Tag: Propaganda
The fiasco with Putin’s hypermodern tank
Sweden’s Radio’s Russia expert Fredrik Wadström gives the story of the new T-14 Armata tank developed by President Putin to compete with the most advanced tanks in the Western world. Now there is speculation that the tank is not even ready for battle. Hear about the propaganda project that could be a complete fiasco. The […]
EU approves new sanctions against Russia
The bloc has followed the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand in announcing a new round of measures against Moscow EU member states approved a tenth round of sanctions against Russia on Friday over Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, after its major Western ally imposed new measures to mark the one-year anniversary of the conflict’s […]
Friday’s papers: Finnish oligarchs, Russian propaganda and constructive paranoia
How did the family of a Russian oligarch get Finnish citizenship?
Russia bans an award-winning Finnish journalist
One of Finland’s largest newspapers says that its Russia correspondent has been banned from the country because he has been accused of “anti-Russian propaganda”.
Dutch activist goes ahead with Koran-destroying spree
Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Islamic holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the […]
Pegida leader moves ahead with Koran-destroying spree
Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Islamic holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the […]
The Pegida leader continues his Koran-destroying spree
Edwin Wagensveld was not arrested after agreeing not to burn the Muslim holy book Edwin Wagensveld, head of the anti-Islamic group Pegida, tore down a copy of the Koran in front of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on Sunday in The Hague, echoing a recent stunt outside the Turkish embassy in Sweden that outraged the […]
Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments
Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a ?direct hate crime? in violation of an agreement to join NATO Türkiye has accused Sweden of failing to meet its obligations to crack down on “terrorist groups” and root out their “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat […]
Trkiye questions Sweden’s NATO commitments
Ankara accused Stockholm of allowing a “direct hate crime” in violation of an agreement to join NATO Trkiye has accused Sweden of not fulfilling its obligations to crack down on “terrorist” groups and exterminate theirs “propaganda” under a deal it had signed to earn Ankara’s blessing to join NATO. The latest diplomatic spat comes after […]
Sweden gives the green light outside the Turkish embassy
The new diplomatic spat comes as Stockholm awaits Ankara’s blessing to join NATO Police in Sweden have said they will allow the leader of a hard-right party to burn a copy of the Koran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, reportedly prompting Ankara to summon its Swedish envoy over the “provocative act”. Anti-Islam activist Rasmus […]
HS: The evidence proves Johan Bäckman’s efforts to discredit Finland in Russia
Johan Bäckman, known for his ties to the Russian authorities, has been actively delivering news and press releases disparaging Finland and other Western countries to Russian state television for years, according to the material seen by Finns. Helsingin sanomat newspaper. Bäckman is an academic with outspoken views that support Russia’s foreign policy and oppose NATO […]
Putin’s war splits Russian families
A documentary from Radio Liberty’s web TV channel shows how the war in Ukraine has created deep conflicts within families in Russia. Mothers who follow Russian propaganda channels do not believe what their regime-critical children tell about the reality of the war. Siblings on different sides of the conflict can no longer talk about the […]
War propaganda
All states are engaged in some form of propaganda, and without propaganda it would not be possible to start or win a war. Yet only the enemy uses propaganda. How does that work? What is it like to be swept up in war propaganda, sacrifice everything, and then realize that you have been misled? How […]
Putin’s military setback in Ukraine
As Russian troops attempted to cross the Donets River in eastern Ukraine, they were shelled by Ukrainian artillery, pontoon bridges laid across the river were torn apart and a large number of Russian soldiers were killed. But this is just one example of how Putin’s forces have failed to advance in Ukraine. The Russian military […]
The conspiracy theories that spread about the war in Ukraine
According to one of the most widespread conspiracy theories in Russia, what we now see happening in Ukraine is a result of the “West” doing everything it can to prevent Russia from developing and becoming a strong nation. This idea has been repeated so many times that those who formulated it have begun to believe […]
Bulgaria climbs 21 places in the freedom of expression index
Bulgaria climbs 21 places in Reporters Without Borders annually and is now 91st instead of 112, as it was last year, said the Association of European Journalists. The index, which measures freedom of expression in 180 countries each year, shows a doubling of polarization combined with information chaos around the world, Reporters Without Borders states. […]
