{"id":445708,"date":"2018-07-01T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445708"},"modified":"2018-07-01T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:23:19","slug":"weekly-roundup-protests-continue-chisinau-imfs-third-tranche-natos-done-soviet-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/weekly-roundup-protests-continue-chisinau-imfs-third-tranche-natos-done-soviet-pesticides\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: Protests continue in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, IMF&#8217;s third tranche, and NATO&#8217;s done with Soviet pesticides"},"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\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>1 July 2018- Here&#8217;s another Weekly Roundup. Protests again in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and many other things&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Let\u2019s stop the dictator!&#8221;:<\/strong> Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Great National Assembly Square on Sunday. They asked for the validation of the results of Chi\u0219in\u0103u mayor elections, suggesting that the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, obviously bothered by N\u0103stase\u2019s win, influenced the judicial decision. On June 29th, the Central Electoral Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldova-s-cec-confirms-supreme-court-decision-invalidating-mayoral-vote\/29327694.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the decision<\/a> to invalidate the results, after Moldova\u2019s Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldova-fresh-protests-expected-after-top-court-voids-mayoral-election\/29320667.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annulled the results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The initial invalidation decision was\u00a0a claim that 3 Facebook live videos posted by N\u0103stase on election day and calling people to vote allegedly influenced the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protesters were creative on Sunday&#8217;s protest too. Sometimes, sadly creative:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt&#8217;s much more profitable for him to victimize himself\u201d-\u00a0<\/strong>Moldova&#8217;s PM Pavel Filip about mayor-elect-not-validated Andrei N\u0103stase (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2018\/06\/27\/moldovan-prime-minister-says-his-government-is-victim-in-election-chaos-that-blocked-rival-from-office\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.af8753b4ff03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>DW is attempting to call the current protests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/moldovas-euromaidan-protests-in-chisinau-recall-2013-ukraine-uprising\/a-44464040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moldova&#8217;s Maidan<\/a>. The leader of the protest movement,\u00a0Andrei N\u0103stase,\u00a0is denying this designation, underlining the importance of peaceful means of political protesting.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/ukrainealert\/q-a-what-s-behind-moldova-s-massive-protests\">Here&#8217;s\u00a0Atlantic Council<\/a> with a bunch of opinions on what&#8217;s this protest-thingy is all about for Moldova.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Moldova\u2019s Democratic Fa\u00e7ade Crumbles as Supreme Court Invalidates Democratic Election:\u00a0<\/strong>Mihai Pop\u0219oi <a href=\"https:\/\/jamestown.org\/program\/moldovas-democratic-facade-crumbles-as-supreme-court-invalidates-democratic-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argues for Jamestown Foundation<\/a> that Plahotniuc&#8217;s smokes and mirrors (read: PR and lobby done outside Moldova) used to hide his anti-democratic techniques might take Moldova back into Russia&#8217;s orbit, eventually.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mogherini and Hahn: We expect the Moldovan authorities to take measures ensuring Chi\u0219in\u0103u election results are respected<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Mogherini and Hahh,\u00a0the\u00a0<em>\u201cnon-transparent invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chi\u0219in\u0103u\u201d<\/em>, confirmed by Moldova\u2019s Supreme Court on June 25th,\u00a0<em>\u201cdeprives the people of Chi\u0219in\u0103u of their democratically-elected mayor, Mr. Andrei N\u0103stase(\u2026)\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div>The EU officials\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/mogherini-hahn-expect-moldovan-authorities-take-measures-ensuring-chisinau-election-results-respected\/\">are asking<\/a> the Moldovan authorities to take \u201cappropriate measures\u201d to ensure the election results are respected.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>(\u2026)we expect the Moldovan authorities to take appropriate measures to ensure that the results of the Chisinau mayoral elections, as recognised also by national and international observers and reflecting the will of the voters, are respected.