Prospects for Thursday, 9 February
19:59 | 08.02.2017 Category:
1. Events in Moldova
The parliament hosts the launch of a book titled ”Ghetoul din Chișinău 1941-1942” (The Chisinau Ghetto 1941-1942), signed by the director of the new Office for International Relations of the Holocaust Memorial Museum from Washington, Paul Shapiro, due to be present at the event. The book describes less known historical events during the creation, management and liquidation of the Chisinau ghetto and is the first major study of the systematic persecution and murder of thousands of Jews from Chisinau during the Holocaust.
PMs and diplomats attend the book launch. The event is organized by the U.S. Embassy in Moldova and is held at 10:00.
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The Constitutional Court (CCM) considers whether a woman, who worked a certain period during nine months preceding the birth and resigned, might be considered “wife maintained by husband” and might benefit from a maternity allowance calculated from the size of the husband’s salary. The event is held at CCM at 11:00.
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The Chisinau municipal council continues its meeting started on 2 February at 10:00.
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The Embassy of the United States invites to the unveiling of a book titled ”Ghetoul din Chisinau 1941-1942” (The Chisinau Ghetto 1941-1942), written by Paul Shapiro, director for international relations and Merited Director of Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel, Centre for Advanced Holocaust Studies and the Holocaust Memorial Museum from the USA. The event takes place at the National History Museum at 15:00.
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The PRO DIDACTICA Education Centre hosts a roundtable dedicated to the phase II of a project, Open Education in Moldova: Here and Now, at 9:30.
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The B.P. Hasdeu municipal library invites to an event on the launch of a reading programme, Chisinau Reads, the 14th issue, at the library at 11:00.
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The bookshop Din Centru from Chisinau hosts the launch of a work titled, The Chisinau Ghetto 1941-1942, by Paul Shapiro, with a chronology by Radu Ioanid and Brewster Chamberlin, at 18:15.
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The Weight-lifting Federation of Moldova invites to a general assembly for electing the leadership of this federation, at the Youth and Sports Ministry at 12:00. .
2. Guests and delegations in Moldova
Minister of Economy of the United Aram Emirates Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori pays a working visit to Moldova on 7-9 February.
(Editor M. Jantovan)