Society
Plahotniuc’ s Parting Words
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…
04 August 2019
Questions for the ACUM Bloc
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…
04 August 2019
So What If He Stole?: A Visit to Shor’s Constituency
“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…
04 August 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. July 29, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: it’s our anniversary so we’re celebrating with a special e-paper edition of ZdG! We’ll also be introducing the team me…
29 July 2019
Meet the ZdG Team
ZdG decided to present to its readers the team that makes the newspaper appear every Thursday. To avoid accusations of subjectivism, we have agreed that the members of the team will present each other, by drawi…
28 July 2019
15 Years of ZdG: What We Had and What We Lost
It’s a long way until the press in Moldova reaches sustainability. However, we can say with confidence: we do have investigative newspapers, people know where to report suspicious corruption, violations of thei…
28 July 2019
Interview with Ala Nemerenco, Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection
“I will declare another war — one on corruption and informal payments.” The new Minister of Health promises salary increases for doctors. – Recently, you declared on the social networks “a war on i…
28 July 2019
Why Readers Love ZdG
On July 19, ZdG hosted an international conference dedicated to its fifteenth anniversary. Journalists and media managers from a number of states with fragile democracies attended this event alongside diplomats…
28 July 2019
Ukraine’s Parliamentary Election: Another Anti-Oligarch Win
Did Ukraine win the elections on Sunday? We are not talking about Zelensky, his entourage, or about Igor Kolomoisky, whom the press described as ruling Ukraine from the shadows and an exponent of the Ukrainian…
28 July 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. July 22, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: in top news, our editors discuss the possibility of snap elections this autumn, just as more information about Moldova’s billion…
22 July 2019
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