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Activity of the Government on December 1–14, 2003

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Reshuffles

On December 3 Government accepted Vitalie Slipenchi’s resignation from the position of Deputy Director of the Customs Department. It appointed Radu Gheorghe as Senior State Councillor, Chief of Prime Minister Cabinet. It also confirmed Igor Corman to the position of the Republic of Moldova Ambassador to Germany. On December 11 the Government made further reshuffles, namely it appointed Igor Esanu to the position of Deputy Minister of Justice, it ousted Mihai Stirvan from the position of Senior Deputy Minister of Industry and recalled Gheorghe Hioara from the position of Republic of Moldova’s Ambassador to Macedonia.

Decisions

On December 3 Government decided to initiate talks with Ukraine in view of signing an agreement, thereby extending to January 1, 2005 the term in which citizens of both countries could travel with soviet type passports or IDs.

Under a draft law on modifying the Law on Public Service approved by the Government, public officers, beneficiaries of pensions, would be able to hold their positions or get a public position for up to two years (with the possibility of extending the contract).

Government accepted a program on improving road traffic safety for the years 2004 — 2008. It provides for developing a draft law on training vehicle drivers; establishing at the border checking points with Romania and Ukraine two centres to confirm technical and environmental conformity of the vehicles; providing road police squads with first aid kits; introducing in the secondary school curricula a module on road safety rules.

After the enforcement of obligatory medical insurance throughout the country was postponed twice, and after it was tested in Hincesti rayon, Government decide that as of January 1 the Programme of Obligatory Medical Insurance would be enforced in the Republic of Moldova. The programme outlines the list of diseases and illnesses subject to medical assistance to be covered from the Obligatory Insurance Fund; types of medical assistance to be provided and their amount. In its decision Government obliged the National Company on Obligatory Medical Insurance to conclude by December 31, 2003 contracts on medical assistance with all the beneficiaries.

Government preserved the same immigration quota for year 2004, which is 2,114 people (around 0.05% of the Republic of Moldova’s population). As the immigration quotas are set based on the financial possibilities of the host-countries, the one established for Moldova is the lowest in Europe.

In order to ease the tensions between Chisinau and Tiraspol, the Government complied with the President’s initiative to pardon the persons who during the 1992 war “committed crimes against the fighters for the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and against civilians”. However the resolution specifies the crimes which do not fall within its scope.

As the shut down in August this year of Moldovan Trade and Commerce Representation in Poland has led to an unfavourable trade balance for Moldova, it was decided to add a new position in the Embassy, namely Economic Councillor. The goal of this position is to boost trade between the two countries, to promote our countries’ economic interests, and to attract investments into Moldovan economy.

Another decision adopted by the Government refers to the beneficiaries of compensations. It obliges them to reconfirm their eligibility to receive nominal compensations once in two years in September-December.

November 17–30, 2003 December 15, 2003 – January 11, 2004