The European Union’s efforts aimed at preventing and combating money laundering in the Republic of Moldova that were made under the Association Agreement turned out to be insufficient. The conclusions can be found in a policy document published by the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup”. Even if the international community designed conventions and international standards for combating illicit financial flows, the insufficient application of the law and inappropriate compliance can have unfavorable consequences and can affect the efficiency of the whole prevention framework. The Laundromat case that involved entities from the EU is a conclusive example. A money laundering scheme was applied by which funds from Russia were transferred to banks in the EU by using state intuitions and banks in Eastern European countries, such as Moldova and Latvia. “Involved” and therefore ... accomplices. And our stolen US$ 1 billion was transferred not to financial institutions on the Moon, but to “tens of jurisdictions of the world”, as (ir)responsible officials from Chisinau say.
Prime Minister Pavel Filip met in Minsk with Dirk Wiese, Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries of Germany. The Moldovan official thanked Germany for the long-lasting political support provided in the Transnistrian settlement process, especially during the OSCE German Chairmanship... Yes, Germany has always supported politically a settlement for our districts from the left side of the Nistru, which suits those who claim a historical zone of influence in the former USSR.
Back in the U.S.S.R.! The Constitutional Court will extend its prerogative to perform constitutional control over laws adopted before the coming into force of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova. A draft law to this effect was given a final reading and adopted in the November 1 sitting of Parliament.
Under the current provisions, only the legal acts adopted after the coming into force of the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, on August 27, 1994, are subject to constitutional control. After the adoption of the Constitution, there were stipulated no transition procedures for challenging the constitutionality of laws passed before 1994. In other words, the USSR no longer exists, but its cause lives on.
With a lot of optimism from Moscow, President Igor Dodon announced that during his visit to Russia he and his Russian counterpart agreed to take concrete common measures to increase Moldova’s exports to Russia, including to exclude customs duties on the export of vegetables, fruit, canned fruit and vegetables and wine products to Russia as of January 1, 2019.
With economic growth driven by consumption, deep structural reforms are needed to enable new drivers of growth. The conclusions were formulated in an event held to present the World Bank’s economic update for Moldova.
Guaranteeing the rule of law and providing clear evidence that the fight against grand corruption started are among the first actions that should be taken by the representatives of the electoral bloc formed by the Party “Action and Solidarity” and the Party “Platform Dignity and Truth” if they come to power. The people will regain confidence in the state only if they see concrete steps and concrete results, the president of the Party “Action and Solidarity” Maia Sandu stated in the talk show “Emphasis on today” on TVR Moldova channel.
To get rid of many flaws, the political parties should more often present financial reports and these should be checked by the Court of Auditors, “Promo-LEX” expert Cornelia Călin stated in the talk show “Red button” on the public TV channel Moldova1. According to her, they estimated that 12 political parties didn’t report how they spent almost 13 million lei. “We tried to engage online sources as the parties boast that they publish absolutely all the activities. This is an instrument for us to see the number of concerts staged and the number of offices owned by parties, the number of engaged voters and of employees, units of transport and kilometers covered,” said the expert.
If you are sick and tired of emptiness, you can go to the ODEON Cultural Center on November 2 and 3 to see the films that will be screened as part of the Japanese Film Festival organized by the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Moldova. The films are subtitled in Romanian and entrance to them is free of charge.
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