Moldova news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Moldova news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Moldova media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Moldova's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Moldova sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (NewsMaker and Agora), 2 news portals (Unimedia and Jurnal.md) and 1 daily newspaper (Ziarul de Gardă). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Moldova, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Moldova sits in Central and Eastern Europe, on Crosswire's Europe hub. By outlets tracked it is 10th of the 10 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and 34th of the 45 across Europe, where the average is 5.9 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Central and Eastern Europe with hubs of their own are Poland (8), Czech Republic (6), Slovakia (6), Hungary (6), Romania (6), Bulgaria (6), Russia (6), Ukraine (5) and Belarus (5).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Moldova's main news outlets?
Across Moldova's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Ziarul de Gardă, NewsMaker, Unimedia, Jurnal.md and Agora. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
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.
NewsMaker is a Moldovan online news outlet founded in 2014, publishing in Russian and Romanian. It covers national politics and society and is considered independent.
Unimedia is one of Moldova's most popular news portals, launched in 2007. It offers fast coverage of national politics, society and current affairs.
Jurnal.md is a Moldovan news portal linked to the Jurnal TV media group. It covers national politics and current affairs and is known for an anti-corruption, opposition-leaning stance.
Agora.md is a Moldovan independent online news outlet covering politics, technology and society. It is regarded as a credible, centrist source of national news.
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