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The disinformation coupled with abuse of artificial intelligence can be harmful to the elections

The last session of today’s e-Society.mk International Conference, which has been organized by Metamorphosis Foundation for the 19th time this year, was dedicated to the issue of disinformation and abuse of artificial intelligence for malign influence on democracy or, more specifically, on the elections...

CRTA Election Observation Mission: Chaotic elections held in Serbia

CRTA Election Observation Mission in their preliminary assessment about the Election Day in Serbia alarmed about drastic abuses of voters’ rights, laws and institutions that escalated on 17th December. "We bring attention to serious concerns regarding the quality of Parliamentary elections, and their further departure...

INTERVIEW Gojković-Arbutina: The non-governmental organizations in R. Srpska will be designated foreign agents by law

Criminalizing once again the insult and slander, designating all non-governmental organizations that receive foreign donations (including the organizations working in journalism) as “agents of foreign influence” and establishing a Media Register, where the state decides who may or may not perform a journalistic activity. These...

EU does not negate the Macedonian nation, history and statehood

The facts show that the EU does not deny the Macedonian language, identity, and statehood in any way whatsoever. The reason why Ukraine and Moldova started EU accession talks before North Macedonia is not related to the EU disputing the Macedonian nation, language, history,...

EU agrees to tighten asylum system in sweeping migration reform

EU states and the EU Parliament have agreed to significantly stricter asylum procedures in a major reform of the European asylum system, writes German news agency DPA. The painstakingly negotiated compromise announced on Wednesday provides for numerous additions and tightening of the existing rules with...

A doctored video employed to mock Biden

Photo: A screenshot of the video The sound was edited and does not correspond to the sound of the original video from Biden and Zelenskyy’s press conference (12 December), published by the prestigious Forbes. The audio was technically processed and edited, so it creates the...

Berlin election debacle: Top court orders partial rerun of 2021 poll

The German capital Berlin will have to rerun part of its botched 2021 elections for the national parliament, the country's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday, writes German news agency DPA. The election will have to be repeated in 455 electoral districts and the corresponding postal...

Young people in a three-day-workshop learned about data visualization [Gallery]

Photo: Meta.mk A three-day training on data journalism and visualization was held in Public Room in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, from 14 to 16 December. The training in English was attended by 14 young people, primarily students and journalists from all over North...

Bojana Zorić: Media literacy is crucial in addressing the problem of foreign interference, the youth is a critical voice in addressing the security challenges

The security problems in the Western Balkans are now also related to disinformation and fake news which try to destabilize the region and may hinder realization of the most important strategic objectives in the Western Balkans. On this topic and others, Portalb.mk conducted an...

Interview: Eurovision sensation Joker Out discuss their creative process, touring and more

Slovenian band Joker out, reached a sudden rise to fame after their performance on this year's Eurovision Song Contest and have followed up their success by heading on a big European tour. Although they started off with the classic high-school-band story, today they are...

First-instance verdict in Štrpci Case overturned – trial restored

On 30 October 2023, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade issued a decision annulling the first-instance verdict in the Štrpci Case and returning the case for retrial. The Humanitarian Law Center considers it inadmissible that thirty years after the abduction and murder of twenty civilians in Štrpci,...

The video of the Official arrival ceremony for Putin in UAE was published by several global media

Photo: A screenshot of the video The video of the arrival ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin organized by the United Arab Emirates was published by several global media, such as Telegraph, Sky News, France 24, and CNN, which tells that the broadcast of the...

Ukraine does not send pregnant women to fight the Russians

Photo: Screenshot from the video in the FB post There is no relevant evidence in support of the video. According to the Centre for Strategic Communication established by the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy on countering disinformation, the video is fake and fabricated....

A manipulation with altered photograph to show Nazy symbol on the Ukrainian uniform

Photo: Screenshot of the FB post The photograph in the fact-checked post, showing two people with Nazi symbols on their uniforms, is altered. Foreign fact-checkers have determined that the Ukrainian flag emblem was added to the uniform of the man on the left. The eagle...

“Russian inclination” is constructed from a 15-year old photograph used in news reports on the Name Dispute

Photo: Screenshot of the FB post The photograph in the post we are fact-checking was used by Russian media in 2007 in the context of reporting on the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece at the time. Parts of the map posted belong to Greece...

Greece won’t consent to Albania’s EU accession if there is no progress regarding Beleri

Greece will not consent to the next stage in Albania's EU accession talks if there is no progress on the matter of the elected mayor of Himare, Fredi Beleri, Greek diplomatic sources reiterated in Brussels on Tuesday, writes Greek news agency ANA-MPA. The same sources...

Bulgaria did not allow the overflight of Lavrov’s plane due to the sanctions against Zakharova, not because of N. Macedonia

Sergey Lavrov at the press conference in Skopje, 01.12.2023 Photo: Bojan Blazhevski, meta.mk The spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, was part of the Russian delegation at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje. Her presence on the Russian plane forced Bulgaria to...

Temperature records broken in Alps, meteorologists say

In 2023, meteorologists recorded the warmest September in the Alps since weather records began, writes German news agency DPA. This was reported by the German Weather Service (DWD), GeoSphere Austria and MeteoSwiss in the current issue of their joint publication series Bulletin Alpine Climate. At the...

Ex NATO strategist: Ukraine not solely to blame for slow offensive

A retired German general and former NATO strategist has said he doesn't see a prospect for a negotiated peace in Russia's war against its neighbour Ukraine, and lamented what he called "unfortunate delays" in heavy weapons deliveries to Kiev, writes German news agency DPA. "There...

Germany, Slovenia aim to push EU accession for the Western Balkans

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon want to work together to boost the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the European Union, they said at talks in Ljubljana on Tuesday, writes German news agency DPA. "It is our common...