Join Us for International Fact-Checking Day Events in Skopje and Tirana!

🎯 Join Us in Skopje and Tirana on April 2 for the International Fact-Checking Day!

🗓️ April 2, 2025 | Skopje & Tirana

#TogetherForTruth
Facts Matter in Safeguarding Democracy

🧩 To mark International Fact-Checking Day, the Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans) invites you to join two regional events taking place in Skopje and Tirana, gathering fact-checkers, journalists, researchers, policymakers, and civil society leaders from across the Western Balkans and Europe.

🔹 SKOPJE | 10:00–16:30 | 📍 Hotel Holiday Inn

🔹 Agenda available here.

A full-day international conference hosted by Metamorphosis Foundation, focusing on disinformation threats, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), election integrity, fact-checking, and cross-sectoral collaboration.

🔹 TIRANA | 17:00–19:00 | 📍 Destil

An evening forum organized by QENDRA Faktoje, highlighting Albania’s fact-checking landscape, regional cooperation, and honoring journalistic excellence with the Fatos Baxhaku Award.

💬 What to Expect

Latest insights from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on FIMI threats
Analysis of the geopolitical impact of disinformation on NATO-EU-Western Balkans relations
Regional experiences on election integrity, platform accountability, and content moderation
Tools and approaches for building societal resilience against online manipulation
Award ceremony recognizing excellence in investigative journalism in Albania
Opportunities for cross-border collaboration, networking, and exchange

🎙️ Featured Speakers

📍 Skopje Conference

Ben Nupnau – Deputy Head of Delegation, European Union in North Macedonia
Manon Janssen – Deputy Ambassador, Kingdom of the Netherlands to North Macedonia
Stephan Mundges – Coordinator, European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)
Bardhyl Jashari – Executive Director, Metamorphosis Foundation, North Macedonia
Chiara Pacenti – Data Analyst, EEAS
Martha Turnbull – Director, Hybrid Center of Excellence, Finland
Beaudine Verhoek – NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Sanda Svetoka – Senior Expert, NATO StratCom, Latvia
Katarina Klingova – Senior Fellow, GLOBSEC, Slovakia
Laura Jasper – Strategic Analyst, HCSS, Netherlands
Sonya Dimitrova-Martinyuk – Editor, StopFake, Ukraine
Ioana Cosma – Country Director, IFES
Tamara Branković – Deputy Program Director, CRTA, Serbia
Bardhi Bakija – Executive Director, Sbunker, Kosovo
Biljana Georgievska – Executive Director, Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia
Emilija Petreska-Kamenjarova – Deputy-Head of programme – Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services of Republic of North Macedonia
Ruurd Oosterwoud – Founder & CEO, DROG, Netherlands
Jona Plumbi – Journalist, Faktoje, Albania
Maida Ćulahović – Media and Digital Policy Expert, Why Not, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nacho Strigulev – Journalist, Blue Link, Bulgaria
Despina Kovačevska – Media Monitoring Specialist – Metamorphosis Foundation, North Macedonia

Maja Sever – President, European Federation of Journalists
Marko Milosavljević – Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Raša Nedeljkov – Program Director, CRTA, Serbia
Goran Rizaov – Media program manager – Metamorphosis Foundation, North Macedonia

📍 Tirana Conference

Klodiana Kapo – Executive Director, QENDRA Faktoje, Albania
Bardhyl Jashari – Executive Director, Metamorphosis Foundation, North Macedonia
Coral Garcia – Maldita.es, Spain
Enzo Panizio – Pagella Politica, Italy
Silvio Gonzato – Ambassador, EU Delegation in Albania

🎉 Includes the “Fatos Baxhaku” Award Ceremony for investigative journalism and a networking cocktail.

✨ Be part of the regional movement for information integrity.

Let’s stand together for truth—across borders, across sectors, and across Europe.

📲 To sign up for the conference in Skopje please fill in this form: https://forms.office.com/e/Ng9C1aqwM2

#TogetherForTruth #FactCheckingDay #ADNBalkans #DemocracyMatters #InfoIntegrity

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