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Apr102023

Final synthesis report on harmful disinformation and its influence on society

News & EventsBy Todor GalevApril 10, 2023

Download full report (PDF) Alongside its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, Russia has intensified its efforts to undermine the national and common policies of the EU and NATO, as well as the other countries on the continent, by…

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Feb282023

Russian Embassy Facebook Activity in Southeastern Europe

News & EventsBy Todor GalevFebruary 28, 2023

Flash report Author: Connor O’Kelley   Introduction In his 1911 satirical compendium The Devil’s Dictionary, American author and journalist Ambrose Bierce defined diplomacy as “The patriotic art of lying for one’s country” – over a century later, as countries such…

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Feb232023

Russia’s hybrid threats toolbox: Pro-Kremlin media narratives surrounding a suspected Russian chemical weapons attack on Bulgarian soil

News & EventsBy Boryana VelchevaFebruary 23, 2023

Flash Report   The story behind On February 15, 2015, three Russian nationals arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria and booked stays at two local hotels, albeit with an unusual request; the men wanted rooms with a view, but not of the…

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Feb202023

Report Assessing the Impact on Society of Selected Disinformation Campaigns

News & EventsBy Todor GalevFebruary 20, 2023

Download full report (PDF)   The deliberate spread of disinformation and other types of false and/or misleading information is a ubiquitous and pervasive issue in Bulgaria. False information is constantly being proliferated on both traditional and social media by opaque…

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Feb152023

Join the conference “Building Resilience to Foreign Authoritarian Disinformation in Southeast Europe” (22 Feb 2023)

News & EventsBy FENCEFebruary 15, 2023

The conference will take place as a hybrid event with main venue in Sofia, Bulgaria and via Zoom. Check the conference agenda for more information Join us next week to discuss how we can overcome vulnerabilities in Southeast Europe related…

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Jan262023

Countering Green Deal Disinformation Narratives in Bulgaria

News & EventsBy Boryana VelchevaJanuary 26, 2023

Flash Report Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has once again highlighted the risks associated with the EU’s considerable dependence on conventional energy supplies from Russia. Although the current energy crisis began before the war, it was exacerbated by Russia…

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Jan172023

Russia as peacemaker

News & EventsBy Todor GalevJanuary 17, 2023

Flash report Author: Svetoslav Malinov   One of the long-lasting disinformation narratives, originated and reiterated multiple times by Russian controlled media and amplified and republished constantly by the group of pro-Kremlin online news outlets in Bulgaria, refers to EU and…

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Dec132022

Expert on Darik: Bulgarians believe in conspiracies and pro-Russian propaganda the most of all Europeans

News & EventsBy FENCEDecember 13, 2022

CSD, together with several other organizations, including the AEJ, organized a press conference to talk about the Kremlin’s pro-Russian disinformation and anti-democratic messages in Bulgaria in the context of the information war. According to T. Galev from CSD, when disinformation…

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Nov202022

A pack of viral lies: disinformation narratives about Ukraine and why are Bulgarians gobbling them down?

News & EventsBy Boryana VelchevaNovember 20, 2022

Flash Report Author: Gloria Trifonova, Svetoslav Malinov, Todor Galev, CSD The Kremlin’s extensive and methodical disinformation campaign against Ukraine began long before its invasion on February 24, 2022. And it has only grown in complexity and scale since. Bulgaria is…

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Oct252022

Press conference on “Pro-Russian disinformation and the Kremlin’s anti-democratic messages in Bulgaria in the context of information war”

News & EventsBy FENCEOctober 25, 2022

Although Russia’s economic presence in Europe has been declining in last two years, Bulgaria alongside with Serbia are the countries most inclined to safeguard and showcase pro-Russian disinformation and propaganda narratives and sentiments in Southeastern Europe. They serve as key…

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Sep92022

OPEN CALL: Debunking and fact-checking articles exposing Kremlin disinformation

News & EventsBy FENCESeptember 9, 2022

The FENCE initiative, supported by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), offers small-scale grants to boost fact-checking and debunking activities in Southeast Europe, with a special focus on Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania. The initiative’s aim is to reveal the Kremlin’s disinformation and propaganda narratives being…

