The Mayor of Durlesti, Eleonora Saran, remains in custody for another 30 days

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16 March 2026
19:02

The Mayor of Durlesti, Eleonora Saran, detained in a fraud case, will remain in custody for another 30 days in Penitentiary 13. The decision was made after the Central Court of Appeal rejected the lawyer’s appeal and upheld the decision of the first instance court. The information was confirmed for IPN by lawyer Sorin Tighinean.

The decision of the appellate court is irrevocable and cannot be challenged.

According to the lawyer, there were no legal arguments for rejecting the appeal. Sorin Tighinean reiterated that there is no evidence to demonstrate Eleonora Saran’s involvement in land embezzlement schemes. Previously, the lawyer had also stated that there were no legal grounds for searches, detention, and preventive arrest of the officials from Durlesti.

On February 27, the National Anti-Corruption Center conducted over 50 searches in a criminal case regarding the dispossession of lands within the city limits of Durlesti, Chisinau municipality, by the local public administration. At that time, eight people were detained.

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IPN.md

16 March 2026
19:02

The decision of the appellate court is irrevocable and cannot be challenged.

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Users from several countries reported connection issues with Facebook on Sunday. The number of reports rapidly increased during the morning, suggesting a possible widespread malfunction, according to the Downdetector platform, quoted by IPN.

According to reports in the international press, users are experiencing difficulties with authentication, loading the news feed, and using some features of the social network. It is not yet clear whether other services of the Meta company are also affected.

In Moldova, there are issues with browser connectivity, but access through the application is possible. Until this time, Meta company has not provided an explanation for the cause of the incident nor a timeline for its resolution. In the absence of an official confirmation, the exact extent of the disruption remains unclear.

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