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President’s advisers: property, interests and tarnished past

A few days after Igor Dodon was sworn-in as president on December 26, he presented his team of advisors elected for a four-year term. Most of them were part of communist government and some of them backed the Socialist Party in Moldova (PSRM) led by Igor Dodon, either by [...] 1

Vladimir Botnari, former police chief commissioner of Chisinau, appointed head of department at Moldtelecom

Vladimir Botnari, former police chief commissioner of Chisinau has been recently appointed head of the Department of security at Moldtelecom. He is investigated for duty owed negligence during the events of 7 April 2009 that resulted in the death of Valeriu Boboc. We called Vladimir Botnari’s landline number of his [...] 2

AUDIO, DOC // “Ghost” banker in Vlad Filat’s case

A well-known Russian banker was attracted unknowingly in the controversial case of former PM Vlad Filat. Former executive chairman of the Russian Petrocomerţ bank is accused of having met in February 2013, former general secretary of the Government Victor Bodiu and they planned to take over a part of [...] 1

Anticoruptie.md awarded twice at „Journalists of the year” Gala, 2016 edition

Anticoruptie.md of the Center for Investigative Journalism was awarded in the “Journalists of the year” Gala, 2016 edition for the best media product of the year in investigations. Also, under the event held on Friday, December 16, the platform received National Journalistic Ethics and Professional Deontology Award 2016. The team [...] 2

Portal Anticoruptie.md, one of the finalists of National Journalistic Ethics and Professional Deontology Award 2016 contest

Media outlets, Anticoruptie.md, Newsmaker.md and the weekly “Ziarul de Garda” are the finalists of National Journalistic Ethics and Professional Deontology Award 2016 contest. The finalists of the contest were selected based on a voting procedure that consisted of a number of stages. Thus, between July 20 and November 15, 2016, [...] 2

UNDP awards 5 corruption investigations carried out by the Center for Investigative Journalism

Five out of nine investigations awarded in a competition for best journalistic corruption investigations organized by UNDP, were accomplished under the projects carried out by the Center for Investigative Journalism. First place was awarded to Mariana Rata, coordinating- editor at the Center for Investigative Journalism for a detailed investigation into [...] 2

Properties, businesses and interests of rectors of state universities

There are 31 high educational institutions in Moldova, of which 19 are state universities. Some rectors have managed the universities for 15-20 years. Only in 2014, when the new Education Code was implemented, it stipulated that rectors cannot serve more than two consecutive terms, of five years each. In [...] 1

Doc, contract // New details about Veaceslav Platon’s extradition. How many policemen escorted the businessman to Chisinau and how much the General Police Inspectorate paid them

Magistrates of the Court of Appeal in Kiev, Ukraine quashed the decision of the court in Pecersk region on the extradition of the businessman Veaceslav Platon. Judges have repeatedly ordered the examination of this case. Lawyer Ilya Novikov explained that Ukrainian prosecutors should ensure the presence of the businessman in [...] 6

Other 13 magistrates quit the judiciary. Explanations of judges

A new meeting of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) starts with a wave of resignations. After in recent weeks, several judges quitted the judiciary, the resignations of other 16 magistrates will be examined by members of SCM on Tuesday, December 6. Some of them ground their decision by [...] 2