“Latvian“ appointments for Moldova from EU and World Bank

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2 July 2021
18:40

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell today announced that Latvian national Janis Mazeiks will succeed Slovak official Peter Mihalko as the Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova

Janis Mazeiks is currently Under-Secretary of State, Political Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. He formerly served as Latvian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Besides Latvian, he is fluent in English, French and Danish.

Also, the World Bank announced the appointment of Inguna Dobraja as the new Country Manager for Moldova. She replaces Anna Akhalkatsi, who was the World Bank Country Manager since August 2017 and is moving to Romania.

Ingun Dobraja, a Latvian national, served as the World Bank’s Country Manager for the Cambodia Country Office since 2016. Prior to that, between 2012 and 2016, she was the Country Manager for the Liberia Country Office and oversaw the launch of several large infrastructure projects and the response to and recovery from the Ebola epidemic of 2014 – 2015.

Inguna Dobraja has been with the World Bank for more than 25 years. She has professional experience in the managerial, operational, and corporate areas of the Bank spanning country offices, Bank program and portfolio management, extensive operational work. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from University of Latvia and has the Executive Leadership Program diploma from the Harvard Business School.

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The men’s national football team of the Republic of Moldova maintains its position in the FIFA ranking, occupying the 159th place, with 1008.24 points. At the same time, the women’s team has climbed 14 positions to the 119th place, reports IPN.

At the top of the men’s ranking is the new world champion – Spain – with 1995.88 points, followed by Argentina and France. England occupies the fourth position.

According to the Moldovan Football Federation, the team prepared by Lilian Popescu, will compete in the upcoming matches in the Nations League. The “tricolor” group’s opponents are Slovakia, ranked 45th, Kazakhstan, ranked 111th, and the Faroe Islands, ranked 123rd in the world rankings.

At the same time, in the global women’s ranking, Spain remains in first place, while the Republic of Moldova has recorded the most significant progression in the hierarchy, advancing 14 positions to the 119th place, with 1137.64 points.

The best ranking in the history of the men’s national team is 37th place, achieved in April 2008, while the women’s team reached their best performance in 2017, when they ranked 81st in the FIFA hierarchy.

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“Latvian“ appointments for Moldova from EU and World Bank

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2 July 2021
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In accordance with the legislation, the Parliament gives the vote of confidence to the Government with the vote of the majority of elected deputies. Based on the vote of confidence granted by the Parliament, the President of the Republic of Moldova appoints the Government.

In the Government proposed by the designated Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, ten ministers from the current executive will be found, and four portfolios will go to new members of the cabinet. At the same time, the deputy prime ministers for reintegration and for European integration, Valeriu Chiveri and Cristina Gherasimov, will retain their positions.

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