The mass media never declared “Ukraine is done with!”, nor should they be blamed for the war victims
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Neither mass media have recognized that “Ukraine is Done With”, nor should journalists be blamed for the thousands of lives lost in Ukraine, as the post claims. The journalists did not encourage the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia did, while Ukraine...
A manipulation lessens the Ukrainian death toll in the Russian aggression
The post is manipulative and presents false information with the intent to belittle the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the Ukrainian death toll. Moreover, somewhat of a comparison is made with the children killed, as an attempt to belittle the number of child victims...
Contrary to the disinformation that they are childless, most of the European leaders have children
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A Facebook post falsely claims that the leaders of EU member states have no offspring. A Truthmeter fact-check, however, proved that most of the prime ministers and presidents of EU Member-States have children, including the President of the European Commission, Ursula...
Zelensky is not implementing “extremist regime of ethnic cleansing and genocide”
Ukraine is a republic with a presidential-parliamentary system of government, which is defined within the Constitution from 1996. Just before Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow falsely accused Ukraine of genocide against Russian-speaking citizens in the Donbas region. Putin used this narrative to...
America is tarnished by disinformation about the wars in Ukraine and Israel cooked up in the “Russian kitchen”
Photo: Screenshot of the video in the FB post
The Ukrainian authorities denied the claim that their country was providing arms to Hamas. On Monday (09.10.2023), the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Agency posted on its official Facebook page accusations that Russia launched a disinformation campaign related...
Social media under the lens of fact-checkers
“Even Vlora Çitaku has a Serbian passport!” “Mega scandal, Srpska Lista leader Goran Rakić has an intimate meeting on a yacht,” “Business loans up to 50,000 euros.” These are just a few examples of the disinformation shared on Facebook this year.Disinformation published in the...
Russia’s broadcasting hub in the Balkans
By Ardit Kika
Daily editions of Serbian pro-government tabloids such as Novosti, Alo, and Srpski Telegraf can be found in the shops and kiosks of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo from Zubin Potok to Gračanica. These newspapers not only support and reflect the policies of Serbian...
Heaps of lies about the war in Ukraine, spiced up with “The Great Reset”
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The post falsely claims that the war in Ukraine was initiated by the collective West, linking that with the “Great Reset”, in which the Jews allegedly have a role to play. The fact is that Russia initiated the war in Ukraine and that...
The West did not desire war in Ukraine and Israel
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Western countries did not vote against the “resolution for stopping military actions and attacks between Israel and Palestine”, as the post claims, they just did not support Russia’s resolution to condemn violence and terrorism of civilians, because it did not mention HAMAS attacks...
Antidisinfo.net – New Tool for Fighting Disinformation
The Metamorphosis Foundation launched its new website – Anti-disinformation Network for the Balkans, Antifisinfo.net.
This website is a vital resource for the public, journalists and policy-makers for revealing foreign malign influence in the Western Balkan by exposing and mapping the flow of disinformation and propaganda originating...
Black Flag Erected on a Mosque Is Not a Call for War and Revenge
The black flag holds a special place in Islamic history and tradition. Unlike the incorrectly presented claims on social media, the black flag is not a call to arms, conflict or revenge. Raising a black flag in a mosque represents a solemn expression of...
The video of a convoy stuck at Rafah border crossing is from May 2021
Photo: Screenshot from the video
The video clip shared on this Facebook post is not from 2023, but more than two years old. As Reuters’ fact-checkers specify, the video with the Egyptian aid convoy is from May 2021, not from 2023, writes Truthmeter.mk.
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Practicing Christianity is allowed in Israel
Photo: Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
The post omits the context because it does not state that this draft law has not been adopted and does not constitute a legal act in the state of Israel. Failure to provide this information creates a...
Russian COVID-19 vaccines are not banned in North Macedonia
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The Sputnik vaccines are not banned in North Macedonia and they are still available for those who want to be vaccinated for the first time. In addition, the pineal gland, or the epiphysis cerebri, can in no way be affected by a COVID-19...
There is no evidence that Ukraine gave weapons to Hamas
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Citing an official announcement of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda writes that Russia was preparing to discredit Ukraine, aiming to influence the allies’ attitude and impact the supply of Western weapons. Security experts for foreign fact-checkers say...
No Bundeswehr troops in Ukraine, nor German tank crews
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On Sunday, the 24th of September, the German Ministry of Defense denied the information published by Russian state media that, allegedly, a German Leopard tank was destroyed along with the Bundeswehr crew in the military zone in Ukraine....
Increased tension between Moscow and the West regarding Ukraine
Last month, the tension between the West and Moscow increased, as well as the tensions between individual Western countries and Russia bilaterally – with frequent use of several classical disinformation narratives by Russia such as: the West is fighting against Russia until the last...
The video with the “Glory to Urine” “gaffe” is fake
Photo: Screenshot made by fact-checkers
The viral video with the alleged error on the billboard аmidst Times Square in New York with the inscription “Glory to Urine” instead of “Glory to Ukraine” is a complete lie and disinformation released to tarnish the reputation of Ukraine...
The claim that Russia is at war with the “Anti-religious” Western civilization is a myth
Photo: part of the post with disinformation
One cannot claim – as the post does – that the anti-religious civilization, or the West, is fighting against Russia. Russia wants to impose itself as the main global defender of the traditional and religious, which could be...
The Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia is not hiring soldiers to send to Ukraine
Bearing in mind that NATO is not at war with Russia and is not sending soldiers to the front in Ukraine, as well as that the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia participates only in NATO and EU missions, one cannot claim that...
