DISINFO RADAR: Watch and Warn, issue #12 (prepared in November 2025)

Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during December 2025, identified during November Subscribe to the monthly newsletter → Western Balkans Watch and Warn: Foreseen increases...

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Social networks are not only for propaganda but also for recruiting Balkans into the Russian military

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The recruitment of mercenaries from the Balkans...

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Propaganda post distorts theses about the war in Ukraine

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The term “UkroNazis” was popularized by Russian...

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Telegram: Pro-Russian channels’ heaven, the topic of Kosovo mobilizes pro-Russian Serbian nationalists

Photo illustration by the Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub  This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. In...

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DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION, MEDIA MONITORING REPORT JANUARY-MARCH 2025

During the period from January to March 2025, the Western Balkans information ecosystem experienced waves in well-coordinated and emotionally charged disinformation campaigns. These campaigns...

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DISINFO RADAR: Watch and Warn, issue #12 (prepared in November 2025)

Anticipated flashpoint events likely to fuel disinformation narratives in the Western Balkans during December 2025, identified during November Subscribe to the monthly newsletter → Western Balkans...

Unfounded claims allege Zelensky prepared an escape plan to Poland

Photo: President Of Ukraine from Україна, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation...

Greater Serbian propaganda and pseudohistory of Zebrnjak near Kumanovo

The Balkans before the Balkan Wars of 1912. Photo: Christophe cagé, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within...

From bot farms to ballot boxes: The digital assault on Balkan elections and democracy

The year 2024, marked by more than 65 elections worldwide, has been one of the greatest tests for global democracy. Beyond the sheer scale...

Propaganda post distorts theses about the war in Ukraine

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The term “UkroNazis” was popularized by Russian...

21 November 2025 webinar: Countering Anti-EU Narratives and hate speech in the Western Balkans: Challenges and Responses

Event by Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub   Metamorphosis Foundation invites you to participate in the webinar - panel discussion “Countering Anti-EU Narratives and hate speech in...

It is not true that Satanists caused chaos in Ukraine and brought Zelensky to power

Euromaidan, Kyiv, February 2014, Photo: Аимаина хикари, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans...

Without evidence and with an AI-generated video, it is claimed that Ukrainian soldiers surrendered en masse

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Claims of mass surrenders of Ukrainian soldiers...

Laura Jasper on the AI threat: It’s not just fake news, it’s personalized political warfare 

Photo: Vanco Dzambaski The nature of foreign interference is fundamentally changing. Laura Jasper, a leading expert on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) from The...

Social networks are not only for propaganda but also for recruiting Balkans into the Russian military

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The recruitment of mercenaries from the Balkans...

How the Kremlin twists the truth: Russian propaganda and the stolen children of Ukraine

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine created the...

Anti-EU narratives carry inaccurate epithets of fascism and Nazism

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The narrative that the EU, NATO and...