Political
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
Exclusive Interview: Moldova’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Talks E.U. Accession, Transnistrian Settlement and More
Since Moldova’s change of government in June 2019, the new coalition ACUM Bloc-Socialist Party government has been busy re-building relations with its international partners, while attempting to balance the pro…
27 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
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. October 14, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chișinău on its “birthday”! Here’s what’s happening this week: our feature breaks down the many moving pieces in the “theft of the century” investigation and explains why the…
14 October 2019
Prosecutor Tried for Knowingly Condemning an Innocent Person Is Acquitted
A Chișinău Court has acquitted a prosecutor who stood trial in August 2017 for knowingly condemning an innocent person. A policeman previously convicted for the falsification of procedural documents in the same…
13 October 2019
Moldova Announces National Search For Fugitive Oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc
Moldova’s Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Plahotniuc’s, the country’s biggest oligarch and the former leader of the Democratic Party. He is accused of large-scale mo…
13 October 2019
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