NATO Exercise and Military Movements Portrayed as Intervention During Protests
Footage of ships in Vlorë and military vehicles in Tirana was presented as being linked to the prote...
“They take our jobs and increase crime”: Anti-immigrant narrative spread without evid...
The growing number of foreign nationals with residence permits in Albania was portrayed on social me...
“Remove Mother Teresa”: a divisive narrative built around Naim Frashëri
The private school “Udha e Shkronjave” called for the removal of the state honour and public holiday dedicated to Mother Teresa after the “Naim Frashëri” honour was excluded from the new system of state decorations, a change presented as the removal of his designation as “National Poet”. The claim brought Saint Teresa back ...
Lexo Artikullin
Protest against the Jewish Museum in Vlorë was disguised as a defence of ‘Klubi Labëria’
A building near Vlorë’s Ethnographic Museum, where the Albanian Jewish Museum is being built, was presented on social media and in the media as the historic building of the ‘Labëria’ Patriotic Club. Project documents and records of Vlorë Municipal Council show that they are two separate buildings, but the confusion spread u...
Lexo Artikullin
From Krujë to Himarë, fires fuelled the narrative blaming Israelis without evidence
The fires that swept across Albania during the summer were accompanied by a wave of posts linking them, without evidence, to Israeli tourists and nationals. The claims were repeated from Krujë to Himarë, while official data do not support this link and tourism experts warn that such narratives could damage perceptions of Al...
Lexo Artikullin