New position paper calls for the inclusion of the Western Balkans in the EU Democracy Shield

The Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans) has published the position paper “Bringing the Western Balkans into the EU Democracy Shield and the EDMO Ecosystem,” calling on the European Commission and...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS JULY- SEPTEMBER 2025 AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION MEDIA MONITORING REPORT JULY- SEPTEMBER 2025

The third quarter of 2025 was marked by an intensified anti-EU and anti-Western disinformation environment in the Western Balkans. These findings are based on...

Disinformation Trends April–June 2025 and Narratives in the Western Balkan Region Media Monitoring Report April– June 2025

Between April and June 2025, the Western Balkans experienced a period marked by national elections, ongoing European Union (EU) accession talks, and consequences of...

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...

Position Paper: Blueprint for Protection of Democracy from Information Threats

The Metamorphosis Foundation and the Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans), through an interdisciplinary process of broad consultations in cooperation with international and regional...

Disinformation Trends аnd Narratives in the Western Balkan Region, Media Monitoring Report, October– December 2024

In the final quarter of 2024, the information environment in the Western Balkans was heavily saturated with disinformation, particularly anti-democratic narratives featuring anti-Western and...

Disinformation Trends аnd Narratives in the Western Balkan Region, Media Monitoring Report July– September 2024

  Monitoring conducted by the network members of the Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub during the third quarter of 2024 indicates a clear influence of global...

Disinformation Trends аnd Narratives in the Western Balkan Region, Media Monitoring Report April-June 2024

The Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub’s media monitoring of the second quarter of 2024 detected that anti-democratic actors continued to use narratives about unsettled historical...

Disinformation Trends and Narratives in the Western Balkans: Media Monitoring Report for January-March 2024

Тhroughout the first quarter of 2024, the spread of anti-democratic disinformation remained a significant global concern, as it was declared a ‘super year’ for...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2023

During the last quarter of 2023, various external actors continued to target the societies of Western Balkans with disinformation and related manipulation tactics, through...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY-SEPTEMBER 2023

This periodical media monitoring report is produced within the Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub project, which debunks the chief propaganda claims that deny the existence...

Geopolitical Perspective Of Disinformation Flows In The Western Balkans

Disinformation and fake news are not just a media problem, but a security problem which may hinder realization of the most important strategic objectives...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD APRIL-JUNE 2023

This periodical media monitoring report, covering the second quarter of 2023, is produced within the framework of the Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub project, which...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY – MARCH 2023

This report is based on a continuous monitoring process of domestic media in North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina conducted...

DISINFORMATION TRENDS AND NARRATIVES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS MEDIA MONITORING REPORT FOR THE PERIOD JULY-DECEMBER 2022

This report is based on a continuous monitoring process of domestic media in North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, and BosniaHerzegovina conducted within the...

Disinformation trends and narratives in the Western Balkan region – Periodical report on media monitoring January –June 2022

Monitoring and mapping the flow of media content between countries in the Western Balkan region is essential to understanding how disinformation originating from external...