Welcome to a special edition of the Capitals. This edition is sponsored by the European Media and Information Fund as part of the F.R.E.I.H.E.I.T project - Fact-checking & Reliable European Information to Help Europe Integrate Together. It aims to address foreign interference in European media via meticulous, fact-checked editorial production by freelance journalists from Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood.
Kyiv
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Russia’s attempts to push narratives that Ukraine’s EU membership prospects are doubtful or will simply make the country the EU’s “agricultural appendage” have largely fallen on deaf ears as Ukrainians remain firmly in favour of EU accession. Read more.
Chișinău
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Russia’s “hybrid warfare” against Moldova is expected to increase in intensity through 2024, focusing on Moldova’s planned constitutional referendum on joining the EU expected to happen in November. Read more.
Tbilisi
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As Georgia gears up for a crucial general election this autumn, some worry the country could be at risk of going down the same road into authoritarianism, as its big neighbour Russia. Read more.
Yerevan
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Armenia’s recent attempts to diversify its security partnerships have left it with increased narratives of the country’s “Ukrainisation”. Read more.
Baku
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Emboldened by its military victory over separatists in 2023, Azerbaijan has expressed distaste for the EU’s involvement in peace talks with neighbouring Armenia and is instead proposing its own path to normalisation. Read more.
Minsk
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Belarusian propaganda positions the EU as its main enemy, but several other features make it a unique case among its European neighbours. Read more.
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