BASA-press

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BASA-press
Industrynews agency
FoundedNovember 5, 1992; 29 years ago (1992-11-05)
FounderVasile Botnaru
Defunct31 December 2009
Headquarters,
Key people
Vasile Botnaru
ServicesNews media
Number of employees
20
Websitebasa.md

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) in Chişinău on 5 November 1992. The newsagency was the first independent news agency in the Republic of Moldova.[1] was the second one, operating officially since 1 December 1993. BASA-press covered the entire range of political, social, economic, business and other events.[2]

On 31 December 2009, BASA-press, Moldova's oldest independent news agency closed down.[3] Agency's ex-director told the agency had been closed down because of the ongoing crisis. In 2009, the Moldovan information market lost another news agency - , which was controlled by the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Basa Press
  2. ^ About BASA-press News Agency
  3. ^ "BASA-press, inchisa din cauza crizei". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
  4. ^ "Moldova's oldest independent news agency closed down". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-17.

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