| Founded | November 5, 1992 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Vasile Botnaru |
| Defunct | 31 December 2009 |
| Headquarters | Chişinău, Moldova |
| Key people | Vasile Botnaru |
| Industry | news agency |
| Services | News media |
| Employees | 20 |
| Website | basa.md |
BASA-press was a newsagency from the Republic of Moldova. Founded in November 1992, Moldova's oldest independent newsagency ceased its activity in December 2009.
BASA press was founded by a group of five journalists (including Vasile Botnaru) in Chişinău on 5 November 1992. The newsagency was the first independent news agency in the Republic of Moldova.[1] Infotag was the second one, operating officially since December 1, 1993. BASA-press covered the entire range of political, social, economic, business and other events.[2]
On December 31, 2009, BASA-press, Moldova's oldest independent news agency closed down.[3] Agency's ex-director Sergiu Ipati told the agency had been closed down because of the ongoing crisis. In 2009, the Moldovan information market lost another news agency - Flux, which was controlled by the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).[4]