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    Prosecutors Who Have Managed Several Resonance Files in Recent Months, Asked to Leave the System

    Prosecutors Who Have Managed Several Resonance Files in Recent Months, Asked to Leave the System

    Four prosecutors who have managed several resonance files, in the recent months were asked to leave the system. Among the files managed by the four prosecutors are the privatization of Air Moldova company, the…
    02 February 2020
    The Court of Accounts Concludes its Audit for Avia Invest Company

    The Court of Accounts Concludes its Audit for Avia Invest Company

    After an audit, the Court of Accounts concluded that Avia Invest the company that manages the Chișinău International Airport has inefficiently spent around €12.2 million out of which €1.7 million were used to s…
    01 February 2020
    The President Requests ZdG to Retract Alleged Defamatory Misstatements as a First Step in the Procedure to Press Defamation Charges

    The President Requests ZdG to Retract Alleged Defamatory Misstatements as a First Step in the Procedure to Press Defamation Charges

    On January 16, 2020, ZdG published an investigative story regarding the president’s luxurious vacations, featuring vacations in exotic and expensive places he and his family made in the last 15 years while bein…
    31 January 2020
    Metalferos Signs Two Contracts with Investors from Turkey and Austria

    Metalferos Signs Two Contracts with Investors from Turkey and Austria

    Metalferos company has signed two contracts with international companies in the field, announces the institution in two press releases. This is the first time Metalferos concludes a contract for the sale of met…
    27 January 2020
    What’s the Relation Between the Socialist Party Foreign Funding and the Bahamas Operation?

    What’s the Relation Between the Socialist Party Foreign Funding and the Bahamas Operation?

    At the end of 2019, the suspended head of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Viorel Morari, issued an order to investigate the Socialist Party’s assets which were suspected of receiving foreign fund…
    27 January 2020
    What’s Happening at the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office?

    What’s Happening at the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office?

    After taking the office the new Prosecutor General initiated a complex control at two specialized prosecutor’s offices, suspending the head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office and the head of the Pr…
    12 January 2020
    Op-Ed: Digital Taxation Enters Moldovan Public Debate

    Op-Ed: Digital Taxation Enters Moldovan Public Debate

    The presence of Google, Facebook, and other digital giants in the life of Moldovans is ubiquitous. Thus, it is the duty of the government to make sure that citizens get a fair deal from it, but unilateral measu…
    10 January 2020
    Five Most Read Investigations on ZdG’s Website in 2019

    Five Most Read Investigations on ZdG’s Website in 2019

    In 2019, the investigative journalists of the Ziarul de Gardă brought to the public attention issues related to the integrity and transparency of the civil servants, as well as social investigations, which high…
    09 January 2020
    The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases Under Control

    The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases Under Control

    Viorel Morari, the head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, and Dorin Compan, the interim head of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), were suspen…
    16 December 2019
    Why the Former Head of the National Center for Emergency Medical Assistance Is Coming Back to Office?

    Why the Former Head of the National Center for Emergency Medical Assistance Is Coming Back to Office?

    In 2018 the government bought from public money 105 ambulances. Later the Anticorruption prosecutors investigated the correctness of the procurement procedures and the contracts of the questionable quality ambu…
    09 December 2019

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