Human Rights in Moldova: The Turbulent Dniester “At a press conference during a visit by the delegation of the Moldovan Shor Party, the members of the European Parliament were given a candid picture of the deplorable state of democracy and civil rights in this former Soviet republic. Discussions focused on Mr Ilan Shor, the Mayor of Orhei in Moldova, who gained recognition as entrepreneur and philanthropist, and on the

Moldova is seriously affected by ‘state capture’ Over the last decade, Moldova has gone through several stages of corruption - from endemic corruption, to the “politicization” of the fight against corruption by eliminating political rivals and business competitors and ultimately to state capture by a narrow group with obscure interests, says the study “State Capture: the Case of the Republic of Moldova” that was launched by Transparency International – Moldova,

Damaged democracy in #Moldova Delegates from Moldova’s newset political party have been visiting the European Parliament in Strasbourg to appeal to MEPs for assitance in getting the head of their party, Ilan Shor, released from almost one year’s house arrest. In 2013, after many signals about the catastrophic situation in a large Moldovan public bank “Banca de Economii” (BEM), it was allowed to put it in the hands of

STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHANGE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA Chișinău, June 11 2017 STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHANGE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA We, the participants in the Protest of 11 June 2017, COMMITED to the development of the Republic of Moldova as a democratic, prosperous state based on the rule of law and European values, CONCERNED about the limitation of

Заключенный: „В Пенитенциаре 13 произошло массовое избиение” Заключенный Пенитенциара N 13 Симион Жереги, который был доставлен в Кишиневскую апелляционную палату на судебное заседание, впервые предоставил прессе детали избиения заключенных 3 июня. «В Пенитенциаре 13 было массовое избиение. Это случилось утром рано третьего июня. Спецназовцы «Пантеры» ворвались в пенитенциар и избили заключенных в присутствии начальника тюрьмы и заместителя главы Департамента пенитенциарных учреждений (ДПУ). Я видел, как заключенных безжалостно били по

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