Valeriu Saharneanu (born 3 August 1952) is a journalist from the

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

. He has been the head of the

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since 1994.

Biography

Valeriu (Vladimir) Saharneanu was born on 3 August 1952 in Cuizăuca, Rezina District, where he completed his elementary studies (1959–1969). He has a degree in philology from the Journalism Department at Moldova's State University, and from the Journalism Department at the Superior School of Political Science in Sankt-Petersburg. He attended the

Moldova State University Moldova State University (USM; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea de Stat din Moldova'') is a university located in Chișinău, Moldova. It was founded in 1946, and initially had five faculties, Physics and Mathematics, Geology and Ped ...

(1970–1975) and the Faculty of Journalism of the

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU; ) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the be ...

(1987–1989). He attended also courses in

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(1993),

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(1995),

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(1996),

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(1998),

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(1999),

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(2002),

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(2004),

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(2005), the

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(2006). He worked as editor (1975–1987), deputy editor in chief (1989–1991), editor in chief (1991–1994) at

TeleRadio-Moldova TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) is the Moldovan state-owned national radio and television broadcaster. It owns two television channels and three radio stations. TRM was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union on 1 January 199 ...

. During the 1994 parliamentary election, Saharneanu was attacked at the entrance of the building where he lived and was sick for three months. Soon, he lost his job at TeleRadio-Moldova and his wife, Maria Bulat-Saharneanu, lost her job at "Femeia Moldovei" magazine. Saharneanu is co-founder and director of

Euronova Media Group The Euronova Media Group trust is a Moldovan group of media companies. Overview Euronova Media group includes TV Euronova studio, Vocea Basarabiei radio station, TV Albasat in Nisporeni District, and TV Euronova in Ungheni District Unghe ...

(the

Vocea Basarabiei Vocea Basarabiei () is a Romanian language radio station in Moldova. History Vocea Basarabiei was launched on 18 June 2000 in Nisporeni. The Audiovisual Coordinating Council refused in 2002 and 2003 to register Vocea Basarabiei. On 15 Janu ...

radio station, TV Euronova, and TV Albasat). In 2001, Saharneanu founded Gazeta Românească he Romanian Gazette a weekly magazine sold in Moldova that compiled articles from major Romanian media outlets. The project failed primarily because of financial reasons. He has been the head of the Union of Journalists of Moldova () since 1994. On 25 January 2004, at a meeting of an opposition party in Chişinău, officials restricted journalistic activities. As president of the Moldovan Journalists Union, Saharneanu gave a speech at the meeting on the necessity to defend

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and freedoms. He was summoned by the police and charged with disturbing the public order. A date for his trial was immediately established. In 2005, Saharneanu was a founding member of the

Democratic Forum of Romanians in Moldova The Democratic Forum of the Romanians of Moldova () is a civic movement, which brings together over 120 NGOs, several leading public organizations of Moldova and a whole number of academicians, writers, journalists. In 2006, the organization clai ...

(). In January 2010, as many as 14 people put forward their candidacies for the post of chairman of

, of whom Constantin Marin got five votes, journalist Valentina Ursu three and Saharneanu, one vote.

Awards

* Order of the Republic (2009) * Ordinul României "

Order for Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by Edward VII, admission into the order re ...

", grad Comandor (2000) * "Om Emerit" (1991) * "Jurnalist emerit al Republicii Moldova" (1991)

References

External links

voceabasarabiei.net

Personal blog

www.ujm.orc.md
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