NATO was not the instigator of the war in Ukraine
It is not true that NATO is instigating war and that its goal is to fight Russia at the expense of Ukrainian citizens. Such a narrative is part of the Russian propaganda that wants to present Ukraine as a vassal of the Western countries...
Visinska: We Tend to Believe in Conspiracy Theories and Russia Uses that to Spread Disinformation
Irena Visinska is a geopolitical analyst whose area of expertise is studies on hybrid threats to contemporary society and geopolitical trends in the Western Balkan region. Her attention is especially directed towards studying the disinformation flows and foreign propaganda, including the ramifications in the...
NATO Summit, Cluster Bombs, Prigozhin and Poland – Focus on Disinfo-narratives in July
In July, in the Macedonian language media one could have read a few types of Russian narratives related to the state of affairs in Ukraine. Most dominant were those connected to the NATO Summit in Vilnius, the US-approved cluster ammunition for Ukraine, the destiny...
Imported ideological conflicts are intensified by the flood of disinformation
“Culture wars” or ideological conflicts between the left and the right-wing became a dominant topic in US political discourse. Both sides are trying to present their truth and viewpoint as the only right option, while “they, the others” are the strike of evil wanting...
Geopolitical analysis: Foreign malign disinformation destabilizes the Western Balkans
Disinformation and fake news are not just a media problem, but a security problem. They destabilize the countries of Western Balkans, including North Macedonia, undermining the trust in democratic institutions and hindering the realization of their most important strategic objectives.
This is the general conclusion...
The Battleground: Now They’re Into Crypto – Montenegro Opens the Door
It was just a matter of time. Montenegro has been a foreign money magnet since the Yugoslav wars ended, especially since it gained independence in 2006, writes Natalie Sarkic-Todd, in „The Battleground“
Below Meta.mk News Agency republishes the article:
The Balkan state is a low-tax, low-cost euro...
The Bots Must be Crazy – Super special, fans and haters
Printscreen from the online campaign for positive promotion of the party bots in Serbia | Source: Instagram profile of Aleksandar Vučić
Someone is a proud political party bot, while another is praising the party leader and attacking his opponents, under the threat of losing his/her...
“Ruski doktor” magazine in Macedonian is no longer published, but the Serbian edition sells in North Macedonia at the lowest price within the region
Print copies of “Ruski doktor” magazine; Photo: Meta.mk
The “Ruski doktor” (Russian physician) magazine is no longer published in Macedonian language. However, this print magazine, as one of the methods of spreading Russian soft power in the Balkans, is present in North Macedonia through the...
Counterspin: Levica spins that Macedonia is involved in repression of the Serbs in Kosovo
Photo: Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia
Responding to the government’s decision to send 31 members of ARM to Kosovo for a period of six months, Levica is spinning that KFOR is a suppressive force that frequently uses excessive force against the Serbs and that...
No Unification between Russia and Belarus
Photo: Kremlin.ru
The post carries a false statement by Peskov disinforming that some kind of unification will happen between Russia and Belarus. Our check showed that neither Peskov made a statement claiming that Putin’s address from 26th June will determine the fate of Russia, nor...
Facebook bans nazi and antisemitic sontents
Not only Facebook doesn’t say that “Hitler was a good man, a democrat fighting for rights”, as the post claims, but it also sanctions such narratives and fabrications. Regarding the malicious statement that ”it is not by accident” that ”Zelenskyy was tuned to perform...
Prigozhin’s Rebellion and the Collapse of Kakhovka Dam – the Main Disinformation Topics in June
Police vehicles and passers-by in Rostov on 24 June 2023, during the Wagner Group Rebellion. Photo: fargoh on Wikimedia Commons
Three events became the root of foreign-sourced information and disinformation spread in North Macedonia in June – the collapse of Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, the...
Disinformation helps weaponize homophobia in the Balkans
Written by Global Voices Central&Eastern Europe. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”:
Populist political forces across Europe have been utilizing homophobia and the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ people as a weapon of political influence for the last two decades. Many of these campaigns...
Media Narratives about EU as a Factor of Increased Russian Influence in North Macedonia
When assessing the influence that throws North Macedonia off the tracks from the proclaimed process of democratic development directed towards adopting the values of the European Union (EU) and EU accession, one cannot ignore the manner in which Macedonian media present the contribution of...
Scribbled Traffic Signs on Miladinovci-Stip Motorway with Russian propaganda symbols
A dozen traffic signs and equipment on the Miladinovci-Stip motoway have been scribbled all over with pro-Russian propaganda symbols. The symbol “Z”, that glorifies Russian military invasion of Ukraine and found written on Russian military vehicles used to invade Ukraine along with “Brotherly Russia”...
“Russia Days” in Skopje and Sofia, Bulgarian MFA Responds to Spreading Disinformation by the Russian Ambassador
The Russian embassies in Skopje and Sofia recently celebrated the National Holiday of the Russian Federation “Russia Day” by organizing receptions in both capitals thereby sending scandalous messages regarding the Russian military aggression in Ukraine.
Today, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was forced to...
Intelligence Agency: We Will be a Target for Disinformation related to Constitutional Amendments, Church Issue and Elections 2024
The fight against disinformation should not be seen as a threat to the freedom of expression or censorship, because it is not a matter of naively publishing news. On the contrary, disinformation campaigns are organized by the State and directed towards manipulating public opinion...
Fight against Disinformation Demands Partnership between Institutions and Civil Society
Electronic disinformation is spreading and no-one is immune to that. They present a threat to society. The fight against disinformation demands partnership between the institutions and the civil society. This was stressed on today’s conference “Building Social Resilience to the Harmful Effects of Disinformation...
Swedish Ambassador: This country risks to lose the current strong momentum for enlargement if EU negotiations do not start on time
The ambassador of Sweden in North Macedonia, Ami Larsson Jain, in an interview to Portalb.mk, talks about the latest developments in the country, about the constitutional changes on the country's European integration path, reforms in justice and the representation of women in politics. The...
There is no evidence that Ukraine bombed Kakhovka Dam
Photo: Screenshot
– In conditions when both Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other for demolishing the dam, and when investigations are being announced.
– The fact is that Ukraine did not have access to the dam and that it was under the control of Russian...
