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“The fact that we are coming here is some sort of civic hygiene,” a protester told bne IntelliNews. “They have gone too far this time, they are forcing us to leave our own country,” another protester said.
Protests were reported in other cities of the country. A video posted on Facebook by Transil- vania 365 showed a few protesters continuously crossing a street in Brasov, thus blocking traffic in the area.
Local media reported that protests were also organised in Cluj Napoca, Sibiu and Iasi.
The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), which has indicted a series of high officials, many of them on abuse of office charges, warned ear-
Rebel Transnistria to boost power capacities to supply blockchain miners
Iulian Ernst in Bucharest
The pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova is preparing to bring the old Cuciurgan gas-fired power plant (GRES) controlled by Rus- sia’s Inter RAO closer to its massive capacity.
Designed in the Soviet era to deliver power to Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, this time around Cuciurgan GRES will supply local blockchain min- ing operations, Mold Street reported. Transnistria inherited most of Moldova’s electricity generation capacities developed during the Soviet period.
The growth of such businesses in Transnistria would have major political implications, providing the separatists with resources at a time when the central authorities in Chisinau, helped by Ukraine,
lier this week that the changes would lead to the closing of many cases.
The European Commission reacted following the adoption of the changes to the criminal code say- ing it will examine the final texts of the legislation for its compatibility with EU legislation.
“We take note that the criminal code reform has been passed by the Romanian parliament. We will examine the final texts of the legislation for its compatibility with relevant EU law in the field of criminal justice and police cooperation and inter- national standards. As the guardian of treaties we will not hesitate to take action where necessary to ensure such compatibility,” the EC spokesman for rule of law, Christian Wigand, said.
are isolating the rebel unrecognised territory.
The Cuciurgan plant is used at its current maxi- mum capacity of 200MW, but only one of the 12 units developed during the communist regime is working. It was not disclosed how many of the other units would be refurbished, but probably this depends on the volume of investors in min- ing operations. A new lot of equipment for such operations has just arrived in the territory, the Transnistrian authorities announced.
The first mining capacity has already started working, and the government has received its first revenues, Prime Minister of the separatist region Alexandr Martynov told the daily. There are mul-