Society
A Judge Dismissed after Revealing to ZdG the Problems in the Judiciary
Ion Cotea, a judge at the Cahul Court, was dismissed from the judge’s position on the prosecutor general’s complaints. In an interview for ZdG in December 2020, the Judge revealed the problems that…
01 June 2021
Prosecutors Wave the Accusations Against the Controversial Businessman Veaceslav Platon in the Billion-Dollar Bank Fraud Case
Controversial businessman Veaceslav Platon is to be acquitted in the bank fraud case. The General Prosecutor’s Office stated that the prosecutors gave up the charges brought against him. “On the gr…
31 May 2021
OPINION POLL: 30 Years of Parliamentarism: Whose Bastion is the Parliament?
On May 23 Moldova celebrated 30 years since the creation of the Republic of Moldova and its first Parliament. In 1991, on May 23, almost a year after the proclamation of Sovereignty, the Supreme Soviet of the M…
31 May 2021
EDITORIAL: Chișinău Authorities’ Reaction to a Hijacked Plane
The head of the state of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is 67 years old. For 27 years, he ruled over the country. He has three sons, two of whom are much older than Roman Protasevich, the young journalist on wh…
30 May 2021
EDITORIAL: The Moldovan Stem and the European Roots
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Georgia, at the invitation to a professional meeting. It was my first trip after more than a year of pandemics. The fact that I come from Moldova, however, made travelin…
30 May 2021
INVESTIGATION: Companies Affiliated With The Staff Of Chișinău-Gaz Pump Millions Of Euros Into Their Accounts
Over the past few years, a system operator of the natural gas distribution and the most important subdivision in the energy sector from Moldova has accumulated little revenue due to unregulated supplementary ac…
30 May 2021
President Sandu Meets Three Members of the European Parliament
President Sandu met with three Members of the European Parliament that are on an official visit to Moldova. They discussed Moldova’s agenda related to the EU, the political situation in the country, and t…
26 May 2021
EDITORIAL: Will the Action and Solidarity Party Keep Up On Its Own?
On November 15, 2020, Maia Sandu, with the massive support of the people in the country and the Diaspora, defeated Igor Dodon in the second round of presidential elections. It was a victory of solidarity, which…
24 May 2021
INTERVIEW: The captured state and the failed judiciary go hand in hand. Corruption will not stop until someone stops it.
Interview with Victor Munteanu, director of the Department of Justice and Human Rights, Soros Foundation Moldova – Moldova is now in a deep political crisis, in a pandemic crisis as well as in an election…
23 May 2021
“Nobody wants to get back there.” Jobs that keep former detainees away from recidivism
After being released from prison, many former detainees have no place to return to or a family that will accept them, and they can hardly find a job. In consequence, according to psychologist Ina Vutcario…
23 May 2021
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