Gardianul (The Guardian) is a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest. It claims to have a anti-corruption stance, investigating organised crime and high-level corruption. Bucharest (population 2. ...
The newspaper was founded by Şerban Roibu, the son of a Social Democratic Party senator and as such, it had a relative bias in favour of the Social Democratic Party (even though it frequently publishes articles critical Social Democrat members investigated for corruption). It eventually was sold to "Petrom Service" a company owned by the labour union of Petrom, but it kept its editorial stance. The Social Democratic Party of Romania (Partidul Social Democrat or PSD) is the governing party of Romania. ... The Social Democratic Party of Romania (Partidul Social Democrat or PSD) is the governing party of Romania. ...
It was one the newspapers involved in the 'governmental advertising funds for political subversion' scandal of 2004 (see: Adrian Năstase). The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...
References
Informaţia, Revista presei în ianuarie 2005 (http://www.informatia.ro/module-subjects-viewpage-pageid-1582.phtml), January 14, 2005
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External links
official site with online version of the newspaper (http://www.gardianul.ro) (in Romanian only)
He controls three daily newspapers: Gardianul, the newly launched financial paper, Averea, and the most well-established of the three, Ziua, which was often accused of harassing businesses to buy advertising in exchange for publishing positive – or, rather, for not publishing negative – stories.
Gardianul went as far as to quote Basescu explaining in a rather unorthodox fashion his international policy, which he had done during a private conversation in a restaurant.
The paper added that breaking confidentiality is justified because it has interest to the public, as the quotes unveil the president’s thinking over such a serious matter as the state’s external policy.