On August 6, the Ministry of Finance has launched an online platform through which anyone can see the data on the state budget. The budget portal.mf.gov.md is a tool through which the Executive aims to ensure b…
The Moldovan Delegation to the Joint Control Commission – charged with the supervision of security arrangements in the Transnistrian Security Zone – reported that on July 31 Transnistrian force structures viola…
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature story takes us to Constituency 18, Orhei, where locals are coming to terms with the fact that their parliamentary depu…
Caracal, a little known town in Olt county has become the crime capital of Romania. Here, a number of young women became victims of an alleged serial killer and to this day, no one knows the exact number, or th…
After almost a month of silence, toppled oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc has reappeared – but only virtually. On Tuesday he broke his silence with a Facebook message and an official letter brought to Parliament by…
Every stick has two ends. Until June 8, we seriously thought that Vlad Plahotniuc is the biggest problem for Moldova. Over the last seven or eight years people have thought of him as the greatest evil. It…
“So what if he stole? – but he does something for people!” After visiting Vlad Plahotniuc’ Constituency, ZdG decided to go to Constituency 18, Orhei, which is represented in Parliament by Shor Part…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun examining Andrei Năstase’s case related to the invalidation of the mayoral election results in Chișinău, from June 3 2018. On June 19, 2018 the Chișin…
During the Parliament’s last Spring-Summer meeting, Moldova’s deputies voted in the second reading of a draft law that allows for changes to the Electoral Code. On July 31, the deputies voted in favor of revoki…
Nearly a year after seven Turkish teachers were forcibly expelled from Moldova, the Prosecutor General’s Office has announced a criminal case in response to the abuse of power and overstepping of authority that…