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Journalistic Investigations Under Threat
In March 2019, several provisions in the Civil Code entered into force. These provisions aim to protect one’s image, which significantly reduces the right of journalists to inform society about topics of public…
03 July 2020
The Socialist Party Wants to Reduce the Number of Deputies in the Parliament
The Socialist Party will propose in the Parliament, on Monday, to reduce the number of deputies in the Parliament by more than one-third and to ban the party-switching. The opposition criticized the initiative…
02 July 2020
The Number of Cases Lost by Moldova to the ECtHR
During 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued 54 cases concerning Moldova. The country was found guilty of violating the European Convention on Human Rights in 39 cases out of the 54. The data…
02 July 2020
U.S. Ambassador Talks About the Request Made by the Office of the Prosecutor General to the U.S. Authorities to Extradite Vladimir Plahotniuc, Moldova’s Tycoon
The U.S. Ambassador to Moldova confirms that the U.S. authorities have received the extradition request of the former leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc, and that “its examination is ongo…
01 July 2020
The Portrait of a Head of National Penitentiary Administration That Receives Donations of Thousands of Euros (Part I)
Serghei Demcenco is the deputy director of the National Administration of Penitentiaries. He lives in a house in a residential sector in midtown Chișinău, surrounded by luxurious houses. Demcenco didn’t mention…
29 June 2020
Photo/A Ukrainian Plane, Managed by a Company Suspected of Involvement in Illegal Arms Trade, Stations for Six Days in Moldova
A Ukrainian private company plane took off for Egypt after a six-day stay on the Mărculești Airport in Moldova. ZdG found that both the airline that previously managed the aircraft and the current Ukrainian co…
29 June 2020
Parade of Rich Presidents with Poor Citizens
Igor Dodon, the President of Europe’s poorest nation, went to the military parade organized by Russia, one of the most repressive states in the world. On the day Dodon attended the parade organized by the…
29 June 2020
Transparency International Issues its Opinion Regarding the Government’s Decision to Eliminate a Number of Privileges Enjoyed by the Officials of Moldova’s National Bank
Transparency International Moldova issued a statement supporting the Government’s draft decision to cancel the provision that allows Moldova’s National Bank to pay for the lawyers defending the bank’s employees…
29 June 2020
COVID-19 Situation in Moldova
Currently, Moldova has 16,250 cases of infection with the new coronavirus, 1,209 are in the breakaway Transnistrian region. In the last 24 hours, 56 people, suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 infection,…
29 June 2020
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