The EU is stepping up its campaign to counter disinformation and fake news from Russia by spending more than €1 million a year on its specialist anti-propaganda unit.
The Guardian: EU anti-propaganda unit gets 1 million euros a year to counter Russian fake news
(Front row, from L) EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherin, Moldovian Prime Minister Pavel Filip, President of Latvia Raimonds Vejonis, Ukraine's Prime Minister Petro Porochenko, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, Azerbaijan's President of Ilham Aliyev, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, Goergian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Austria's Christian Kern, SecretaryGeneral of the council Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen pose for a family photo during an EU Eastern Partnership summit with six eastern partner countries at the European Council in Brussels on Nov. 24.
