Political
Interview with Dumitru Visternicean, Judge in Honorable Resignation
”No Judge Can Be Influenced Against Their Will” Dumitru Visternicean was a judge from 1982-2018. He started his career in Drochia and later worked in Dubăsari and Chișinău. From 1996 until the moment he resigne…
19 August 2019
POLL / Can the National Anticorruption Center Fight Corruption?
During an August 12 meeting with E.U. experts in fighting corruption and money laundering, and recovering stolen assets, the new director of the National Anticorruption Center, Ruslan Flocea, admitted that the…
18 August 2019
Are the February Elections Not Over Yet?
The General Prosecutor’s Office announced on August 5 that it will start a criminal case on the usurping of state power that took place from June 7-14, 2019. The Minister of the Interior Andrei Năstase de…
18 August 2019
Moldova’s Next Ambassador to Turkey Could Be a Former Bashkan of UTA Gagauzia
Moldova’s next ambassador to Turkey could be a former Bashkan of the Autonomous Territorial Unit (UTA) of Găgăuzia, said President Igor Dodon at the swearing in ceremony of the current Governor, Irina Vlah. The…
18 August 2019
Chișinău Court of Appeal Forces Fly One to Pay State Budget Debt
The Moldovan airline company Fly One has been ordered to pay 521,382 euros (10.2 million lei) to the state budget following the Chișinău Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the record on appeal the company m…
18 August 2019
Moldova’s President Urgently Enacts Proportional Electoral System
One day after the Parliament passed several changes to the Electoral Code in the final reading, President Igor Dodon enacted the revocation of the mixed electoral system and a return to the proportional elector…
18 August 2019
Bailiff’s Former Brother-in-Law Gets Fifty Percent Discount on Seized Apartment
A family from Chișinău municipality’s Băcioi commune has lost their apartment after their son acted as a guarantor for a 1,515 euros (30,000 lei) loan made out to a man he barely knew. Because he failed to unde…
18 August 2019
The Constitutional Court Has Seven New Independent Candidates
The Government, the Parliament and the Superior Council of Magistrates (CSM) selected seven candidates to fill the six vacancies of judges of the Constitutional Court (CC). Three of them, Serghei Țurcan, Nicola…
18 August 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. August 12, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature story breaks down the latest in resignations and paid vacations from Moldova’s Prosecutor General’s Office – where tho…
12 August 2019
Prosecutor’s Office Sees Sudden Resignations – and Vacations
Several prosecutors holding leadership positions under the rule of the Democratic Party (PDM) government resigned or took leave following the recent regime change in Moldova. The latest resignation came on Augu…
12 August 2019
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