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Analysis of foreign influence and cyber incidents during the Latvian municipal elections 2021

In the beginning of June, regular municipal elections were held in Latvia. Even though the municipality of Riga did not hold the...

“World saviours”: Russia leads the fight against COVID-19, Belarus provides Sputnik V to neighbors

In addition to the wide-spread network of propaganda channels, high level officials of the Kremlin regime often amplify disinformation...

One plane and a lot of noise. Pro-Kremlin disinformation about forced landing in Minsk

On May 23, the Belarusian authorities forced the landing of a Ryanair passenger plane with a pro-democratic Belarusian opposition...

BelNPP related disinformation asserts a 30% price jump for electricity in the Baltics

Lithuania's strict position towards the Belarusian NPP is systematically presented in the Kremlin-supported media as causing...

'May 9th is celebrated by the victors' and other pillars of pro-Kremlin disinformation

As the commemorations of the Victory Day rolled over Russia, elaborate parades showcasing the military might and accusations of the rise...

Which piece of the puzzle is Latvia in the Covid-19 vaccination campaign of European Union?

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought various unintended consequences all around the globe. However, the start of the vaccination campaigns...

Baltics and Ukraine targeted for refusing Sputnik V, with social media amplifying false messages

With global COVID-19 vaccination programmes getting into the full swing, information regarding any shortcomings is used to push false and...

Kremlin related media: Baltic countries and Poland are unable to counter COVID-19

Worldwide health crisis brought by COVID-19 is exhausting not only for healthcare systems, businesses, entire communities, but the media...

NATO drills, COVID-19 rules, alleged interference in Belarus used to target the Baltics and Poland

While the second wave of COVID-19 is raging, the pandemic still is at the core of false/misleading information targeting Lithuania,...

COVID-19 related disinformation becomes a tool to promote anti-Baltic narratives

As global health organizations keep voicing their concerns about alarming rates of COVID-19 cases, specialists are also warning about the...

"Irrelevant and insignificant": depiction of the Baltics in pro-Kremlin media

With the focus slowly moving away from the political upheaval in Belarus, the ever-present narrative of Russophobia is regaining its...

Breaches in regulation for political ads on social media pose a risk on electoral transparency

Political advertising on social media has given political parties and candidates more possibilities for reaching their constituents....

With a dramatic surge of COVID-19 cases, Baltic states may be facing the second wave of infodemic

With a rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases, healthcare systems, businesses, the general public are nothing less but exhausted —...

Negative communication creates an impression of no real political choice in Lithuanian elections

While a notorious contest for voter ‘s attention was raging in the public space, there were repeated attempts in digital media to...

Political unrest in Belarus keeps fuelling disinformation against Baltic states

As the protests in Belarus continue for the third month, political turmoil in the country still influences coverage about neighbouring...

Kremlin tries to rewrite history over Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

As Europe celebrated the anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on August 23, the Debunk EU researchers examined how it was covered...

Latvia had the widest spread of COVID-19 related disinformation in May

The Debunk EU analysis of COVID-19 related disinformation in three Baltic countries in May revealed that more than a half of this kind of...

US organisation expands its cooperation with Lithuanians in the fight against Chinese disinformation

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, an independent organisation operating in the United States, just a few weeks earlier has launched a...

Disinformers take an advantage of COVID-19 crisis

“Pharmaceutical industry denies the fact that vitamin C kills coronavirus”, “Lithuania has chosen natural selection – only the strongest...