North Macedonia’s Brvenica Runoff: A Local Election, Competing National Narratives
A snap mayoral election in North Macedonia has produced significant shifts in local party support,...
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Trump’s Diesel Deal with Putin: Economic Concessions to Moscow and Strategic Risks for Ukraine
By Oleksandar Levchenko Washington seeks to use energy arrangements as a tool to end the war, but...
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The shadow war accelerates: Targeting the systems sustaining Ukraine
THE SHADOW WAR BRIEFING, 9-15 October 2026 | Sabotage, drone warfare, maritime attacks, and political pressure converge in a campaign to exhaust Ukraine and fragment its allies.
CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring THE STRATEGY | Exhausting the support network Russia’s latest...
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A Disgraceful Pact with a Dictator: Trump Betrays Ukraine for Bloodstained Russian Diesel
Diesel Profits for Putin, Bombs for Ukraine: The Shameful Price of Trump’s Deal with the Kremlin
EDITORIAL COMMENTARY | CIVIL MEDIA While Ukrainian civilians endure relentless Russian terror, US...
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A city to save a life
More than 16,000 Ukrainians are being arbitrarily held by Moscow, without contact with the outside world or access to legal assistance. A city sponsorship campaign is urging Geneva to speak their names.
By Olivier Védrine Director of the Jean Monnet Association (JMA) More than 16,000 Ukrainian...
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Russian Strikes Are Increasingly Extending Beyond Ukraine: Moldova as a New Front of Hybrid Pressure
By Oleksandar Levchenko Russian attacks on Ukraine are increasingly creating direct risks for...
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The UDBA Culture of Governance
An essay on historical trauma, fear, and networks of loyalty
By Aleksandar Ivanov We often hear claims in public debate that some invisible “UDBA” mechanism...
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Four years since the arrest of Vilen Temeryanov: Journalism is not a crime – Russian aggression is a crime
Four years after the arrest of Crimean Tatar journalist Vilen Temeryanov by Russian occupation authorities, his captors remain silent. As his public advocate and President of CIVIL – Center for Freedom, I renew the demand for his immediate release and strongly condemn Russia's brutal, politically motivated repression of journalists in occupied parts of Ukraine.
By Xhabir Deralla This article first appeared in Macedonian on CivilMedia.mk on August 11, 2026....
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Defence, peace and security: North Macedonia needs a society-wide resilience strategy
In his column for CIVIL MEDIA, Professor Dr. Oliver Andonov argues that North Macedonia needs to...
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Which side are you on?
By Xhabir Deralla If you want to believe politicians’ lies, read propaganda packaged as “analysis”...
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Russia’s Cognitive Warfare: The Battle for Minds, Decisions and Political Will
By Oleksandar Levchenko A few months ago, Foreign Policy published an article titled “Russia’s War...
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The truth cannot be silenced: Unconditional support from CIVIL for the Srebrenica Memorial Center
PRESS RELEASE, September 29, 2026 CIVIL – Center for Freedom strongly condemns the threats,...
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