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Moldova: 7 years jail time for human trafficking
October 31, 2009Alexandr Plohotniuc, a 28-year-old man from Republic of Moldova, was condemned by a Chisinau Law Court to seven years’ imprisonment. He was accused by prosecutors of human trafficking. According to prosecutors, Alexandr Plohotniuc went to Ungheni...
Where's the best place to live? Prosperity index offers surprises
October 28, 2009By Breffni O'Rourke What's your idea of the best place in which to live? Many people would probably answer that palm trees and a gleaming beach would be a good start to their idea of earthly paradise. But in real life, the country which scores best...
Moldovan MPs amend broadcasting code
October 21, 2009Moldovan MPs today amended the Audiovisual Code and allowed parliament to elect members of the supervisory board of the Teleradio-Moldova public company with the vote of a simple majority of deputies rather than with three-fifths of the votes as it was...
Suspect in grenade explosion in Moldovan capital released
October 21, 2009No person suspected of committing the 14 October terrorist attack in the centre of Chisinau is now arrested by police, the head of the commission in charge of investigating this case, prosecutor Igor Popa, told ProTV on Tuesday. He said that the key suspect...
Moldovan parliament sets up commission to probe postelection riot
October 21, 2009The Moldovan parliament has set up a special commission in charge of investigating the causes and consequences of the 7 April mass riots in Chisinau. The commission has nine members representing all five parliamentary factions. Under the decision passed...
Moldova makes progress in preventing, combating human trafficking
October 21, 2009Moldova has made outstanding progress in the prevention and combating of the human trafficking, and I am sure that we will manage to defeat this vice as a result of cooperation. US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry...
Moldova: Parliament amends code on television and radio broadcast
October 19, 2009The Moldovan Parliament approved in the first reading the bill on amending the Code of Television and Radio Broadcasting. The document was supported by all the 53 members of the majority Alliance for European Integration. The opposition Communist faction...
Moldovan officials provide details about explosion in Chisinau
October 19, 2009Senior officials from Moldova's power structures and the Ministry of Health were summoned to parliament on Thursday evening to present information about the explosion that took place in the Chisinau central square the night before during the Chisinau...
Moldovan Officials Say Blast An 'Act Of Terror'
October 16, 2009Moldovan officials say the explosion of a grenade at a concert in downtown Chisinau on October 14 that left some 40 people injured was an "act of terror," RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Prosecutor-General Valeriu Zubko said police initially...
Report: Moldovan police beat over 300 peaceful protesters in April
October 14, 2009Moldovan police beat and otherwise ill-treated at least 300 peaceful protesters of the nearly 700 they detained following the parliamentary elections in April, says a report released today by the Soros Foundation – Moldova. In at least 100 cases...