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February 17, 2020
Disinformation sharpened tensions between Serbia and Montenegro
The divisive situation caused by the opposing positions of the Government of Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church on the newly adopted Law on Freedom of religion of Montenegro has been used by disinformation outlets in the region, resembling the practice already detected in Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia.
August 08, 2018
Old disinformation finds fresh ground in Serbia, targets the EU
The recurring myth that the EU is legalising paedophilia finds new ground in Serbia. In fact, any sexual abuse of children is illegal in all EU Member States.
October 12, 2022
A disinformation story from Serbia: A mother fined for refusing to dress her son as a girl in Germany
Disinformation narrative of "threatened values" spread in Serbia
January 18, 2019
700 False News Stories In Serbian Tabloids In 2018
These false or unfounded news articles were pushing narratives on Putin's strong support to Serbia and war rhetoric on Kosovo.
June 14, 2019
How Serbian Sputnik Infiltrated a Disinformation Hub in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Although most of the sources of political disinformation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are local media, a large disinformation hub is formed by an alarmingly high number of media from neighbouring countries, potentially used by foreign political actors.
June 22, 2018
One Image, 4 x Disinformation about Migrants
On May 14, news agency "News Front" published a story including an image of "Kosovan and Albanian migrants storming EU borders" from Serbia. In fact the photo is from February 2016.
February 11, 2020
Figure of the Week: 35
Not less than 945 fake / unfounded pieces of news have been published in 2019 by four tabloids (Informer, Srpski Telegraf, Alo and Kurir) with the largest circulation in Serbia, fact-checking platform Raskrikavanje found in their most recent analysis.
December 14, 2017
Weaponising the Olympics
The Winter Olympics ban “is a war against Russia”, we learned, as well as that “the Olympics have never been about sport, but war”.
August 03, 2018
Disinformation Analysis on the Western Balkans: Lack of Sources Indicates Potential Disinformation
One key feature of disinforming news stories is that they are most often published without quoting any sources, alongside having a biased or subjective tone.