The fake news phenomenon hasn’t spared the Balkans. In Bosnia & Herzegovina, it fuels a lucrative industry.
Many people have a somewhat morbid habit to...
Using companies incorporated in Serbia and Cyprus, in recent years the Russian government has been funding a bevy of news websites in Eastern Europe...
Croatian-language Wikipedia supports revisionist and negationist ideas, in particular the Jasenovac concentration camp, which it defines as a simple "labour camp"
by Sven Milekić Zagreb, OBCT
Riding...
Last year, the Ministry for the Romanians from Everywhere allocated €20,000 to fund the website Usd24.ro, a website that republishes all the articles from...
While the concept of ‘disinformation wars’ dates back to ancient Rome, the 21st century has seen information weaponized on an unprecedented scale. A new...
We present 3 dynamic and enterprising projects fighting disinformation in the Western Balkans.
Global trend of fighting fake news, or rather disinformation and misinformation, is...
by Filip Stojanovski
An investigation conducted by independent Macedonian news outlet Nova TV has found that some of the media that drove right-wing populist propaganda...
Russian newspaper Argumenty and Fakty has started a Serbian edition, staffed by journalists from the nationalist weekly magazine Pecat and published by the same company.
by Filip Rudic, BIRN, Belgrade
Popular...
The IPI reporting project Contending with “Fake News” explores the dynamic around the “fake news” debate in five EU countries and profiles five initiatives...
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network launches an Emergency Media Support Fund within the EU funded project Strengthening Quality News and Independent Journalism in...
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network launches an Emergency Media Support Fund within the EU funded project Strengthening Quality News and Independent Journalism in...
The Free Press Awards recognise journalists and media professionals who have a strong commitment with press freedom and independent information. The awards honour journalists and...
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