Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Maria Flachsbarth encouraged the people in Moldova not to give up and to struggle for their rights The Republic of Moldova will no develop from economic viewpoint if the potential investors do not have the conviction that the rule of law is respected. What is going on here now shows that this precondition is absent, Parliamentary State Secretary

Veaceslav Platon was convicted without his and his lawyers’ participation Businessman Veaceslav Platon, who was sentenced to 30 years in jail in two cases, was convicted without his presence and the presence of his lawyers. The lawyers for the businessman said the trial in which their client is involved cannot be considered fair. The issue was developed in the talk show “Politics of Natalia Morari” on TV8 channel, IPN reports.

Government and judicial system are responsible for failures in justice sector The member organizations of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum express their profound concern and indignation about the avoidance by the current government of responsibility for the failure of the justice sector reform and the shifting of blame onto the development partners and civil society. By a statement, the NGOs call on the government and the

European Parliament recommends Commission to suspend any payments to Moldova At the suggestion of the Group of the European People’s Party, the European Parliament, with 345 votes in favor, 160 abstentions and 35 votes against, adopted a resolution by which it recommends the European Commission to suspend any foreseen payments of macro-financial assistance and budget support to Moldova. The MEPs consider any decision on the future payments should be taken

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FROWNS ON MOLDOVAN COURT’S NON-TRANSPARENT DECISION ON ELECTIONS “The Moldovan Supreme Court’s non-transparent decision to uphold the invalidation of Chisinau’s June 3 mayoral elections represents a threat to Moldovan democracy”, the U.S. Department of State wrote in its press release. According to the document, “The winning candidate in Chisinau’s mayoral race received a majority of the votes. International observers found relatively minor irregularities that would not justify

Fight against corruption in detention places does not make progress The fight against corruption in detention places didn’t make notable progress in the course of 2017. On the country, in some regards the situation even worsened, especially as regards the detention conditions and access to health services, says an activity report for 2017 presented by the Council for the Prevention of Torture in a public event on June 25. Nevertheless,