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2023
EOM
Local
elections
In order to ensure balanced and impartial coverage of the campaign in media, the Audiovisual Council should apply effective measures for violations immediately. The law should prescribe the opportunity to remedy impartial coverage as it happens rather than focus on sanctioning media outlets at a later stage.
Recommendation # in final report:
26
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2023
EOM
Local
elections
In order to implement requirements on balanced coverage in the news, current affairs and discussion programmes set by the Audiovisual Media Services Code, quantitative and qualitative monitoring should also be conducted between elections.
Recommendation # in final report:
27
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2024
EOM
Presidential
The legislation should provide for clear safeguards for the genuine independence of the Audiovisual Council as well as the management and supervisory structures of the public broadcaster and should remove the possibility of political control.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Fully
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2024
EOM
Presidential
To increase transparency, the disclosure requirements for media ownership could be extended to online and print media outlets.
Recommendation # in final report:
17
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2024
EOM
Presidential
Authorities should condemn attacks against journalists and the use of language by contestants that may encourage them, and swiftly investigate threats against journalists, including those made online.
Recommendation # in final report:
18
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Partially
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2024
EOM
Presidential
In order to uphold the principle of media freedom during an election period, the media regulatory framework should be reviewed to grant greater editorial independence in covering the election campaign, in combination with sanctions if impartiality rules are violated.
Recommendation # in final report:
19
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not implemented
Year of assessment:
2025
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2025
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To safeguard freedom of expression, any suspension or withdrawal of broadcasting rights should only be imposed by an independent oversight body or by a court following serious and repeated violations of legitimate content restrictions, and only after exhausting less-restrictive corrective measures. Decisions should be subject to effective judicial review procedures with suspensive effect.
Recommendation # in final report:
14
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2025
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The existing system of blocking informational websites should be amended, ensuring that content-specific restrictions are imposed solely by judicial authority based on objective, transparent criteria clearly established in law. To guarantee transparency and accountability in the process, all such decisions should be publicly disclosed with clear justification, maintained in an accessible registry, and subject to effective appeal mechanisms.
Recommendation # in final report:
15
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2025
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
To uphold the principle of freedom of expression during elections, the media should not be held liable for disseminating statements or content made directly by candidates, unless they have been specifically found to be unlawful by an independent and impartial court or regulatory body, or constitute incitement to violence, and the outlet had a genuine opportunity to prevent their dissemination.
Recommendation # in final report:
16
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
Moldova
2014
EOM
Parliamentary
elections
The Audio-Visual Code could be amended to increase ownership transparency and to limit ownership concentration.
Recommendation # in final report:
5
Type of recommendation:
Priority
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Mostly
Year of assessment:
2020
Final report heading:
Media
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