Antonia Oprita writes a piece featured on Reuters’ AlertNet about the resignation of Cornel Nistorescu, editor of Romanian daily Evenimentul Zilei. Some believe his departure was part of a government push because of the editor’s outward criticism of the political powers in the country. Nistorescu’s “Farewell!” column on Tuesday doesn’t exactly seem to show any political pressure (not that I would expect it to), only that there were “differences in the way [owner Ringier Romania and Nistorescu] see the modernization of the newspaper.”
It is also stated that, going forward, there will be two opinion pieces per week authored by Nistorescu in the publication.
