Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during July 2026, identified during June 2026 Subscribe to the monthly newsletter → Western Balkans Watch and Warn: Memory politics,…

He emphasizes that gradual integration should not be seen as a substitute for membership, but as a way to better connect reforms with the concrete benefits that candidate countries can receive before full accession to the EU. …

False claims often spread about what level of help asylum seekers are given while awaiting decisions on their application to stay in the UK. These details can be obscured by not explaining properly where asylum seekers get their support, or…

The Belarusian Investigative Center analyzed official statistics and calculated the number of suspects per 100,000 inhabitants among nationals, foreigners overall, and Ukrainian citizens. In Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany, the…

“Islam” or “Muslims” as a threat to “us” – this is the image that many people in Germany currently have. Why is this the case? One factor is misinformation, the Fact-Checking Service of the German news agency dpa reports

The ceasefire in the Middle East has brought a sense of relief, but it is still too early to say the conflict is nearing an end. The key question now is whether there will be progress in negotiations over the next two weeks. The IMF has…

Sohlström said that disinformation campaigns, which are full of factual inaccuracies and out-of-context claims, aim to undermine reform efforts and the country’s path toward the EU.

In recent years, since the outbreak of the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, a familiar pattern that has long circulated within the disinformation ecosystem has resurfaced: old footage, clips from video games, videos taken out of context,…

As countries in the region strengthen their cooperation and coordination, as well as coordination between NATO and the EU, the process increasingly becomes the subject of disinformation campaigns. Although Serbia considers itself to be…

Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during June 2026, identified during May 2026 Subscribe to the monthly newsletter → Western Balkans Watch and Warn: Enlargement momentum,…

hrough the end of May 2026, the Western Balkans are likely to face increased disinformation risks driven by external developments affecting EU integration, particularly political messaging around enlargement, shifting dynamics within the…

The Metamorphosis Foundation has published the research “The Effect of Disinformation and Foreign Influences on Democratic Processes in North Macedonia in 2025,” which analyzes how disinformation and propaganda narratives affect public…

Fact-checkers and all those advocating to preserve the integrity of information in the public sphere are marking April 2 today – the International Fact-Checking Day (#FactCheckingDay), which this year is overshadowed by wars that, as is…

Not only has there been no official statement about the alleged house arrest of billionaire George Soros and the alleged escape of his son Alexander to Dubai, neither from the Justice Department nor the White House, but such news cannot be…

The country has been in pre-accession limbo for 20 years, and support for EU entry has been declining year by year due to blockages, internal political problems, and what citizens see as unfair conditions imposed by the EU and its members.…

Fighting disinformation through legal sanctions is possible but risky. A much broader, comprehensive approach is needed, in which the institutional framework requires the involvement of the civil society sector and the harmonization of…

Negative sentiment toward Bulgaria has been declining over the years, but the eastern neighbor still ranks as the country's primary "enemy." Despite the EU’s repeated emphasis that constitutional changes are a mandatory step for starting…

One of the vectors of Kremlin propaganda in the Western Balkans concerns labelling any ecumenical engagement as a revival of so-called “uniatism”, a concept implying attempts to bring Orthodoxy into communion with the Vatican. Moscow…