Author: University of Aveiro Europe, once considered a continent of unity and cooperation, has found itself grappling with several simmering conflicts in recent years. The ongoing disputes between Cyprus and Turkey, the now reissued Israel-Palestine conflict as well as the 2021 brought-forward war between Ukraine and Russia, have not only created regional tensions but also […]
Putin’s warning to the USA of interference – fake interview Two videos are circulating on Tiktok and X (formerly Twitter) according to which Putin has warned the US to stay away from war in the Middle East. The subtitle of one of the videos also puts the following words in Putin’s mouth: “I am warning […]
Ukraine’s arms smuggling to Hamas – faked news report If pro-Russian profiles and channels on social networks are to be believed, weapons that Ukraine receives as support end up in the wrong hands time and again. A video is currently circulating on social media that allegedly shows a report by the British news channel BBC. […]
Children in cages – Videos in other contexts A viral video on social media claims to show Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas and locked in cages. Hamas abducted civilians, including children, during terrorist attacks on Israel. But the video is no proof of this; it was already circulating on the net before the attacks. Five […]
Staged death of a child? – Film sequences as fake news A video, recently a video caused a stir on Instagram, TikTok and X (Twitter). It allegedly proves that Israel staged the murder of a child by Hamas. The video show a boy with his leg twisted and lying on the ground. Next to his […]
Five questions for Correctiv fact-checker Uschi Jonas Leipzig/Berlin – False reports are circulating everywhere in the online world, especially in social media. The portal “Correctiv” deals with this phenomenon on a daily basis and deploys a fact-checker team to investigate. “We Europeans” wanted to know from Uschi Jonas, who heads the fact-checker team, what has […]
By Karolina Pajdak Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. This is how the state has been called since its founding in 1948. And now – 75 years later, many of its citizens see this democracy in great danger – a danger they fear it might not survive. Since the beginning of the year, […]
Online event – Populism, transparency and integrity The We-Europeans on 4 October we were dealing with Populism, transparency and integrity. The key note speech was held by Flora Cresswell, Regional Coordinator of Western Europe from Transparency International.Populism aspects in contemporary EU societies were discussed by Elke Merks-Schaapveld, the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Cyprus, Mario […]
Author: Autokreacja On the occasion of almost every election, regardless of the country, numerous questions arise in the social debate. Most of the dilemmas obviously concern the candidates or parties that participate in a given election, but it is also worth paying attention to discussions on more formal issues. There are many such dilemmas. Should […]
As if it were a unique astronomical event, every four years, and after several months brewing, the perfect day to go for a walk occurs: election day. The streets are emptier than usual, passers-by seem to have an established route, from home to the polling station and from the polling station to home. On any […]