A committee of experts from the Council of Europe has published a report assessing Moldova’s score on 40 recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – a key international anti-money laundering o…
I do not know who calculated the strengths and weaknesses of the Socialist Party-ACUM Bloc governing coalition and who had the final word in taking this decision. Was this a pragmatic calculation? Was it mere m…
Moldova has sent a request to the Swiss authorities for mutual legal assistance in connection with an investigation against the country’s richest oligarch, Vlad Plahotniuc. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justi…
Since the change of government in June 2019, Moldova has moved resolutely towards the implementation of key reforms addressing the deterioration of democratic standards and the rule of law. This was stated in a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…