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‘Dealing in facts: How to counter malign foreign influences’

Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) in Kosovo, in partnership with Internews Kosova and FindBug will mark International Fact-Checking Day with an in-person and webinar conference that brings together journalists, media professionals, media regulators and self-regulators, as well as media and technology experts, to discuss the risks of malign influences, particularly those from powerful countries such as China, Russia and Turkey. In addition, the conference will discuss the ever-growing need for robust fact-checking. The overall theme of the discussions will be ‘Dealing in facts: How to counter malign foreign influences’. 

(14:00 – 14:10)
Opening remarks - Jeta Xharra, BIRN Executive Director

(14:10 – 15:00)
PANEL 1: How to counter malign foreign influences — lessons from the world

Moderated by Jeta Xharra, BIRN Executive Director

Panelists:
- Enock Nyariki, IFCN Community and Impact Manager
- Jasna Jelisić, Head of the Western Balkans Task Force in the EEAS Strategic Communication and Information Analysis Division
- Rainer Schüller, Der Standard, Austria
- Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian/Observer
- Svitlana Slipchenko, acting head of VoxCheck, VOX Ukraine (IFCN member in Ukraine)

(15:00 - 16:00)
PANEL 2: How to counter malign foreign influences — lessons from the Western Balkans

Moderated by Besa Luci, Kosovo 2.0 Executive Director 

Panelists:
- Tijana Cvjetićanin, Raskrivanje.ba and IFCN Board Member
- Ivan Angelovski, BIRN Regional Investigative Editor and CBC Canada Associate Producer
- Filip Stojanovski, Metamorphosis Director and certified fact-checker in North Macedonia 
- Kreshnik Gashi, Krypometër, IFCN certified fact-checker, Kosovo

(16:15 - 17:45)
PANEL 3: How to counter malign foreign influences — lessons from Kosovo

Moderated by: Kreshnik Gashi, Krypometër, IFCN certified fact-checker, Kosovo

Panelists:
- Flaka Surroi, Koha Ditore
- Afërdita Saraçini, RTV 21 
- Shkumbin Ahmetxhekaj, RTK 
- Tatjana Lazarević, KOSSEV 
- Gentian Lluka, Telegrafi 

(17:45 - 18:00) – Closing remarks and conclusions

Cocktail and drinks at Kino ARMATA