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The virus may be slowing, but fake news is still rampant

Violeta Zefi

30.06.21

Violeta Zefi Focusing on overcoming the virus, we undermined how the pandemic times affected our mental health. Struggling to discern truth from “clickbait” is taking its toll on everyone. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in China, one of the direct consequences has...

Professional liars in pandemic times

Dr. Vuk Vucetic

25.06.21

Vuk Vučetić All conspiracy theories have very simple premises on which they rest. At the core of any conspiracy theory is the division of the world into good and evil. It is difficult to refute them because anyone who tries to do so is considered an accomplice to the...

Prime Minister Plenković’s war against journalists: Prelude to physical violence?

Bojana Guberac

21.06.21

Bojana Guberac If the verbal attacks on journalists and on media, made by the most powerful people (including the President) in the country as well as the pressures from the Prime Minister do not stop, I am afraid that Croatia is moving in the direction of Hungary,...

“Big Brother” is in full swing in Albania

Jona Koprencka

11.06.21

Jona Koprencka The thought that someone has been looking into, investigating, and monitoring peoples’ lives on social media for years is frightening. It is even more frightening when the “observers” are members of the largest political parties. The...

The road from Skopje to Brussels is not via Sofia

Ida Manton

04.06.21

Ida Manton Both sides will benefit from a mediation process led by an international expert team, which would be an integral part of the EU SAA process and enriched with dialogue facilitation experts who are well versed in the work and documents of the UN, CoE and OSCE....

“Hate Slavs” – Hate speech in the Balkans

Dubravka Valic Nedeljkovic

31.05.21

Dubravka Valić Nedeljković, PhD Hate speech is commonplace in public discourse in the Balkans. Offensive language, insinuations, labelling, presenting false information about people in public discourse with no holds barred, whether it is the media or the assembly...

Unifying around “historical truths” or around differences? (II)

28.05.21

The text is a response to the blog “On unifying around our common history – Tsar Samuil erga omnes (II)” by Naum Kajchev, published on May 21, 2021.   Ognen Vangelov and Ljupco Risteski We consider that the theses represented by Mr. N. Kajchev...

On unifying around our common history – Tzar Samuil erga omnes (II)

Naum Kajchev

21.05.21

Naum Kajchev The European idea is based on overcoming the contradictions of the past, on emphasizing things that are common and unifying. No one today has exclusivity over the state of Prince Boris the Baptizer and St. Clement of Ohrid; of Tsar Simeon and St. Naum of...

Vaccine Nationalism Strikes Back

Sabin Selimi

17.05.21

Sabin Selimi Governments around the world tend to follow their own national interests instead of pursuing a more globally coordinated approach. Everyone around the world has been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that has been wreaking havoc. Hundreds of...

Corruption in the Balkans remains a stubborn thing, it’s not helped by difficult counting

07.05.21

Jason Deegan and Felix Amelung With corruption we should worry less on how we fare against the neighbours and focus instead on how to ensure the necessary infrastructure by way of institutions is put in place to actually investigate incidents of corruption. Corruption...