''Timpul de dimineață'' ( Romanian for "The Morning Times") or, in short, ''Timpul'' ("The Time"), is a

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n newspaper founded in 2001 by Constantin Tănase.

Overview

The director of ''Timpul de dimineață'' is Constantin Tănase. Launched as a weekly on September 21, 2001, ''Timpul'' became a daily in October 2005 (the only daily Romanian newspaper). As of March 2009, Timpul changed their logo and their website. It targets a Romanian speaking readership in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and the Republic of Moldova, as well as the expatriates of the

Moldovan diaspora The Moldovan diaspora is the diaspora of Moldova, including Moldovan citizens abroad or people with ancestry from the country, regardless of their ethnic origin. Very few of them have settled in other parts of the world, but there is a significa ...

. ''Timpul'' is a noted proponent of liberal,

anticommunist Anti-communism is Political movement, political and Ideology, ideological opposition to communism, communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global ...

and independent political views. During the 2007 local election, ''Timpul de dimineață'' disfavored, directly or indirectly, the

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (, PCRM) is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in a post-Soviet state. It has been variously described as Com ...

and the Christian Democratic People's Party.Monitoring of Mass Media Coverage of Campaign for General Local Elections
/ref> The newspaper is close to the Liberal Party of Moldova and

Mihai Ghimpu Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, President of the Moldovan Parliament and President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), Acting President of Moldova from 2 ...

Notable people

* Constantin Tănase * Sorina Ştefârţă * Alexandru Vakulovski * Pavel Păduraru (novelist) * Vasile Ernu (novelist) * Constantin Cheianu (novelist) * George Damian

References

External links

Official website
Newspapers published in Moldova Romanian-language newspapers published in Moldova Newspapers established in 2001 {{Moldova-newspaper-stub