Letters to the Editor
Your article on Slovak Premier Robert Fico confirms my most serious concerns about Europeans and Americans. Fico represents a growing movement of autocrats exploiting populist angst over Western cultural liberalism. But the only solution offered by Fico and others like him to such growing angst has been another form of totalitarianism. Europeans (and Americans) have […]
My name is Tudor Ulianovschi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, who has served 17 years in the diplomatic service of the Moldovan Government, with postings in Washington, D.C., Doha and Geneva, as Moldova’s Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. On April 22, […]
First, why reacting to the text of the author Tatyana Kekic? Because I was quite confused when I read a propaganda piece praising the president of Serbia published on Balkan Insight. That wouldn’t be a problem, after all – “facts are sacred, comments are free” – if the author didn’t display a number of misunderstandings […]
The article published on your website with the title “ Turkish hatred of ‘Balkan Migrants’ feeds on ancient roots” contains misleading statements and is written in a way that may cause a negative and unfair perception of our country’s view of the Balkans. There has never been any hatred towards Balkan immigrants in our country. […]
Dear Mr Džidić, BIRN conference “Far right extremism in the Balkans: groups, trends and political support”, held on 16-17 November in Sarajevo has launched the mapping of right-wing extremists and fundamentalists, told to be “made through collaboration of BIRN with independent investigative journalists and researchers” with “precisely identified and documented formal and non-formal extremist […]
Poštovani gospodine Džidiću, BIRN je nedavno objavio i javno predstavio izvještaj o ekstremističkim i desničarskim grupama na Balkanu. I pored najave da ste pokrenuli interne ali i nezavisne eksterne provjere nijeste ograničili distribuciju i širenje ovog izvještaja koji je osnovano problematizovan zbog grubih i očiglednih grešaka. Time se i dalje u kontinuitetu nanosi šteta onima […]
Mi dolje potpisani zahtijevamo od Balkanske istraživačke mreže (BIRN) da ukloni naša imena iz baze podataka „Mapiranje ekstremističkih grupa u regionu“, urađene u okviru regionalnog istraživanja „Krajnje desničarski ekstremizam na Balkanu: Grupe, trendovi i politička podrška“. Objavljivanjem naših imena kao pripadnika krajnje desničarskih i ekstremističkih organizacija narušili ste nam ugled, lični i profesionalni kredibilitet, ugrozili […]
Poštovani, Budući da ste me targetirali, te smjestili u navodnoj ekstremsitičkoj grupu Bogougodnice, a istoj ne pripadam, zahtijevam da mi dostavite dokaze (fact checking) po osnovu kojih sam targeterirana kao jedna od ključnih osoba. Koliko sam upoznata sa radom neformlane grupe Bogougodnice (imale su nekoliko performansa), a ni na jednom nijesam prisustvovala, niti sam bila […]
Poštovani, u prilogu koji ste emitirali/napravili na vijestima u udarnim terminima, dana 16.11.2022., srijeda, na temu Ekstremni radikalizam u regionu, apostrofirajući uži prostor bivše Jugoslavije, konkretno Bosnu i Hercegovinu, te Srbiju, grubo ste povrijedili čast i ugled predsjednika Bosanske narodne stranke-V.N.D., gospodina Sanina Muse, ističući u prilogu jedino njegovo ime u kontekstu gornjeg naslova. Time […]
Javljam vam se povodom mape desnicarskih organizacija na Balkanu a koju ste objavili ovih dana – na kojoj se našlo i moje ime. Ne znam je li u pitanju greška ili ste me namjerno svrstali u krug četničkih organizacija koje negiraju genocid i pjevaju o zločinima i ratnim herojima. U sklopu emaila imate i atačment. […]
Poštovani, Sa ogorčenjem i nevjericom i smo pročitali mapu krajnje desnih i ekstremističkih organizacija i grupa koje se tiču Crne Gore a koju je objavio BIRN. Da se na toj mapi nadju dvije crnogorske grupe i možda najveći borci za ljudska prava i aktivisti već deceniju, poput Aleksandra Zekovića, Predraga Vušurovića, Nebojše Mrvaljevića, ili istaknute […]
Uvažena gospođo Tomović, Obraćam Vam se sa pozivom, da razmotrite osnovanost prepoznavanja mog imena, rada i djelovanja u izvještaju o desnom ekstremizmu na Balkanu a koji je danas predstavljen. U izvještaju – na ovom linku https://far-rightmap.balkaninsight.com/map_countries/montenegro/?orgName=Komite%20i%20patriote%20Crne%20Gore – mapirani su pojedinci (kao njihovi lideri) koji navodno pripadaju desnim i ekstremističkim grupama na Balkanu. Među njima se našlo i moje […]
Poštovani gospodine Džidiću, Nakon objave mape desnih i ekstremističkih grupa (i njihovih lidera) za Crnu Goru odmah sam kontaktirao članove BIRN Tima za Crnu Goru jer sam se i sam našao u toj bazi. Prvo sam stupio u kontakt sa gospođom Jelenom Jovanović za koju mi je rečeno, iz samog BIRN-a, da je autorka izvještaja kako […]
What’s the difference between a spy and an explorer? And how many elections does it take to elect a government? Not the stuff of jokes, but rather this last week’s reality.
Following the publication of the article Croatian Fact-Checkers’ War on Fake News Draws Bias Charge, Faktograf editor in chief Petar Vidov wrote a letter to BIRN editorial, arguing the article contains factual errors and author bias.
In order to truthfully inform the public and in accordance with the Law on Public Information and Media (‘’Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia’’, 88/2014, 58/2015 and 12/2016), The Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region refutes the article published on February 16, 2022 on the Balkan Insight website, under the title ,,French Connection: ‘Humanitarian’ Far-Right Claims Kosovo as Cautionary Tale’’, which was also published by other media.
We would like to kindly refer to a recentop-ed by Jasmin Mujanovic published on Balkan Insight in which the author astutely analyzes the recent multilateral goings-on in light of the confirmation of the new High Representative in BiH.
I read Dr Alexandra Vukovich’s article “Turkey’s Heritage (Mis)Management,” and I ask that she retracts the paragraph about Alamos Gold and Doğu Biga, as outlined below, as it is based on incorrect and misleading information.
In order to provide the public with objective information, I would like to ask you to publish this reaction to the article dated May 1, 2020 on the portal javno.rs entitled “Affairs of the Kisic Family”, with reference to omitted facts, false allegations, and slander.
On the site javno.rs on October 24, 2019, you published a text under the heading “We Are Their Voice” by Nenad Radicevic. The text places me in the context of cooperating with German neo-Nazi groups which is fraudulent and inherently detrimental to my reputation. For this reason, and based on the Law on Information, I demand you publish my reaction to the mentioned text.
