Media Azi: How Public Authorities Get Even with the Politically Uncharged Local Press

An outrageous case has happened in Rezina a week ago. The police seized the circulation of ‘Cuvantul’ regional newspaper. How could this happen in terms of allegedly democratic governance, which pretends to aim for European integration? This topic is discussed during the 77th edition of Media Azi talk show by the host – journalist Nicolae Negru, and his guest – the head of the newspaper, Tudor Iascenco.

Find out the pretext and the true reasons of this abusive action. You will learn who and why was trying to keep the newspaper from reaching its readers on time and the outcome of this scandalous case. Alongside, the show will talk about the conditions the regional press has to work in, how it manages to stay the course, and why the state is not supporting it.

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“Media Azi” broadcast is weekly produced by the Independent Journalism Center. It is intended to disclose the problems faced at present by the journalists of the domestic media and to identify solutions to hem. The broadcast may be viewed on the websites www.moldova-azi.md, www.media-azi.md and mediacritica.md, as well as on the Youtube channel of the Independent Journalism Center.
The broadcast was produced with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, provided by the means of the Embassy of Sweden in Chisinau.