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Balkan Free Media Initiative

@bfmi.bsky.social
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The BFMI is an Independent watchdog that monitors the media environment across the “new democracies” in the “old continent” for inaccuracy, bias and censorship.

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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Horizon Europe applications are skyrocketing. Surge in proposals coincides with rising use of generative AI tools. Proposals appear to have been written entirely by AI, raising new questions about authenticity, quality, and the shifting nature of academic competition.
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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🎯 Registrations are now open! 📢 Online Roundtable: “Hungarian media investment in the Balkans: a test for Europe’s media law” #MediaFreedom #EMFA #EU #Balkans #BFMIEvents #RuleOfLaw @at-tgibson.bsky.social @eualive.bsky.social
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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The closure of RFERL after 75 years is a devastating loss for independent journalism and those who rely on it for truth in closed societies.Silencing one of the last beacons of free information is a gift to autocrats.A decision like this doesn’t just weaken the free press but the democracy itself.
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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🔴 Vučić vs. Serbia’s Youth: Fear, Repression, and Censorship The Serbian police just used a LRAD sonic cannon against the student protesters in Belgrade while they were holding their 15 minutes of silence. #Vučić #FreeSpeech #YouthUnderAttack #Serbia #FreedomToProtest
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Balkan Free Media Initiative @bfmi.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Defunding Disinformation in the Balkans: A new study by BFMI and @CRTArs finds that global brands are funding media outlets that spread pro-Kremlin #disinformation in 🇷🇸&🇧🇬 exacerbating the fragile political situation in the #Balkans. Download here ⤵️ balkanfreemedia.org/research
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