I was in Moldova last year and wanted to meet you. Now I am planning to return within the next month since my son it there. He is not concerned but seems to be out of the news loop. If the air space is closed, that is a complication. I understand overland from Bucharest is difficult. Any thoughts?
Hi Carla, the airspace reopened after 3 hours as we talk about in the article. I don't expect it will close again anytime soon. That said things are unpredictable and delays are always a possibility. If you would like to fly into the next closest airport it would be Iasi. But I suggest just flying too Chisinau.
When you are in town reach out! You can reply to any Moldova Matters email and I'll get it. We can coordinate from there. Cheers!
Thanks David! I look forward to reading more about this. I'm guilty of interpreting such phrases in light of my research interests and assuming they are more dramatic than in reality.
Totally understand! There are some funny nuances of translation that are both linguistic and in some cases born of the Soviet / communist legacy. Here the main idea is that you can have an "invoice" (factura) or a "fiscal invoice" (factura fiscal). Basically it identifies a document confirming purchases or movement of goods as a legitimate tax document. "Fiscal" here just means "super duper official" ;)
I'm curious (even nervous perhaps) about Dorin Recean's comment on "alignment of fiscal provisions with European standards". Did he elaborate at the AIM meeting? The Moldova-EU Association Agreement is very vague on fiscal policy*. Does this mean some imitation of the Eurozone Stability and Growth Pact, with declared limits on debt and spending? Georgia has already tied its hands in this way, and it has only caused austerity and inflexibility when it comes to crisis response.
* "The Republic of Moldova shall strive to establish a functioning market economy and to
gradually approximate its policies to the policies of the EU, in accordance with the
guiding principles of sound macroeconomic and fiscal policies, including central bank
independence and price stability, sound public finances and a sustainable balance of
Hey Tom - yeah, this is a nuance of translation that you should not read into at all. The topic of "Fiscal Invoicing Reform" was discussed in the meeting as a longstanding part of AIM's legislative Agenda (link below). In this sense of the word "Fiscal" essentially refers to the official documents that confirm a purchase between legal entities (receipts and invoices in English). The discussion was simplifying procedures in accordance with EU norms and creating a mechanism of e-receipts for e-commerce (Moldova currently mandates paper for everything).
I'm going to write a lot more on this and similar technical topics of reform soon... or as soon as I find time. My plan was to do so last weekend while on vacation but the news has been a bit overwhelming to keep up with :)
Bottom line - this is not about monetary policy or fiscal policy - just receipts
Moldova's per-emptive move against Serbian entry to the match is totally warranted. Serbia has and is totally aligned with Putin, its men fighting with Russians in Ukraine. Its better to offend the Serbian government than to have even the slightest chance that a terrorist act could happen.
As to Sor Sunday protests, do you not need a permit to protest? And if not, is not Moldova in a state of emergency and such acts, especially with the discover that the Sor party received financing from Russia?
Hi Basil, I completely agree that lots of Serbs are partial to Russia and that the Serbian government has not been helpful in these times. I think offending them isn't the biggest issue. More interesting is the question of why not arrest people on arrival? We don't have an answer here.
About the protest, this is unclear. To date the government has taken a strategy of approving the protests but not allow them access to the central square in front of the government building. To this end, I see that the March 1st festival has started very early this year :) It seems that the square is unavailable and the protest request there will be denied. Most likely they will be allowed to protest somewhere else.
That said, given the heightened security situation it is possible that the permit will be denied entirely. I think this would be a huge step and unlikely if the government feels it can control the situation otherwise.
Side note: Prosecutors have been really capable at going after Shor's paid protestor money recently. So it's possible not many people will even show up.
David,
I was in Moldova last year and wanted to meet you. Now I am planning to return within the next month since my son it there. He is not concerned but seems to be out of the news loop. If the air space is closed, that is a complication. I understand overland from Bucharest is difficult. Any thoughts?
Hi Carla, the airspace reopened after 3 hours as we talk about in the article. I don't expect it will close again anytime soon. That said things are unpredictable and delays are always a possibility. If you would like to fly into the next closest airport it would be Iasi. But I suggest just flying too Chisinau.
When you are in town reach out! You can reply to any Moldova Matters email and I'll get it. We can coordinate from there. Cheers!
Thanks David! I look forward to reading more about this. I'm guilty of interpreting such phrases in light of my research interests and assuming they are more dramatic than in reality.
Totally understand! There are some funny nuances of translation that are both linguistic and in some cases born of the Soviet / communist legacy. Here the main idea is that you can have an "invoice" (factura) or a "fiscal invoice" (factura fiscal). Basically it identifies a document confirming purchases or movement of goods as a legitimate tax document. "Fiscal" here just means "super duper official" ;)
I'm curious (even nervous perhaps) about Dorin Recean's comment on "alignment of fiscal provisions with European standards". Did he elaborate at the AIM meeting? The Moldova-EU Association Agreement is very vague on fiscal policy*. Does this mean some imitation of the Eurozone Stability and Growth Pact, with declared limits on debt and spending? Georgia has already tied its hands in this way, and it has only caused austerity and inflexibility when it comes to crisis response.
* "The Republic of Moldova shall strive to establish a functioning market economy and to
gradually approximate its policies to the policies of the EU, in accordance with the
guiding principles of sound macroeconomic and fiscal policies, including central bank
independence and price stability, sound public finances and a sustainable balance of
payments."
Hey Tom - yeah, this is a nuance of translation that you should not read into at all. The topic of "Fiscal Invoicing Reform" was discussed in the meeting as a longstanding part of AIM's legislative Agenda (link below). In this sense of the word "Fiscal" essentially refers to the official documents that confirm a purchase between legal entities (receipts and invoices in English). The discussion was simplifying procedures in accordance with EU norms and creating a mechanism of e-receipts for e-commerce (Moldova currently mandates paper for everything).
I'm going to write a lot more on this and similar technical topics of reform soon... or as soon as I find time. My plan was to do so last weekend while on vacation but the news has been a bit overwhelming to keep up with :)
Bottom line - this is not about monetary policy or fiscal policy - just receipts
https://sme.md/en/legislative-agenda/#setul-3
Moldova's per-emptive move against Serbian entry to the match is totally warranted. Serbia has and is totally aligned with Putin, its men fighting with Russians in Ukraine. Its better to offend the Serbian government than to have even the slightest chance that a terrorist act could happen.
As to Sor Sunday protests, do you not need a permit to protest? And if not, is not Moldova in a state of emergency and such acts, especially with the discover that the Sor party received financing from Russia?
Hi Basil, I completely agree that lots of Serbs are partial to Russia and that the Serbian government has not been helpful in these times. I think offending them isn't the biggest issue. More interesting is the question of why not arrest people on arrival? We don't have an answer here.
About the protest, this is unclear. To date the government has taken a strategy of approving the protests but not allow them access to the central square in front of the government building. To this end, I see that the March 1st festival has started very early this year :) It seems that the square is unavailable and the protest request there will be denied. Most likely they will be allowed to protest somewhere else.
That said, given the heightened security situation it is possible that the permit will be denied entirely. I think this would be a huge step and unlikely if the government feels it can control the situation otherwise.
Side note: Prosecutors have been really capable at going after Shor's paid protestor money recently. So it's possible not many people will even show up.