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...
First-instance verdict in Štrpci Case overturned – trial restored
On 30 October 2023, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade issued a decision annulling the first-instance verdict in the Štrpci Case and returning the case for retrial. The Humanitarian Law Center considers it inadmissible that thirty years after the abduction and murder of twenty civilians in Štrpci,...
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...
Scholz vows German help for Egyptian efforts to free Hamas hostages
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sissi German help with efforts to secure the release of hostages kidnapped from Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas, writes German news agency DPA.
"We are making every effort to secure their release," Scholz...
German court sentences Russian man who plotted to kill Chechen critic
A Russian citizen who plotted the assassination of a Chechen dissident living in German exile was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday by a court in Munich, writes German news agency DPA.
The convicted man, identified only as Valid D, had plotted to...
When Did Russia Return among the Top Ten Economies in the World – If at All?
In the first part of June, some of the Macedonian language media reported that Russia returned on the list of the Top 10 economies for the first time after 2014. Rarely did the news reported on the portals specify their sources. However, after fact-checking...
Loads of disinformation about Ukraine in a video promoting numerous pro-Russian narratives
Photo: Screenshot from a manipulative video about Zelenskyy and the Azov Batallion
As a guest in a morning show on a USA television, the famous controversial journalist Lara Logan presented loads of unfounded claims about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression that almost...
Neither Putin is fighting evil, nor Gates is poisoning people from the sky
More than a year ago, the Russian military invaded Ukraine, which as a sovereign country has every right to defend itself. The narrative that “Putin is fighting evil” stems from Russian propaganda, struggling to justify the criminal acts performed on alien territory. Bill Gates...
The Russian Embassy in Skopje – Main Diplomatic Internet Spammer in North Macedonia
The Russian Embassy in Skopje is a record-breaker when it comes to the number of Facebook posts. The country is of top regional interest of Kremlin – out of the whole Balkans, only the Russian diplomatic mission in Romania posts more frequently on Facebook....
Selective reporting regarding the investigation of the Independent International Commission on Ukraine
In the articles of some media about the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine, the cases of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine were completely omitted, and only the cases committed by Ukraine were presented.
On October...
The state of online free expression worldwide in 2022
"From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat," writes IFEX.org in this article republished by Meta.mk. This statement was originally published by the IFEX member Electronic...
Global Voices: With the US intervention, Kosovo and Serbia resolve the car license plate dispute
Kosovo thanks the US; Serbia has its own interpretation, writes "Global Voices". Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with "Global Voices".
Two days after Kosovo and Serbia failed to reach an agreement on the row centering on a decision made by the Kosovo...
“Handmaiden’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood shuns Russian sanctions, ridicules travel ban
Canadian poet and writer Margaret Atwood was joined by Hollywood actor Jim Carrey in ridiculing the travel ban to Russia imposed on them alongside 98 other Canadians.
On November 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a list with a hundred...
All the “conspiracies” against Dodik: A narrative that does not stop even though time itself denies it
Photo: SNSD.org
The narrative according to which foreign countries are working to “destroy” the Republic of Srpska and/or Milorad Dodik, the newly elected president of this BiH entity, is often published in numerous media, including on public service.
Claims about “coloured revolutions”, “a plan to destroy...
A fictional report by Euronews: No auction of Russian works to be destroyed
Photo: Freepik/@ fabrikasimf
A fake video of the Euronews television network is being shared on social networks about an auction in Germany where it will be possible to buy Russian works of art that will be destroyed, and the collected money will be donated to...
News Front: Pro-Russian disinformation from Crimea is also reaching Bosnia and Herzegovina
Photo: Freepik/@ fidaolga
The private news agency News Front, which operates from the territory of Crimea, is a frequent propagator of pro-Russian disinformation in our area since it also publishes content in the Serbian language.
The News Front web portal operates in several languages in which...
Volodymyr Zelensky did not publish the book “My Struggle”
Photo: Volodimir Zelenski/Shutterstock
A photo of the front page of the fictional book “My Struggle” by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is being compared on social networks to Adolf Hitler’s autobiography “Mein Kampf”.
At the end of October, a photo of the book “My Struggle” was shared...
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...
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...
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...
