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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Category: HYBRID THREATS
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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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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(GREY ZONE FILE) Russia shifts from disruption to sabotage and pressure below the threshold of war
By CIVIL | Hybrid Threats Monitoring IN BRIEF — Russia’s hybrid campaign is becoming more...
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Mika Beuster (BJV) for CIVIL MEDIA: Russia seeks to isolate and intimidate journalists – we must STAND TOGETHER
Following a seven-day visit to Ukraine, the president of the German Journalists’ Association speaks about a letter from the Russian Embassy, the resilience of Ukrainian society, the courage of journalists working under war conditions, and why the PRESS marking can become a target rather than protection.
After seven days in Ukraine as part of the Media Dialogue 2026 mission, Mika Beuster, journalist...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Diplomatic and political rupture amid arson attack on the Bulgarian Embassy in North Macedonia
An arson attack on the Bulgarian Embassy in North Macedonia has ruptured diplomatic relations, derailed EU accession talks, and opened a critical vulnerability for regional hybrid threat networks.
By Xhabir Deralla With the CIVIL Media Editorial Team & CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring An...
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ESPIONAGE SCANDAL: As Russian-linked spy allegations shake North Macedonia, PM Mickoski attacks whistleblowers as “spy scum” and “rodents”
While the competent security institutions and the Prosecutor’s Office are conducting official...
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VSquare: The quiet expulsion — How Hungary sheltered a Russian spy until Orbán fell
VSquare reports that Hungary quietly expelled Artur Sushkov, a Russian diplomat identified by...
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If it’s written in the Balkans, it is not less true
Notes from the Balkans
By Xhabir Deralla The Balkans are not behind the world. They are where the world arrives too late....
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CIVIL unveils the Kremlin’s “back-end” in North Macedonia: A new dossier on Russian hybrid operations
Following the path from denials to evidence: An investigation by CIVIL’s CHTM team reveals how a political actor in a NATO member state is instrumentalized to legitimize Russian occupations. Case study: Goran Dimov, the “denied” Senior Advisor of the political party Levica (The Left).
SKOPJE, 27 April 2026 — CIVIL MEDIA in Macedonian has released a comprehensive investigative...
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Saving Orbán: Anatomy of a Cross-Border Propaganda Operation
Incident or propaganda operation? Explosives “found” near energy infrastructure in Serbia raise suspicions of a controlled crisis aimed at influencing Hungary’s election outcome in Orbán’s favor.
Editor’s note (April 11, 2026):This analysis was originally published in Macedonian on April 6,...
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Slovenia’s Elections and the Balkan Disinformation Corridor: Inside the Network Shaping Europe’s New Political Warfare
Foreign manipulation, hybrid operations, and the Slovenian elections as a test case for Europe’s democratic resilience
By Xhabir DerallaWith contributions from the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team (CHTM) As...
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