Investigations
The President’s Financial Help Creates Divergences Between the Priests in the Country
According to some priests, President Igor Dodon supposedly donated over 150 euros to churches in Chișinău and entire Moldova. And while some priests were happy about the donation, others criticized it claiming…
04 May 2020
Moldovan Factory of Rejected “Refugees”
A few days ago, the mayor of the French town of Dammarie-les-Lys wrote to the French Minister of Internal Affairs requesting his assistance in regulating a community of Moldovan citizens. The French police coun…
03 May 2020
ZdG vs COVID-19: Journalists’ Work in a Time of Pandemic
When a calamity comes, no one asks the journalists how they feel. People simply wait for journalists to inform them. And the journalists do it, because this is what they learned to do and promised to do. No fac…
03 May 2020
The Authorities Issue Fines and the Courts Cancel Them
The authorities claim that they imposed more than a thousand fines on individuals and companies for non-compliance with measures to prevent or combat epidemic disease. However, the courts keep canceling the fin…
02 May 2020
Russian General Named as Key MH17 Figure
An investigation reveals that a Russian general was involved in the MH17 crash that killed 298 people. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot d…
29 April 2020
The Government Struggles to Go Forward with the Russian Loan, the Opposition Tries to Stop It
The Parliament approved in two readings the agreement through which Russia is granting a loan of €200 million to support infrastructure projects in the country. The opposition highly criticized the agreement cl…
27 April 2020
Renato Usatîi Investigated in Russia
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs accused in absentia Renato Usatîi, the mayor of Bălți, for organizing a criminal group. The Russian prosecutors accused him of withdrawing over €6.18 billion (500 billio…
27 April 2020
The Prosecutors Lift the Seizure on one of the Companies Investigated in the Billion Theft
Five months ago, the prosecutors seized the assets of the three companies related to a large money laundering case involving Moldova’s tycoon, Vladimir Plahotniuc. In February 2020, ZdG noticed that the prosecu…
27 April 2020
Three Villages Will Get Goods Worth Over 25,000 Euros
The government transfers several state-owned goods worth over 25,000 euros (half a million lei) into the property of three villages, from two different districts. The Government approved for goods worth over 2…
27 April 2020
A State Official Previously Suspected of Corruption Becomes the Interim Director of the State Road Administration
The former deputy director of the Agency for Technical Supervision, Veaceslav Potop, who appeared in a corruption case has become interim director general at the State Road Administration. ZdG asked several sta…
27 April 2020
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