3 March 2023
In 2017, Albania signed a cooperation agreement with China in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It was conceived as an attempt to enhance bilateral cooperation in the areas of infrastructure, production capacity, tourism, and agriculture. Six years later, very little has been achieved. During a tour of Albania by Chinese Vice […]
28 February 2023
The paramilitary group Wagner, by means of a paid announcement on 5th January on Russia Today Balkan in Serbian language, called for all potential volunteers from Serbia to join the war in Ukraine, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below: Under the title ”Wagner publishes a […]
23 February 2023
The Vetëvendosje (LVV) MP Artan Abrashi has disseminated an unverified document on his Facebook account, claiming that the Serbs are mobilizing. According to him, in the document issued by the Ministry of Interior of Serbia, a warning is given to the Serbian army and police about unknown events that are expected to happen on September […]
9 February 2023
This article was written by Ana Toskić Cvetinović, executive director of the civil society organization Partners for Democratic Change Serbia, a member of the Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda (ICEDA) network. An edited version is republished by Global Voices with permission. Under the content-sharing agreement between “Global Voices” and Meta.mk, we republish the […]
4 January 2023
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) raises the alert on the increasing threats surrounding journalists and media workers reporting on the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo from the North of Kosovo, and joins its affiliate the Association of Journalists in Kosovo (AJK) in asking the competent authorities, including the European Union Rule of Law Mission […]
5 December 2022
On October 19, reacting to an article published in the EUObserver newspaper reporting that the Czech presidency of the EU requested the return of visas with Albania and Serbia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania denied the existence of any document “proposed by any member country of the EU or any discussion regarding the potential suspension of […]
25 November 2022
Kosovo thanks the US; Serbia has its own interpretation, writes “Global Voices”. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”. Two days after Kosovo and Serbia failed to reach an agreement on the row centering on a decision made by the Kosovo government to ban Serbian-issued license plates after a long […]
18 November 2022
The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) presented its Governance Body and newly-written Code of professional standards at a public event in Brussels on November 16 attended by representatives of EU institutions, digital media platforms and civil society. Over the past year, the EFCSN project has brought together nearly 50 fact-checking organisations from across Europe to […]
16 November 2022
One of the most effective ways to spread unverified news and misinform public opinion is to reprint news stories that happened long ago, presenting them as current. Recently, this also happened with an unverified news regarding a statement by President Erdogan. “Erdogan Message to Albanians!: You Know Very Well That Europe Has Always Trampled You […]
15 November 2022
Just a few days before receiving the EU Award for Investigative Journalism in Serbia 2022 on November 16, the Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK was sentenced in a SLAPP defamation lawsuit by a Serbian court for publishing news about a criminal trial, quoting the defendant’s claim that a criminal gang had ties to the Interior Minister. SLAPP […]
8 November 2022
Photo: SNSD.org The narrative according to which foreign countries are working to “destroy” the Republic of Srpska and/or Milorad Dodik, the newly elected president of this BiH entity, is often published in numerous media, including on public service. Claims about “coloured revolutions”, “a plan to destroy the Republic of Srpska”, or a plan to “overthrow” […]
3 November 2022
Photo: Freepik/@ fidaolga The private news agency News Front, which operates from the territory of Crimea, is a frequent propagator of pro-Russian disinformation in our area since it also publishes content in the Serbian language. The News Front web portal operates in several languages in which it publishes pro-Russian content, and there is also an […]
17 October 2022
The circulation of false information with supposed dates/months of when visa liberalization for Kosovo will take place is still continuing. Such unverified news have been distributed over the years, feeding false hopes among Kosovo citizens regarding the deadlines for the finalization of this process. In an interview given to the show “Info Plus” on RTK, […]
13 October 2022
On September 26, 2022, the media in Serbian language “Novosti” published a news with the claim that a convoy of cars of the Kosovo Security Force (FSK) passed through Zubin Potok. It made the claim without relying on reliable sources of information. The largest political entity representing Kosovo Serbs, “Lista Serbe” (LS) and the director […]
13 October 2022
The so-called “Office for Kosovo” in the Government of Serbia has reacted again after another attack on two Serbian citizens. The attack has been interpreted as a consequence of the policy of the official Pristina and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, but without giving any facts about this and not referring to any […]
7 October 2022
The media “todaynews80.com” on September 17 published an article where it claimed that in Kosovo there is an increase in cases of people infected with Covid-19. In the title of this media it reads that COVID-19 has returned, while in the content of the article contradictory data are described with those of the Ministry of […]
20 September 2022
Albania severed its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran after an investigation, which, according to the government, proved that the cyber attack of July this year was orchestrated by Tehran. Security experts warn that the decision increases the risk of other cybercrimes in Albania, as the wave of such attacks has also included […]
12 September 2022
The web portal IN4S published an article claiming that “Western officials” are negotiating with Russia to exchange alleged NATO prisoners from Ukraine with war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. Prison cell with rays of light from the window.3d rendering On June 18, 2022, the web portal IN4S published an article under the following […]
1 September 2022
Conspiracy theories suggesting that Russia is removing biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine and fighting against the “New World Order” continue to be published on web portals and blogs. Russian tanks liberate Ukraine from neo-Nazis Map/ Ukraine vs Russia Two days after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 26, 2022, the […]
1 September 2022
The renewed open war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 150 days, but the spread of fake and manipulative news on this topic has been going on for much longer. Nevertheless, a real flood of misinformation and Russian propaganda about the war in this country in the Western Balkan region began to […]
