{"id":187693,"date":"2025-09-17T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=187693"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:37:52","slug":"eu-rejected-russian-accusations-the-union-is-not-encouraging-protests-in-serbia-that-is-hostile-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/eu-rejected-russian-accusations-the-union-is-not-encouraging-protests-in-serbia-that-is-hostile-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"EU REJECTED RUSSIAN ACCUSATIONS: The Union is not encouraging protests in Serbia, that is hostile disinformation!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

European Commission<\/strong> spokesperson Guillaume Mercier<\/strong> stated today that Russia’s<\/strong> claims that the European Union<\/strong> is encouraging protests in Serbia<\/strong> are incorrect, emphasizing that it is “another attempt by Russia<\/strong> to spread disinformation and hostile political rhetoric against the EU<\/strong>, its member states, or those countries that are candidates for the EU<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement to Insajder<\/strong>, Mercier<\/strong> conveyed the EU’s<\/strong> regret that certain media outlets in Serbia<\/strong> spread that narrative and stressed that the authorities in Serbia<\/strong> should act to combat disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EU calls on Serbia to fight against disinformation and anti-EU narratives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Manipulation and foreign information interference, including anti-EU narratives propagated by numerous media outlets, as well as disinformation – remain concerning issues that need to be addressed urgently. The authorities in Serbia<\/strong> are obliged to take greater responsibility for combating disinformation, as well as to ensure more proactive and objective communication about Serbia’s<\/strong> accession process to the EU<\/strong>, and about the EU<\/strong> itself,” said Mercier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled the words of Enlargement Commissioner Marta Koss<\/strong> in the European Parliament<\/strong> where she indicated that Serbia<\/strong> is a candidate country for the EU<\/strong>, where they truly want a democratic Serbia<\/strong> within the European Union<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We will continue with constructive engagement and will do everything in our power to help Serbia<\/strong> advance on its path to accession to the European Union<\/strong>. However, for that to happen, it is necessary to take concrete democratic steps and reform,” Mercier<\/strong> told Insajder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia (SVR)<\/strong> wrote in a statement on Monday<\/strong> about the alleged preparation of a violent takeover of power in Serbia<\/strong> on the anniversary of the accident at the Novi Sad<\/strong> railway station on November 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier stated today that Russia’s claims that the European Union is encouraging protests in Serbia are incorrect, emphasizing that it is “another attempt by Russia to spread disinformation and hostile political rhetoric against the EU, its member states, or those countries that are candidates for the EU.” In a statement to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":182702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[351,73,674,5536,738,113,4837],"class_list":["post-187693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","tag-eu","tag-evropska-unija","tag-protesti","tag-protesti-u-srbiji","tag-rusija","tag-srbija","tag-studenti-u-blokadi","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t