Hacker News with Generative AI: Moldova

YouTube Forces Ads in Moldova Without Offering Premium as an Option (ycombinator.com)
Until March 2024, users in Moldova enjoyed an ad-free experience on YouTube. However, in March 2024, YouTube began showing intrusive ads in the region. Despite this change, YouTube Premium — the service that allows users to remove ads — remains completely unavailable in Moldova. (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6307365)

YouTube, Advertising, Moldova, Streaming Services

8 points by andrei_zol 50 days ago | 11 comments

Russia paying people to vote against joining EU, Moldova warns (politico.eu)
Moscow has built a “mafia-style” network to distribute cash ahead of a critical referendum on the country’s future, top Moldovan officials told POLITICO.

Politics, Moldova, Russia, European Union, Referendum

9 points by yakshaving_jgt 187 days ago | 4 comments

Moldova votes yes to EU membership as president Sandu claims Moscow meddled (euronews.com)
A referendum on Moldova's EU membership bid passed by an extremely slim margin, with the difference between "yes" and "no" votes counted in hundreds.

Moldova, Politics, EU, Referendum, Russia

9 points by consumer451 187 days ago | 6 comments

The only tourist in Moldova (telegraph.co.uk)

Travel, Moldova, Culture

151 points by dotcoma 286 days ago | 389 comments

Moldova has the biggest number of vineyards per capita in the world (twitter.com)

Moldova, Wine, Geography, Agriculture

21 points by mariuz 373 days ago | 9 comments