Microsoft announces big spend on artificial intelligence
US digital giant Microsoft has announced it will spend billions on data centres for artificial intelligence in Spain, in addition to the major investment projects it plans in Germany.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Microsoft manager Brad Smith announced on Monday that €1.95 billion...
Protest in front of Russian embassy in Berlin at Navalny’s death
Some 250 demonstrators gathered near the Russian embassy in Berlin on Sunday to protest at the death of jailed dissident Alexei Navalny, police in the German capital reported.
The organizers had registered a protest by 450 people, German agency DPA reported.
Shortly before the protest called...
Truthmeter’s response to the latest disinformation campaign against their website and newsroom
What can be noted from this disinformation campaign – just like in the previous ones – is the lack of argumentation on the side of those attacking, related to possible errors, oversight, or inaccuracy expressed by Truthmeter’s editorial staff to justify the criticism and...
Film fans buy nearly 78,000 tickets on Berlinale opening sales day
Film fans in the German capital forked out funds for nearly 78,000 tickets to the Berlinale, the city's famous film festival, slightly higher than the 77,599 sold on the first day of sales last year, publlishes DPA news agency.
There were actually 77,757 tickets sold...
Germany plans ‘early detection unit’ to fight right-wing extremism
Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser plans to set up an "early detection unit" for foreign manipulation and influence campaigns as part of government efforts to fight right-wing extremism, publishes DPA news agency.
The plan is part of a package of 13 measures which Faeser presented...
No other solution for the whooping cough but the vaccine
Children who haven’t been vaccinated should not go to kindergartens if we want to avoid epidemics that threaten the health and life of both children and seniors. This is the position of the epidemiologists who insist on vaccinating the population, in compliance with the...
It “stinks” when 800 million euro strategic investments are approved in a fast procedure
The public in North Macedonia is stunned by the recent debate regarding the legal framework of four strategic investments in the energy sector worth approximately 800 million euros, not by its merit, but by the merit of the Government. Investment intentions were expressed by...
EU’s financial assistance for Ukraine does not mean that Europe is at war with Russia
The EU has never called for a war with Russia but has helped Ukraine to preserve its territorial integrity and democratic society. Europe condemns Russian aggression and appeals for it to stop. The claim that Macedonian citizens should prepare for mobilization is just arbitrary....
Altered video of dancing Zelenskyy spreads on social networks in North Macedonia’s surroundings
Photo: Screenshot from the altered video
Since the beginning of the year, a new deepfake video of Zelenskyy dancing in a red traditional costume has spread on social networks. The video of the President of Ukraine is shared on Facebook and TikTok. The video, however,...
Germany to ‘intensify’ Bosnia deployment if necessary, minister says
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has spoken out in favour of stepping up military peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina again if necessary, DPA reported.
During a visit to the EU stabilization mission, the EUFOR Althea, in Sarajevo on Wednesday, Pistorius reaffirmed the determination of the allies to...
Over 450,000 protested against far right in Germany, ministry says
Around half a million people demonstrated against right-wing extremism across Germany at the weekend, according to preliminary data from the Interior Ministry, German agency DPA published.
The ministry spoke of 457,000 people at 128 events. Due to the lack of figures from the states of...
Huge rally in Bremen as Germans protest against far-right continue
The north-western German city of Bremen saw thousands of people fill its streets on Sunday to demonstrate against right-wing extremism, as weeks of nationwide protests continued at the weekend.
The police estimated the number of participants at around 16,500, while the organizers put it higher...
From Alaska via Putin and Moscow to the Balkans and finally to North Macedonia
PHOTO: Collage: Vladimir Putin, screenshot/YoutTube; map of Alaska, public domain
Facebook posts are spreading disinformation regarding Putin’s latest decree according to which Alaska, the Baltic countries, Tibet, and other territories that historically belonged to the USSR and Imperial Russia will be retrieved back. The fake...
The alleged Nazism in Kyiv still the subject of Russian disinformation
Several disinformation narratives have prevailed this year in the Macedonian-language online space and media – from Ukraine’s “statehood being at stake” should the war continue, to the claim that Zelenskyy has lost popularity. The most consistent disinformation narrative, however, concerns the connection between Kyiv...
Serbian tabloids “toppled” North Macedonia’s Kovachevski-led government
Photo: Government of North Macedonia
Despite the inaccurate, inflammatory, and nationalistic articles online, North Macedonia’s government was not “toppled”, nor did “the Albanians, slowly but surely, seize the power”. The newly elected government is a so-called technical government, also known as a “Przhino government”, in...
Unwanted imports: Anti-EU Kremlin disinformation rides high in N. Macedonia
Most of the anti-EU Kremlin disinformation in N. Macedonia originate abroad, both in Russia and in the West, and then arrive in the country through the social platforms and some through the internet media. Some of them are then adjusted to the local context,...
A disinformation round “Sofia-Belgrade-Skopje” with a typical Russian flair
The flow of Russian disinformation has become familiar – it starts in Russia, travels to Serbia, and from there, it spreads throughout the entire Western Balkans. In the following case, however, disinformation’s source is in Bulgaria. The avalanche of disinformation started with an episode...
CSOs and experts warn of dangers posed by the new UN cybercrime treaty
A large array of civil society organizations and experts has called on the state delegations participating in the concluding session of the United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee to ensure that the proposed Cybercrime Convention is narrowly focused on tackling cybercrime, and not used...
The video doesn’t show Chinese immigrants fleeing from Russia
Photo: A screenshot from the video
The video shared in the post we are fact-checking does not show Chinese immigrants fleeing from Russia following Putin’s offer of citizenship to foreigners fighting for Russia. It shows people traveling from Russia for New Year’s holidays. The video...
Putin did not say that Bulgaria should be divided
A post on a Russian blog which is someone’s personal opinion first made rounds in Bulgarian media and then in Macedonian media and social networks, with a special addition – a statement allegedly made by Putin regarding dividing Bulgaria. However, Putin has never made...
