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Moldova’s New Government Expects Fresh Pressure From Moscow – OpEd

Moldova’s new government faces renewed hybrid threats from Russia, with experts fearing a sophisticated disinformation campaign will be enacted to force another change of power. The previous administration, headed by Natalia Gavrilița and inaugurated in August 2021, resigned on February 10. It had faced multiple crises including the war in …

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Kosovo Media, and Regulators, Failing on Privacy Protection

Media in Kosovo often publish the personal data of individuals in a race for clicks that ignores standards on ethics.When Indeksonline, an online media outlet in Kosovo, reported in January that a participant in a local reality TV show was HIV positive, dozens of other media ran with the story. …

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DEMOCRACY DIGEST: POLAND’S MOMENT; SLOVAKIA’S SHAME

Poland cements its status as key NATO state with Biden visit; as Slovakia commemorates the anniversary of the contract killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, a new trial date for the alleged masterminds is set. All eyes on Poland this week as US President Joe Biden visited first …

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