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HAPPENING THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings from Chi\u015fin\u0103u after a boozy wine day weekend! Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening this week: we feature a story on the troublesome revamping of the Superior Council of Magistrates, the main institution responsible for ensuring the independence of judicial power. In editorials, ZdG comments on the importance of the integrity of voters in the upcoming elections, starting with the local elections on October 20, 2019. In weekly investigations, we investigate former Prime Minister Pavel Filip\u2019s hometown\u2019s disproportionate string of projects initiated while the Democratic Party was in power. All of that and more in this week\u2019s newsletter. Happy reading, with a glass of good Moldovan wine! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THIS WEEK\u2019S FEATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
JUSTICE REFORM:<\/strong> After Moldova\u2019s oligarchic regime was ousted in June, the new coalition government placed the country\u2019s law and order<\/a> institutions high on their reform agenda, including the Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the courts. But just like in other parts of Eastern Europe where corrupt courts and judges are creating obstacles to rule of law reforms, revamping the Superior Council of Magistrates is proving to be an internal struggle \u2013 one that is dividing public opinion and has Moldova\u2019s international partners raising the alarm about the state of the justice system. ZdG breaks down the battle of judges against judges attempting to gain control over the main institution responsible for ensuring the independence of judicial power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
FROM THE EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
ELECTION READY<\/strong>: Despite the international community\u2019s openness, Moldova\u2019s governing coalition remains fragile and cracks keep on appearing as not all of its  members can bear the lack of transparency. Meanwhile, a young group of politicians in the Parliament are trying to show to its voters how transparent they are. In this week\u2019s editorial, ZdG\u2019s Executive Director Alina Radu<\/a> argues that the electorate that will cast their vote for integrity in the upcoming elections is an important one \u2013 and President Dodon\u2019s Socialist Party cannot obtain their vote, regardless of heavy investment in campaigning. Neither could Plahotniuc\u2019s Democratic Party. Moldova\u2019s citizens can no longer be deceived and those one million Moldovan citizens that have gone abroad aren\u2019t just sending home remittances, but also lessons on democracy, integrity and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE FOREIGN BRIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TRANS-OIL:<\/strong> Moldova’s industry producing the largest chunk of agricultural exports has received a big influx of foreign investment<\/a>. Trans-Oil, the country’s export monopolist of cereals and sunflower oil (57 percent of the country’s agricultural exports) secured a $150 million support package, including $30 million offered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The investment is supposed to boost Moldovan food exports to the E.U., the Middle East and Northern Africa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SECURITY ZONE:<\/strong> Tensions are growing over border issues with the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria. Local self-declared authorities have installed illegal border checks in the zone monitored by the international peacekeeping group and are now refusing to walk back. The negotiations at the Joint Control Commission<\/a>, a trilateral peacekeeping force made up of Moldova, Russia and representatives of the Transnistrian region, have stalled again after Tiraspol refused to put the subject on the agenda \u2013 despite the calls from the OSCE and even against the will of its only ally Russia, which backs the breakaway territory through the support of its troops stationed in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COUNCIL OF EUROPE:<\/strong> Moldova\u2019s former parliamentary speaker fired up a harsh public attack<\/a> on the new government at the recent session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In his speech, Andrian Candu, who\u2019s part of Moldova\u2019s delegation at the European Council, accused the current governing coalition of a witch-hunt against the leaders and members of opposition parties and of politicizing the Constitutional Court. Candu was Moldova\u2019s Parliament President while the Democratic Party was in power and he remains a party member. His former party boss, oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, is on the run and incriminated in a number of criminal cases in Romania and Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BRUSSELS VISITS:<\/strong> This week Prime Minister Maia Sandu paid her third official visit<\/a> to Brussels since her inauguration in June. On September 30, she met with the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. The High Representative confirmed that the E.U. will increase budget support in response to the Government\u2019s ambitious reform agenda, mentioning that the E.U. appreciates reforms being undertaken and has high expectations for Moldova\u2019s government. That same week, on October 3, the High Representative paid an official visit to Chi\u0219in\u0103u, which was seen as a sign of a renewed partnership between Moldova and the European Union. Mogherini optimistically called it \u201ca new start with Moldova.\u201d<\/a> However, it is still unclear whether these warm sentiments towards Chi\u015fin\u0103u\u2019s new government will hold in Brussels after the new Commission starts work in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ZDG INVESTIGATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
