The recent expulsion of five Russian diplomats is not the first expulsion of Russian diplomats from Macedonia. For the first time, Macedonia expelled a Russian diplomat in 2018, when not only the intensified Russian propaganda influence was…

Jovanovski presents himself as a "Vmrovec" , yet he hosts Greater Serbian Chetniks on his podcast, after which he laments the partisan Tito, as well as his opponents Chento and the USSR, while attempting to reconcile antiquization with…

Disinformation poses a persistent challenge in the Western Balkans, as harmful campaigns often target key events in order to deepen divisions, undermine trust in democratic institutions, and shake support for Euro-Atlantic integration.

Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during November 2025, identified during October  Western Balkans Watch and Warn: “Colored Revolution” disinformation narrative is anticipated …

In recent years, and especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Macedonia has been exposed to very strong Russian propaganda influence, supported by illegal flows of Russian money through political parties, societal groups, and…

Russian media Sputnik and RT (Russia Today) Balkans operating in Serbia, are used as propaganda tools by Putin's Russia and represent Russian "soft power" in the region. This propaganda from Moscow, disseminated through the contents…

In the two Macedonian parties with a pro-Russian ideology, “Rodina Makedonija” and “Obedineta Makedonija”, there has been turbulence in the recent period, that is, over 240 founders from “Rodina Macedonia” submitted to the Constitutional…

The leader of the political party “United Macedonia”, Janko Bačev, shared on his Facebook profile a statement allegedly made by the former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro. However, even though Castro never said anything like Bačev claims,…

The pro-Russian party "Rodina Makedonija" was a source of disinformation about Ukraine even before the start of the military invasion by Russia. Earlier, the party spread disinformation that incited hatred of NATO, the EU, the Prespa…

This analysis documents the Russian propaganda after the consultative referendum on the Prespa Agreement in 2018, the turmoil in the political parties VMRO-DPMNE and "United Macedonia" due to Russian influence before the constitutional…

While EU and US experts gave instructions on "How the Balkan should defend itself against Russian propaganda?” In 2018 Macedonia was targeted not only by increased Russian propaganda influence but also by Russian political influence…

Although N. Macedonia is historically, but also geographically oriented towards Euro-Atlantic values, the government led by VMRO-DPMNE and DUI led by the former Prime Minister, now asylum seeker Nikola Gruevski, often "flirted" with…

The situation with the disinformation in North Macedonia in the two weeks before and after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine During the month before February, in the period before the Russian invasion of Ukraine,…

In this brief analysis, written at a time when Putin's troops are persistently shelling civilian facilities in Kyiv, we will take a look at Dugin's ideological and propaganda activities following Russia's military "special operation",…

One of the ways to insert influence, which is hard to notice ad become increasingly aggressive since the beginning of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, is to compare, equate and justify the war Author: prof. Mirjana Najcevska, PhD,…

The day Russia launched a military aggression against Ukraine in order to occupy it, the portal Index, which operates in North Macedonia, published two video clips from an interview with the leader of the pro-Russian party in the country…

Contrary to the claim of the President of the party “United Macedonia”, Janko Bačev, that Turkey has a neutral position on the war in Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country supports Ukraine's struggle to…

The Russian Embassy in Skopje yesterday issued its own comment on the statements of the Minister of Defense Slavjanka Petrovska. The embassy opposes the positions that North Macedonia is taking towards the developments in and around…