"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 c правами человека и инициативу демократов и социалистов об изменении избирательной системы. На прошлой неделе вы участвовали в заседании [...]

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, but took issue with others, saying the experts had overstepped their remit. [...]

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 were asked by the Penitentiary's leadership after the overseers had caught the [...]

VICTIMS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN MOLDOVA - YOUTH, OLDERS AND ROMES The Eastern Europe Foundation (EEF) with the Center for Partnership for Development implemented a project in Moldova to ensure the equal opportunities that was implemented from December 2015 to May 2017. At the National Conference on its implementation results, the organizers set before the state the problem of social inequality of youth, the elderly and Roma. The areas of inequality in Moldova are low living standards, health and employment. According [...]

How did Moldova become a ”captured state”? Any mechanism proposed for dismantling the state capture should guarantee the demolition of the created system and should also hinder any other oligarchs or groups of interests from exploiting the defects of Moldovan democracy ...   Closer to the end of 2014, the expression “state capture” became a kind of country brand for Moldova. The extra-parliamentary opposition regularly used this phrase to describe the defective governance and infiltration of obscure interests into the government. The [...]

The freedom of the media, fight against corruption and change in the electoral system The freedom of the media, fight against corruption and change in the electoral system were among the subjects discussed by students of the State University of Moldova and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland in a public lecture given on May 30. The official referred to the challenges to democratic security and the content of the Council of Europe Plan of Action for the Republic [...]

European values versus traditional values and geopolitical subtext in Moldova   The perpetuated disappointment in the pro-European political parties (2009-2017) and the high poverty level at which many Moldovans live make the European integration and, respectively, the European values, to be associated with something elitist or imaginary, for now inaccessible ...   The foundations of the European Union and, respectively, the European integration processes derive from a set of European values, such as democracy, human rights, human dignity and the rule of law. [...]

Как полиция запрещает журналистам фотографировать в общественном месте Полицейские запретили репортеру "ZdG" Марии Швец фотографировать в публичном пространстве на столичном бульваре Кантемира, где находятся и офисы олигарха из ДПМ Владимира Плахотнюка. В заявлении для прессы "ZdG" утверждает, что "репортеру ZdG полицейские запретили производить съемки зданий в публичном пространстве". Как указывает "ZdG", "полицейские не предъявили свои удостоверения и не объяснили причину требования, а также законное положение, запрещающее любому гражданину фотографировать на  улицах, а тем более репортеру при выполнении своей работы". Инцидент произошел в [...]

НЕПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВЕННЫЕ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ПРИЗВАЛИ ГЛАВУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВА СОБЛЮДАТЬ ПРАВА ГРАЖДАН НА СОБРАНИЯ Более десяти неправительственных организаций (NGO) Молдовы выразили обеспокоенность нарушением прав граждан во время мирных протестов, направив соответствующее официальное обращение премьер-министру Павлу Филипу. Как передает «ИНФОТАГ», в документе высказано мнение, что «предпринятые властями меры к участникам мирных демонстраций 5-14 мая нарушают фундаментальное право граждан на свободу собраний и выражения». «Есть подтвержденные случаи, когда полиция штрафовала или всячески препятствовала гражданам, желающим принять участие в протесте 14 мая. В некоторых населенных пунктах движение транспорта [...]

New EU recommendations for Moldova The EU – Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee that met in Chisinau on May 22 adopted a statement which says that Moldova needs to ensure a real fight against corruption, especially high-level corruption. At the same time, the state institutions should be depoliticized, while the slow pace in implementing the package of laws on integrity reveals the necessity of ensuring a vigilant process of secreting the administration and inspectors of the National Integrity Authority, IPN reports. The EU [...]