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Moldova, Explained by ZdG. September 16, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature brings you the highlights of a new international report on the state of anti money laundering efforts in Moldova. This…
16 September 2019
A New Government, an Old State Secret
After the expulsion of the seven employees of the private Orizont high school network, no Moldovan authority can say who is guilty of violating the rights of Turkish citizens or who should take responsibility f…
15 September 2019
The Estimated Cost of Access to Information, in Terms of Time and Money
In the summer of 2019, journalists from Sudan, El Salvador, Cambodia and Moldova engaged in a new fight for access to information. Why are we on the same list? It’s not because these states have an association…
15 September 2019
American Contributions And Faulty Irrigations
From 2013 to 2015, ten centralized irrigation systems located on the banks of the Nistru and Prut rivers were renewed with money donated by the U.S. Government. The villages of Coșnița and Pârâta benefited from…
15 September 2019
Transnistrian Delegation Rejects Compromise Proposal For Security Zone Border Posts
The Russian Federation delegation to the Joint Control Commission reiterated its compromise proposal to examine the situation created by installing border posts in the Transnistrian Security Zone. The Transnist…
15 September 2019
Music Connecting Tour on the Ferry from Molovata on the Nistru River
The Music Connecting People project started on September 13, with an open-air concert at the Casa Karaman guesthouse in Ternovka village, close to Tiraspol on the left bank of the Nistru river. The European Uni…
15 September 2019
REPORT/ Moldova’s compliance with international anti money laundering standards
A committee of experts from the Council of Europe has published a report assessing Moldova’s score on 40 recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – a key international anti-money laundering o…
15 September 2019
Chișinău Is Not Moscow
I do not know who calculated the strengths and weaknesses of the Socialist Party-ACUM Bloc governing coalition and who had the final word in taking this decision. Was this a pragmatic calculation? Was it mere m…
14 September 2019
Will Moldova and Switzerland Cooperate to Investigate Plahotniuc?
Moldova has sent a request to the Swiss authorities for mutual legal assistance in connection with an investigation against the country’s richest oligarch, Vlad Plahotniuc. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justi…
14 September 2019
REPORT/ New E.U. Publication on the Implementation of the Association Agreement with Moldova
Since the change of government in June 2019, Moldova has moved resolutely towards the implementation of key reforms addressing the deterioration of democratic standards and the rule of law. This was stated in a…
14 September 2019
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