Putin’s propaganda and lies about the war
The reality in Butja Lubna El-Shanti has just returned from Kyiv and the suburbs of Butja and Irpin. Maria Persson Löfgren tells about Odessa where she has been. They tell about the people they met, about how they live, and about what they have been through. Propaganda in Russia In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, a surreal […]
A veteran center politician launches anti-NATO party leadership
A long-time performer on the Finnish political scene, Paavo Väyrynen (Cen) says he will take over the chairmanship of the Center Congress’s summer congress in Lappeenranta with the aim of sparking a debate on the party’s foreign and security policy position – especially NATO membership. Väyrynen, 75, a member of the Lapland County Council and […]
The President of Ukraine “gives up” – so the truth is bent by fake videos
Around the first of April, many media outlets usually sneak an April Fool’s joke into their reporting, something that has begun to feel increasingly difficult to do in view of accusations of fake news in recent years. And not least now during the propaganda war that goes hand in hand with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
Hear Zelenskyj’s entire speech in the Riksdag
Zelensky thanked Sweden and talked about similarities between Sweden and Ukraine when he spoke in the Swedish parliament, via a link from Kyiv. – He pointed out that the Ukrainian blue-yellow flag is popular right now is popular right now, that it stands for a freedom struggle and that then also applies to Sweden. It […]
War propaganda from Putin and the Kremlin
Hear about the propaganda from President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin and about how Putin has gradually knocked out independent media in Russia. Also meet Ksenia, who lives in Sweden. She has a conflict with her mother about the image her mother gets of Putin through Russian media.– You show a picture of Putin who […]
How to deal with misinformation in the propaganda war
We are currently flooded with information from both established media and news agencies, but also from unknown senders, not least on social media. How do you sort through all the information in the major newsrooms and how do you do it at home at the computer screen? Listen to Anne Lagercrantz, head of the news […]
Sweden denies online allegations that Muslim children have been abducted
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Sweden has denied allegations that the country’s social authorities kidnap Muslim children. This follows kidnapping stories published on social media by Muslim groups. The Swedish government has responded by saying that the accusations are “wrong” and are “seriously misleading and aimed at creating tension and spreading mistrust.” On Twitter, the Ministry of Foreign […]
Finnish dealers remove Mein Kampf from sale
Undelivered Finnish translation lacking scientific comments Adolf Hitler‘s Mein Kampf has been added to the selection of several online bookstores in Finland. The Finnish bookstore and the S Group have removed the Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf from its offer on social media as a result of public uproar. That edition, published this year by the […]
Protest in front of the Polish embassy
“Our nightmares are becoming reality,” said Wiola Ujazdowska during a silent protest against the Polish abortion law, which took place today at 18:00 in front of the Polish embassy in Reykjavik. The reason for today’s protests are the reports from the last days about women who died in Poland because doctors refused to perform an […]
Turkish soaps taking the world by storm
Today, Turkey is the world’s second largest producer of TV drama, with stories of sultans, love chaos and power struggles spreading around the world. Through TV series such as “The Magnificent Century / Muhteşem Yüzyıl”, Turkey exports its version of history. Soft Power through football clubs and hair transplantsWe also describe why rock-rich oil countries […]
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to two journalists from Russia and the Philippines
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a prerequisite for democracy and lasting peace. The committee announced the winner this afternoon. Ressa and Muratov receive the Peace Prize for their courageous struggle […]
OVERVIEW: The Emirate became Iranian in 1925 and is now the center of espionage
Get an overview of the case here: * ASMLA is an abbreviation for Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. One of the three defendants co-founded the movement in 1999. * The movement is fighting for the secession of the province of Khusistan in western Iran. The capital of the province is Ahvaz – […]
Pockets of anti-vaccination opinions may be subject to locally targeted restrictions
It now seems likely that, although Finland’s coronavirus vaccination program has proved successful, there are – and probably will continue to be – anti-vaccination feelings in pockets where the vaccination rate is well below the national average. For example, according to THL statistics, there are twenty municipalities in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia where the […]
