
Monthly Highlights February: sensationalistic reporting, ethnic hate, attacks on journalists and sexual exploitation alongside media manipulation and targeting of CSOs
During February, the RDN monitoring team detected a range of hateful narratives and discourse fuelled by sensationalistic reporting, ethnic hate, sexual exploitation and violence against journalists alongside media manipulation and targeting of CSOs. Sensational reporting in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo targeting victims of gender-based violence In the month of February, a woman and her …

Anti-abortion Campaign Gets Positive Coverage in BiH Media
Critical reviews of the “40 Days for Life” initiative and its real impact on women is absent in the media. Last week, the Parish of St. Matthew in Mostar announced that “Mostar, and thus Bosnia and Herzegovina, is included in the ‘40 Days for Life’ international initiative”. The activities of the campaign will be carried …

Regional media reporting on months-long student-led protests in Serbia
Novi Sad train station canopy collapsed on November 1st, 2024, killing fifteen people, and severely injuring two more. This ignited a nationwide, student-led movement in Serbia, demanding justice for victims and the rule of law. Since the protests began, RDN has closely followed how Serbian media have covered them. As students are currently marching from …

Troll of the Month: High-level officials Edi Rama and Erion Veliaj
The Balkan Troll of the Month is an individual, a group of individuals or a media outlet that spreads hate speech based on gender, ethnicity, religion, or other diversity categories. The Balkan Troll is selected based on hate speech incidents identified across the Western Balkans region. On February 11, 2025, Prime Minister Edi Rama accused …