Orthodox disinformation pipelines shaping the Western Balkans landscape

Photo: Meta.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. In the past year, little has changed in Ukraine’s battlefield, but Russian...

Analysis of the Narrative: Attacks and threats against journalists in Serbia: systemic pressures and the erosion of media freedom

Photo: portalb.mk As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you...

Dubious claims about Vatican takeover of Serbian Orthodox Church properties in Kosovo

Photo: Serbian Orthodox Church, 2019 This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Relations between the Vatican and...

Russian narratives in Montenegro target the Ecumenical Patriarch during Nicaea events

Photo: Patriarch Bartholomew and Patriarch Kirill visit the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral, source Kremlin This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of...

From Smederevka, through Rama at the head of NATO, to Ceca’s helicopter—when Balkan humor gets out of hand

AI-generated illustration, Meta.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Interesting, emotional, and light information. Humorous...

Russian Orthodox propaganda finds a gateway in North Macedonia’s church media

Scene from MOC protest against gender equality laws, 29.06.2023 | Photo: Bojan Blazevski, Meta.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the...

Film Promoted by Emir Kusturica Channels Kremlin Disinformation on Ukraine

Emir Kusturica in the Kremlin Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western...

Analysis of the Narrative: General Staff Building between public interest and investment projects

As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you a...

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...

Analysis of the Narrative: Media reporting on sanctions against NIS in Pro-Russian media

Ilustration: Truthmeter.mk As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you...

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...

The contradictions of the pro-Russian candidate for mayor of Skopje, Zoran Jovanovski

Illustration: Truthmeter.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Jovanovski presents himself as a “Vmrovec” ,...

Analysis of the Narrative: Russian signal to Belgrade: What really lies behind the SVR Report on the “Serbian Maidan”

As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you a...

Artificial intelligence as a new weapon in Russian disinformation campaigns

Photo: Canva Collage This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The case of fabricated “leaked documents”...

Drones and disinformation: Moscow hits Poland with a double blow

Illustration: Truthmeter- Meta.mk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. The Russian disinformation campaign that accompanies...