🗒 I'm happy with the coverage we did today of Moldovan elections.

I think we told everything good and bad from both sides. There was a balanced reporting with no bias toward anyone.

I even conducted two important fact checkings on some of the massive amount of information circulating today, and let me tell you, I'm not FOX News; but I've paid a schizophrenic amount of attention to verifying every single fucking word of what I posted today.

Regarding the posting frequency, with more people in the channel that would have been possible. However, for now we are just The Bosnian Kingdom and I.

Funny thing is that we did not even talk in private today, but were perfectly synchronized when posting. As if each of us knew the time frame when the other would not be posting.

Thank you, TBK, for your really great help today and thank you, dear readers, for trusting Balkan Spectator on such an important day!

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—☢️🇭🇷 NEW: Croatia has established a working group to draft legislation on nuclear energy, marking the country’s first concrete step towards building a nuclear power station.

➡️ Officials call it a strategic priority for energy independence and the national economy.

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—☦️🇷🇴 UPDATE: Romania's National Cathedral in Bucharest will officially open on October 26, marking the end of a 15-year construction project.

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🇪🇺🚫🗣 EU's DSA promised digital rule of law. In Romania, it empowered an opaque web of government agencies, NGOs, and foreign actors to censor critical voices—without checks, transparency, or recourse.

Censorship chapters of the DSA in action, not the ones protecting users rights

• DSA transposition into local law used to expand local censorship powers

• Romanian National Audiovisual Council meddling in Moldova’s elections

• Rapid Response System (RRS) quietly activated during election times

• RRS flaggers never announced (Romania, Czech Republic)

• RRS secrecy dictated by the European Commission

• Expert Forum: flagger with ties to executive powers

• Fact-checks that are themselves misinformation

• Freedom House influence combined with fact-checker status

• Missing Statements of Reasons in the DSA database

• Wiesel Institute stretching Holocaust mandate into politics

• No Romanian Out-Of-Court Settlement Body — no clear path to redress

• French company moderating TikTok content in Romanian

• Censorship targeting conservatives, Gaza coverage, and even satire

• Platforms ignoring formal requests for transparency

• Only one example of best practices on transparency

• ANCOM (Romania’s DSC) stalling and shirking enforcement

• Platforms (Facebook, TikTok, X) should make full discloser of moderation requests

The full investigation into the abuse NGOs are doing to censor their political enemies under the guise of "enforcing the law" can be read below ⬇️

🔗 https://francezul.substack.com/p/dsa-europes-injustice-system

—UPDATE: Albanian PM Edi Rama announced that within a year, the artificial intelligence minister "Diella" will not only hold a digital role but also be physically present at the government cabinet table.

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—🤝🇦🇱/🇮🇱 NEW: Israeli investment is increasing across Albania, with new activity seen in finance, real estate, and security sectors.

➡️ Officials report over 100 Israeli businesses now registered in the country, signaling a notable shift in economic ties.

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—🇲🇩/🇺🇦 NEW: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy congratulated Moldova's President Maia Sandu on her electoral victory.

These elections showed that Russia’s destabilizing activity loses, while Moldova in Europe wins. Russian subversion, constant disinformation – none of this worked. It is important that Moldova was effective in defending itself against threats together with all who helped.

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—🇲🇩/🇪🇺 NEW: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen praised Moldova’s commitment to European values, democracy, and freedom.

Moldova, you’ve done it again.

No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve.

You made your choice clear:

Europe. Democracy. Freedom.

Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way.

The future is yours.

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