Affiliated media: Nokta.md, Online news outlet

Incident date: February 25, 2025

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Nokta.md

Location: Moldova, Chișinău

Additional information:

Ion Chicu, President of the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova, used insults, offensive labels, and derogatory accusations against the media outlets Laf.md, Nokta.md, and Ziarul de Gardă. In a Facebook post on February 25, he stated, "The PAS-ista servants (of the ruling party) in the employed media will have to answer for everything they have done." His reaction followed the People's Advocate's request for the Speaker of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia, Dmitri Konstantinov, to apologise to journalists and take action against the spread of hate speech.