Corruption
AMN accuses Moldovan president of bribing Constitutional Court
July 17, 2009The opposition Moldova Noastra Alliance (AMN) believes that acting President Vladimir Voronin has bribed the six judges of the Constitutional Court (CC) by giving them ‘golden Swiss watches worth 3 thousand euros’ after the CC declared valid...
Obama Urges Partnership With Russia, But Also Issues Challenges
July 07, 2009In a major foreign-policy speech on the second day of his visit to Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia can put aside their past roles as adversaries and cooperate on common interests like stopping the spread of nuclear...
Russia’s MVD Officers Well-Schooled in Corruption
June 11, 2009By Paul Goble A sociologist who for seven years had taught professional ethics to future interior ministry officers in Tyumen has been denounced by a court in that Siberian city for research he conducted concerning the extent to which students...
EU aid to post-Soviet states has 'limited' impact
January 17, 2009The EU's aid to Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus to help fight corruption, human trafficking and smuggling has made little impact, a report issued on Thursday, January 15, by the European Court of Auditors shows. With only €166 million for 2000-200...
Russia to crack down on foreign corruption
July 13, 2007A Russian lawmaker says foreign officials could soon be held legally responsible for corruption-related crimes they commit in Russia. Mikhail Grishankov, chairman of the anti-corruption commission of Russia's lower house of parliament, told RIA Novosti...
- December 27, 2006
Anti-corruption Alliance is concerned about the lack of transparency in the case of the Chisinau Municipal Council’s decision on the reorganisation via alienation of the municipal stations “Antena C” and “Euro TV Chisinau&rdquo...
Moldovan president considers combating corruption to be priority task
December 11, 2006Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin considers combating corruption to be priority task for the Moldovan leadership and society on the whole. He said it on Saturday at a national research-practical 'Progress and Prospects in Combating Corruption conference...
Experts skeptical about international CPI conclusions concerning Moldova
November 08, 2006Moldovan experts presume that the just published international estimates of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) - according to which Moldova has improved its struggle against corruption over last year, and has been placed 14 positions higher on the...
Moldova has improved Corruption Perceptions Index
November 07, 2006Moldova was ranked the 81st in Transparency International’s 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) where a clean score of 10 means lack of corruption while 1 signifies total corruption. Moldova’s score is of 3.2 points. Last year it placed...
