European agenda, civil society and confrontation with government The implementation of reforms turns into a difficult mission for the authorities because the commitments to the EU become more concrete, while the representatives of civil society more active, incisive and, respectively, dangerous for politicians and defective policies. Even if the promises to Brussels are clearer, the government of Moldova anyway manages to juggle with these by overlapping, delaying or hurrying them,

Protest against change in electoral system in front of Parliament Building Mobilized by civil society, several thousand people came together in front of the Parliament Building in Chisinau on June 11 to protest against the change in the electoral system and to seek the withdrawal of the bill on the switchover to the mixed-member electoral system from the Parliament’s agenda. Representatives of the opposition – Party “Platform Dignity and Truth”,

Protest of civil society. Kishinev. Republic of Moldova 11.06.2017

PLAHOTNIUC WILL BE USING ALL HIS RESOURCES TO UPSET CIVIL PROTESTING - OUR PARTY The Chairman of the Democratic Party, the 'executive coordinator' of the Moldovan ruling coalition Vlad Plahotniuc will be using all his political, administrative and media resources to upset the massive action of protest to be held in Chisinau on June 11, believe the leadership of the Partidul Nostru [Our Party]. OP Deputy Chairperson Elena Gritco told

UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL TO VISIT MOLDOVA FOR THE FIRST TIME Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary General, Executive Director of the UN Women Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, will come to Moldova for the first time on June 11-12 within the framework of a trip in East European and Central Asia countries. Organization representative in Chisinau Marina Vatav said that Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will meet with

"We do not want to be complicit in corruption." Interview with the member of the European Parliament Rebecca Harms Депутат Европарламента Ребекка Хармс в составе европейской делегации участвовала в парламентском заседании комитета по Ассоциации РМ-ЕС, которое прошло в Кишиневе на прошлой неделе. В интервью корреспонденту NM Александре БАТАНОВОЙ она объяснила, почему намерения и действия лидера Демпартии Владимира Плахотнюка должны стать прозрачными, из-за чего ЕС отложила финансирование Молдовы и какое к этому имеет отношение президент Игорь Додон, а также прокомментировала ситуацию

Moldova plan to change vote rules 'inappropriate': rights body experts A plan by Moldova to change the way it conducts elections is "inappropriate", European rights experts commissioned to study the proposal have concluded, dealing a blow to the ex-Soviet state's pro-European ruling coalition. The speaker of the Moldovan parliament, an ally of Prime Minister Pavel Filip, said the ruling coalition would take on board some of the technical findings,

Several detainees from Penitentiary Nr. 13 were beaten "for prophylaxis" Several detainees from Penitentiary Nr. 13 would have been beaten by masked officers after 8 detainees had tried to escape on Friday to Saturday night, June 3rd. Sources inside the penitentiary have reported that some minors are among the victims, and lawlessness would have been recorded by camcorders. The Penitentiary administration denies the accusations. The "Pantera" masked officers