"The regional approach of the fact-checking organisations in the Balkans gives hope that they will be able to deal with crises. Milena Popovic from Istinomer shared the opinion that collaboration through joint investigations and coordinated responses to disinformation must be enhanced. In her view, advocacy efforts should be pushed for increased platform accountability, especially through the new EU legislation that addresses disinformation. There are already established regional initiatives, such as SEE Check, which was founded in 2020. It is a network of six fact-checking organisations (Fake News Tragač, Faktograf.hr, Raskrikavanje.rs, Raskrinkavanje.ba, Raskrinkavanje.me, and Razkrinkavanje.si) from five countries in South East Europe that aims to promote media accountability, to improve media literacy and to combat disinformation. Some of the goals of SEE Check include enhancing research capabilities in the region for local and regional comparative media analysis, strengthening the capacity to influence policy development in the fields of countering disinformation and promoting media literacy. Vladimir Petreski also sees the solution in regional cooperation. According to him, quoting recent research, 50–80 percent of disinformation in the Western Balkans comes from abroad in the form of Kremlin influence, climate disinformation and conspiracy theories. He thinks that much more research on the issue is needed, both regionally and on the national level, in the form of reports, polls and analysis." The main issue for fact-checking organisations remains their financial sustainability. Kristina Hristova, the Head of Factcheck.bg, said that fact-checking projects in the region should be supported by other programmes with the aim of filling the gap that will be left with the withdrawal of American funds and the big tech giants. In addition to that, new business models are needed to secure the existence of fact-checking outlets." (Page 5)