According to the state-run Registru center for informational resources, last half a year nearly 130 thousand citizens have changed their old passports for new ones.
The exchange process became really brisk after the governmental Resolution of last March, according to which the issuing of up-to-date Buletins de Identitate [domestic identity cards] instead of the USSR passports, including to the residents of Transnistria, shall be free of charge for the people – at the Moldovan state’s expense.
For this, the Government has allotted 20 million lei from its funds.
