The EU will spend €1.1 million on training diplomats to monitor fake news, amid growing alarm on Russian propaganda.
The funds, as well as related measures worth another €3.8 million, will be rubber-stamped by member states on Wednesday (29 November) and by the European Parliament on Thursday as part of next year's EU budget, Siegfried Muresan, the MEP in charge of the file, told EUobserver.
"We've already received a positive evaluation from the European Commission, so I am confid...
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