Save the Children: Extremist groups recruit young people through social media and play
Extremist movements are actively seeking to recruit young people to Finland online, says a report published by Save the Children, the Finnish branch of Save the Children, on Wednesday. Research, part of the organization’s state-funded RadicalWeb project, shows that extremists use many means to attract young people. These include social media, online messaging, video game […]
Save the Children: Extremist groups recruit young people through online platforms
According to the report, based on data gathered from research findings, online data collection, and expert interviews, extremists typically have an action plan or strategy designed to identify and target suitable recruitment candidates. In a press release Annukka Kurki, The developer of the Save the Children Finland project, said that these groups are very innovative […]
The High Court finds Rasmus Paludan guilty of racism – but reduces punishment
On Thursday, the Eastern High Court found Rasmus Paludan guilty of racist and insulting statements, but diminished his previous city court ruling. The judge handed down a verdict on Paludan’s appeal of his verdict in 2020 from Næstved City Court, where the Stram Kurs leader was sentenced to three months in prison for violations of […]
Vandalism in a Jewish cemetery provides unconditional imprisonment
This is a so-called joint punishment. In the previous case, he had been convicted of threats, defamation and weapons, and the remaining sentence was ten months, the prosecution said. The crime at the cemetery involved a violation of the so-called racism clause in the penal code, as Jews were mocked and degraded because of their […]
Vandalism in a Jewish cemetery results in a year in prison
According to the indictment, the crime violated the so-called racism clause in the penal code, as Jews were mocked and degraded because of their faith. It was in April that red paint, which was supposed to represent blood, was painted on the masonry into the cemetery. In addition, dolls smeared in red were left both […]
Finnish YouTube search results are flooded with anti-vax content
According to Yle’s research, the online video platform YouTube has become a growth platform for Finnish anti-vaccine content because the algorithm was unable to filter conspiracy theories and religious propaganda when searching for a keyword. coronary vaccine (CORONAVIRAL VACCINE). The study revealed that Finnish users rarely encounter videos created by medical experts and researchers when […]
Performance events: Getting to bed with Berdal in Bøssehuset
The two young protagonists of Riley McCarthy’s Southern Bedfellows take us on a journey of discovery as their love blossoms – a bit like The Blue Lagoon, but non-binary, more armpit hair and more promnat than junior high. Jodie Fish, a revelation in HIT-Copenhagen’s autumn play ‘Harry Clarke’, returns to Bøssehuset, the stage for his […]
Reactions after Maxida Märak’s party propaganda next to the polling station
The artist Maxida Märak’s party propaganda at the polling station in Stockholm upsets the vice chair of the Sami Parliament’s election committee, Elisabeth Kråik. “It is not acceptable, we have told our voters what rules apply in corona times,” says Kråik. Maxida Märak believes that she used her freedom of expression and did so in […]
The tailor in Gaza: Both sides will declare themselves winners
Today is a week since Hamas fired its first rockets at Israel, launching the bloodiest and most intense conflict since the 2014 Gaza war. Now analysts are speculating on who will declare themselves the winner. “Both sides will claim that they have won, but the losers are us, the civilians, all moderate forces overwhelmed by […]
OVERVIEW: The Emirate became Iranian in 1925 and is now the center of espionage
Get an overview of the case here: * ASMLA is an abbreviation for Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. One of the three defendants co-founded the movement in 1999. * The movement is fighting for the secession of the province of Khusistan in western Iran. The capital of the province is Ahvaz – […]
OVERVIEW: The Emirate became Iranian in 1925 and is now the center of espionage
Get an overview of the case here: * ASMLA is an abbreviation for Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. One of the three defendants co-founded the movement in 1999. * The movement is fighting for the secession of the province of Khusistan in western Iran. The province’s capital is Ahvaz – the Arabs […]
OVERVIEW: The Emirate became Iranian in 1925 and is now the center of espionage
Get an overview of the case here: * ASMLA is an abbreviation for Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz. One of the three defendants co-founded the movement in 1999. * The movement is fighting for the secession of the province of Khusistan in western Iran. The capital of the province is Ahvaz – […]
The different faces of censorship: Björn Djurberg, Beijing
