Tiraspol Times
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| Type | web newspaper |
| Format | online |
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| Owner | TIRASPOL TIMES & WEEKLY REVIEW (News Services), a.f.s. |
| Editor | Des Grant |
| Founded | July 2006 |
| Headquarters | Tiraspol, Transnistria |
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| Website: TiraspolTimes.com | |
Tiraspol Times is an English language news provider focused on Transnistria. It was founded in 2006. It publishes an online newspaper, a free news feed service, and, according to its own site, a print newspaper in tabloid format available at "select locations" in Transnistria, but not abroad and no subscription being available[1] as well as a weekly color magazine.
Online texts by the Tiraspol Times are licensed as freely distributable. Articles from it have been reprinted by UNPO[2] and by the United Nation's Global Action on Aging,[3] as well as various news organizations.
Tiraspol Times has been criticised as being strongly biased in favour of the Transnistrian authorities and Transnistrian independence.[4] A report in the Economist described it as part of a concerted online campaign to promote Transnistria through expertly produced websites, saying that its background and funding were largely undisclosed.[5][6].
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- ^ Tiraspol Times: "Our three products"
- ^ Abkhazia: Abkhazia Signs Treaty with Pridnestrovie
- ^ Moldova: Parliament Takes on Smirnov Over Pension Reform (October 10, 2006)
- ^ Radio Free Europe, "Moldova: In Cyberspace, Transdniester Doesn't Look That Bad", 15 September 2006
- ^ Economist, "Disinformation: Covering tracks - How to disguise, inflate and disappear on the internet", 3 August 2006
- ^ (same article, no subscription necessary)
