Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during July 2026, identified during June 2026
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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.
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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
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.
Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during June 2026, identified during May 2026
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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…
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…
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…
Interesting, emotional, and light information. Humorous news that entertains the gullible and much of the media reveals vulnerabilities and paves the way for dangerous disinformation
When most media outlets in Macedonia…
In the past year, little has changed in Ukraine’s battlefield, but Russian church manipulation of Orthodoxy has intensified significantly, especially in the Western Balkans, where North Macedonia’s church – the MOC (Ohrid Archdiocese) now…
The Netherlands experienced the bombing of Rotterdam, the arrest of Anne Frank, the Putnam Raid, Operation Market Garden, the Hunger Winter, and many other turbulent events. Nevertheless, Russian spokesman Peskov falsely claimed that the…
The claim that the EU only sanctioned Diana Panchenko and did not sanction “Ukrainian officials who misused European tax money” is wrong. It is an oversimplification of the complex system of sanctions and financial control mechanisms
Putin is once again being attributed a fabricated speech, but it does not appear on official Russian government websites such as Kremlin.ru, which regularly publish his speeches, and even if he did deliver it, its contents are certainly…