By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová. Photo: Flickr|Victor van Dijk, licensed by CC BY-NC 2.0At the beginning of 2017, stories about crimes, allegedly committed by migrants, dominated the media sphere in many countries, particularly those in Central Europe. Pro-Russian propaganda in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary also focused on spreading distorted and biased information. Of the stories dispersed around Europe, topics that resonated most in Central Europe included:Migrants’ criminal behaviorSyria – Russia, the ally and peacemakerEU benefits from the collapse of UkraineMigrants’ criminal behavior”German women are threatened by migrants!” claimed Hungarian fringe outlet, hidfo.ru. …read more
Information war monitor for Central Europe: January 2017 Part 1
