---
title: MEMO 98
type: research
status: active
country: SK
website: https://memo98.sk
logo: /assets/org-logos/memo98.svg
contact:
  checked: 2026-07-30
  email: memo98@memo98.sk
  phone: '+421903581591'
  source: https://memo98.sk/about-us
summary: A Bratislava-based media monitoring and democratic civic engagement organisation
  with 25+ years of experience — monitoring media integrity during elections, researching
  disinformation, and supporting democratic consolidation in post-authoritarian contexts.
concepts:
- representative-democracy
- accountability-sink
- radical-transparency
location:
  latitude: 48.1486
  longitude: 17.1077
  name: Bratislava, Slovakia
news_page: https://memo98.sk/articles/blog
events:
- date: '1998-06-01'
  title: Launched with NDI support to monitor Slovak media ahead of the 1998 parliamentary
    elections
  url: https://memo98.sk/about-us
  quote: We were launched with support from the US-based National Democratic Institute
    for International Affairs (NDI)
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
- date: '1999-01-01'
  title: First international election observation mission, invited by OSCE/ODIHR
  url: https://memo98.sk/about-us
  quote: between 1999 (Ukraine) to these days (Kosovo, Philippines) MEMO 98 experts
    have participated in more than 130 election observation missions
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: false
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-07
    date: 2025-12-20
    note: 'website loaded. Blog at https://memo98.sk/articles/blog  20. December 2025
      '' Moldova Story: How a Small Republic Resisted Hybrid War '''
    url: https://memo98.sk/articles/blog
  dod:
    checked: 2026-07-16
    date: 2026-07-16
    note: Site active with news dated through May 2026; recent items include April
      2026 formal complaint on public broadcaster impartiality and press freedom monitoring
    url: https://memo98.sk/articles/blog
  scrape:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    date: 2025-12-20
    note: Latest news page scraped
    url: https://memo98.sk/articles/blog
  sitemap:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    date: 2025-12-15
    note: Page last modified (from sitemap)
last_checked: '2026-07-16'
---

MEMO 98 is a Slovak organisation founded in 1998 focused on media integrity and democratic civic engagement. It is best known for its election media monitoring work — assessing whether voters have access to quality, balanced information during electoral periods — and has applied this methodology across multiple countries.

MEMO 98 is a member of the **European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE)** and joined the **European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)** as a full member in 2024. Its work has expanded to include disinformation research, digital media literacy, and support for democratic information environments in post-authoritarian contexts.

## What they do

- Media monitoring during elections (coverage balance, tone, access)
- Disinformation and information environment research
- Digital media literacy and critical thinking programs
- Capacity building in post-authoritarian democratic consolidation

## Links

- Website: [memo98.sk](https://memo98.sk)

## See also

- [Representative Democracy](../concepts/representative-democracy.md)
- [Accountability Sink](../concepts/accountability-sink.md)
- [Radical Transparency](../concepts/radical-transparency.md)