Director of the Security and Intelligence Service of Moldova, Alexandru Musteata, said that Russia has begun to use the video platform TikTok more actively to spread propaganda.

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He stated that Russia is already preparing to interfere in the upcoming elections in Moldova and has intensified its disinformation campaigns, as well as its attempts to influence public opinion.

He added that while the messaging app Telegram was previously the main channel for spreading Russian propaganda, the video platform TikTok has now become the primary tool.

In addition, campaigns to manipulate public opinion on Facebook have resumed, and temporary websites created specifically to spread false information have appeared.

According to Musteata, the goal of these campaigns is to undermine citizens’ trust in democratic institutions.

“Campaigns are being carried out to discredit the army, the security sector, law enforcement agencies, and the justice system. The goal is to lower the level of trust so that by the next election cycle, citizens will begin to doubt whether state institutions are functioning effectively,” explained the director of the SIS.

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The European Commission ... has approved definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain tires from China used on passenger cars and light trucks and buses.

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The duties range from 4.3% to 45.3%, depending on the manufacturer. The Commission said the measures are intended to offset the effects of dumping and help ensure fair competition for tire makers operating within the EU.

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The measures were adopted under the European Union’s trade defense framework, which permits anti-dumping duties when imported goods are found to be priced below their normal value and to have caused harm to producers in the bloc.

The decision comes amid broader trade frictions between Brussels and Beijing, with both sides pursuing trade-related investigations and other measures affecting a range of industrial products.

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Heat now kills three times more Europeans than roads. A heat pump is a two-way air conditioner: cooling in July, heating in January, no imported gas.

Infineon Technologies has opened its Smart Power Fab in Dresden, Germany, months ahead of schedule, bringing the world’s largest manufacturing facility for intelligent power semiconductors and analog/mixed-signal technologies into operation.

The facility represents a €5 billion (about $5.7 billion) investment, the largest in the company’s history. It creates 1,000 direct jobs and doubles Infineon’s manufacturing capacity in Dresden.

The factory will produce chips that improve how electricity is converted and managed. Those devices will support AI data centers. They will also help power electricity grids and software-defined vehicles.

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European Parliament supports the setting up of an EU centre for democratic resilience. This centre should include existing cooperation systems and crisis management capacity, and be adaptable to evolving threats.

The MEPs name Russia the "primary threat for Europe’s democratic integrity," adding that frequent hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure, such as cyberattacks, physical sabotage, arson, espionage and signal jamming, are also originating also from Belarus, China, Iran and North Korea.

The lawmakers call for expanded sanctions targeting enablers of Russian disinformation and non-EU entities, particularly Chinese ones, that help circumvent sanctions and facilitate Russian operations.

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There are also measures and funding for civil society organization, particularly via AgoraEU (opens pdf).

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on Saturday a major research partnership with a prominent European nanoelectronics research institute. The collaboration will focus on developing advanced 3D integrated circuit (IC) packaging technologies to meet the demands of next-generation high-performance computing and artificial intelligence chips.

The joint research program will utilize the European institute’s specialized cleanroom facilities and TSMC’s state-of-the-art silicon fabrication expertise. By stacking semiconductor layers vertically, 3D packaging technology allows for significantly faster data transmission speeds, reduced power consumption, and increased transistor density compared to traditional flat, 2D chip layouts.

This partnership comes as major semiconductor manufacturers race to overcome the physical limitations of traditional silicon scaling. Advanced packaging has emerged as a critical technological frontier, with major tech firms investing heavily in proprietary architectures to support complex, multi-layered chip designs required for hyperscale data centers.

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Hungary's PM Peter Magyar declares no more military aid to Ukraine; "Hungary will not provide Ukraine with weapons, nor soldiers, nor any other military assistance" - Mezha

Bans on Russian combatants entering Europe and LNG flows have been significantly scaled back in ambition

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