Seventy-two journalists were taught how to address and treat different subjects of public interest from the perspective of the ordinary people within a project that was designed and implemented by the Independent Journalism Center with the participation of journalists from both sides of the Nistru River, including Gagauzia, Info-Prim Neo reports. The journalists took part in training courses given by moderators from Moldova and Bulgaria. The courses centered mainly on subjects concerning the observance of professional ethics, the European integration, and social problems. The project covered 15 media outlets, three of which from the eastern districts of Moldova. “There were held 10 meetings of the Press Club in Chisinau, Tiraspol, Bender, Comrat, Balti, and Rezina. We prepared five training programs for journalists in Chisinau, Comrat, and Tiraspol. Four numbers of the journal “Mass-media in Moldova” were published and distributed all over the country,” the acting head of the Independent Journalism Center Liliana Vitu-Esanu said in a news conference held to sum up the results of the project. Liliana Vitu-Esanu stated that among the issues of public interest that are insufficiently addressed by the Moldovan press are the unemployment, the Transnistrian conflict, competition protection, and consumer protection. “I’m glad that this project motivated the journalists from Gagauzia to be more interested in such subjects as the European integration of Moldova. The exchange of opinions and experience within this project was very important to our journalists,” said the director of Teleradio-Gagauzia Company Maria Parfionova. “I think the replacement of the central power in Transnistria, accompanied by a series of personnel changes in the local television and radio, plus these training activities of the journalists will change the situation and there will be no hatred between the two banks of the river,” said Luiza Doroshenko, the head of the Creation Union of Young Journalists of Transnistria. The project was supported financially by the Delegation of the European Union, which invested about €162,000. “I think I do not have to tell you how important it is for the mass media in Moldova to be objective and to treat subjects concerning all the groups of people,” the Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova Dirk Schuebel said in the same news conference. The project “Strengthening the Moldovan Media Capacity to Cover Issues of Public Interest” was initiated in 2010 and closed on June 13, 2012.