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- Oct- 2023 -5 October
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshina, reported missing while heading to occupied eastern Ukraine
Victoria Roshina, a 26-year-old Ukrainian journalist, went missing while preparing a report to be made in eastern Ukraine, the temporarily occupied territory. The Daily Beast reported on her disappearance, citing…
- 4 October
Cătălin Țepelin forced to quit the leadership of Gazeta Sporturilor. “They were trying to violate the principles of independent press”
Cătălin Țepelin left the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor (GSP) after the outlets Gazeta and Libertatea officially complained to the Swiss-Bulgarian management of the Ringier trust about pressure in the case of…
- Sep- 2023 -29 September
RISE Moldova definitively won the case initiated by Eduard Tviordohleb for alleged defamation
After two years of trial, the Supreme Court of Justice delivered its final verdict on September 20 in the case concerning the complaint filed by businessman Eduard Tviordohleb against RISE…
- 28 September
RISE Moldova won the trial with Ilan Șor at the Chisinau Court of Appeal
On September 27, the Chisinau Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the court of first instance in the case Ilan Șor versus RISE Moldova, rejecting the politician’s appeal. In…
- 27 September
“The very exercise of the profession of journalist is at risk,” French media organizations are warning after the detention of Ariane Lavrilleux
The search and detention of the investigative journalist of the French website Disclose, Ariane Lavrilleux, author of articles about the dark aspects of French-Egyptian cooperation, sparked outrage from the journalistic…
- 26 September
Chisinau Court rejected former prosecutor Roman Statnii’s action against Jurnal TV
The legal action against Reforma Art, owner of Jurnal TV, and journalist Dumitru Garcaliuc by former anti-corruption prosecutor Roman Statnii has been rejected as unfounded. The Centru office of Chisinau…
- 25 September
Problems of the media in Moldova versus the jump in the Press Freedom Index, analyzed by IJC and RSF experts: “Quality of the press, a guarantee for press freedom”
Moldova’s jump in the Press Freedom Index this year, to the 28th place out of 180 countries, can be explained by a mechanical effect, against the background of the worsening…
- 22 September
Journalism Trust Initiative presented in Chisinau. What this mechanism entails
On Thursday, September 21, representatives of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) presented in Chisinau the Journalism Trust Initiative, an international mechanism that rewards ethical journalism, giving media outlets the opportunity to…
- 22 September
Photojournalist from Chisinau, declared undesirable in the Transnistrian region. Reaction of media NGOs
Photojournalist of IPN news agency Elena Covalenco has been declared undesirable on the territory of the Transnistrian region for a period of three years. In response, media NGOs condemned the…
- 21 September
The court rejected the claims of Cinema 1 against the BC decision on ensuring the rights of people with visual or hearing impairments to audiovisual services
The magistrates of the Chisinau Court of Appeal have recently dismissed as unfounded the complaint of Cinema 1 against a decision of the Broadcasting Council (BC) that aims to ensure…