Investigations
European Political Community Summit, held at a private winery: Temporarily secretive costs, tenders worth hundreds of millions of lei and misunderstandings between Chisinau City Hall and the government
Authorities have temporarily secreted several information about the organization of the European Political Community Summit to be held in Moldova on June 1, “to avoid sabotage and disruption”. Offic…
08 May
Former deputy chief of the Varnița passport section, targeted in a ZdG investigation, sentenced to two years suspended prison and fined 110 thousand lei for active corruption
Aurel Cuconescu-Palii, the former deputy head of the Varnița passport department, targeted in an investigation by the Ziarul de Gardă, has been sentenced to a two-year suspended prison term on probation by Anen…
25 March
The factory of clones of “Ilan Shor for the people”
Every day, at least 21 pages and over 100 fake Facebook profiles polish the image of fugitive deputy Ilan Shor, leader of the Shor Party. Numerous pages created in Asia received, overnight, new names and photos…
20 January
The New York Times: War Next Door Brings Energy Crunch, and Paid Protests, to Moldova.
„The tiny country, starved of natural gas and electricity because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, is confronting street rallies bankrolled by a pro-Russian politician to target its pro-Western governmen…
12 December 2022
“I have information that can help the law enforcement agencies to uncover and punish cases of corruption that have been thriving for decades in Bubuieci commune”
For four decades, Andrei Ilescu has lived in Bubuieci commune. For 12 years, he was a councillor in the Bubuieci local council. His work at local level has given him an insight into the situation of the commune…
05 December 2022
Rubles for Dodon: Six bank transfers from Russia to Moldovan public association headed by former socialist president – RISE Moldova
As head of state, Igor Dodon and his party have built some of their election campaigns on theories that Moldova is in danger of being captured by foreigners. At the same time, they insisted that foreign-backed…
07 November 2022
Newly created fake profiles, identical comments, anonymous pages from Indonesia, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates and more than half a million lei invested in just one month to promote Ilan Shor’s protests
Thousands of comments praising Ilan Shor flow daily on the fugitive MP’s Facebook pages and on pages affiliated with his party and his activity. Analysing the profiles of the most active commenters, ZdG f…
31 October 2022
(Non)transparent bidding at state enterprises, or how the firm of the head of the Prime Minister’s Control Corps ended up installing photovoltaic panels at the state-owned Cricova Wine Factory.
“Neomatrix” SRL, a company known for its work in the field of computer technology, affiliated to Viorelia Lazar, who until October this year headed the Prime Minister’s Control Corps, delivere…
31 October 2022
Protesters in rent: Who are the “quadratists” from Orhei who paid the ZdG reporters, disguised as protesters? The reaction of the police and the Prosecutor’s Office
Recruiting and rewarding the people brought to the protests of the Shor Party – these are the tasks of the so-called “quadratists” from Orhei. They are the ones who coordinate the organizing p…
10 October 2022
Protesters to rent. ZdG undercover investigation: We infiltrated Shor’s protesters and now show you, from the inside, how people brought to Chisinau are paid and how the protest machine works
Four Ziarul de Gardă reporters infiltrated the ranks of Shor Party protesters on the eve of the September 18 rally in Chisinau. We set off with the protesters from several locations in Orhei, found in advance,…
03 October 2022
REPORTAGE
