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Anticoruptie.md portal, among top three media outlets nominated in the Special Prize category of One World Media Awards

Anticoruptie.md portal of the Center for Investigative Journalism is among the top three finalists in the Special Prize category offered by One World Media. Besides Anticoruptie.md, in the competition has remained Nómada.gt from Guatemala and Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently from Syria.The winner will be announced in June. One World Media [...] 2

Center for Investigative Journalism notified the Foreign Ministry after an employee of the Embassy of Azerbaijan had intimidated the team

Center for Investigative Journalism filed a complaint to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, after the team of CIJM was intimidated by an employee of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for having displayed a banner on the balcony of its office, located in the immediate [...] 2

Energy (in)dependence of Ukraine and Moldova: After association with the EU

The desire to join the European Union, voiced by Ukraine and Moldova, set the agenda of the authorities, including the issue of the system of purchase and supply of natural gas. Nevertheless, the assessment of the situation to date, carried out by a group of journalists from Moldova and [...] 1

Team of the Center for Investigative Journalism, intimidated after having displayed a banner calling for the release of journalist Khadija Ismayilova

Team of the Center for Investigative Journalism voiced solidarity with the journalist Khadija Ismayilova, sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. The Center displayed on Thursday, April 21, a banner on the balcony of its office, located right next to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moldova, demanding her [...] 2

Kindergartens in a web of extortions and corruption

Give some money to headmistresses, some gifts to the Education Directorate, and some extra fees to caregivers. Do not worry about queues or formal procedures. A couple of thousand will make to get your kid in. Our experiment reveals routines of corruption in preschools of Chisinau, while our Ukrainian [...] 1

The Authorities of the Capital City, "Eminent" In Squandering Money for Derelict Schools

At least ten schools of Chișinău municipality have been closed over the past years because of the small number of pupils. Beyond the decision about their closedown, the authorities intended to make savings. However, the reality shows that, in the absence of a clear strategy, the buildings of phantom [...] 1

How Ukrainians "force” the door to West by faking Moldovan passports

The economic crisis in Moldova and Ukraine on one hand, and the salaries offered by the European market on the other hand, are the main reasons for which people go abroad. The gate was opened to the west for Moldovans who regained Romanian citizenship and then benefited from a [...] 1

Spokesman of Chisinau City Hall, with a luxury house and beneficiary of financial aid from budget

Vadim Branzaniuc, aged 33, managed to get a fortune of some millions of lei in just two years while he served as Head of the Division of Public Relations of the City Hall. Meanwhile, the civil servant was elected interim secretary of the Chisinau Municipal Council. He owns a [...] 1

Three Former Directors of the Press House, Sentenced to Six Years of Imprisonment for Laundering Millions

Three directors, who managed the Press House in different times in the period 2008-2010 and the chief accountant of this institution were sentenced to six years in in semi-closed prison. According to the decision of the Court of Appeal, the four of them are charged with abuse of power which [...] 6

New Airline in the Pocket of the Minister of Justice

A new airline will operate in Moldova as of May 2016 and will transport passengers to several European cities. The company was registered last autumn and has as founders Maria Cebotari, wife of the current Minister of Justice, Vladimir Cebotari, while his sister, Mariana Tabuica, would be the new [...] 1

General Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case for smuggling anabolic steroids

The prosecutors started a criminal case, after the Customs Service reacted to the scheme of smuggling anabolic steroids, described in detail in a notification published on Corruption Map. This information was confirmed for the portal Anticoruptie.md by Maria Vieru, spokesperson of the General Prosecutor’s Office. „The General Prosecutor’s Office is [...] 6

Councilor-hunter who illegally opened a boar farm in Ialoveni, liable for contravention

Councilor in Ialoveni, who seized state land and opened a boar farm in Rusestii Noi, a case that was revealed by Anticoruptie.md earlier this year, is liable for contravention. Also, the Ecological Inspectorate must file a civil action to the court to recover the damage caused by councilor Victor [...] 6

Residents of Rautel complained on the Corruption Map about deforestation on a massive scale. Authorities' response

State Ecological Inspectorate (SEI) has not identified any landslides caused by massive deforestation of woodland near the village Rautel . Villagers posted a notification to this effect on the Corruption Map. Residents of village Rautel informed us on the Corruption Map about deforestation on a massive scale that started in [...] 2

Education Department Justifies Itself: Meals for Children in Kindergartens Meet the Standards

General Department of education, youth and sport of the municipal Council Chisinau (GDEYS) has reacted following a notification on the Corruption Map posted by a group of parents about the poor quality or expired term of products used to feed children in schools and kindergartens. In a press release, [...] 2

False Flags of Moldova: Azerbaijan-Netherland’s Track

The story of Giurgiulești port, „the incubator” of Moldavian flag for ships business, begins with an extremely onerous business involving the communists led by former president Vladimir Voronin, Azerbaijan businessmen and companies, Swiss credit companies, other companies registered in the Netherlands, as well as a BERD former employee that [...] 1