The perception of the United States in the Balkans is quite diverse, as evidenced by the fact that the people of the region have different attitudes towards the world’s most powerful nation.
Tag: Montenegro
Leaders of several Montenegrin political parties, some of which are part of the opposition and some part of the government, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation last week.
In Serbian tabloids, there is a constant narrative that indicates the alleged dispute between Serbs in Montenegro and parts of the executive and the judiciary authorities.
The protests held throughout Serbia these days have brought a whole wave of disinformation.
Many do not agree with Montenegro’s membership in the NATO alliance, both in the country and abroad, and this topic is a frequent cause of debates and newspaper articles full of disinformation.
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church and its Metropolitan Mihailo Dedeic have long been under attack by Serbian tabloids, which “christen” the church as unrecognized and call Mihailo “the one who has left the priestly vocation”.
The Montenegrin public recently became aware of the fake Facebook profile of the Metropolitan of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church – Mihailo, after this fake profile spread a series of false claims, some of which went viral after regional websites “caught” them.
We have seen countless times that nationalism is one of the most critical drivers of false news. Such news has a special passage between the countries in the region due to the lack of language barriers.
For the past few years, each new summer tourist season in Montenegro brings along tabloid posts where tourists are warned to beware of sharks that have allegedly been spotted or caught in coastal waters of Montenegro.
Montenegro too fails to dodge disinformation, conspiracy theories and fake news about the coronavirus.