Somehow lost between West and East, democracy and authoritarianism, disturbing facts about the crimes committed in the recent Yugoslav wars and idealized picture of the self, Serbia gives a scary example of how slow and troubled transition can be, and how difficult it is to overcome the past. In the present day, the most powerful […]
The claim that the Croats hate us, and that one should never holiday on their coast, was avoidable only by getting your news from a single newspaper, or staying away from newspapers altogether, and by every means avoiding television channels with news shows. Some wondered what the intention of the tabloid editors could be, whether […]
According to the officials from Russia, China and some of the media outlets and social media users in Serbia, Ukraine hosts dozens of “American labs for biological weapons and destruction of Russians”. Conspiracy narratives mention that these labs precisely are the only Russian targets during the current invasion of Ukraine. None of these theories has […]
What were the findings of Istinomer since the beginning of the crisis? We detected dozens of manipulative posts and news on social media and wrote 26 articles about it – in our section of Facebook evaluations. The clear message, illustrative description, emotional tension, and traces of truth – a recipe for “successful” manipulation of the […]
Educational worker: “They wanted me to go to the SNS rally. No one threatened or ordered anything specific, they just asked you – can you do it or not. Personally, I would not suffer any consequences, but my wife would. No one threatens you directly, but they say – “Come on, you should do it”. […]
Oleksandr was counting his last days as the Ambassador on his duty in Belgrade, but the invasion kept him in Serbia. We talked about current events in Ukraine with him, but also how the media in our country are reporting on war, if the citizens of Serbia were receiving the real insight into what was […]
The one-year analysis carried out by CRTA included media content on foreign actors (European Union, United States, Russia, China and NATO) from the 12 most powerful media outlets with the largest viewership and readership in Serbia – TVs: RTS 1, TV Pink, TV Prva and TV Happy; daily newspapers: Informer, Blic, Kurir, Večernje novosti and […]
In the course of the year, very few political actors’ statements received positive assessments from Istinomer, and the amount of negative assessments would have been higher if we evaluated politicians for repeated but already confirmed falsities. Aleksandar Vučić remained an undisputed lord of the public space during 2021 as well, so he dominated the Istinomer […]
The news that Shandong Linglong Tire, the Chinese car tires manufacturer, was to build a factory in Zrenjanin, in the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, a project by Chinese President Xi Jinping, was presented as historic three years ago. As government representatives claimed, although Poland and the Czech Republic were among the candidates, […]
The destiny of two mural paintings in downtown Belgrade maybe best represent the atmosphere in the society and current government policy. The first, dedicated to the assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjić in the forecourt of the Faculty of Philosophy, was destroyed several times, but the police failed to react. On the other hand, because of […]
