Moldova

Moldova court sentences three for uranium trafficking

24 May 2012

Moscow (AFP) May 24, 2012 A court in Moldova sentenced three people Thursday to penalties of up to five years in prison for trafficking radioactive materials including nuclear bomb ingredient Uranium-235. The group included a 38-year-old Russian woman, who received a three-year prison sentence, Russia's Interfax news agency reported. "Her accomplice got five years in prison and the court ...

Amnesty International: Moldova fails to ensure justice for victims

24 May 2012

Moldova entered again in the Amnesty International annual report as a country that fails to avert police abuse and ensure justice for victims. The new report presents the inhuman treatment of some people in Moldova, the system being described as having strong influences from the former Soviet Union. „Reports continued of prison conditions amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment; impunity ...

Moldova May Benefit From NATO Missile Defense – Minister

23 May 2012

Moldova may become an indirect partner in construction of a European missile shield and receive missile warning data from radars deployed in neighboring Romania, Moldovan Defense Minister Vitalie Marinuta said on Wednesday.