The bottom of progressive propaganda

29.July 2026 Dragan Popovic

How we became Ustashas

The whole of Serbia is covered with slogans that the students are Ustasha (see pictures) or that it is the rector of the Belgrade University, Vladan Đokić. Government officials routinely use this word, even the highest ones, such as the mayor of Nis or numerous SNS councilors throughout Serbia. As the regime weakened and increasingly entered the position of a cornered wounded beast, so did the plans turn into elements. Radical stormtroopers, otherwise not very well known for their intelligence and education, took the initiative, partly out of fear for their own positions, partly out of a desire to please their bosses.

On the eve of Thompson's concert in Zagreb

Propaganda

29.July 2026 NR

What does "Ustasha" mean if everyone is "Ustasha"?

The regime in Serbia talks inflatedly about the "Ustasha", and that is everyone who does not like them and who are worth something, writes historian Dragan Popović in the summer double issue of "Vremena". This has dire consequences

Part of newly established portals

Mediji

07.July 2026 B. B.

Regime media are springing up like mushrooms

So far in 2026, as many as 88 new media have been registered. In many cases, the owners are connected to the regime of Aleksandar Vučić. Media inflation is most favored by the system of project co-financing of media content from the budget, but also digitalization, political concentration and non-transparency

This situation

03.June 2026 Philip Schwarm

I hear something like "do you wanna dance"

Why does Vučić portray Serbia as a besieged fortress that the police defend against external enemies? Why would Vulin import new Serbian people? What did the dance floor at the celebration of the Police Day say to the officers around Ćiľiland, inspectors, traffic officers, special officers, administrators and all other members of the MUP

Aleksandar Vučić in front of the Parliament with a letter badge

Coordinated labeling campaign

23.May 2026. KS

Vučić mentioned "blockades" 289 times since the beginning of the year

The Bureau of Social Research (BIRODI) counted how many times the word "blockader" appeared in the media since the beginning of 2026 and how many times it was spoken publicly by the President of Serbia. It is, BIRODI announced, a coordinated labeling campaign

Repression and orchestrated anarchy (III): Informer's reality show with "the blanket", the police officer and Vučić

22.April 2026. Nedim Sejdinovic

A concerted attack on common sense

The regime called on citizens to express rebellion because of "police torture". By the way, the police should immediately stop the "blockade violence", that is, to arrest, beat, if necessary and kill (to paraphrase the Minister of Information) anyone who raises his voice against the regime. In short - along with some progressive activists, Miloš Vučević, Maja Gojković, Žarko Mićin and no one else protested

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magjar delivers a speech

Elections in Hungary

16.April 2026. IN THE

Hungarian on state television: This false propaganda is over

The future prime minister of Hungary, Peter the Magyar, accused the state television of spreading propaganda and months of attacks against him and his family. "We will suspend the false information that is carried out here and create conditions for independent, objective media," the Hungarian said.

Vučić, Brnabić, Vučević, SNS Skup Arena

SNS propaganda machinery

23.February 2026. KS

Research: How the structure of Vučić's political propaganda works

The political communication of the authorities in Serbia functions as an elaborate system in which President Aleksandar Vučić plays a central role, while a network of associates, officials and public actors transmits, reinforces and shapes messages intended for different segments of the public.

Veran Matić in the film by the Center for Social Stability

From the new issue

11.February 2026. NS / KS

How we all pay for the poison of the Center for Social Stability

The Center for Social Stability, formally a think tank, but essentially the government's propaganda drive, produces films and campaigns against dissidents with taxpayers' money. The interlocutors of "Vremen" warn about the model of para-institutions that is characteristic of authoritarian regimes

TV maniac

05.November 2025 Dragan Ilic

The smell of power

Maric's presence in the media will be the best indicator of whether or not something will fundamentally change in this country even after Vucic

Relationships and acquaintances

21.October 2025 IN THE

BIRN: Who is Vučić's "friend" Asaf Eisin, who improved the image of Rio Tinto in Serbia?

Israeli political propagandist Asaf Eisin, a close associate and "friend" of President Aleksandar Vučić, was hired to lead a strategic communication campaign for the Rio Tinto company in the midst of protests against the Yadar project in 2021, BIRN reveals. Internal company documents indicate that Rio Tinto was aware of Eisin's connection with Vučić, but the engagement was approved anyway

TV maniac

17.September 2025 Dragan Ilic

How I became a spy for the EU

In our country, a foreign intelligence agency insults and targets the media, journalists and students, and the government does nothing to protect its citizens and its integrity

Regime propaganda

23.April 2025. Tijana Stanic

Raising the bar: Untruth, lie, blatant lie

In a country where the truth is selectively used, the lines between propaganda and reality are getting thinner. Thus, the name of Novak Djokovic in the child's letter to Vučić is lost somewhere, the Serbian "lj" is inserted into the Russian report, and the people who protest become the culprits for economic stagnation. In the past weeks, the intensity of falsehoods and replacement of theses has reached a new level

The President and the media

21.February 2025. B. B.

Vučić tells his story: "One interview can't put him in order"

The rules of dialogue are very simple: respect the person you are talking to and respect the truth. This is not the case with Vučić, and this was also seen in the interview for Insider, philosopher Vladimir Milutinović told Vreme.

TV maniac

19.February 2025. Dragan Ilic

Lie and paralysis

The strained political relations in Serbia led to an intense propaganda war through the media. While RTS is desperately trying to reconcile the irreconcilable positions of the government and the opposition, commercial channels controlled by the government are conducting an intensive campaign primarily against students, educators, non-governmental organizations and NGO activists. To this list should be added influencers on social networks who are a specific thorn in the side of Vučić's and his activists' attempts to conquer virtual space in cyberspace.

Aleksandar Vučić

Analyze

10.January 2025 NR

Vučić tells a story, every day a new excitement

The omnipresent President Aleksandar Vučić is used to bringing the public into a state of permanent excitement, as in a television reality show, according to experienced German journalist Thomas Bry.

Facebook

20.September 2024 David El/DW

Ban on sharing content from Russian state media on Facebook

Meta has banned the sharing of content from Russian state media, possibly related to the upcoming US election. Meta already reduced the reach of those media outlets shortly after the start of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and blocked access from the EU and the UK after a corresponding request

The culture of memory

28.August 2024 Nemanja Kalezić

More than a hundred years of a form of hybrid warfare

What was written in the leaflets that different armies littered the areas of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia from 1914 to 1999? What were they used for and what effect did they have on the morale of soldiers and civilians? Finally, why the promises made in those leaflets were regularly false