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Manipulative post twists the truth – Ukraine is defending itself from Russia, not fighting at the “whim of London”

The post claiming that Ukraine is at war with Russia because of the whim of London and that Orban is Ukraine’s greatest friend because only he insisted on negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow for stopping the war is untrue and manipulative on several grounds, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   We are...

It Is not true that the EU banned imports of Ukrainian wheat in five member-states

The post we fact-checked is falsely claiming that the EU has banned the imports of wheat from Ukraine in some Member-States. On the contrary, the EU opposed the unilateral decisions of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria to temporarily ban the import of grain from Ukraine in order to protect their own farmers once a mutually acceptable agreement on...

State-affiliated actors launch smear campaign against Hungarian investigative nonprofit Átlátszó

This story was published by the Hungarian investigative journalism non-profit, Atlatszo. An edited version was published as part of a partnership with Global Voices. Tamás Bodoky, editor-in-chief of Atlatszo, told Media1 that he believes there is a coordinated campaign to attack the investigative nonprofit from actors close to Hungary's ruling party Fidesz, mirroring the autocratic methods used in Putin’s Russia.   Reminiscent...

Hungary: Media freedom groups welcome EU court referral over Klubrádió frequency

"This decision by the EU's executive body to take Hungary to court over the alleged breach in EU telecoms rules regarding Klubrádió's frequency licence is a belated but important signal that the Commission is increasingly willing to use the tools available to it to defend independent media, freedom of expression and media pluralism where they are most threatened." This statement...

Hungary donated 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for Border police in North Macedonia

Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani greeted the delegation led by the Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijarto, who brought a donation of 6,000 doses of vaccines against coronavirus, as an act of friendship on part of the Government of Hungary, informed the Foreign Affairs Ministry of North Macedonia.

Kako je stranica za vesti koju finansira Mađarska pomogla lažnoj vesti da proputuje od Slovenije kroz Grčku do Severne Makedonije

U julu 2019., makedonski društveni mediji su bili preplavljeni linkovima na članke od pre godinu dana u kojima se tvrdi da su premijeri Severne Makedonije i Grčke, Zoran Zaev i Aleksis Cipras svaki primili milijarde evra mita da bi potpisali Prespanski dogovor. Prespanski dogovor je postignut u junu 2018. godine, i okončao je 27-ogodišnji spor između dva suseda. Makedonija je...

Hungarian funding supports spread of disinformation between Greece, Slovenia and North Macedonia

During July 2019 a new trend for spreading disinformation affected the online sphere in North Macedonia. Possibly to compensate for lack of coverage of political events that can be misconstrued during the vacation season, social media were flooded with links to old articles promoted through Facebook ads and right-wing Facebook groups. Some of these articles were originally published within the...

Mickoski will meet Orban in Budapest, no information of a meeting with the Honorary President Gruevski

The opposition party VMRO-DPMNE informs that the president of the party Hristijan Mickoski tomorrow will have a meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. However, the party did not say whether Mickoski will meet with the Honorary president of the party, Nikola Gruevski, who as a fugitive from justice has asylum in Hungary. In the short announcement from...

With footage of Gruevski’s deleted, Albanian news site claims it was “sent” to Macedonia

Writing about the request of the Macedonian prosecution about the security footage of the ex-Prime Minister Gruevski's escape through the Albanian border, Albanian news site "BalkanWeb" in an article titled "Albania sends footage of Gruevski's escape", claims that the footage has already been downloaded from the system and, in accordance with the request from the Macedonian authorities, shall be sent to Skopje. The...

Szijjártó: The Hungarian government cannot influence the Immigration service because it granted asylum to Gruevski

(Фото: bbj.hu)
The Immigration and statehood service is an independent state organ and the Hungarian government cannot influence its decisions. The former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has passed the asylum procedure and the Immigration service has decided to issue a positive decision, said Peter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interview he gave for the Bulgarian national broadcasting...

British photographer took a photograph of Gruevski while taking a stroll in Budapest

Daniel Nolan, the British Guardian's correspondent from Budapest, yesterday, on his Twitter profile has published a photograph of the rogue former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in Budapest. Gruevski was photographed by Nolan in the center of Budapest, as he was walking towards a desk for bus city tours for tourists "Hop On - Hop Off". The photograph was taken...

Hahn: It is less likely that Gruevski will be extradited

The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn before the start of the EU's Foreign Affairs Council this morning said that he doesn't believe that Nikola Gruevski will be extradited from Hungary to Macedonia. When asked whether he supports the amendments of the European Parliament in the report about Macedonia with which it is requested that Hungary should extradite Gruevski into Macedonia,...

Civil organizations set 10 day deadline for accountability for Gruevski’s escape

A total of 14 civil organizations, including the Foundation Open Society - Macedonia, the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia, today issued a second response to the government, setting a deadline of 10 days to determine accountability for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski's escape. Otherwise, say the civil sector, political accountability...

Ružin: EP amendments concerning Gruevski have no legal effect, but may damage Hungary’s reputation

Today, European Parliament urged Hungary to extradite exiled former Prime Minister and convicted criminal Nikola Gruevski on the grounds of amendments to the Resolution on Macedonia, even though they have no legal effect, but rather an ethical-moral attitude, it is still an unpopular measure for Hungary, says university professor and FON rector, Nano Ružin. "Action, from a legal point of view,...

MEPs have asked from Hungary to extradite Gruevski

During the vote for the resolution for Macedonia, the European Parliament  has passed two amendments with which it demand that Hungary should extradite former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Macedonia, reports MIA. The Social democrats and the Green party's groups have lodged separate amendments related to this issue, but it was feared that one lodged by the Green party will...

Orbán: Soros organization behind persecution of Gruevski

George Soros' organization is behind the persecution of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with Radio Koshut. According to Orbán, it is only normal for Budapest to help the former Macedonian prime minister because he too has helped Hungary defend itself against a surge of migrants. "This is a former leader...

EC: Further explanations needed from Hungary on decision to grant asylum to Gruevski

The European Commission shares the opinion and position of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations and Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn, that the decision to grant Nikola Gruevski asylum deserves further explanation from Hungarian authorities. "There is no escape from the rule of law," said EC spokesman Margaritis Shinas. He said the decision to grant asylum to Gruevski was a judge's decision and that...

Szijjártó: Gruevski crossed three borders legally, our diplomats did not smuggle him into Hungary

Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski had to cross three borders to reach Hungary and did so in full compliance with the regulations in all three cases, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference in Budapest today. He also said his ministry was in no way connected to the case, bearing in mind that the body that...

Hahn: I expect a sound explanation from Orbán regarding Gruevski’s asylum

Yesterday, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn responded to Hungary's decision to grant asylum to Nikola Gruevski, after the former prime minister boasted about it on Facebook. Hahn said that if it were true, he expects a sound explanation from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regarding the grounds of such a decision. "I take notes of...

Gruevski didn’t receive any death threats nor was he politically persecuted, says government

Nikola Gruevski was convicted in a public and transparent process, and at the same time there are several procedures against him, said the government as a reaction to the Facebook status published by the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski who revealed that he was granted an asylum in Hungary. "The offender Nikola Gruevski was under a police protection in accordance...