Macedonian and Serbian media used the incident with President Osmani to incite hate speech on ethnic grounds
On the 1st of August 2024, the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, was involved in a diplomatic incident at Skopje International Airport. This incident sparked a lot of controversy in the media and received particularly strong reactions and hate speech from both Macedonian and...
The disinformation agents set their sights on the Olympics
Back in early June, Microsoft warned that Russia is waging a malign disinformation campaign aimed at the Paris Olympics and the French President Emmanuel Macron. According to their information, the influence operations include fabricated videos, fake news and AI-generated speeches, such as the case...
(INTERVIEW) Rumena Filipova: Russia uses cultural-historical divisions and tensions in the Balkans to hinder EU membership
Authoritarian states such as Russia and China use various strategies to hinder the Euro-Atlantic integration and to manipulate politics and public opinion in the Western Balkans. This, among other things, was said by Rumena Filipova, the recipient of the IVLP Impact Award of the US State...
Trump’s assassination attempt awakened the conspiracy theorists
Numerous conspiracy theories and disinformation spread following the attempted assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Truthmeter examined several of the narratives shared so far in the country, coincidence or not, also originated from individuals associated with parties aligned with the Kremlin and hold...
Fact-checkers condemn physical attack against journalist of Croatian fact-checking service Faktograf
This article is based collaboration between Global Voices and Metamorphosis Foundation.
The members of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) issued a condemnation of the attack against the journalist of Croatian fact-checking service Faktograf that took place on July 16 near near Zadar. As reported by Faktograf, award-winning journalist Melita...
Metamorphosis joins the condemnation of physical attack against journalist of Croatian fact-checking service Faktograf
As a member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) and the International Fact-Checking Network, Metamorphosis Foundation joins condemnation of the attack against the journalist of Croatian fact-checking service Faktograf. The newsrooms of the fact-checking service Truthmeter.mk, Meta.mk news agency and the news portal...
“Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!”: The State of Serbia bans collaboration between artists from Serbia and Kosovo
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Belgrade announced on June 27 that they received verbal notification from the Ministry of Interior of Republic of Serbia regarding the ban on all events of the festival “Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!” (meaning "good day" in Albanian and...
Russian fake news and their ban
Starting in 2022 the EU banned several Russian media outlets, then on the 17th of May 2024 another four outlets were added to this list, which is completely justified. Unfortunately, disinformation has a rich tradition in Russia, dating back to the time of the...
Implications of the EU Digital Services Act on critical voices in Serbia: Challenges for civil society organizations and investigative journalists
This article was written by Emily Wright, a Fulbright Research Fellow affiliated with civil society organization Partners for Democratic Change Serbia, and first published by Tech Policy Press. An edited version is republished by Meta.mk with permission.
Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) will have a significant impact on the digital...
Call for Germany to speed up recognition of foreign doctors
Doctors from abroad who want to work in Germany should have their qualifications recognized more quickly, the German Medical Association has said, publishes dpa news agency.
"There is undoubtedly a likelihood of long waiting times or delays due to the complex recognition procedure," said Ellen...
Baby Lasagna refuses 50,000 euros Croatian government reward, requests money to be donated to children hospitals
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced that his government will reward the musician Marko Purišić, known professionally as Baby Lasagna, after winning the second place at Eurovision 2024. Croatian media informed that the government made the decision to grant 50,000 euros to the singer...
Did Siljanovska Davkova violate the Prespa Agreement? International Community reacts to her speech
International public and some of the domestic political actors issued public reactions after the new president Gordana Siljanovska Davkova failed to utter the constitutional name of the state during her inauguration on the May 12. They consider this act as violation of the Prespa...
For the first time in 55 years, female artist draws Alan Ford comics
In the May 2024 edition of Alan Ford comics, publisher and author Max Bunker introduced artist Veronica Guitti as new member of the team that produces this Italian cult classic.
In his op-ed for the 659th episode, Bunker explained that Guitti work was supposed to...
German security agency warns firms not to be too naive with China
Germany's domestic intelligence service (BfV) has warned companies to exercise caution when dealing with authoritarian foreign governments such as China, publishes the German news agency dpa.
German companies should be cautious with mandatory tax software required by the Chinese government, for instance, since those programmes...
It is not true that Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005) was еxactly pro-Russian
Social network posts claim the alleged closeness of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005) with Russia. Although Kuchma tried to sustain normal relations with Russia, his foreign policy was far from being pro-Russian, especially since the country officially expressed interest in becoming a NATO member...
“Donbas. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” – a documentary in the tradition of Kremlin’s best propaganda
Тhe Russian Embassy in North Macedonia recently shared the documentary Donbas. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (2021) on Facebook. The documentary uses a common manipulation technique - presenting the historical sequence of events in a way that confuses the audience as to who “started it”...
Romani language edition of the Dikan comics published in Serbia
The popular Serbian weekly magazine Politikin Zabavnik, which celebrates its 85th anniversary this year, published a comics in Romani language.
The comics by Lazo Sredanović and Nikola Lekić features the adventures of Dikan "the youngest Ancient Slaw", which were extremely popular across the whole Yugoslavia....
Bajaga and fans celebrate 40 years since “Positive Geography” album and first concert in Skopje
On April 6, Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori repeated their first concert held in the Youth Cultural Center in Skopje, held at the same location 40 years before, in 1984.
Two members of the original 1980s lineup joined the frontman Momčilo...
Authority: German political parties at greater risk of cyberattacks
German political parties and political actors are currently exposed to a particularly high number of cyberattacks, according to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
"Particularly in light of the upcoming European elections, it can be assumed that there is currently an increased number of...
Limited legalization of cannabis takes effect in Germany
The partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, which was championed by the centre-left government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, took effect in Germany on Monday, publishes DPA news agency.
The Bundesrat, or upper house of parliament, let the long-debated bill pass last month after it...
