BASA-press was a newsagency from the
Republic of Moldova. Founded in November 1992, Moldova's oldest independent newsagency ceased its activity in December 2009.
History
BASA press was founded by a group of five journalists (including
Vasile Botnaru
Vasile Botnaru (born 12 January 1957, Cinişeuţi) is a journalist from the Republic of Moldova. He is the head of Radio Free Europe Chişinău.
Biography
Vasile Botnaru graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State Univer ...
) in
Chişinău on 5 November 1992. The newsagency was the first independent news agency in the Republic of Moldova.
Infotag was the second one, operating officially since 1 December 1993. BASA-press covered the entire range of political, social, economic, business and other events.
On 31 December 2009, BASA-press, Moldova's oldest independent news agency closed down. Agency's ex-director
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*Sergiu Băhăian
*Sergiu Celibidache
*Sergiu Dan
*Sergiu Floroaia
*Sergiu Klainerman
*Sergiu Nicolaescu
*Sergiu P. Pașca
*Sergiu Samarian
*Sergiu Suciu
Sergiu Suciu (born 8 May 1990) ...
told the agency had been closed down because of the ongoing crisis. In 2009, the Moldovan information market lost another news agency -
Flux
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, which was controlled by the
Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova)
The Christian-Democratic People's Party ( ro, Partidul Popular Creștin Democrat, PPCD) is a Christian-democratic political party in Moldova. The party was led by Iurie Roșca from 1994 until 2011. Until 2005, the PPCD and the (Moldovan) Nation ...
.
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Publishing companies established in 1992
2009 disestablishments in Moldova
History of Moldova since 1991
News agencies based in Moldova
Cultural history of Moldova
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