Interview
Who could make Israel extradite Shor?
In mid-September, Chisinau sent a repeated request to Tel Aviv for the extradition of Ilan Shor, sentenced to 15 years in prison in the “billion theft” case. “We are waiting, but we do not yet…
23 October 2023
Ala Mîrza-Turbal, teacher of Romanian language and literature at the only Romanian-language high school in Râbnița: “When we will have dignity, an attitude full of respect for all that we have beautiful and holy, others will respect us too”
Every year, on 31 August, the Day of the Romanian Language is celebrated in Moldova and Romania. The celebration has its roots in 27 August 1989, when the first Great National Assembly, attended by some 750 000…
31 August 2023
“People of integrity in the system need to step up and fight. Fight openly, even if it means fighting against their own colleagues.” President Maia Sandu on justice reform
Justice reform will move forward, and prosecutors and judges who cannot demonstrate their integrity will continue to be removed from the system, says President Maia Sandu in an interview with ZdG. People of int…
11 August 2023
”When I climb, I feel freedom and I feel special” – Interview with Vladislav Zotea, a Mountain Climber from Moldova, who Lives in the USA
While looking for interesting local people to invite to the Moldovan-American Convention MAC8 in Seattle, that will be held between September 30th and October 2nd 2022, I found Vladislav Zotea, a mountain climb…
26 August 2022
Exclusive ZdG interview with writer Anne Applebaum: „Before there could be any negotiations, the Russians have to be stopped and pushed back”
Interview with writer Anne Applebaum, author of Gulag: A History of Soviet Prisons; The Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56; The Red Famine: Stalin’s War in Ukraine. Anne Applebaum was bo…
18 July 2022
Exclusive interview with Laura Codruța Kövesi: “It’s not just important to put criminals in jail, it’s important to take away their assets and to recover the damages and everything they have illegally acquired”. INTERVIEW with the head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office
The Chief Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, Laura Codruța Kövesi, who is on a visit to Moldova from 12 to 14 July, said in an interview with Ziarul de Gardă that she came with a messa…
15 July 2022
A museum for the memories of the children who grew up during war times: ”It is important for them to have an opportunity to share their stories”
Starting with his own life story, in 2010, Jasminko Halilovic, originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, began documenting a book about children growing up in war times. Meanwhile, meeting dozens of people who we…
08 July 2022
“In Moldova, now is the time when people can make history, in a way that might not be possible in 5 or 10 years.” Interview with Jānis Mažeiks, Ambassador, Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova – VIDEO
Ziarul de Gardă director and columnist Alina Radu conducted an interview with the Head of the EU Delegation in Chișinău in the context of Moldova’s application for membership, the necessary reforms, the s…
11 June 2022
ZdG Interview with Maia Sandu, President of Moldova
“Fighting corruption is a very important process that we engage to complete; the country’s strategy, however, must focus on education.” A year after the inauguration of Maia Sandu as President…
29 December 2021
OPINION POLL: A Year with Maia Sandu: “I think she has to put Shor, Plahotniuc, Platon in prison and take all their fortunes and give them to the people.”
On December 24, 2020, Maia Sandu pronounced her inauguration oath of office as President of the Republic of Moldova: “I swear to give all my strength and skill to the prosperity of the Republic of Moldova, to r…
29 December 2021
