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Second World War Moldovan veterans to receive one-off indemnity yearly

16:47 | 30.04.2015 Category: Social

Chisinau, 30 April /MOLDPRES/ - The veterans of the Second World War will receive a one-off material aid amounting to 10,000 lei annually, on the eve of 9 May. This is provided in a draft passed  by the parliament in the second reading today.

The draft also sees that the monthly state allowance received by WWII veterans will increase by 300 lei and will amount to 700 lei. They will be exempted from paying for utility services, will receive 4,000 lei for covering the costs for dental prosthetics and "will be provided for free with prosthetics, crutches, orthopedic shoes, wheelchairs, hearing aids".

According to official data, a little over one thousand participants in the Second World War are still alive in Moldova.

(Reporter C. Russu, Editor A. Raileanu)

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