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The Concrete Constructions Built in the Durlești Forest are Demolished after a ZdG Investigation
The concrete constructions built in the Durlești Forest are demolished five months after the ZdG investigation. The company that leased 40 hectares of the forest started the demolition after being summoned by t…
04 June 2021
ZdG Won Six Prizes in the Annual Competition of the Independent Press Association
Ziarul de Gardă won six prizes in the annual internal competition of the Independent Press Association. All three positions for the best journalistic investigation in the national press, the first and third pla…
31 May 2021
EDITORIAL: The Moldovan Stem and the European Roots
Last week I had the opportunity to visit Georgia, at the invitation to a professional meeting. It was my first trip after more than a year of pandemics. The fact that I come from Moldova, however, made travelin…
30 May 2021
ZdG Refuses Advertising from Politicians with Law Violation Cases
In July Moldova holds parliamentary elections. Political parties have begun to promote their image, contacting newsrooms and advertising agencies. ZdG refuses ads from politicians with criminal problems and wil…
17 May 2021
The Integrity Authority Investigates a Former Deputy Minister of Interior
The National Integrity Authority investigates the former deputy Minister of Interior Ion Țurcan after ZdG published an article about his luxurious house. The official tried to sell the house at a price 53 times…
05 May 2021
Big Tech and Media: How Independent Journalism Tries to Survive in the Digital World
“How do we make sure we are heard? Apparently, we need to present a united front to the tech giants because the individual voices of independent media outlets are not heard. It is time to organize into a digita…
16 April 2021
Google – Easy Advertisement and Hard Damage to the Independent Press
Google Adsense is considered a profitable advertising platform for many media outlets: ads appear on the site, and editors do not waste time finding companies and entering into contracts with them. In addition,…
16 March 2021
2020 Top for ZdG: The Most-Read Investigations, Reports, and Interviews
In 2020, the website www.zdg.md hosted the most readers in its history: 5 million. The news, surveys, interviews, and reports of ZdG journalists were read, distributed, and discussed both online and in many loc…
15 January 2021
Letters From Our Readers
Dumitru Cernea is 86 years old. He dedicated 57 years of his life to the work of an engineer. He is now retired and currently lives in Chișinău. He is one of the 10,000 subscribers of Ziarul de Gardă. One day,…
15 January 2021
EU Approves €5 Million in Support of Police Sector Reform
The European Commission has approved the disbursement of €5 million in budget support assistance to help the delivery of reforms in the police sector in Moldova. The disbursement follows progress made in key re…
31 December 2020