HOMETOWN INVESTMENTS:<\/strong> When Pavel Filip became Moldova\u2019s Prime Minister in 2016, his hometown suddenly became the beneficiary of an inordinate number of development projects. To accommodate this increase in public works, the former Democratic Party Government allocated more money to the commune \u2013 and the distribution of funds appears to be far from fair. ZdG investigates<\/a> how much the state spent on P\u0103n\u0103\u0219e\u0219ti commune under the PDM, and examines how this became a means of serving the political interests of the former Prime Minister Filip, building a positive political image for him ahead of the February 2019 Parliamentary elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBORMAN\u201d CASE:<\/strong> After his momentary release from prison on September 20, 2019, Moldovan authorities detained alleged drug trafficker Oleg Pruteanu (aka Borman) in relation to a criminal case opened in Russia. The case<\/a> is targeting an alleged international drug trafficking ring; one that Russian authorities claim involves not just \u201cBorman,\u201d but also former Democratic Party leader Vlad Plahotniuc and former PDM deputy Constantin \u021au\u021bu. While the Moldovan press and public speculated that the case materials could provide links to Plahotniuc (whose location abroad is currently unknown), the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases confirmed that so far only materials implicating Borman have reached Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MOLDOVA IN WORLD NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
MOLDOVA & RUSSIA:<\/strong> Despite the close ties between the Kremlin and Moldova\u2019s President Igor Dodon, there are a number of controversial issues that Chi\u0219in\u0103u and Moscow have yet to resolve. ZdG\u2019s partner outlet Hromadske International<\/a> breaks down the current state of Moldovan-Russian relations, demonstrating that negotiations over Russian gas and the Transnistrian Settlement aren\u2019t the only points of contention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NATO\u2019S DECLINE:<\/strong> The influence of pro-Russian political leaders, as well as Russian or pro-Russian media, is causing a decline in support for NATO membership in Moldova, writes Madalin Necsutu for Balkan Insight<\/a>. President Dodon\u2019s recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly emphasizing Moldova\u2019s military neutrality is just one example of this kind of anti-NATO messaging, which according to experts is part of a growing scaremongering campaign benefiting the pro-Russian Socialist Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPOTTED THIS WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
ZDG IN GERMANY:<\/strong> Our Executive Director Alina Radu sends an insider note from the Global Investigative Journalism Conference<\/a>, which recently took place in Hamburg: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cImagine you are in a place where everyone talks about investigative reporting all day long, giving out tips, telling stories and sharing experiences. And by everybody, I mean 1,600 journalists from 130 countries, packed into 250 sessions<\/a>. What did we talk about? As corruption and money laundering evolves globally<\/a>, so does investigative reporting: new ways to get and check information<\/a>, new models to visualize<\/a> it, new ways to present<\/a> it. Yes, it is challenging as ever and it costs increasingly more time and money \u2014 but it is also more relevant than ever: a number of big investigative journalism stories have moved and shaped the events in Moldova and neighbors<\/a> over the last year. And yes, this is the right place to get inspired and hopeful for our own investigative effort: when 290 journalists filled the room of capacity for 150 to learn from the revolutionary Bellingcat experience of using new tech<\/a> to reimagine investigative reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IMF IN MOLDOVA:<\/strong> A mission from the International Monetary Fund<\/a> is paying a visit to Moldova from October 2 to 8, 2019. In Chi\u0219in\u0103u, the team\u2019s staff and head of the mission, Ruben Atoyan, will carry out a fact-finding mission, looking at recent economic developments and discussing policies aimed at maintaining macroeconomic and fiscal stability, in the context of the state budget for 2020. In September, the IMF approved a $46 million loan tranche from the $179 million program of financial assistance to the country and agreed to extend the program until March 2020. Currently IMF outstanding credit is at around 3% of Moldova\u2019s GDP, on a steady decline for the last seven years when it was 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RACE FOR THE CURE:<\/strong> On October 6, 2019, the group Run Pink Moldova<\/a> organized the country\u2019s first ever Race for the Cure event in Chi\u0219in\u0103u\u2019s Valea Morilor park. The event aims at initiating a movement of unprecedented solidarity for women fighting cancer. For the first time ever, Chi\u0219in\u0103u is now among the 140 cities around the world hosting this global event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WINE DAY MOLDOVA: <\/strong>From October 5-6, 2019, Moldova celebrated its 18th National Wine Day holiday<\/a>. According to the Border Police<\/a>, crossing points saw an influx of people over the weekend, with as many as 53,009 crossings, half of which were foreign nationals. The National Wine Day organizers also reported<\/a> an increased number of tourists attending the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you for your continued interest!  To keep up with our Moldova coverage throughout the week, you can like us on Facebook<\/a>, follow us on Twitter@ZiarulDe<\/a> or check in at zdg.md\/eng<\/a> for our latest stories in English. More subscription options coming soon. Until next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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