A new monitoring report – the fourth – presented on Thursday, October 27 by the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) and the Association of Independent Press (AIP), identified some improvement in the media coverage of the election campaign.

Recently, several non-governmental organizations working in the media sector protested against a Government decision, according to which Ion Terguta was dismissed from the position of director of the “MIR” Broadcasting Company. The signatories of the declaration qualified this step as a Government response to the journalist’s criticism of the current country leadership and his trenchant position towards issues important for Moldovan media.

Comisia de selectare a membrilor Consiliului de Presă (CP) din R. Moldova a ales, miercuri, 26 octombrie, o nouă componență a Consiliului. Candidații au fost propuși de către organizații neguvernamentale, mediul academic, mass-media și consumatorii de media. În total au fost depuse 13 dosare.
 
Astfel, în componenţa Consiliului de Presă pentru perioada octombrie 2016 - octombrie 2018 au fost aleşi: Viorica Zaharia, Alina Ţurcanu, Iulia Semionova, Ecaterina Jekova, Dumitru Ţîra, Ludmila Andronic, Inga Burlacu, Olga Manole și Vitalie Zama.

On Wednesday, October 26, the commission established for selection of members for the Press Council (PC) of the Republic of Moldova chose a new composition of the Council. Candidates had been proposed by non-governmental organizations, academia, media and media consumers. Overall, 13 applications had been submitted.