don’t get upset, we will always be around. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\n

29-30:<\/strong> A\u00a0new round of 5+2 negotiations will take place on May 29-30 in Rome, Italy. Chi\u0219in\u0103u and Tiraspol are expected to review the progress on the Berlin+ protocol and make further agreements, accompanied by Moscow, Kyiv, OSCE mediators, and EU and USA observers.\u00a0Ambassador Alessandro Azzoni, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, announced<\/a> that the Italian Chairmanship is hopeful to see “further positive steps that will bring more benefits to the lives of people on both banks of the Nistru\/Dniester River”.<\/p>\n

\n

Gura B\u00eecului-B\u00eecioc:\u00a0<\/strong>The EU could finance the feasibility study on the rehabilitation and development of the recently opened (and quite problematic<\/a>) bridge between the two localities on different banks of Nistru. The information was communicated by Moldova’s Reintegration Bureau, after the meeting of Cristina Lesnic and EU Delegation Head, Peter Michalko.<\/p>\n

The European Union was also the main financial contributor to the initial reconstruction of the bridge, bombed down by separatist forces in 1992.<\/p>\n

\n

475,8 million USD:\u00a0<\/strong>That’s how much Gazprom claims from Moldova’s Moldovagaz in a new case at the Russian International Arbitrage Court. Mold-street<\/a>\u00a0reports that the claim is referred to the gas delivery debts from 2015, adding up to Moldovagaz’s debt of almost 5 billion USD. Only 4-5% of the debt belongs to the “right bank”, while the majority of it is to be paid by Tiraspol, which hasn’t paid any bills since 2006.<\/p>\n

Don’t be surprised if Russia would soon use Gazprom’s claim as a tool to impose something to Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n

\n

What do you do when you might have a chance to speak up about a hurting problem, like the violation of international law?<\/strong>\u00a0If you are 73 countries, you speak up. If you are Moldova, you skip the chance.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Moldova’s ex-Ambassador to the United Nations, Vlad Lupan, got to know<\/a> that Poland organized a UN Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security. Around 73 states attended the meeting and were represented by Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers or even Polish President Andrzej Duda.<\/p>\n

The main topic of the meeting was the upholding of international law within the context of international peace and security. Polish President talked about the violations of international law by Russia in conflicts like the Ukrainian one, Georgian one, Nagorno-Karabakh, AND Transnistria. Lithuania’s FM Linas Linkevicius also mentioned<\/a> Moldova’s protracted conflict in his speech at the meeting. The Moldovan Ambassador to the UN, Victor Moraru, surprisingly did not show up. As if the Russian troops stationing in Eastern Moldova do not pose a security threat and are in violation of international agreements.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

This contradiction comes in the context of Moraru’s previous letter to the UN General Assembly<\/a> to include on the agenda the item of the withdrawal of foreign (read: Russian) troops from the Moldovan territory. That request was delayed as well.<\/p>\n

Don’t expect much on international security from Moldova at the UN.<\/p>\n

\n

18 years:\u00a0<\/strong>The Military Court in Moscow has given a Moldovan citizen a long jail term for involvement in planned terrorist attacks on Russian soil along with other Tajik citizens, reports Balkan Insight<\/a>.\u00a0Russian courts sentenced a Moldovan national, Victor Feodorovich, on Wednesday to 18 years in jail in closed detention for involvement in planned Islamist terror attacks.<\/p>\n

\n

Moldova-US\u00a0<\/strong>Nuclear smuggling talks:\u00a0<\/strong>Last week,\u00a0American and Moldovan experts met in Chi\u0219in\u0103u to discuss the bilateral cooperation to counter nuclear smuggling. According to a US Embassy press release<\/a>, “Moldova has significantly strengthened its counter nuclear smuggling capabilities, particularly in the areas of R\/N material security, border security, and radiation detection”.<\/p>\n

\n

Speaking of energy, <\/strong>an electric bus made in Belarus will transport passengers through central Chisinau on a trial basis during a month. IPN reports<\/a> that the “silent” bus will run on 13 km long \u201cE\u201d route: Alunelul Park-\u0218tefan cel Mare Blvd- Negruzzi St-Gagarin St- Railway Station.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Source: IPN, Elena Covalenco<\/p><\/div>\n

With a capacity of 168 passengers (which Chi\u0219in\u0103u people can overdo!), the electric bus has the range of 15 km, after which it needs a 10 minutes charge of the battery.<\/p>\n

\n

3,8%:\u00a0<\/strong>The World Bank has readjusted its economic growth forecast for Moldova. Growth is expected to reach 3,8% in 2018<\/strong> and 3,7% in 2019<\/strong>, primarily driven by private consumption (IPN<\/a>). WB experts think that Moldova needs deep transformational reforms that will create new and better jobs in the private sector by reforming justice sector, improving the business environment and enhancing the skills of the workforce remain paramount. Among other recommendation are to reduce the interest rates on loans and to establish partnerships between universities and private companies, IPN reports.<\/p>\n

\n

650 million lei:\u00a0<\/strong>Moldova’s Government might need a lot of budget money in its attempt to “professionalize” the National Army, IDIS “Viitorul” Rosian Vasiloi told Radio Free Europe<\/a>. Moreover, despite the announcement of the abolishment of conscription, the professionalization of the army would not happen in 2018, because no corrections in 2018 were made on the defense budget. Vasiloi compared the professionalization of the Border Police, saying that the process lasted almost 9 years.<\/p>\n

\n

Dodon’s observer status:\u00a0<\/strong>The Supreme Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union approved<\/a> the decision to offer Moldova the status of observer state within the Union. President Igor Dodon claims this acceptance as his achievement. Few Moldovans understand the Eurasian Economic Union, fewer will understand what an observer status is for: it gives the opportunity to participate at the Union’s high-level meetings by invitation, but without participation in the decision-making process.<\/p>\n

\"\" Kommersant thinks, though<\/a>, that Dodon might play this “observer status” card in the Parliamentary elections this year to win support for his Eurasian agenda. Andrey Devyatkov writes for Eurasia.expert that Moldova<\/a> might find benefits in its “observer status” later by overseeing the decision-making process within the Eurasian Union so that it later coordinates trade policies with the 5 member states.<\/p>\n

The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization based on the Customs Union and the Single Economic Space functioning from 1 January 2015 in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n

\n

Orthodox tears:<\/strong>\u00a0On May 19th, ultra-Orthodox counter-protesters at the “No Fear” LGBT-solidarity march were sprayed with teargas after attempts to force their way into the group of LGBT supporters.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"

Alla Ceapai\/RFE\/RL<\/p><\/div>\n

Participants in the march were guarded by police escorts after a similar rally last year was halted by police to avert a confrontation with religious counterprotesters, reports RFE\/RL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bonus:<\/strong> The recipe of the famous Moldovan cake “Cu\u0219ma Lui Gugu\u021b\u0103” (Gugu\u021b\u0103’s hat)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Source: www.euneighbours.eu<\/p><\/div>\n

Let’s take it as a part of the national heritage.<\/p>\n

See you next week with more Moldova news!<\/p>\n

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