News
- Sep- 2022 -16 September
Draft Law Voted by the European Commission: Creating the European Board for Media Services and More Guarantees for Freedom of the Press
On Friday, September 16, the European Commission (EC) adopted a European Media Freedom Act which includes a set of new rules for protecting media pluralism and independence in the European…
- 15 September
Liliana Vitu: “The Audiovisual Market in Moldova Is Artificially Inflated by Politically Created Holdings Which Receive Flows of Money from the Outside”
The situation in the audiovisual field could be significantly improved if order were made in the legal regime of property to settle the issues related to media and advertising concentration,…
- 14 September
Britain’s Prime Minister Intends to Amend the Online Safety Bill in Favor of Free Speech
The Online Safety Bill which has been at the center of attention of the British parliamentarians and English society for the recent months could be revised upon suggestion of the…
- 12 September
The ECtHR Convictions Cost the Republic of Moldova Dozens of Millions of Euros. How Many Cases Concern Breaches of Freedom of Expression?
The Republic of Moldova has been convicted at the European Court of Human Rights in 568 cases so far; of them, 21 refer to breaches of Art. 10 of the…
- 9 September
Another 4 Radio Stations Were Publicly Warned for Breaching the Regulations on the Amount of Local or Romanian-Language Content
After several public warnings issued last week, the Broadcasting Council sanctioned four more radio stations for breaches regarding the amount of local and Romanian-language broadcasts they were supposed to broadcast…
- 5 September
Public Warning for Three Radio Stations Which Did Not Provide Local Broadcasts in Romanian
The Broadcasting Council publicly warned such radio stations as Bugeac FM, Albena, and Radio.md for the breaches regarding the amount of local and Romanian-language broadcasts they were supposed to provide…
- 2 September
5 TV Channels Were Publicly Warned Following a Linguistic Correctness Monitoring
At the meeting of September 2, the Broadcasting Council examined the results of monitoring such channels as Moldova 1, Prime, N4, RTR Moldova, and NTV Moldova in view of the…
- 1 September
Manana Aslamazyan, a Key Figure in the Development of TV in Russia, Died in a Car Accident
Manana Aslamazyan, the ex-CEO of the Internews organization in Russia and one of the key figures in the development of TV news in Russia and the CIS, died on August…
- Aug- 2022 -30 August
NTV Moldova Was Fined 15 000 Lei for the News with Groundless Accusations by Vladimir Voronin
During the meeting of August 26, the Broadcasting Council examined the results of monitoring a newscast by NTV Moldova on July 13, in which it detected the breaches of Art.13…
- 25 August
Draft Amendment to the Criminal and Contravention Codes: Sanctions for Unauthorized Collection of Information and Cloning Profiles on Social Networks
Sanctions for unauthorized collection of information, establishing illegal informational structures, and creating fake profiles on social networks are included in the draft amendment to the Criminal Code and the Contravention…
