Vitalie Calugareanu is a Moldovan journalist with more than two decades of experience.

He has been working for different media outlets in Moldova, Romania, Germany and Russia since 1999, participating in various cross-border investigative projects. He has worked as DW correspondent in Moldova since 2004, and he is also a host in a political talk show. 

Calugareanu was part of the team of journalists that won the 2010 Global Shining Light Award with their investigation on Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin.

Lately he has increased interest in Russian-generated separatist conflicts; separatism military, financial and propaganda mechanisms and pursuit of interests of Russian political-oligarchic groups profiting from Russian-controlled separatist enclaves. 

 

Vitalie Calugareanu

Basic information

Name
Vitalie Calugareanu
Title
Journalist
Expertise
geopolitics, security, counter-propaganda, anti-corruption investigations, justice, climate change
Country
Moldova
City
Chișinău

Supported projects

The Black Sea in Peril: The Echoes of War Ripple Beyond Borders

  • Armed conflict
  • Environment
  • Politics

NOVA KAKHOVKA – In June 2023 the Russian military targeted Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, triggering an ecocide that strained the ecological resilience of the region. The polluted water added to the Black Sea's ongoing environmental degradation because of negligence and weak policies in the region.

Black sea war damage

Buy your way into EU Citizenship

  • Corruption
  • Trafficking

BUCHAREST - Dodgy dealers in Romanian nationality can conjure up genuine documents for fake applicants, and with it the right to work within the EU.