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Lavrov created drama in Skopje: Instead of giving answers, he argued with journalists

Written speech and disputes with journalists comprised Sergey Lavrov’s tactics in the press conference; Photo: Meta.mk Russia turned today’s press conference of Sergei Lavrov into a propagandist theater play in the heart of Skopje, wishing to overshadow the last day and the conclusions of the...

Baerbock calls on Russia to end war immediately at OSCE conference

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his war against Ukraine,during the conference of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, writes German news agency DPA. "Stop the unspeakable suffering you are bringing upon millions...

OSCE Ministerial Council: Harsh condemnations of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the blockade of OSCE

Harsh condemnations of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and Russia's blockade of the OSCE operations were voiced by the speakers at the beginning of the OSCE Ministerial Council today in Skopje. They sent a message that the Russian aggression against Ukraine violates the Final...

Macedonian PM will not meet Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski before the start of the OSCE Ministerial Council that is held in Skopje, said that he would not meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He noted that each country in its own way sends a message about Russia's...

OSCE parallel conference: Russia is brutal towards Ukraine, the role of the civil society is extremely important

From the address of Pia Kauma, the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Photo: Meta.mk Democracy is declining in countries where there is no room for civil society activism. We are witnessing an alarming number of armed conflicts, in the last year we have been...

Blinken and Osmani: We remain united in our support for Ukraine

Photo Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and North Macedonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani welcomed the decision that paves the way for Malta to become the next chairman of the OSCE in 2024, which...

Baerbock: Gaza ceasefire should act as bridge to political process

The temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas should be used as a bridge for a political process aimed at finding a lasting solution to the conflict, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said, writes German news agency DPA. "The central thing we are currently struggling for...

Girl, 16, finds wallet with more than €7,000 – and returns it

A 16-year-old girl from Cuxhaven, a town bordering the North Sea, found a wallet containing more than €7,000 ($7,665) - and handed the money in to the police, writes German press agency DPA. The girl phoned the police station on Saturday evening and explained that...

Video from 2013 of a hospital in Egypt presented as recorded in the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Photo: Screenshot from the video This video clip shared on Facebook was not made recently – i.e., not in November 2023, in a hospital in Gaza… It was recorded 10 years ago in a hospital in Cairo. The video clip is inaccurately presented, and the...

Germany’s Baerbock says Jewish settlers’ West Bank attacks must stop

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has emphasised Israel's right to self-defence late on Thursday evening at the federal Green Party conference in Karlsruhe in south-western Germany, writes German news agency DPA. Israel had the right and the duty under international humanitarian law to defend its...

Metamorphosis and NOVA working together to raise students’ media literacy knowledge

Novakovski and Jashari signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: Meta.mk The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society and NOVA International School Skopje launched cooperation for joint raising of the media literacy of the students' media literacy and raising awareness about the role of digital media...

German security forces raid multiple properties over Hamas connection

More than 300 police officers took part in raids targeting two banned Palestinian organizations in the German capital Berlin early on Thursday morning, reports DPA agency. Across Germany, 15 properties were raided and searched, 11 of them in Berlin, a spokeswoman for the city's administration...

The barcode does not signify product’s country of origin

Photo: Gerd Altmann on Pixabay The post we are fact-checking falsely suggests that if the barcode of the product starts with the digits 729, that means that the product was manufactured in Israel, which according to the barcode assigning company is not true. The digit...

Harvard students walked out of Israeli consul’s lecture but in 2019

hoto: Screenshot from the video This event really happened, but not recently – November 2023, and not as an expression of solidarity with more than 4 thousand brutally killed children, as the Facebook post claims, but in 2019. The video clip was published by the...

Scholz did not feign there was a rocket attack before he left Tel Aviv Airport

Photo: Screenshot of the video One cannot claim that all media were servicing some kind of Netanyahu propaganda as suggested by the post. The videos show that the sirens clearly alarmed for an air raid and rockets could be seen (according to the texts, the...

Germany records most unauthorized migrant arrivals since 2015

The number of migrants entering Germany without permission will be significantly higher this year than in previous years - but the upward trend was halted in October, according to data released by Germany's Federal Police on Monday, writes German Press Agency DPA. The Federal Police...

University strike action and protests to hit over 50 German cities

University employees and students in Germany were set to protest on Monday to demand better pay, according to the Verdi trade union, writes German news agency DPA. The motto of the university action day is "Put an end to precarious science," according to the union. Organizers...

Macedonian journalists send a message on the protest: NO to censorship

Dozens of Macedonian journalists from several media outlets yesterday came out for a peaceful protest in front of the Civil Court in Skopje, expressing their revolt against the court verdict against the Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL), which is seen as a threat of censorship,...

Germans now eat far fewer fresh potatoes, but more crisps and chips

The German appetite for potatoes has continued to drop, even as per capita consumption of processed potato products like crisps and chips hit record levels, according to newly released government figures, writes German news agency DPA. Total potato consumption in Germany slumped to a low...

Deepfake video manipulates that General Zaluzhny is preparing a military coup

Photo: Video screenshot The video in which the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, allegedly, calls for a military coup and speaks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a high-quality fake video, or so-called “deepfake”, created with the help of artificial...