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Telecommunications in Moldova are maintained at a relatively high performance level. Because Moldova is a small country, telecommunications companies managed to achieve good coverage in both wired and wireless communications infrastructure. Landline is available in most settlements, however mobile phone popularity has vastly increased in recent years. Mobile communications infrastructures are fairly well developed but suffer from high prices, nonetheless the amount of mobile subscriptions is growing very fast compared to the landline. As far as the Internet is concerned, Moldova has one of the best wired Internet connections in the world as well as one of the cheapest in $ per Mbit.
Religion in Moldova is predominantly Orthodox Christian. The Constitution of the Republic of Moldova provides for freedom of religion, and the national government generally respects this right in practice.
Dorin Chirtoacă is a Moldovan politician who served as Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018. He has been leader of Liberal Party (PL) since 2018.
The mass media in Moldova refers to mass media outlets based in the Republic of Moldova. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. The Constitution of Moldova guarantees freedom of speech. As a country in transition, Moldova's media system is under transformation.
Television in Moldova was introduced in 1958.
Jurnal TV represents a general TV channel from the Republic of Moldova, launched in 2009 on Internet and in 2010 in ether, which transmits in Romanian and partially in Russian. Initially it was created to be the first news television of Republic of Moldova. But on 5 March 2011 it was transformed into a general television. In present, the TV program contains news journals on certain hours during the day, political/social/entertaining shows and talk-shows, movies, TV series, cartoons dubbed in Romanian or Russian, all of them being broadcast with a proper license, condemning the piracy. Also, Jurnal TV takes part in the social life of the country, launching social successful campaigns.
Publika TV is a Moldovan broadcast news television station. It was launched on 7 April 2010, their founders being the Romanian businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vîntu and the Moldovan businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc.
Petru Bogatu was a journalist, essayist, political analyst and writer from the Republic of Moldova, unionist and pro-occidental orientation, editorialist at the National Newspaper, professor at the State University of Moldova, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences.
Jurnal de Chișinău is a Moldovan newspaper founded in 1999.
Val Butnaru is a journalist and writer from the Republic of Moldova. He is the founder of Jurnal TV and Jurnal Trust Media.
Valentina Butnaru is a journalist and activist from the Republic of Moldova. She is the head of the Association "Limba noastră cea română" in Chișinău.
Mariana Raţă is an investigative and TV journalist from Moldova. She is the founder of the Media Alternativa association, which holds the license of the independent television station TV8. Rață is Senior Editor at TV8, responsible for the editorial policy of TV8 media products. Since 2017, Rață is the host of the political talk show Cutia Neagră, and since 2020, she is also the director of the investigation show Cutia Neagră PLUS. Both are broadcast by TV8. Since 2017, Rață is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Independent Journalism in Moldova.
Centro 73 was a social and cultural centre in Chișinău and the first squat created in Moldova. The early twentieth century villa at 73 Alexei Mateevici street was a monumental building which the owner intended to demolish. It was occupied in August 2010 and evicted in December the same year.
Vladimir Plahotniuc is a Moldovan politician, businessman and oligarch. He was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova and previously was member of the Parliament of Moldova in three terms, and served as First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova. Until leaving the territory of the Republic of Moldova in 2019, he was considered to be the powerhouse of Moldovan politics in matters of influence, controlling Moldova's government and parliamentary majority. Plahotniuc currently resides in Turkey after fleeing Moldova in June 2019.
PRO TV Chișinău is a private, generalist TV channel from Moldova. It was founded in 1999. It is operated by Prodigital SRL, part of CME trust. Besides some PRO TV Bucharest's programs, PRO TV Chișinău broadcasts local newscasts and shows, as well as local advertising.
CS Femina-Sport Chișinău is a Moldovan sports society in Chișinău, Moldova. The club was founded in 2011, and is the only exclusively female sports club in this region. At the moment in club activates 7 sections: football, basketball, handball, volleyball, rugby league, tennis and bowling. In November 2012 the club was close to being dissolved due to financial problems.
Vladimir Curbet was a Moldovan choreographer. From 1957 until his death in late 2017 he was the 13th director of the Moldovan national folk dance ensemble Joc.
Realitatea TV is a Moldovan generalist-informative television channel. The channel is distributed by the cable operators in Moldova, and since May 2015 also broadcasts through analogue terrestrial television in Chișinău and its suburbs.
The Great National Assembly Square, formerly known as Victory Square is the central square in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. It is surrounded by the following buildings and monuments:
Andrei Năstase is a Moldovan politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase has been leader of Dignity and Truth Platform Party from 2015 to 2021.
