Reflection of the main geopolitical actors in Moldovan TV news in November 2022
The study looked at how 12 countries, 4 international organisations and 11 foreign leaders from Europe, North America and Asia were covered in the news of 8 of the most popular TV channels. Each of the monitored subjects was given one point for each mention in the...
The image of international actors in Moldovan TV news
The WatchDog.MD Community launched an initiative in 2022 to monitor the coverage of international issues in TV news in Moldova. The effort is supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) under the project “Strengthening the quality and information capacity...
Case study. Is Romania joining Schengen?
When will Romania join the Schengen area? It is a question that, in December 2022, seemed to find a positive solution in the shortest possible time. Events have kept the entire European community in suspense, and will bring essential changes first and foremost in the...
Implementation of the Istanbul Convention: A follow-up
The Republic of Moldova has ratified the Istanbul Convention through Law No 144 of 14th of October 2021, making it the 35th state to do so. The Istanbul Convention is a recent legal development in Europe aimed at protecting female victims of violence. Article 1 of the...
Case study. “DIRTY BOMB” – WORLDWIDE FAKE: how was it reflected by the Moldovan media?
The subject of the "dirty bomb", which Russia has claimed Ukraine possesses and intends to use it to launch an anti-Russian campaign, was quickly denied by the international community. It branded the accusations as false and without factual support. However, the main...
Irregularity analysis on Moldova parliamentary elections. February 24th, 2019. (Final Part)
The study was developed as part of the project “Watchdog.MD: Whistle-blowers in Energy and Public Policies in Moldova”, implemented with the financial support of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED). The content does not necessarily represent the...
Irregularities in the area districts (Part V)
We’ll continue to consider irregularities of Moldova 2019 election. Bow we’ll turn to the constituencies in the rural area. We’ll begin our study from several general notes and then we’ll define what object will be the study case. The key problem is...
Gerrymandering
Finally, in order to discern irregularities at the level of districts and single-member constituencies (SMC), we shall analyze two fundamental questions of this transition, i.e. (1) connection between distribution of votes on party lists and for candidates...
Irregularity analysis on Moldova parliamentary elections. February 24th, 2019. PART III
Strangely different constituencies. When we start to consider nine constituencies of Chișinău it becomes clear that DPM and Șor party again don’t match the statistic as DPM results differ drastically in different constituencies while other properties of...