OREANDA-NEWS. April 04, 2011. Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired a cabinet meeting, the government's communications and press relations department has said.

At the beginning of the meeting, the prime minister said that he directed that actions to commemorate the 7 April 2009 riots should be prepared. Vlad Filat asked that the measures undertaken to this end so far should be evaluated. The Justice Ministry, the Labour, Social Protection and Family Ministry, the Education Ministry, the Culture Ministry and the Prosecutor General's Office are to unveil detailed reports on this issue.

As for reports that a radioactive cloud is to reach Moldova's air space, the prime minister asked the Environment Ministry, the Health Ministry and the Academy of Science to provide correct information on this subject in order to avoid panic in society.

After considering the issues on the agenda, the government members gave the go ahead to a draft law on the approval of a list of facilities whose farmlands are owned by the state. Under the amendments, 14 ha of vineyard were passed to the management of the Cricova winery; these lands were excluded following legislative amendments operated in 2008.

At the same time, the cabinet approved a list of Moldovan goods which the contracting authorities must buy only from local producers in 2011. The measure is aimed at backing the Moldovan producers.

With Moldova marking its 20th anniversary of independence this year, the government set up a state commission and approved a national action plan for the organization of anniversary events.