Beijing, Friday. What is true and what is false? This is an issue I have been thinking about more and more lately. Censorship, self-censorship and the grayscale in between. In China today, the censorship apparatus is “big business” when more and more actors want to monitor, track and manipulate what is said online. Recently, I […]
The after-talk – Klas Friberg in Ekot’s Saturday interview
Participants:Thomas Olsson, one of the lawyers in Sweden who has the most experience in defending people suspected of terrorism. Sofie Löwenmark, sits on the board of the Doku Foundation, which examines the pro-violence / radical Islamist milieu. Jonathan Leman, from the anti-racist foundation Expo. He works to document and analyze activism, propaganda and crime within […]
The after-talk – Klas Friberg in Ekot’s Saturday interview
In Ekot’s Saturday interview, the Säpo manager answered questions about the threat against Sweden. According to the Security Police, threats against Sweden have increased. Hear comments from Thomas Olsson, lawyer, Sofie Löwenmark from the organization Doku and Jonathan Leman, from the magazine Expo. Thomas Olsson, one of the lawyers in Sweden who has the most […]
Viking DNA and the pitfalls of genetic testing
A middle-aged white man raises his sword to heaven and roars at the gods. The results of his genetic ancestry test have just arrived in his suburban mailbox. His eyes fill with tears as he learns that he is “0.012% Viking”. These are the scenes from one video ad for the TV series Vikings. This […]
Nine months’ imprisonment for anti-Jewish vandalism
In the case, the co-defendant from the group Nordfront has previously been sentenced to unconditional imprisonment for one year. It was in November 2019 that 84 tombstones at Østre Kirkegård were vandalized. Many tombstones were painted over with green paint, and six tombstones were overturned, just as a Jewish Star of David was pasted with […]
SUPO: Right-wing terrorism is a growing threat in Finland
According to the Supo leader Antti Pelttari, most of these far-right people have been associated with international extremism online. Most do not belong to organized groups and avoid open participation in right-wing activities. The dissemination of information and ideas online, especially on social media platforms, has helped the agenda of the Finnish far right. These […]
BJP, MVA govt at loggerheads over celebrity tweet issue
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 2 (ANI): Former Maharashtra Prime Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday slammed Maharashtra Vika’s Aghadi (MVA) government, claiming it wanted to take action against icons such as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar for tweeting in the national interest. In the Maharashtra Assembly, the BJP leader said: “The VAT government wants to investigate […]
FACTS: Section 266 b draws threads back to the 1930s
Although the Supreme Court agrees that the statements “were an expression of insult or humiliation”, it was not a violation of section 266 b of the Penal Code on insulting mention of various groups – also called the racism clause. * The wording of section 266 b of the Penal Code is: Anyone who publicly […]
Vietnam imprisons three critics ahead of important party congress
A court in Vietnam has sentenced three journalists known for their criticism of the country’s leadership to between eleven and 15 years in prison. They are convicted of spreading anti-state propaganda. Vietnam’s Communist Party has stepped up pursuit of dissent ahead of the party’s National Congress in late January “The Vietnamese government makes freedom of […]
They are convicted after spreading IS propaganda online
The man shared a link to a video clip on Facebook depicting people being beaten and killed in torture-like ways. The prosecutor believes that the film is IS propaganda, while the man himself believes that the clip shows Syrian soldiers. This is the first time the heading illegal depiction of violence has been used in […]
Damberg: The EU must strengthen the external border
To fight terrorism, the EU must strengthen its external borders and work better online to eliminate propaganda and investigate crimes. This is what Minister of the Interior Mikael Damberg says after the EU’s special meeting due to the latest terrorist attacks in Europe. As Ekot could tell during the morning, Mikael Damberg and his colleagues […]
The EU wants to stop foreign aid to religious organizations
The opportunities for foreign actors to finance religious organizations must be limited. EU interior ministers are expected to say on Friday in a joint statement following the recent terrorist attacks, our correspondent reports. EU interior ministers have been summoned to an extraordinary video conference following recent terrorist attacks in France, Austria and Germany. The ministers […]
Nazi propaganda and weapons were seized during police raids
Police in Austria have cracked down on right-wing extremists in several parts of the country. Eleven homes have been raided and a total of 40 people are suspected of hate crimes that have mainly been committed online. In connection with the raids, weapons and Nazi propaganda material have been seized.
