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The sirens of “brotherhood and unity”
The long shadow of a "soft" dictatorship – Josip Broz Tito, the legacy

May 27, 2026 | OPINION, ESSAYS, HISTORY, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS

By Xhabir Deralla I grew up as one of Tito’s Pioneers (Titov pionir), wrapped in an ideology where...

LogEx Community and The Balkan Forum Drive Regional Sustainability with 2026 Circular Economy Week

May 26, 2026 | GREEN, NEWSLETTER, NEWSROOM, REGION

PRISHTINA, 26 May 2026 – The 2026 Circular Economy Week is officially underway, bringing together...

The Blood Brotherhood They Want the World to Forget
The Nazi–Soviet alliance was buried, tolerated, and weaponized – a hard look at how the Kremlin erased Stalin’s alliance with Hitler and how the West learned to live with the lie.

May 9, 2026 | OPINION, ANALYSIS, HISTORY, NEWSLETTER

By Xhabir Deralla I grew up under the “soft” dictatorship of Tito’s socialist Yugoslavia. Soft, at...

If it’s written in the Balkans, it is not less true
Notes from the Balkans

May 8, 2026 | ESSAYS, DEMOCRACY, HYBRID THREATS, NEWSLETTER, OPINION, POLITICS

By Xhabir Deralla The Balkans are not behind the world. They are where the world arrives too late....

The Illusion of Freedom
Beyond the Press Freedom Index and World Press Freedom Day: a firsthand account of how media freedom is suffocated in real time

Apr 30, 2026 | OPINION, DEMOCRACY, MEDIA, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS

By Xhabir Deralla What the 2026 Index by Reporters Without Borders ultimately reveals is not...

(VIDEO) When Media Becomes a Battlefield: Dr Wolfgang Ressmann on Hybrid Warfare and the Hate-Less Project
A conversation on disinformation, polarization, and democratic resilience across Europe and the transatlantic space

Apr 17, 2026 | INTERVIEW, DEMOCRACY, HATE SPEECH, MULTIMEDIA, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS

Recorded on April 10, 2026—just two days ahead of Hungary’s pivotal elections, in which then–Prime...

Orbán is out. Who’s next?

Apr 13, 2026 | OPINION, DEMOCRACY, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS

By Xhabir Deralla Nine years after the fall of a regime – the one in my country – I couldn’t hide...

Anything but the European Union

Apr 2, 2026 | OPINION, DEMOCRACY, NEWSLETTER, POLITICS

A sharp commentary on North Macedonia’s drift from the EU—nationalist populism, disinformation, and a growing authoritarian drive.

Algorithmic Suppression: When information isn’t removed, but simply made unseen
You are not being censored—you are being made invisible

Mar 29, 2026 | ANALYSIS, DEMOCRACY, MEDIA, NEWSLETTER

By Xhabir Deralla Have you noticed a sudden plunge in the visibility of your personal or...

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

Mar 21, 2026 | ANALYSIS, DEMOCRACY, EUROPE, HYBRID THREATS, NEWSLETTER

By Xhabir DerallaWith contributions from the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team (CHTM) As...

Support is not charity. It is an act of solidarity in defending democracy.

Mar 19, 2026 | EDITORIAL, DEMOCRACY, MEDIA, NEWSLETTER

“Democracy is under attack” has become a familiar assessment in recent years. Yet in most...

Ukraine’s Resistance and the World’s Responsibility — International Conference Calls for Decisive Action
PRESS RELEASE

Feb 26, 2026 | PRESS RELEASE, DEMOCRACY, NEWSLETTER, STATEMENTS, WAR IN UKRAINE

Skopje / London / Berlin, 26 February 2026 — On 24 February 2026, marking four years since the...

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