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Moldova ranks well in 2013 World Press Freedom Index
Moldova ranks 55th in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index of the Reporters Without Borders. This is a slight decrease compared to the same index of 2011-2012 when Moldova ranked 53rd. The watchdog measures every year the general level of freedom of information...
Moldovan journalist arrested in Ukraine over espionage claims
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A Moldovan journalist has been detained in Ukraine. Semion Niculin, 38, was arrested in Odessa on April 13, 2012. He worked as reporter for the Moldpres state-owned news agency. At the time of his arrest he was a press officer at the Unified Control Commission...
Journalist injured while reporting about the unrest in Balti
A reporter from Moldova’s Jurnal TV has been injured while reporting from the ground about the violent protest in Balti city. She has been hit in the head by a stone thrown by a protester. Jurnal TV informs that Victoria Ocara was taken to the hospital...
Freedom of Press in Moldova still a matter of concern
The media market of the Republic of Moldova is quite rich, although there are some issues regarding it. The most difficult part can be found in Moldova’s separatist region of Transnistria which does not administrate the zone. The case of Ernest...
Freedom of press in Moldova questionable after electing a new President
Moldovan media outlets are concerned about the freedom of press after the journalists were fenced during the inauguration of the current President Nicolae Timofti. The event took place on March 23, 2012. “The journalists are supposed to stay in...
Gunmen slay 11 of Iraqi reporter's family
An exiled Iraqi journalist claimed Monday sectarian gunmen massacred 11 members of his family in their Baghdad home. On his Web site maintained at his home in Jordan, Dia al-Kawwaz said his two sisters, their husbands and seven children were shot...
Radio Free Europe says its reporter found shot dead in Iraq
The U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Friday one of its journalists in Iraq had been found shot dead. Khamail Khalaf, a reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic service known as Radio Free Iraq, was found dead in the western part of Baghdad...
