Investigations
The Change of Government Brings a New Media Market Redistribution
The concentration of media ownership in Moldova has increased in the last period with the Socialist party owning more and more TV channels, where the party promotes its ideas and its political views. While inve…
18 November 2019
Failed Justice Reform in Moldova. A Brief History.
Moldova spent around €35.5 million (685.4 million lei) in five years for implementing justice reform, during 2013-2017. In order to construct a corruption-free, independent, professional and impartial justice s…
10 November 2019
Is the Governing Coalition Falling Apart?
The Minister of Justice canceled the results of the contest for the Prosecutor General position, proposing new amendments to the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office, on November 6. Later on the head of the executive…
08 November 2019
Moldova’s Search for a Prosecutor General
After the new governing coalition formed by the ACUM Bloc and the Socialist Party came to power in June 2019, the Prosecutor General tendered his resignation. Since then, the Superior Council of Prosecutors ini…
04 November 2019
Moldova Announces Fugitive Oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc In International Search
The National Anticorruption Center announced the former leader of the Democratic Party, Vlad Plahotniuc, in international and interstate search. ZdG tried to find out from the General Police Inspectorate how th…
04 November 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. October 28, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chișinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: our feature investigates the grounds for two criminal investigations targeting the President of Moldova’s Supreme Court – one for…
28 October 2019
Party Donors and the Cost of Elections
During the campaigns leading up to the October 20 local elections in Moldova, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) detected several irregularities in the financial reports the parties submitted. According to…
28 October 2019
Supreme Court of Justice President Accused of Illicit Enrichment and Thwarting Justice
A criminal investigation for illicit enrichment and interference in the execution of justice is set to be opened against Ion Druţă, the President of Moldova’s Supreme Court of Justice. Over the past five years,…
27 October 2019
Politicians and State Dignitaries Involved in Billion-Dollar Bank Fraud, Commission Reports
This week, Moldova’s Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry debated their report on the investigation into the billion-dollar bank fraud of 2014 in Parliament. The deputies recommended that the President of the Pa…
23 October 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. October 21, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chișinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: our feature investigates conditions in the penitentiary system, which have made Moldova lose case after case at the European Court…
22 October 2019
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