Ziarul de Gardă is an independent weekly newspaper in the Republic of Moldova, founded by Alina Mazureac and Aneta Grosu on 29 July 2004,[1] as a press edition dedicated to investigative journalism, which publishes articles exposing acts of corruption and human rights violations.[2] The newsroom produces a weekly print edition in Romanian, another print edition in Russian, web pages in both languages, radio and television shows such as TV Reporter de Gardă, and social media content.[2]
The Romanian-language edition appears weekly every Thursday and has 24 pages in colour and black and white. Circulation in 2018 was more than 330,000 copies, or about 6,000 per week.[3] The Russian-language print edition, launched in 2015, appears weekly every Friday, with a 12-page color and black-and-white volume. It had a circulation of over 70,000 copies in 2018 (approximately 1,300 per week).[3]
Currently, the director is Alina Radu.[4]