29 August 2022
A “Litany for the salvation of Serbia” was held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, on Sunday, the 28th of August 2022, with the participants carrying church icons and photographs of Vladimir Putin. The walk was led by the motorcade of the Night Wolves motorcycle club and it was organized to protest the EuroPride (LGBTI […]
2 August 2022
Several web portals reported on the “plan” to abolish the Republic of Srpska, which was initiated by ATV, although neither sources nor evidence was offered for such claims. On July 10, 2022, the web portal of Alternative Television (ATV) published an article titled: The British and Americans prepared a plan for the abolition of Srpska: This […]
2 July 2022
The saying “Slow but steady wins the race” maybe is the simplest explanation of China’s slow entry into the North Macedonia’s railroad sector in the past several years. From the takeover of the Piraeus Port in neighboring Greece, through the purchase of locomotives and multiple-unit trains for “RNM Railways – Transport” Public enterprise to the […]
27 June 2022
Albania’s exports to China have marked in increase in 2022 by 67%. INSTAT official data, after being processed by Faktoje, showed China of “taking” ores, chromium, and copper concentrates from our country. Increase of export figures was recently announced even by the Chinese Ambassador to Albania, Mr. Zhou Ding thus describing it a friendship indicator […]
24 June 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro informed that after a five-month stay in the country, the lion cub Simba is leaving first to the Netherlands, and when it grows stronger there, will depart for the huge sanctuary operated by Four Paws in Africa. The vehicle with Simba left for the 2,100 km journey to Netherlands […]
7 June 2022
The malign influences which utilize disinformation spreads in the Western Balkans have a regional nature, and, as a result, one disinformation is crossing the border from one country to another and then it returns to the country of origin in a very degenerated form, and this can cause even greater damage, pinpointed Vladimir Petreski, the […]
3 June 2022
Russia and Ukraine remains the two main oil importers to the country, despite the war between them. Following alarms raised by importers as the country is in danger of not having oil in the market, INSTAT data processed by Faktoje showed that in the first 4 months of this year, total oil imports decreased […]
3 May 2022
In times of war and global polarization the Western Balkans region is divided along the lines of current polarizing forces. Disinformation campaigns, hate speech, physical attacks, threats, low income, poor economic status, divisions, self-censorship and job insecurity are the main challenges that the regional independent media are facing. The World Press Freedom Day is the […]
3 May 2022
More than 5 months have passed since the tragic bus accident in Bulgaria when 45 Macedonian nationals lost their lives. The Bulgarian prosecution finished the investigation about the causes behind the accident, but North Macedonia’s Prosecution is still continuing its investigation, by controlling Besa Trans-Skopje company’s complete operations, but also controlling the institutions which should […]
16 April 2022
In an interview with four Serbian media outlets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used the well-known disinformation narrative about the military intervention in Ukraine, using the well-known phrase “special military operation” aimed at freeing the oppressed Russian population in Donbas and Luhansk. Lavrov reiterated that the entry of the Russian army into Ukraine should bring “demilitarization and denationalization of the Ukrainian […]
8 April 2022
As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation, it is our great pleasure to present you the first analyses of fake news and disinformation narratives. You can download the document here „Analysis of narratives in news comments“.
26 March 2022
Young Montenegrin singers Milica Radan and Komnen Vuković, together with the choir D-mol, published a video clip for their antiwar song devoted to the children of Ukraine “Vratite nam snove” (“Bring back our dreams”) on March 17. The song is a message demanding an end to the war and promoting empathy for the suffering children. […]
24 March 2022
The military conflict in Ukraine is expected to have consequences for the economy of North Macedonia. The consequences, above all, are related to the obstacles in the trade exchange with Ukraine, which is a direct target of military attacks, but also with Russia, against which North Macedonia has imposed sanctions and from which reciprocal sanctions […]
24 March 2022
Several dozens of citizens, mostly parents with children, held an antiwar protest on Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb on Saturday, March 18, expressing support for the Ukrainian fight for freedom under the motto #StandWithUkraine. At the protest, the organizers read an announcement condemning the war crimes perpetrated by Russian aggressors in Ukraine, while several local Ukrainians […]
6 March 2022
Narratives portraying the Albanian as a criminal appears in the media when there is a political crisis in the country or in this case an international crisis such as that of Russia with Ukraine and the West. In the article under review, the Albanians living in Ukraine are labeled as mercenaries fighting against Russia, while […]
11 February 2022
One of the simplest ways to influence a wider number of people is to glorify a country. Positive glorification can evoke admiration, a sense of belonging and community, a sense of protection, an ever-present refuge, an alternative available to citizens and the state… This is especially possible in times of stunted development or unfulfilled expectations […]
27 January 2022
It is frustrating to wait, but Western Balkan leaders need to reject proposals from foreign powers and maintain faith in EU membership, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama appealed in an interview with the Financial Times “Others can bring money, investment, maybe even caviar, but they will not be able to bring what you need to […]
22 January 2022
At 66 years of age, Aki Rahimovski, the lead singer, the frontman of the EX-YU rock bank “Parni Valjak” died today. The information of his death was shared by the Parni Valjak Facebook page. As the Croatian media inform, Ahimovski had a seizure and had been transfered to hospital in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, where he […]
22 January 2022
Russia’s request for the withdrawal of NATO forces (foreign troops, weapons and equipment) is not only for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe but for all countries that were not members of NATO in the period before 1997. The security guarantees that Russia is seeking from NATO also apply to Romania and Bulgaria, Russian […]
27 November 2021
Borislav Sarafov, the Deputy Public Prosecutor and Director of the Bulgarian National Investigation Service sаys that the victims in the bus crash near the city of Pernik, when 45 passengers of the bus owned by a NMacedonia transporter lost their lives in the fire on the motorway, died as a result of suffocation. “The autopsies […]
