The Republic of Moldova is part of the Eastern Partnership since its creation in 2009. Signing of the Association Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, in 2014, stimulated the process of bringing the parties closer together in the political, economic and democratic fields. In the same year, the visa regime for short-term travel in the Schengen area was liberalized for the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. Within this exercise, the Republic of Moldova committed to comply with certain data security standards, starting with the documentation, border control, combating the illicit trafficking of goods and persons etc.
Following the signing of several international agreements, the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova offers the right of visa-free movement in over 120 countries of the world. As a result, the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova has also become attractive for dubious persons from outside the country who would like to take advantage of obtaining the right to citizenship.

Transparency International a prezentat recent un studiu pilot de monitorizare a transparenţei autorităţilor locale din 26 capitale europene, datele fiind colectate în noiembrie 2018. Monitorizarea ar putea servi un instrument util în motivarea şi convingerea autorităţilor de a-şi transparentiza deciziile, a le face mai vizibile publicului şi mai deschise pentru participare, sporind, în acelaşi timp, responsabilitatea aleşilor locali. Ideea cercetării porneşte de la compararea capitalelor europene, pentru a înţelege mai bine diferenţele dintre ţări, a cunoaşte cele mai bune practici şi, în final, pentru a îmbunătăţi accesul cetăţenilor la informaţii şi luarea deciziilor.

A growing number of European Transparency International (TI) chapters conduct regular transparency assessments of the cities at national level. They often serve as a useful tool in motivating and persuading institutions to make their decision-making more visible to public and more open to public participation, while, at the same time, enhancing accountability of elected officials. The idea was to create the pilot comparison of transparency of European capital cities using a limited number of indicators. The overall aim was also to strengthen cooperation among European TI chapters by comparing European capital cities in order to better understand differences between countries, recognise best practices, and ultimately to improve citizens’ access to information and decision-making.