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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
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
President Dodon’s Brother Becomes Co-owner of Another Russian Company
In July 2019, President Igor Dodon’s younger brother, Alexandru Dodon, became business partners with Igor Chaika, the son of Russia’s Prosecutor General. Now, he appears to be deepening his ties to Chaika, as t…
09 September 2019
DOC/Ex-Prime Minister Vladimir Filat’s Sentence Reduced by 682 Days – the Court’s Motivation
The Chișinău District Court has decided to reduce the nine-year prison sentence of Moldova’s ex-Prime Minister Vladimir Filat by 682 days. The Court announced its decision on July 30, arguing that the difficult…
08 September 2019
Moldova’s Foreign Minister to Visit Kyiv and Moscow
Moldova’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Nicu Popescu, will go on a working visit to Kyiv on September 9. On September 11, he will pay a working visit to Moscow. The Moldovan Minist…
08 September 2019
Farewell, Summer
Yesterday, autumn air made its way through the newsroom’s windows. Tired of the infernal heat of the last few weeks, we all were trying to enjoy the coolness of a new season. When you say “farewell,” you try to…
08 September 2019
Moldova Among the Largest Fruit Exporters to the Romanian Market
Moldova is one of the largest fruit exporters to Romania’s fruit market. In 2018, Moldova exported 118,000 tons of grapes, 94,000 tons of plums and 186,000 tons of apples to Romania. According to th…
04 September 2019
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