(LOCAL ELECTIONS 2025) The voices of hate that humiliated democracy: Sexism, ethnic divisions and nationalism
Ahead of the Local Elections 2025, North Macedonia faced a serious wave of hate speech, ethnic and...
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Category: MEDIA
Repeatedly amplify Peskov’s statements – a pattern in parts of the Macedonian media landscape
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has reappeared on the pages of that part of the Macedonian...
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Deputy prime minister Stoiljkovic’s nervous reaction to a journalist’s inquiry from CIVIL – a tendentious and inflammatory message on social media
Following a series of social-media comments and online posts alleging that the daughter of Deputy...
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Information Warfare and Propaganda Ecosystem in North Macedonia
SPECIAL SUB-REPORT OF THE HYBRID WARFARE EARLY WARNING REPORT SERIES
This Special Sub-Report, prepared by the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team in cooperation with...
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Lost in Translation: The Trump–Zelensky Meeting and the Making of a Propaganda Story
Credible reports became viral soundbites stripped of nuance -- creating a perfect storm for Russian disinformation and the erosion of narrative integrity in the West.
By Jabir DerallaIn cooperation with CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team This week’s headlines are...
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The Uninvited Guest: Authoritarian Regimes’ Media in Our Living Rooms
Through free streaming apps and smart TV updates, state-run channels like CGTN gain silent access to European and Balkan households — without us ever choosing them.
By Xhabir Deralla A few days ago, after updating my Philips Android TV, something unexpected...
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The Russian propaganda narrative about the “Kiev regime” has taken root in some Macedonian and Serbian portals
Some of the media in the Western Balkans region, specifically in Serbia and North Macedonia, are...
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Press Freedom Under Pressure: European Organizations Sound the Alarm
September 4, 2025 Karpacz, Poland – At the Economic Forum in Karpacz, six leading organizations...
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At the crossroads: Defending media freedom starts in Eastern Europe
September 3, 2025 – Karpacz, Poland FREEDOM OF THE PRESS is under siege: With the growing...
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War, Truth & Free Media – With Lina Kushch, Jabir Deralla & Roger Casale
On the eve of the Trump–Putin summit, Episode 3 of Eyes on Democracy confronts the dangers of...
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If the Truth Is a Crime, Then We Are All Criminals, Because Silence Is What Tyranny Depends On
ТOM HARTMANN / The Hartmann Report History rarely announces itself. It creeps in quietly, cloaked...
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CIVIL: Freedom of expression is not a gift from those in power – it is an inviolable human right. The verdict against Deralla is a direct attack on media freedom
PRESS RELEASE | June 19, 2025 The politically motivated court case against Xhabir Deralla,...
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