Dr. Bujar Osmani:

Exactly. In 2018, we had a referendum on changing the name of the country. The entire process was endangered due to propaganda that came from outside North Macedonia. It was well orchestrated through proxy players in the region and the country in order to undermine that vital process. If it had succeeded, that would have undermined our NATO membership. It was a showcase of what incidents that sometimes appear benign look like when there is an important process to be undermined and how they can suddenly have the scaffold and infrastructure to do damage. That was a lesson learned, not only for us in North Macedonia but beyond. Therefore, we are now working very hard to build national capacities. This is not an issue that a country can tackle alone, however. It does so within alliances and partners. As cyber threats and hybrid threats do not recognise borders-----