Misrepresentations of the “Office for Kosovo” about the motives of the attack on two Serbs
The so-called “Office for Kosovo” in the Government of Serbia has reacted again after another attack on two Serbian citizens. The attack has been interpreted as a consequence of the policy of the official Pristina and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, but...
Fake news about the numbers of people infected with COVID-19
The media “todaynews80.com” on September 17 published an article where it claimed that in Kosovo there is an increase in cases of people infected with Covid-19.
In the title of this media it reads that COVID-19 has returned, while in the content of the article...
Fake news about Ukrainian gold in Poland used as a reason to make unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine
Incorrect claims that Ukraine transferred foreign exchange reserves and gold stocks to Poland were the basis for making unfounded announcements of the entry of the Polish army into Ukraine, which were also reported by web portals in the region.
On July 16, 2022, Webtribune published...
Albania and neighboring countries are victims of cyber attacks
Albania severed its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran after an investigation, which, according to the government, proved that the cyber attack of July this year was orchestrated by Tehran. Security experts warn that the decision increases the risk of other cybercrimes...
Live online discussion on September 22: Techno-authoritarianism in India
In public and appearances and speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared this present decade India’s “Techade”—a digital revolution at the grassroots level, touching all people and “refining” all aspects of politics, economy, and society.
Yet even as the leader of the world’s largest democracy urges...
Live online discussion on September 15: Can citizens of democracies still trust the law?
The legislature — and the legislative process — is one of the three pillars of democracy, enshrined in the very heart of the political system. The legal system and the lawmaking process both exist to protect the citizens of a democracy. Yet, Global Voices...
New nonsense on the web portal IN4S: Karadzic and Mladic will not be exchanged for prisoners of war from Ukraine
The web portal IN4S published an article claiming that “Western officials” are negotiating with Russia to exchange alleged NATO prisoners from Ukraine with war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
Prison cell with rays of light from the window.3d rendering
On June 18, 2022, the web...
A conspiracy journalist justifies the Russian invasion using anti-Semitic conspiracy theories
Balkan Info’s journalist Nemanja Blagojevic posted a status in which it is claimed that the “Khazars” are behind the war in Ukraine. This is a conspiracy theory with anti-Semitic overtones.
3d map of Ukraine and Russia. 3d illustration.
On June 1, 2022, Nemanja Blagojevic posted a...
No, Germany did not admit the failure of sanctions against Russia
An anonymous web portal used the opinion of a German columnist to write an article with the title incorrectly claiming that Germany has admitted the failure of sanctions against Russia.
Readers turned to us with a request to check the accuracy of the claims from...
Putin is not removing biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine
Conspiracy theories suggesting that Russia is removing biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine and fighting against the “New World Order” continue to be published on web portals and blogs.
Russian tanks liberate Ukraine from neo-Nazis Map/ Ukraine vs Russia
Two days after the beginning of the Russian...
Global narratives and local actors: 150 days of the war in Ukraine and over 1,500 disinformation in the region
The renewed open war in Ukraine has been going on for more than 150 days, but the spread of fake and manipulative news on this topic has been going on for much longer. Nevertheless, a real flood of misinformation and Russian propaganda about the...
No, Ukraine did not build a NATO base in Severodonetsk
Several web portals from the region have shared unfounded claims about the alleged construction of a NATO base in Ukraine.
Detailed world map with pinned enlarged map of Ukraine and neighboring countries. Ukraine flag and map.
On June 19, 2022, the web portal Sputnik published an...
Janjić: The Russian military intelligence service GRU is behind the litany against the EuroPride in Belgrade
Serbian political analyst Dušan Janjić said that since the members of the Night Wolves Motorcycle club have led the litany and protest in Belgrade against the EuroPride, it is evident to him that the Russian military intelligence service was its background organizer, informs the...
Litany in Belgrade with Night Wolves motorcade and posters of Putin against the EuroPride event in September
A "Litany for the salvation of Serbia" was held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, on Sunday, the 28th of August 2022, with the participants carrying church icons and photographs of Vladimir Putin. The walk was led by the motorcade of the Night Wolves...
The food banks in Portugal can feed up to 4% of the total population
Portugal has over 10 million citizens and even 21 food banks, which can feed up to 4% of this EU member country's total population. Their main goal is to fight against throwing all kinds of food as waste and to divert the secured surplus...
Ukraine thanked North Macedonia for the donated tanks: A friend is known in trouble
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, did not forget to express thanks via Twitter on Saturday for the donation of T-72 tanks from North Macedonia to Ukraine. Podolyak wrote the following on Twitter in Ukrainian and Macedonian:
"A friend is known in...
The British-American plan to “abolish” the Republic of Srpska: A threat based on nothing
Several web portals reported on the “plan” to abolish the Republic of Srpska, which was initiated by ATV, although neither sources nor evidence was offered for such claims.
On July 10, 2022, the web portal of Alternative Television (ATV) published an article titled:
The British and Americans prepared...
Contrary to claims on social media, the war in Ukraine is affecting global supply and prices
Manipulative posts are being shared on social networks, trying to show that the war in Ukraine did not affect the global increase in food and oil prices.
On May 18, a picture of a world map with Ukraine colored in red was published on Edi...
Hungary: Media freedom groups welcome EU court referral over Klubrádió frequency
"This decision by the EU's executive body to take Hungary to court over the alleged breach in EU telecoms rules regarding Klubrádió's frequency licence is a belated but important signal that the Commission is increasingly willing to use the tools available to it to...
There is not a Russian decision to “return” the NATO alliance to its borders from 1997
In their headlines, some web portals manipulatively presented the statement of a Russian deputy as an official decision of Russia.
On May 15, 2022, Webtribune published an article with the title claiming that “Russia has decided” to return NATO to its borders from 1997:
RUSSIA HAS DECIDED, AND...
