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Maia Sandu's message for Catholic Christians: "Happy Easter with your loved ones, with peace in your soul and with love towards those around you"

Today, Roman Catholic believers, protestants and parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church from all over the world, as well as from our country, celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. On this occasion, the president of the country, Maia Sandu, sent a congratulatory message.

"To all those who celebrate Resurrection Sunday, I wish them a happy Easter with their loved ones, with peace of mind and love for those around them, with lots of health, strength and hope for the future. Bright holidays!", reads Maia Sandu's message. The Easter holiday began on Saturday evening, when Christians come to the Easter Vigil. At the "Divine Providence" Cathedral in Chisinau, Easter Vespers will be celebrated starting at 8:00 p.m.

In some years, like this one, Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter on different Sundays, as the churches follow different calendars. There are around 20 thousand Catholic Christians in the Republic of Moldova. Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter in a week, on April 16.

Today they celebrate Palm Sunday, which opens the most important week for Easter preparations. From a liturgical point of view, Passion Week begins on this day.

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Deputy from the UTA Gagauzia, convicted of influence peddling
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Deputy from the UTA Gagauzia, convicted of influence peddling

A deputy from the territorial administrative unit (UTA) Gagauzia was fined 175,000 lei and had over 240,000 lei, the equivalent of 12,000 euros, confiscated for committing the crime of influence peddling. The decision was made by the Chisinau Court based in Buiucani, on November 26, 2024, informs the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

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ANRE will approve new gas tariffs
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ANRE will approve new gas tariffs

The National Energy Regulatory Agency is meeting on Friday, November 29, to examine and approve a new natural gas tariff. Under the draft decision, consumers could pay over three lei more for a cubic meter.

Loud booms were heard in the north of the country. Ministry of Defense reacts
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Loud booms were heard in the north of the country. Ministry of Defense reacts

After information appeared in the public space that several loud booms and noises of drones that had flown over the country's airspace were heard in the northern region of the country, the Border Police announced that this morning, between 08:00, in the direction of the border crossing points "Grimăncăuți-Vașkivțî", "Bîrnova-Voloșcovo", Otaci-Moghilev Podolsc", several booms were heard on the territory of Ukraine. Contacted by the Teleradio-Moldova Company, officials from the Ministry of Defense said that the air surveillance systems of the National Army did not detect any violation of the airspace of the Republic of Moldova.