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u0421\u043a\u0443\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438, \u0432\u044d \u0440\u043e\u0433:\u00a0<\/strong>The European Commission&#8217;s President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/juncker-dismisses-moldovan-language-as-website-error-06-28-2018#.WzSwzPDzfnw.facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has apologized<\/a> after the phrase &#8216;Moldovan language&#8217; appeared on its website-\u00a0calling it a &#8220;regrettable administrative error&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, in the section on the Consultation on the Future of Europe, an option allowed readers to select their preferred language of use \u2013 including &#8220;Romanian language\/Moldovan language&#8221;. The Romanian vice-president of the European Parliament&#8217;s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Andi Cristea, called for the error to be repaired as soon as possible. If only Cristea was more strict with his S&amp;D colleagues, the Moldovan Democrats, as he is with linguistic matters&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I was informed about fabricated penal charges&#8221;:<\/strong>\u00a0The statement belongs to the UN Human Rights Council expert, Michel Forst, during his visit to the Republic of Moldova. Forst <a href=\"http:\/\/md.one.un.org\/content\/dam\/unct\/moldova\/docs\/End%20of%20mission%20Moldova%20Final%20RO.pdf\">called on<\/a> the authorities to stop intimidating the human rights defenders and the civil society representatives.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>$33,8 million:\u00a0<\/strong>The IMF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/News\/Articles\/2018\/06\/29\/pr18270-imf-executive-board-completes-the-third-reviews-under-ecf\">approved<\/a> the review for a new (third in the current programme) disbursement for Moldova.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8230;the 2018 budget amendment accommodates priority infrastructure needs and other social assistance, consistent with program objectives. Priority spending should be protected, the wage bill should be contained relative to GDP, and budget overruns ahead of the elections should be avoided. <\/em>(Tao Zhang,\u00a0Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair of the IMF Executive Board)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ECF\/EFF arrangements in a total amount of SDR 129,4 million (about US$178,7 million, or 75% of the Republic of Moldova\u2019s quota).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Transnistria made the first profit from cryptocurrency&#8221;:\u00a0<\/strong>The first mining capacity has already started working, and the government has received its first revenues, prime-minister of the separatist region Alexandr Martynov declared. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellinews.com\/rebel-transnistria-to-boost-power-capacities-to-supply-blockchain-miners-144317\/\">According to <\/a>Intellnews, there are multiple sources of revenues: the taxes charged to companies carrying out blockchain mining operations, but also the price of the gas used by the Cuciurgan plant. The latter is reportedly used at its maximum capacity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>1269\u00a0<\/strong>tons of Soviet-era chemicals were collected and transported from Moldova for destruction in Poland, with NATO\u2019s support.\u00a0On 28 June 2018, a NATO-sponsored project focused on the disposal of pesticides and dangerous chemicals in the Republic of Moldova <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_156468.htm\">ended<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last batch of 31 tons of pesticides collected from S\u00eengerei, Drochia, Edine\u021b districts and B\u0103l\u0163i Municipality were evacuated on the last day from the regional central warehouse from Alexandreni village.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/nato_static_fl2014\/assets\/pictures\/stock_cv\/20180629_180628-moldova1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the project was 2,2 million euros, covered through a NATO Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Moldovan Church Sidelines Priest In Spat Over LGBT Support:<\/strong>\u00a0Ghidighici-based priest, Maxim Melinti, was relegated to the role of spectator by the Moldovan Orthodox Church, which banned him indefinitely from officiating services as of June 21, alleging he was &#8220;promoting and encouraging sexual minorities and contributing to the development of the LGBT movement in the Republic of Moldova.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In me, many have found the man who will understand them and treat them with respect. I do not judge anyone, I just help people get to Christ&#8221;, he told reporters at a press conference on June 26. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldovan-church-priest-melinti-lgbt-suspended\/29321830.html\">Radio Free Europe<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Over and out. Come by next week!<\/p>\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\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>1 July 2018- Here&#8217;s another Weekly Roundup. Protests again in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and many other things&#8230; &#8220;Let\u2019s stop the dictator!