Justice
Top Six Strange Cases Encountered While Requesting Information from State Institutions
Lately, more and more state institutions are reluctant to provide public information directly, asking for written requests. This limits access to information of public interest. In the last month, more and more…
31 July 2020
Another Court Hearing in Ilan Shor’s Case Was Postponed for September This Year
The court hearing in the case of Ilan Shor from the Cahul Court of Appeal was postponed again. The hearing was postponed at the request of Ilan Shor’s lawyers and the prosecutors. Asked by ZdG, Aureliu Co…
26 July 2020
The First Court Hearing in Constantin Țuțu’s Case Was Postponed
The first court hearing in Constantin Țuțu’s case, former deputy of the Democratic Party, was postponed. Țuțu’s lawyers claim that the hearing was postponed after they demanded the recusal of the judge, I…
23 July 2020
Viorica Puică May No Longer Be Appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice
Judge Viorica Puică may no longer be appointed to the Supreme Court of Justice, as Parliament cannot be obliged to approve the draft decision in this regard. Puică appointment at the Supreme Court of Justice wa…
23 July 2020
The Parliament Will Vote in the Next Sitting the Draft Decision on the Appointment of Judge Viorica Puică to the Supreme Court of Justice
The draft decision on the appointment of Judge Viorica Puică to the Supreme Court of Justice was excluded from the agenda of the sitting of Parliament. Previously, the Socialist Party members of the Parliamenta…
18 July 2020
A Mayor Who Concluded Contracts With Family Members Might Get Sacked
National Authority for Integrity issued a note concluding that mayor Svetlana Racul infringed the law on conflicts of interest by concluding contracts with family members. In January 2016, Svetlana Racul, the m…
16 July 2020
A Former Anticorruption Prosecutor, Detained for Bribery, Might Be Criminally Investigated for not Fully Declaring His Assets
The National Integrity Authority issued a statement regarding the former anti-corruption prosecutor, former prosecutor of the Soroca District Prosecutor’s Office, Dumitru Cernițu, establishing that he inf…
15 July 2020
Unpunished Crimes: The Case of a Young Man’s Death, Delayed by Law Enforcement for Four Years
Four years ago, Fiodor Meleca, a 26-year-old man from Chistelnița, Telenești district, the north of the country, was beaten to death following a conflict between two groups of young people. Although the s…
12 July 2020
Moldovan Judge Restores His High Position After Being Discharged 11 Years Ago
Almost 11 years ago, former Judge Stanislav Sorbalo was fired. This week, the Superior Council of Magistracy decided to reinstate him as a magistrate. The Superior Council of Magistracy also ordered the payment…
08 July 2020
U.S. Ambassador Talks About the Request Made by the Office of the Prosecutor General to the U.S. Authorities to Extradite Vladimir Plahotniuc, Moldova’s Tycoon
The U.S. Ambassador to Moldova confirms that the U.S. authorities have received the extradition request of the former leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc, and that “its examination is ongo…
01 July 2020
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