“Nulta Tachka” – Serbia’s anti-Western propaganda channel
It’s not very difficult to note that every other post on the website is anti-Western and portrays Western countries as unjust, controversial and full of crime. Conspiracy theories aimed at fostering disruption and uncertainty among citizens are based on a few postulates or main...
In Turkey, a street interview lands a citizen in jail
A woman identified as Dilruba Y, was arrested in the province of Izmir, Turkey, after criticizing the government’s choice to block Instagram during a street interview with a local popular YouTube channel, Tuylu Mikrofon (furry microphone).
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russian Agents Cloaked in Mantles of the Macedonian Orthodox Church
Putin’s regime is using the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) for spreading influence in Orthodox countries. The ROC is exerting enormous pressure on other churches and preventing the recognition of autocephaly status the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC). By means of intelligence actions, Russian priests are...
Emotional ties and propaganda: The Russian “Soft power” in the Balkans
Russian media Sputnik and RT (Russia Today) Balkans operating in Serbia, are used as propaganda tools by Putin’s Russia and represent Russian “soft power” in the region. This propaganda from Moscow, disseminated through the contents published by both Russian media outlets and republished by...
“The Balkans festival of young comics creators” invites participants
Leskovac school comics "Nikola Mitrović Kokan," operating within the Leskovac Cultural Centre, announced that they will organize the event "The Balkans festival of young comics creators" for the twenty-sixth time in 2024. The event will take place from June 28th to 30th in the...
CRTA: Results of the Belgrade elections largely stemmed from illegal electoral engineering
Based on the information gathered and the analyses conducted thus far, the CRTA Election Observation Mission expresses a well-founded suspicion that in the elections on December 17, organized voter migrations occurred to an extent that crucially influenced the outcome of the very close elections...
CRTA Election Observation Mission: Chaotic elections held in Serbia
CRTA Election Observation Mission in their preliminary assessment about the Election Day in Serbia alarmed about drastic abuses of voters’ rights, laws and institutions that escalated on 17th December.
"We bring attention to serious concerns regarding the quality of Parliamentary elections, and their further departure...
INTERVIEW Gojković-Arbutina: The non-governmental organizations in R. Srpska will be designated foreign agents by law
Criminalizing once again the insult and slander, designating all non-governmental organizations that receive foreign donations (including the organizations working in journalism) as “agents of foreign influence” and establishing a Media Register, where the state decides who may or may not perform a journalistic activity.
These...
Interview: Eurovision sensation Joker Out discuss their creative process, touring and more
Slovenian band Joker out, reached a sudden rise to fame after their performance on this year's Eurovision Song Contest and have followed up their success by heading on a big European tour. Although they started off with the classic high-school-band story, today they are...
First-instance verdict in Štrpci Case overturned – trial restored
On 30 October 2023, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade issued a decision annulling the first-instance verdict in the Štrpci Case and returning the case for retrial. The Humanitarian Law Center considers it inadmissible that thirty years after the abduction and murder of twenty civilians in Štrpci,...
Greece won’t consent to Albania’s EU accession if there is no progress regarding Beleri
Greece will not consent to the next stage in Albania's EU accession talks if there is no progress on the matter of the elected mayor of Himare, Fredi Beleri, Greek diplomatic sources reiterated in Brussels on Tuesday, writes Greek news agency ANA-MPA.
The same sources...
Germany, Slovenia aim to push EU accession for the Western Balkans
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon want to work together to boost the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the European Union, they said at talks in Ljubljana on Tuesday, writes German news agency DPA.
"It is our common...
