Ziarul de Gardă

Ziarul de Gardă is a Moldovan investigative weekly newspaper and website founded in 2004. It specializes in anti-corruption journalism and is regarded as independent and pro-reform.

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Ziarul de Gardă at a glance

Country: Moldova
Region: Central and Eastern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Ziarul de Gardă

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Where Ziarul de Gardă sits in Moldova's press

Ziarul de Gardă is one of 5 outlets tracked in Moldova and the only daily newspaper tracked there. By outlets tracked, Moldova ranks 38th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Ziarul de Gardă outside Moldova, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Lidové noviny (Czech Republic), SME (Slovakia) and Népszava (Hungary). Opening one of them beside Ziarul de Gardă is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.