Moldpres

What is Moldpres?

Moldpres is the Moldovan state news agency. Its page about the institution states: “Instituția Publică Agenția Informațională de Stat „Moldpres” este o agenție de presă guvernamentală la autogestiune din Republica Moldova, fondată prin Hotărârea Sovietului Suprem al RSSM nr. 122-XII din 20 iunie 1990”. It names its founder: “Fondatorul Agenției Informațională de Stat „Moldpres” este Cancelaria de Stat din cadrul Guvernului Republicii Moldova.”^[2]

The same page describes its basic activity as “mediatizarea evenimentelor desfășurate în țară și peste hotare, informarea corectă, echidistantă, transparentă și asigurarea pluralismului de opinie”, and states that its director since 1 April 2024 is Vitalie Hadei.^[2] Its site is published in Romanian, Russian and English, and its footer reads “© 2000-2026 "I.P. MOLDPRES A.I.S."”.^[4]

The agency's legislation page lists the acts it works under: the Press Law No. 243 of 1994, laws No. 173 of 1994 and No. 92 of 2004 on publication, Government Decision No. 1208 of 2018 and Government Decision No. 884 of 14 December 2022.^[3] Its action plan for 2026, published as a draft, sets as one target “Minimum 52 de ediții pe an ale Monitorului Oficial al Republicii Moldova”, the official gazette it edits.^[5]

What does Moldpres cover?

The sport section sits at moldpres.md/rom/sport. When retrieved, its newest items ran from 8 to 15 September 2026.^[1] They included:

a report of 8 September that the Turul României 2026 would open in Chișinău with a first stage of about 170 kilometres from Chișinău to Ungheni run entirely in Moldova, the first of five stages over about 840 kilometres from 9 to 13 September, with the Federația Română de Ciclism named as organiser in partnership with Auchan România and the Agenția Națională pentru Sport;^[7] a report of 9 September that the government had approved changes to the financial norms for sporting activity proposed by the Ministry of Education and Research, opening: “Executivul a aprobat astăzi o serie de modificări care vizează normele financiare pentru activitatea sportivă.”^[6] and further items on the national weightlifting squad's 26 medals at the World University Championship in Doha, a bronze at the world beach sambo championship, a meeting between President Maia Sandu and Moldovan rugby players, Moldova joining the European Week of Sport, and UEFA's choice of Bucharest for the 2028 Europa League final.^[1]

Those are one week's items. They combine results by Moldovan athletes, government decisions on sport and international news, and the government-decision report goes on to describe the change it opens with: the eligible costs may include up to three days of acclimatisation before official international competitions, where the travel involves a change of at least three time zones and/or competing in climatic conditions significantly different from the usual training location.^[6]

How large is Moldpres's audience?

No audited audience figure for Moldpres was retrieved. BATI, the Biroul de Audit al Tirajelor si Internetului, publishes a monthly ranking of the websites in the gemiusAudience Moldova panel; its report for August 2026, published on 5 September 2026, states that its data cover 25 sites in the gemiusAudience Moldova panel for that month, and moldpres.md is not among them.^[8]

The agency's own 2026 action plan sets targets rather than reporting figures: “Numărul de accesări mai mare cu 20% anual”, and growth of at least 25 per cent in print subscriptions and 35 per cent in sales of the electronic version, which the plan relates to the official gazette.^[5] Those are targets in a draft plan, not measurements.

Since when has Moldpres existed?

The agency's own account gives its founding decision as No. 122-XII of the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian SSR, dated 20 June 1990.^[2] It then gives a series of changes of status: administration by the government from 1994, a state enterprise from 1996, placement under the State Chancellery in July 2001, and reorganisation into a public institution: “La 23 iunie 2018, prin Hotărârea Guvernului Republicii Moldova, Întreprinderea de stat Agenția Informațională de Stat „Moldpres” se reorganizează prin transformare în Instituție Publică”.^[2] The legislation page lists Government Decision No. 1208 of 2018 among its acts.^[3] These dates are the agency's account of itself.

Why does Moldpres matter in Moldova's sport?

Moldpres is the state news agency, whose founder, by its own account, is the State Chancellery, and it carries a standing sport section in the same site that publishes government news.^[2][1] Its sport section reports government decisions on sport funding as they are adopted, as with the changes of 9 September 2026 proposed by the Ministry of Education and Research.^[6]

It also reports international events held in Moldova, such as the Chișinău start of the 2026 Tour of Romania, and the results of Moldovan athletes abroad.^[7][1] Its reports are published in Romanian, with Russian and English versions of the site.^[4]