&#8221;: Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Great National Assembly Square on Sunday. They asked for the validation of the results of Chi\u0219in\u0103u mayor elections, suggesting that the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, obviously bothered by N\u0103stase\u2019s win, influenced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":445705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-445708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","tag-important"],"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\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>1 July 2018- Here&#8217;s another Weekly Roundup. Protests again in Chi\u0219in\u0103u and many other things&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Let\u2019s stop the dictator!&#8221;:<\/strong> Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Great National Assembly Square on Sunday. They asked for the validation of the results of Chi\u0219in\u0103u mayor elections, suggesting that the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, obviously bothered by N\u0103stase\u2019s win, influenced the judicial decision. On June 29th, the Central Electoral Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldova-s-cec-confirms-supreme-court-decision-invalidating-mayoral-vote\/29327694.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the decision<\/a> to invalidate the results, after Moldova\u2019s Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldova-fresh-protests-expected-after-top-court-voids-mayoral-election\/29320667.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annulled the results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The initial invalidation decision was\u00a0a claim that 3 Facebook live videos posted by N\u0103stase on election day and calling people to vote allegedly influenced the results.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445702\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/chrome_2018-07-01_13-25-16-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The protesters were creative on Sunday&#8217;s protest too. Sometimes, sadly creative:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445705\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/photo_2018-07-01_20-01-12-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt&#8217;s much more profitable for him to victimize himself\u201d-\u00a0<\/strong>Moldova&#8217;s PM Pavel Filip about mayor-elect-not-validated Andrei N\u0103stase (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2018\/06\/27\/moldovan-prime-minister-says-his-government-is-victim-in-election-chaos-that-blocked-rival-from-office\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.af8753b4ff03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>DW is attempting to call the current protests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/moldovas-euromaidan-protests-in-chisinau-recall-2013-ukraine-uprising\/a-44464040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moldova&#8217;s Maidan<\/a>. The leader of the protest movement,\u00a0Andrei N\u0103stase,\u00a0is denying this designation, underlining the importance of peaceful means of political protesting.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/ukrainealert\/q-a-what-s-behind-moldova-s-massive-protests\">Here&#8217;s\u00a0Atlantic Council<\/a> with a bunch of opinions on what&#8217;s this protest-thingy is all about for Moldova.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Moldova\u2019s Democratic Fa\u00e7ade Crumbles as Supreme Court Invalidates Democratic Election:\u00a0<\/strong>Mihai Pop\u0219oi <a href=\"https:\/\/jamestown.org\/program\/moldovas-democratic-facade-crumbles-as-supreme-court-invalidates-democratic-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argues for Jamestown Foundation<\/a> that Plahotniuc&#8217;s smokes and mirrors (read: PR and lobby done outside Moldova) used to hide his anti-democratic techniques might take Moldova back into Russia&#8217;s orbit, eventually.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mogherini and Hahn: We expect the Moldovan authorities to take measures ensuring Chi\u0219in\u0103u election results are respected<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Mogherini and Hahh,\u00a0the\u00a0<em>\u201cnon-transparent invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chi\u0219in\u0103u\u201d<\/em>, confirmed by Moldova\u2019s Supreme Court on June 25th,\u00a0<em>\u201cdeprives the people of Chi\u0219in\u0103u of their democratically-elected mayor, Mr. Andrei N\u0103stase(\u2026)\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div>The EU officials\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/mogherini-hahn-expect-moldovan-authorities-take-measures-ensuring-chisinau-election-results-respected\/\">are asking<\/a> the Moldovan authorities to take \u201cappropriate measures\u201d to ensure the election results are respected.<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>(\u2026)we expect the Moldovan authorities to take appropriate measures to ensure that the results of the Chisinau mayoral elections, as recognised also by national and international observers and reflecting the will of the voters, are respected.