Analyses

When the regulators are raised: How does the propaganda machine “extinguish” the crisis in Serbia?

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 […]

December 8, 2024

Power at Any Cost: Parallels Between Serbia and Georgia

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 […]

December 2, 2024

How the EU pushes Serbia towards BRICS: Russian Media and Belgrade have the answer

“BRUSSELS CHOOSES SERB-HATER PICULA: They shut the door on Serbia and push it towards BRICS” the media wrote on October 22 when they learned that Croatian politician Tonino Picula was appointed as the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Serbia. The next day, headlines read: “EP Appoints Picula: A Serb-hater Reports on Serbia” and raised the question, […]

November 20, 2024

US Elections in Serbian media: Trump is a peacemaker, Kamala a synonym for new wars

Kamala is “mentally disturbed” and “incompetent” The media widely reported that Donald Trump is “clear” and “ruthless” while stating that US Vice President Kamala Harris is a “mental invalid”, meaning she has “serious mental problems”. Such headlines were prominent in the first days after outgoing US President Joseph Biden withdrew from the […]

November 4, 2024

Fair, Fairer, BRICS

Multipolar as the buzzword The majority of media pieces maintain that the 16th BRICS summit, hosted by Russia in Kazan from October 22 to 24 is set to have historical ramifications. With several outlets suggesting the summit is a turning point in history, the Informer further suggests the outcome of the summit will have […]

October 30, 2024

Anti-Western front: How Serbia defends Russian voices

The evil West and the “island of freedom” Reporters Without Borders recently assessed that Russia Today uses its office in Belgrade to “adjust Kremlin narratives before spreading them throughout Southeast Europe”. In that analysis, created as part of their new initiative, Propaganda Monitor, RWB also called on the EU and its member states to […]

October 20, 2024

Russian-Chinese tailwind for settling scores with NGOs

The beginning of August reminded in many ways the end of December 2023. There are protests in the streets, warnings in the media about a new Maidan and “colour revolutions”, as well as Russia’s claims that the West is trying to “destabilise the situation” in Serbia following a “notorious scheme” (RTS). There is also gratitude […]

September 2, 2024

Assassination attempt on Trump and opportunity for spin

Satanisation of freedom-loving leaders On one of the front pages, the statement of the President of Serbia found its place –”The target are freedom-loving leaders around the world, and the reason for the attack on both Trump and Fico were hatred and satanisation in the public”. In the same spin, there were traces […]

July 28, 2024

Vladimir Orlić: The BIA’s new leading man

BIA Chief: A coveted position Vladimir Orlić will take over the reins from the Acting Director of the BIA, Tomislav Radovanović, in the post that has been formally vacant since the resignation of Aleksandar Vulin in November 2023. Previous occupiers of this top post had been the subjects of several controversies with Vulin having […]

June 24, 2024

How the attention turned from Fico to Vučić

As news broke of the attempted assassination on the Slovak PM, the media stuck to the Serbian President’s quick response. As a guest on public broadcaster RTS 1, Vučić iterated how unimaginable the attempted assassination was for contemporary Europe. Comparing Fico to other politicians of great “political integrity”, the President focused on the strength of […]

May 27, 2024