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.
BASA-press covered the entire range of political, social, economic, business and other events.
[2] On 31 December 2009, BASA-press, Moldova's oldest independent news agency closed down.
In 2009, the Moldovan information market lost another news agency - Flux, which was controlled by the Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).