Evenimentul zilei was one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Its
name means "The event of the day".Evenimentul Zilei was founded by Ion
Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, and the first issue
was published on 22 June 1992. It is the first tabloid daily of the
country.In those early years of Romanian journalism after the fall of
Communism, many of the stories in the Romanian newspapers (even the
serious ones) were actually made up. Evenimentul Zilei also had its
share of bizarre stories, such as reports of "smuggling of headless
cats".However, the most famous episode was a series of articles
regarding a hen which gave birth to a live chicken. The original
article was published on 2 October 1993. As many readers were
interested in more details, Evenimentul Zilei published several other
articles on this theme, placing the event in the Republic of Moldova
(in order to be harder to verify) and giving the testimony of an
alleged leading Moldovan scientist. The author, Cătălin
Ştefănescu, later said that he made up that article because Ion
Cristoiu, the chief editor, demanded every reporter to write three
articles each day and he expected that the article would go unnoticed.
name means "The event of the day".Evenimentul Zilei was founded by Ion
Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, and the first issue
was published on 22 June 1992. It is the first tabloid daily of the
country.In those early years of Romanian journalism after the fall of
Communism, many of the stories in the Romanian newspapers (even the
serious ones) were actually made up. Evenimentul Zilei also had its
share of bizarre stories, such as reports of "smuggling of headless
cats".However, the most famous episode was a series of articles
regarding a hen which gave birth to a live chicken. The original
article was published on 2 October 1993. As many readers were
interested in more details, Evenimentul Zilei published several other
articles on this theme, placing the event in the Republic of Moldova
(in order to be harder to verify) and giving the testimony of an
alleged leading Moldovan scientist. The author, Cătălin
Ştefănescu, later said that he made up that article because Ion
Cristoiu, the chief editor, demanded every reporter to write three
articles each day and he expected that the article would go unnoticed.
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