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Road Repair in Chișinău and the Interests of the Mayor Dorin Chirtoacă
The rehabilitation of Stefan cel Mare Boulevard and of Alecsandri and Negruzzi streets in the capital costs us astronomical sums, while the company which executes the works seems to have some relation with Mayor Dorin Chirtoacă. This project aimed at the repair of nearly seven kilometres of road is [...] 1
Ilan Shor about frauds at Banca de Economii
Businessman Ilan Shor, mayor of Orhei was questioned in the case of the frauds of the two banks, Banca de Economii (Savings Bank) - 13,5 billion lei and Social Bank - 13,2 billion lei. On Friday, March 25, he organized a briefing about the frauds at BEM and he admitted [...] 6
Costs of concert with international stars organized by Unite on the day of large protest by Platform "DA" are secret
Moldtelecom and Unite refuse to provide details about costs of the concert with international stars held on 6 September 2015, on the day when the Civic Platform "Dignity and Truth" was supposed to organize a large protest in the center of capital. Legal Resource Center in Moldova (LRCM) submitted [...] 2
Ilan Shor’s property in Moldova seized. When the case of mayor of Orhei gets to the Court
Ilan Shor’s property in the Republic of Moldova remained frozen. The prosecutors have identified goods worth 51 million lei, according to figures provided by the Cadastre and they want to find out information about the property of the mayor of Orhei abroad. Also, the officials cannot say when Ilan [...] 6
Why Moldovans leave their home-country
I learned that two of my best friends have left the country for good. A colleague told me that four of his friends have left Moldova last week. The country has lost other six people - quality people! That means that 7 people left the country for good last [...] 3
Works Worth Millions Abandoned on the Construction Site at the Presidency Building
The 7th of April 2009 meant scattered hopes and, in the same time, the depletion of the budget by the urge to repair the buildings of the Parliament and of the Presidency destroyed during the violent protests. While the Parliament building was renovated in the meantime, an abandoned construction site [...] 1
Cross-border mafia: the kings of acid tar
A Hungarian oligarch, Russian businessmen, and a Ukrainian deputy minister. Middle-ranking civil servants, police businessmen, and state entrepreneurs. They all took part in an elaborated and well-organized scheme of bringing hazardous waste to Ukraine. Prehistory Documents in our possession show that two Ukrainian companies, Spetsservis (Special Service), a state enterprise of [...] 1
"Platonic" Ukrainians’ businesses in Chisinau
Oleksandr Pinchuk, a Ukrainian national and a former head of the National Bureau of Motor Vehicle Insurers of the Republic of Moldova, has been on the wanted list of the Moldovan authorities for almost a year by now. He became a key person of interest for the National Anticorruption [...] 1
КНОПКОДАВ phenomenon: How Ukrainians fight MPs’ hypocrisy in Parliament
An electronic voting system in Parliament does not necessarily ensure maximum quality of legislative sessions. This is proved by Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in Kiev, where a vicious practice of vote rigging has been registered over the past years. It happens like this: each of the 450 MPs has a nominal [...] 3
Doc // Authorities have paid millions for the electronic voting system in Parliament, and now they are seeking another 45,000 Euros so MPs could use it
The system of electronic voting and of registration of meetings, installed in the renovated building of the Parliament, remains further object of decor at the plenary meetings of the legislators. After removing from the treasury almost 13 million lei for equipment, the authorities search for other 45.000 Euro for [...] 2
Vlad Filat face to face with Ilan Shor in the court. Former prime minister: "Shor lied"
Mayor of Orhei Ilan Shor came on Wednesday, March 2 to Buiucani Court to testify in the case of former liberal-democratic Prime Minister Vlad Filat. The controversial businessman did not make press statements as he promised at the beginning of the hearing. "Today, we do not make press statements", [...] 6