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BFMI ROUNDTABLE: Can free media help prevent a Kosovo-Serbia crisis?
Antoinette Nikolova Antoinette Nikolova

BFMI ROUNDTABLE: Can free media help prevent a Kosovo-Serbia crisis?

The declining media environment in the Balkans plays a key role in rising tensions between ethnic Serbs and the ethnic Albanian-led government in Kosovo, which is now having a serious impact on the security situation.

BFMI hosted an online roundtable of experts on the role of free media in the Kosovo-Serbia crisis.

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Balkan countries rank among the lowest in 2022 Media Literacy Index
Antoinette Nikolova Antoinette Nikolova

Balkan countries rank among the lowest in 2022 Media Literacy Index

Countries in the Balkans and Southeast Europe are the most vulnerable to fake news and disinformation, according to the 2022 Media Literacy Index.  The EU must to more to oblige EU members and accession candidates alike, particularly in the Balkans, to protect media freedom and pluralism.

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Russian disinformation threatens breakout of conflict in Kosovo
Antoinette Nikolova Antoinette Nikolova

Russian disinformation threatens breakout of conflict in Kosovo

In an op-ed published on Euractiv, BFMI’s Director Antoinette Nikolova argues that the explosion of Russian disinformation threatens a breakout of conflict in Kosovo, highlighting the urgent need to address the declining information environment in the region.

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Report Launch -Social Media and the Information War in the Balkans
Antoinette Nikolova Antoinette Nikolova

Report Launch -Social Media and the Information War in the Balkans

To mark the launch of its second report, ‘Social Media and the Information War in the Balkans’, BFMI is hosting a panel event on Tuesday 17 May in London to discuss how social media channels have been used to spread disinformation and consolidate the grip on power of authoritarian leaders in Serbia and the semi-autonomous region of Republika Srpska.

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