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Four Employees from the National Bank of Moldova Are Under Criminal Investigation
The National Anticorruption Center announced that four employees with decision-making power, from Moldova’s National Bank, are under criminal investigation. The four employees are suspected of abuse of office a…
17 July 2020
Sweden’s 2021 OSCE Chair to Focus on the Organization’s Fundamental Tasks
In 2021, Sweden will take over the OSCE Chair from Albania. Sweden aims to focus on the European security order, the comprehensive concept of security, to continued efforts to resolve conflicts in the OSCE regi…
17 July 2020
Moldova’s Extradition of Turkish Citizens: Two Applicants Withdrew Their Claims
Almost two years have passed since seven Turkish citizens working at a high school were extradited from Moldova. Since then, their case was brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and Moldova…
16 July 2020
A Mayor Who Concluded Contracts With Family Members Might Get Sacked
National Authority for Integrity issued a note concluding that mayor Svetlana Racul infringed the law on conflicts of interest by concluding contracts with family members. In January 2016, Svetlana Racul, the m…
16 July 2020
A Former Anticorruption Prosecutor, Detained for Bribery, Might Be Criminally Investigated for not Fully Declaring His Assets
The National Integrity Authority issued a statement regarding the former anti-corruption prosecutor, former prosecutor of the Soroca District Prosecutor’s Office, Dumitru Cernițu, establishing that he inf…
15 July 2020
IPRE and CRJM Offered Several Proposals for Improving the Selection Procedure for a New Judge at the ECtHR
The Institute for European Policy and Reform (IPRE) and the Center for Legal Resources of Moldova (CRJM) examined the draft Decision of the Government on establishing the committee for selecting and appointing…
15 July 2020
President Dodon Speaks About His Weekends at Sadova Resort
President Igor Dodon admits that he spends his weekends at the Sadova Resort but he denies that the resort belongs to him. Dodon claims that the resort will be open to the villagers in the future. During the Fo…
15 July 2020
The EU Offered 1.5 Million Pieces of Personal Protective Equipment to Moldova
One of the largest humanitarian aid to fight the pandemic COVID-19, which contains medical and respiratory masks, goggles and gowns, which comes to equip medical workers in the Republic of Moldova to provide me…
14 July 2020
Several People from Plahotniuc’s Entourage Received an iPhone 6 or 7 and Used These Phones to Discuss with Plahotniuc
Several people, including Democratic Party members, had previously received and held a special phone to talk exclusively with the former leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc. The statements were…
14 July 2020
Moldova Reports the Lowest Number of Coronavirus Cases Since the End of May
On July 13, Moldova reports 57 new cases of coronavirus, from which two are in the breakaway Transnistria region. This is the lowest number of cases registered daily in Moldova, since May 25. The number of peo…
13 July 2020
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