Political
The Contest of Compromised Prosecutors
The list of the seven candidates’ names for the position of Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova leaves many question marks regarding the future of the Prosecutor General’s Office, as well as of the ju…
14 September 2019
OSCE Secretary General to Visit Moldova
The Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Thomas Greminger, is set to visit Moldova from 17 to 19 September. He will take part in talks with high-level offic…
14 September 2019
European Commission’s Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations to Visit Chișinău
The European Commission’s Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Christian Danielsson will visit Chișinău to reinforce E.U. support for Moldova. He will meet with the Prime Minister, t…
14 September 2019
Moldova’s Foreign Minister Makes a Working Visit to Moscow
After a working visit to Kyiv, Moldova’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Nicu Popescu, is making a working visit to Moscow, on September 11. According to a press release issued by the mini…
11 September 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. September 9, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature story brings forward Moldova’s attempts to punish the injustice toward the seven Turkish high school workers who were…
09 September 2019
Der Spiegel Interviews President Igor Dodon /Transcript
On September 1, the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel published an interview with Moldova’s President Igor Dodon. The magazine called Moldova’s President Igor Dodon a “man of contradictions”: an admirer o…
09 September 2019
Moldova’s Extradition of Turkish Citizens: One Year Later
Almost one year has passed since seven Turkish citizens working at a high school were extradited from the Republic of Moldova. Since then, their case was brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR…
09 September 2019
Why is the Prosecutor’s Office Investigating Plahotniuc’s 2011 Transactions?
Moldova’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the legality of the 2011 transactions of former Democratic Party leader Vlad Plahotniuc. The declaration from the Prosecutor’s Office came af…
09 September 2019
Op-Ed: How to Fight Plutocracy
Even in developing democracies, political institutions remain vulnerable to capture by the super-rich. Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have many things in common. Their political systems are much more open than th…
09 September 2019
ECtHR Rules Against Moldova and Russia in Six Human Rights Cases From the Transnistrian Region
The European Court of Human Rights announced its decision regarding six cases against Moldova and the Russian Federation, concerning human rights violations in the Transnistrian region. The Court has ordered th…
09 September 2019
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