10.05.2013 / After approval, in 2010, of the legislative changes governing mass media in Moldova, a fact that the international ranking of press freedom appreciated by changing the status of the media from “not free” to “partly free”, our country had no more significant developments that would have allowed Moldova to join the category of countries with a free press. Moreover, last year there was certain stagnation in ensuring media freedom, and in some areas – even regression. The media continue to face the already traditional problems: gaps in the legal framework that hinder the development and financial sustainability of most media outlets, pressure and intimidation from officials, difficult access to information of public interest, lack of transparency regarding the owners of media outlets, delay in the reform of the public broadcaster, poor professionalism, etc.

02.05.13 / On the occasion of launching 2013 edition of Press Freedom Days, media organizations in Moldova are inviting journalists to a meeting of civil society representatives with members of the Parliamentary Commission for Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sports and Mass media.

To Mister Andrei Pântea,

Interim General Prosecutor of Moldova

Dear Mr. Pântea,

On the 11 of April, 2013, the  ”Ziarul de Gardă” newspaper related the story of the author of a journalistic investigation in the article entitled: "prosecutor demands the reporter to disclose his sources of information" , concerning the illegal sale of military equipment from the National Army depot, which was accosted by Chisinau prosecutors in order to reveal the source.

Media NGOs strongly condemn the recent statements made by Liberal MP Mihai Ghimpu, head of the Liberal Party (LP), after April 4^th Parliamentary session.