The Audiovisual Council sanctioned broadcasters with fines amounting to 31,000 lei for violations of the Electoral Code. These are the first fines for non-compliant coverage of the campaign for the November 5 elections.

In particular, the channels Moldova 1, Pro TV Chisinau, TV8, Radio Chisinau and Radio Moldova covered an opinion poll in their main newscasts. The broadcasters failed to give details about the methodology used in the poll, the source of funding, the CEC’s authorization, the sponsor, and the period in which the poll was conducted.

At the same time, ART-TV and Pro TV Chisinau failed to include the “Elections 2023” tag in their newscasts.

Moldova-1, TV8, ART-TV, Radio Chisinau and Radio Moldova were fined 5,000 lei each, and Pro TV Chisinau, which had two violations, 6,000 lei.