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Sep52022

Factcheck.bg became member of the International Fact-Checking Network

News & EventsBy FENCESeptember 5, 2022

Factcheck.bg is the first fact-checking platform in Bulgaria, endorsed by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in the USA. Factcheck.bg was launched in June 2021 as an initiative of the Association of European Journalists…

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Aug32022

Introductory report on identified disinformation narratives

News & EventsBy Todor GalevAugust 3, 2022

Download full report (PDF)   Between 2021 and the first half of 2022, Bulgaria underwent several significant political events, including presidential elections and four parliamentary elections. This period was characterized by various challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted…

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May112022

Disinformation narratives, spread by Russian controlled media in Bulgaria: the example of News Front

News & EventsBy Todor GalevMay 11, 2022

Flash report Authors: Goran Georgiev, Todor Galev   The Bulgarian version of the nine-language Russia-controlled online outlet News Front could be classified as a small outlet, with around 150 thousand visits per month(1) as compared to mainstream media, which have…

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Apr52022

Countering malign foreign disinformation and propaganda

News & EventsBy FENCEApril 5, 2022

Countering Russian disinformation and propaganda requires not only deterrence, but also a long-term strategy of media literacy training and awareness campaigns for the general public. In the short term, the creation of a state body to monitor the media environment…

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Mar142022

Disinformation narratives in the Bulgarian online media: the US accused of setting up bio labs in the post-Soviet space

News & EventsBy Todor GalevMarch 14, 2022

Flash report Author: Svetoslav Malinov   “There is an ever-growing number of new American secret laboratories showing up in the post-soviet space, conducting bio-military activities, especially in Ukraine” is one of the leading disinformation narratives in the time period 2019-2022,…

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Feb262022

The Association of the European Journalist calls for complete ban on RT propaganda

News & EventsBy FENCEFebruary 26, 2022

The AEJ today calls for an EU-wide ban on RT, which has played a key part in spreading lies and endorsing “false flag” that ensured confusion over Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine, and in general seeking to weaken Western democracies…

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Feb242022

Mediapool.bg: Could Bulgariа order for F-16 fighters become a Russian weapon in the hybrid warfare?

News & EventsBy FENCEFebruary 24, 2022

The deal with the US for eight F-16 fighter jets is the most significant and expensive step in the modernisation of the Bulgarian army in at least 20 years, but now it is in danger of becoming a hybrid tool…

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Feb242022

Mediappol.bg: The loopholes in the Bulgarian position on the crisis in Ukraine are becoming more dangerous

News & EventsBy FENCEFebruary 24, 2022

Bulgaria has once again proven to be one of the most insecure NATO member states – with a divided society, a “captured” political class, corruption and lack of leadership, and the cost of this behaviour in the deepening crisis over…

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Feb92022

Disinformation in Bulgaria USA and NATO portrait as seeking world domination through military and political aggression

News & EventsBy Todor GalevFebruary 9, 2022

Flash repor Author: Svetoslav Malinov   “USA/NATO seeks world domination through military and political aggression” is one of the persistent disinformation and propaganda narratives in 2021, spread by pro-Kremlin actors in the online media in Bulgaria (1). It is a…

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Nov122021

Press conference “Disinformation Narratives in the November 2021 Bulgarian Elections Campaign: Key Actors and Amplifiers”

News & EventsBy FENCENovember 12, 2021

On 12 November 2021, the Center of the Study of Democracy held a press conference Disinformation Narratives in the November 2021 Bulgarian Elections Campaign: Key Actors and Amplifiers. On the event was presented recent analysis assessing the main propaganda and disinformation…

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Nov122021

Disinformation Narratives in the November 2021 Bulgarian Elections Campaign

News & EventsBy FENCENovember 12, 2021

In its Policy Brief Disinformation Narratives in the November 2021 Bulgarian Elections Campaign: Key Actors and Amplifiers Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is exploring Bulgaria’s growing vulnerability to propaganda and disinformation in the context of November 2021 parliamentary…

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