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No, Christian Schmidt did not say that NATO troops should be sent to BiH

Reporting on an interview with Christian Schmidt, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the website Novi Standard published an article on 19 December. The title of the article claims that Schmidt said that “NATO troops should be sent to BiH”: Schmidt:...

Dodik “is grouping armed force” in Doboj only in clickbait titles

On December 8, 2021, the website Slobodna Bosna published an article entitled: DODIK IS GROUPING ARMED FORCE IN DOBOJ: Jerinic cedes land to RS MUP The article reports that the City of Doboj ceded the land to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska to...

RTRS “alters” interlocutors’ statements: Dusanka Majkic did not use the term “civil war”

Delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PSBiH), Dusanka Majkic, was a guest on December 2, 2021, in the morning program of the public broadcaster of the Radio-Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS). During her visit, Majkic, among other...

Misinformation of public opinion in Serbia as an electoral strategy

It has now become customary that in every election held in Serbia there’s an increase in the nationalist discourse of political leaders there regarding Kosovo. Politicians on the left and right, in power and in opposition, compete over who is tougher in relation to...

Shadows of the Russian Agency alert Counter-Terrorism agents in Albania

The inflows of Russian citizens in Albania for tourism are reported to have doubled compared to 2015, which is considered a positive thing by local entrepreneurs.  But, intelligence and counter-terrorism services have long been on alert regarding the suspicious activities of some Russian nationals,...

Misinformation about the relocation of the Serbian army to the border and a misleading title about liberalization

Misinformation about the relocation of the Serbian army to the border and a misleading title about liberalization A few days before the elections in Serbia and after Prime Minister Albin Kurti decided not to allow the organization of Serbian elections in Kosovo, a protest was...

Comments to news on the most read portals in Serbia: The penetration of pro-Russian narratives

As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation, it is our great pleasure to present you the first analyses of fake news and disinformation narratives.   Comments to news on the most read portals in Serbia: The penetration of pro-Russian narratives   Comments on the most...

Analysis of narratives in news comments

As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation, it is our great pleasure to present you the first analyses of fake news and disinformation narratives. You can download the document here „Analysis of narratives in news comments“.

Viral video showing ‘Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones’ is a movie clip

A heart touching emotional scene clip claiming that Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones before leaving for war, has gone viral even in the social media of our country. However, Faktoje managed to verify that such scenes are part of a 2017 Ukrainian...

Whose bombing destroyed Albanian Consulate in Ukraine?

Bombings and attacks consequences in Ukraine resulting in people lives and civilian objects have been officially denied by Russia. This came into being after the destruction of the Albanian Consulate in Kharkiv for which the Albanian Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs blamed Russia....

The war in Ukraine and its reverberations in Kosovo

For more than two decades, Kosovo has been a contentious issue between the West and Russia. During the 1990s, Russia openly supported Serbia despite the fact that the Serbian state had launched and waged a number of wars in the Balkans, including the last war...

Serbian tabloids on war in Ukraine

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as expected, is the topic that has caused the most media attention in the past few weeks. The tabloid media in Serbia are no exception, in which the course of the war, since its beginning, on February 24, 2022, has...

War against Ukraine was launched today, however has long been since Russian Propaganda and Disinformation are fuelling the conflict

Russia officially launched an armed attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning. However, the true war has been flagged earlier by Russian misinforming statements and reports fuelling the fire, as assessed by experts, having destabilizing purposes.  Faktoje analysed the statement of the Russian Chief Diplomat...

Christian Schmidt is not an “illegally elected” High Representative

When German politician Christian Schmidt took over as High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2021, a debate began in BiH and countries in the region on the legality and legitimacy of his appointment. The Republic of Srpska (RS) officials claim that Schmidt...

A complex conspiracy theory about the alleged persecution and murder of Andreas Noack

The conspiracy theory about the alleged murder of the German chemist Andreas Noack attracted a lot of attention on social networks. Noack is said to have been killed for making his “discovery” of graphene hydroxide in Covid-19 vaccines public. He was reportedly killed by...

Andreas Noack and graphene hydroxide which does not exist: There is no “razor” in Covid-19 vaccines

The complex conspiracy theory about the alleged murder of the German chemist Andreas Noack due to his alleged discovery related to graphene in vaccines is viral on social networks and some websites. According to “conspiracy” allegations, Noack reportedly found that Covid-19 vaccines contain “graphene...