Moldova to introduce a ban on smoking and e-cigarettes in public places   26.07.2024   Article published on the infotag.md website   According to Infotag, Moldova’s Minister of Health Alla Nemerenco is introducing a comprehensive ban on smoking and vaping in open places such as parks, terraces and transport stops.   Speaking on Jurnal TV …

The goals of charitable and voluntary activities to be enhanced by the strengthening of traditional family values   24.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The relevant Bill was submitted to the State Duma in February and was adopted at second and third readings on 23 July.   At a plenary session held …

CSO leaders invited to take part in a “CSOs without borders” educational project   23.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   This initiative will be useful for those who are new to how international cooperation works and more experienced teams who have already tried their hand at organising international projects.   A process …

State audit uncovers financial irregularities in Kazakhstan’s mandatory social health insurance system amounting to billions of tenge   22.07.2024   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   A state audit of Kazakhstan’s Mandatory Social Health Insurance System (OSMS) has revealed significant financial irregularities, with double payments for medical services and fraudulent activities involving billions of …

The Chair of the Russian Federation’s Investigative Committee proposes measures that would impose certain obligations on employers who hire foreigners   19.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Alexander Bastrykin, Chair of the Russian Federation’s Investigative Committee (IC), has sent a letter to the State Duma in which he proposed introducing measures to …

I didn’t say yes”: A project against sexual violence has appeared online   18.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The project focuses on various types of sexual violence, active consent and rules around safe sex.   The women’s self-help network “You are not alone” has launched a new initiative “I didn’t say …

A Russian State Duma Committee proposes standardising the work of women’s crisis centres   17.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The State Duma’s Family Affairs Committee is working on a federal law on the work of women’s crisis shelters for those who find themselves in difficult life situations. It will return to …

Migrants to be taught standards of social behaviour in Russia, says Kommersant   15.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Migrants will be obliged to take a course in which they will be made aware of Russian legislation and rules of social behaviour in Russian society.   The Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs …

A short hotline number for providing emergency psychological help for children and their parents to be created in Russia   12.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   At a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Decade of Childhood held on 12 July, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced that work would …

Lithuania to provide one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild a hospital badly damaged by Russian airstrikes   10.07.2024   Article published on the Ivt.it website   The Lithuanian Government has allocated one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv which was badly damaged by Russian shelling.   “We have …