Western Balkans

Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during August 2026, identified during July 2026

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…

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.

Expected critical events likely to trigger disinformation narratives in October 2025, identified during September

The topic of climate is fertile soil for spreading disinformation. Denying the existence of global warming, conspiracy theories claiming the climate change is a tool in the hands of secret societies or powerful individuals in order to…

Photo: pixabay.com Two theses in this post - the one on ”the satanic NATO” and that on “the pedophile EU” - look too much alike to the disinformation propaganda spread by the Kremlin about the West, in the attempt to justify Russia’s…

Edi Rama. Photo: YouTube screenshot from BSF's video The fact-checked post, with its fuzzy text and the accompanying photos, purposefully manipulates the statement of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, with the aim of creating a…

The title of the text tends to accuse the Government of incompetent management of the coronavirus, announcing worrying facts and photos. However, there are no facts in the text, only print screens of tables in Serbian/Croatian language, and…