During her visit to the Western Balkans, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also stopped in Belgrade. On that occasion, Vučić declared: “For Serbia, EU membership is a strategic commitment and a priority of its foreign policy.” Yet the facts tell a different story: Serbia has been stuck on its European path since December […]
For months, government officials, led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, have claimed that student blockades and protests following the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad were in fact a “colour revolution attempt”. They saw the organizers and financiers in the West, just as Moscow does. That Vučić’s regime is on the same wavelength as […]
Unrest at home The protests that began in November 2024, after the collapse of the canopy in Novi Sad, were not extinguished by the repression that was visible at every step. Over the summer, a new phase of suppressing civic resistance began – both propaganda and physical violence escalated, we noted hundreds of […]
Since 2023, the French state agency Viginum has been monitoring a set of information manipulation set called “Storm-1516” (also known by Microsoft’s nickname “Neva Flood”). Viginum’s report is based on the analysis of 77 operations conducted from August 2023 to March 5, 2025, in which Viginum uncovers the Kremlin’s attempt to undermine trust in Ukraine […]
After thousands of people witnessed an unprecedented phenomenon, a sound, and the medical effects they felt on Saturday at 19:11, and after the public was flooded with dozens of recordings clearly showing the spontaneous panic reaction of the peaceful and still crowd, claims on the potential use of “sonic weapons” against protesters emerged. Sonic weapons […]
Governments that are openly distancing themselves from the EU, leaning toward Russia, or doing so less openly while employing Russian propaganda tactics – this is exactly what we are witnessing on the political scene in Georgia, Slovakia, and Serbia. Mass protests by dissatisfied citizens on one side, and politicians in power who seem to be […]
Each step of the spin made by the Government, with the help of the propaganda machine, during the two months of student blockades was aimed at discrediting students, questioning their motives for the blockades, stifling all critical voices, and demonizing political opponents. In this mission, high-ranking state officials and media used various manipulation mechanisms. They […]
On Sunday, January 12, President Aleksandar Vučić appeared on the central news of TV Pink. During his appearance, he commented on Meta’s decision to cancel the independent fact-checking program, primarily in the United States, on its platforms – Facebook and Instagram. “Under the influence of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg decided to cancel […]
Although discussions of “colour revolutions” in Serbia surfaced in early November, significant attempts to delegitimize protests became apparent on November 22. Ana Brnabić, Parliament Speaker, then characterized roadblocks due to fatalities in Novi Sad as “well-coordinated from abroad”. A couple days later, the narrative intensified. Media outlets began comparing Serbian protests to those against Russian […]
On 28 November 2024, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which called for new elections in Georgia, following up on condemnation of the October parliamentary elections for being “neither free nor fair”. Nine months prior, in February, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which deemed that the 2023 parliamentary elections in Serbia were also not […]