Proposal: EU-wide training of imams
Following the recent terrorist attacks in Nice and Vienna, more and more voices are now being raised for tougher measures against radical Islamists in the EU. One of the proposals is a joint EU training of imams. “We must fight hatred as an ideology, and set up a European institute to train imams throughout the […]
Swedish wages will not be affected by European minimum wages
The European Commission today presented its controversial proposal on European minimum wages.But the Swedish collective agreement model will, according to EU labor market commissioner Nicolas Schmit, not be affected. – I assure you that the Nordic collective agreement model will not be affected at all by our bill, says Nicolas Schmit. That all employees should […]
P3 Documentary
Eleven-year-old East German swimmer Catherine Menschner is in the middle of the political battle that is going on between the East and West worlds during the Cold War, involved in the largest medical experiment in sports history. But she herself has no idea. Cathrine’s swimming coach forces her and her teammates to swallow tablets every […]
Why did Stalin not save his son from German captivity?
History 22 Oct 2020 Boris Egorov Global Look Press Stalin treated his firstborn son like any other Soviet soldier. When he went to war, Yakov Dzhugashvili did not get a hard job at the headquarters, but he threw himself straight into the thick of the action in the front line. “I am ashamed in front […]
Indian television channels are accused of spreading hatred
The tone has long been high in Indian media. Hateful and biased contributions to the debate, even from journalists, are part of everyday life. But now the powerful film industry has had enough and taken legal action against several TV channels. And representatives from the automotive industry have announced that they stop advertising in the […]
More and more rights activists are being arrested in Vietnam
In Vietnam, a popular and leading human rights and democracy activist has been arrested. The arrest is one of many in recent times aimed at activists who in some way criticize the government of the communist one-party state. Pham Doan Trang is a 42-year-old activist who has fought for freedom of speech, democracy, and human […]
The Armenian minority fears harassment from Turkish nationalists
The Nagorno-Karabakh war has caused the Armenian minority in Turkey to fear an escalation of harassment by harsh Turkish nationalists. Turkey has unconditionally sided with Azerbaijan in the war, and in the already pressured Armenian minority, many are now fearing for their security. Cars with the flag of Azerbaijan honk, passengers throw themselves out of […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Here is Cairo, Thursday. You all know these big ones the stickers that say you have to keep your distance. Large yellow markings on the supermarket floor. The most beautiful sticker in that genre can be found at the magnificent Egyptian Museum in Turin, Italy, the favorite museum of all Egyptologists. On walls and floors […]
The Iraqi twins gave € 426,000 for wrongful imprisonment after the release of the massacre
The State Treasury has announced compensation of € 426,000 for Iraqi twins who were first convicted and then released from participating in the massacre in Tikrit, Iraq in 2014. Identical twins arrived in Finland as asylum seekers in 2015. They were arrested in December of the same year on suspicion of involvement in the murders […]
30 police officers shut down – participated in right-wing extremist chat groups
The debate on right-wing extremism within the German police force gained new momentum this week. 30 police officers have been suspended since it became known that they were active in right-wing extremist chat groups. After a series of similar incidents, criticism is now growing against the Minister of the Interior for not taking the issue […]
Trump’s order stops education on anti-racism
US President Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to stop training on anti-racism. According to the White House, the training can be seen as “anti-American propaganda”. Measures will be taken to ensure that tax money does not pay for these educations, according to the White House.
Up to a hundred thousand in new protests
In the Belarusian capital Minsk, large-scale demonstrations against Alexander Lukashenko and his regime continue. Svetlana was one of everyone at Självstæðighetstorget on Sunday, where it is estimated that more than one hundred thousand people gathered. – I came here because of the injustice, the endless lies, the media lying, a president lying. “I want change, […]
