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Connecting Media Communities in the Age of Disinformation

On the occasion of 1 year since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion on Ukraine, the EEAS is organising the panel discussion “Evolution of propaganda narratives on Ukraine” with prominent speakers from the Western Balkans, Ukraine and the Middle East. Ambassador Johann Sattler, Head of EU Delegation and EU Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina will open the conference and Tijana Cvjetićanin, Member of the Editorial Board of the Raskrinkavanje fact-checking organisation will present analyses on disinformation narratives related to the war.

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Live stream will be available on Friday, 24 February from 09:45 (CET) on Youtube and Facebook.

The panel discussion is part of a wider EU activity „Connecting Media Communities in the Age of Disinformation“, which will gather journalists, fact-checkers, media professionals and academics from the Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership countries, Middle East, North Africa and beyond. It aims at increasing synergies across borders, mapping the needs of the media communities and supporting their work.

The panel will be English. In case you’d like to follow on local languages, please refer to the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3XRhOhP.

Agenda

09:45 - 10:00  Opening remarks
Ambassador Johann Sattler, Head of EU Delegation and EU Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
10:00 - 10:15 Presentation of analyses on disinformation narratives related to the war.
Tijana Cvjetićanin, Member of the Editorial Board, Raskrinkavanje/Zašto ne (BiH)
10:15 - 12:00

Panel discussion “Evolution of propaganda narratives on Ukraine”
Yevhen Fedchenko - Editor in Chief, Stop Fake, Ukraine
Marija Vučić – Journalist, KRIK, Serbia
Tijana Cvjetićanin - Member of the Editorial Board,   Raskrinkavanje/Zašto ne, BiH
Iyad El-Baghdadi – Director, Jamal Khashoggi Disinformation Monitor
Sead Turčalo - Dean of Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo

 

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09:45 am
Online event
How to join?

Live stream will be available on Friday, 24 February from 09:45 (CET) on Youtube and Facebook.

The panel will be English. In case you’d like to follow on local languages, please refer to the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3XRhOhP.