Media Forum 2022
The seventh edition of the Media Forum from the Republic of Moldova, the most representative event of the Moldovan journalistic community, took place on November 22-23, 2022. About 150 journalists, […]
Discussions about the Lack of a Program for Implementing the National Concept for Mass Media Development. | Ion Bunduchi: “First, We Start Going, and Then, We Think About Our Destination”
For more than four years after the National Concept for Mass Media Development in the Republic of Moldova was voted in the final reading, though it was supposed to be
The Audiovisual Media Services Code, amended regarding local programs
The amendments approved by the Parliament on November 3, 2022 concern local programs and specify the fact that media service providers are obliged to transmit programs in Romanian in proportion
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Alexandru Dorogan: For three decades, in the Republic of Moldova it was not possible to assert a free and especially independent press
During the 31 years of independence in our country, a mass media took shape, which oscillated between extremes, influenced by the political regimes. However, for three decades, it was not
“The Media Market in Moldova: Realities and Trends”
In 2022, the media in Moldova will continue facing problems that have become pervasive: the influence of politically affiliated holding companies, a lack of financial resources, the exodus of the
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Ion Bunduchi: While free press can be both good or bad, non-free press can only be bad
“What interest would a ruling party have in appointing members on the Audiovisual Council (CA) or the public broadcaster’s Supervisory Board who don’t have the expertise or are not specialists?
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A comprehensive commentary of the Audiovisual Media Services Code has been developed with the support of the Council of Europe
The Audiovisual Media Services Code of the Republic of Moldova has now an exhaustive explanatory commentary published this year, which aims to offer a better understanding of the national audiovisual
A Guide for Media Service Providers has been launched
The Guide for audiovisual media service providers regarding the Audiovisual Media Services Code appeared in Chisinau, with the support of the Council of Europe. The authors of the publication are
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Journalism without fear or favor
World Press Freedom Day is marked annually on 3 May, established by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a 1991 UNESCO resolution which recognised that a free, pluralistic and
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Civil society is worried about the order issued by the president of the Audiovisual Council, Dragoș Vicol, in the context of the state of emergency
Media NGOs and the members of the National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum express their concern regarding the disposition issued on the 25th of March by the
The BC Argues that it Cannot Sanction the Biased TV Channels in the Election Campaign. Ion Bunduchi: “If the BC does not understand something, that does not mean that the law does not provide them with levers”
The Broadcasting Council (BC) cannot sanction the TV channels that favor or disfavor certain electoral candidates, but it can take measures against the broadcasters that do not provide the right