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u0421\u043a\u0443\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438, \u0432\u044d \u0440\u043e\u0433:\u00a0<\/strong>The European Commission&#8217;s President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkaninsight.com\/en\/article\/juncker-dismisses-moldovan-language-as-website-error-06-28-2018#.WzSwzPDzfnw.facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has apologized<\/a> after the phrase &#8216;Moldovan language&#8217; appeared on its website-\u00a0calling it a &#8220;regrettable administrative error&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, in the section on the Consultation on the Future of Europe, an option allowed readers to select their preferred language of use \u2013 including &#8220;Romanian language\/Moldovan language&#8221;. The Romanian vice-president of the European Parliament&#8217;s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Andi Cristea, called for the error to be repaired as soon as possible. If only Cristea was more strict with his S&amp;D colleagues, the Moldovan Democrats, as he is with linguistic matters&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I was informed about fabricated penal charges&#8221;:<\/strong>\u00a0The statement belongs to the UN Human Rights Council expert, Michel Forst, during his visit to the Republic of Moldova. Forst <a href=\"http:\/\/md.one.un.org\/content\/dam\/unct\/moldova\/docs\/End%20of%20mission%20Moldova%20Final%20RO.pdf\">called on<\/a> the authorities to stop intimidating the human rights defenders and the civil society representatives.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>$33,8 million:\u00a0<\/strong>The IMF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/News\/Articles\/2018\/06\/29\/pr18270-imf-executive-board-completes-the-third-reviews-under-ecf\">approved<\/a> the review for a new (third in the current programme) disbursement for Moldova.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8230;the 2018 budget amendment accommodates priority infrastructure needs and other social assistance, consistent with program objectives. Priority spending should be protected, the wage bill should be contained relative to GDP, and budget overruns ahead of the elections should be avoided. <\/em>(Tao Zhang,\u00a0Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair of the IMF Executive Board)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The ECF\/EFF arrangements in a total amount of SDR 129,4 million (about US$178,7 million, or 75% of the Republic of Moldova\u2019s quota).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Transnistria made the first profit from cryptocurrency&#8221;:\u00a0<\/strong>The first mining capacity has already started working, and the government has received its first revenues, prime-minister of the separatist region Alexandr Martynov declared. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intellinews.com\/rebel-transnistria-to-boost-power-capacities-to-supply-blockchain-miners-144317\/\">According to <\/a>Intellnews, there are multiple sources of revenues: the taxes charged to companies carrying out blockchain mining operations, but also the price of the gas used by the Cuciurgan plant. The latter is reportedly used at its maximum capacity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>1269\u00a0<\/strong>tons of Soviet-era chemicals were collected and transported from Moldova for destruction in Poland, with NATO\u2019s support.\u00a0On 28 June 2018, a NATO-sponsored project focused on the disposal of pesticides and dangerous chemicals in the Republic of Moldova <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_156468.htm\">ended<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The last batch of 31 tons of pesticides collected from S\u00eengerei, Drochia, Edine\u021b districts and B\u0103l\u0163i Municipality were evacuated on the last day from the regional central warehouse from Alexandreni village.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/nato_static_fl2014\/assets\/pictures\/stock_cv\/20180629_180628-moldova1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the project was 2,2 million euros, covered through a NATO Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Moldovan Church Sidelines Priest In Spat Over LGBT Support:<\/strong>\u00a0Ghidighici-based priest, Maxim Melinti, was relegated to the role of spectator by the Moldovan Orthodox Church, which banned him indefinitely from officiating services as of June 21, alleging he was &#8220;promoting and encouraging sexual minorities and contributing to the development of the LGBT movement in the Republic of Moldova.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In me, many have found the man who will understand them and treat them with respect. I do not judge anyone, I just help people get to Christ&#8221;, he told reporters at a press conference on June 26. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/moldovan-church-priest-melinti-lgbt-suspended\/29321830.html\">Radio Free Europe<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Over and out. 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