Truthmeter: Georgievski did not make any statement regarding events in Ukraine
We are reviewing incorrect content published above a photo of the president of VMRO NP and former Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski. He told “Truthmeter” that it was a matter of total disinformation, adding that he has not made any statement on any topic for...
Kuleba: Russia uses disinformation and cyberattacks to destabilize Ukraine
In front of more than two hundred journalists from around the world, Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba held a press conference in order, as he said, to answer three big questions: How the escalation with Russia did happen, what's going on now,...
Portalb.mk: Fabricated statement glorifies Russia’s power
International security and military issues tend to attract a great deal of interest from readers, which often causes certain events or statements to be taken out of context, and to be colored in sensationalist colors. In this way, the more people click on the...
Truthmeter: Grandmother from Russia did not invent secret recipe for high blood pressure
The Truthmeter review showed that the woman in the photo had nothing to do with “a Russian grandmother offering a secret recipe.” This photo can be found on sales sites and can be bought for less than 10 Euros. The “secret recipe”, on the...
Fighting Russian trolls: “Elves Army” fights Russian propaganda in Lithuania
Russian “troll farms” – organized online agitators identify complaints in other countries and then insert themselves in those debates in order to boost them. Instead of promoting a political ideology, professional Russian trolls focus on stirring up emotions over heated topics, such as gun...
Creating fascination with Russia’s power in media and on social networks in North Macedonia
One of the simplest ways to influence a wider number of people is to glorify a country. Positive glorification can evoke admiration, a sense of belonging and community, a sense of protection, an ever-present refuge, an alternative available to citizens and the state… This...
Why does Putin want escalation with the West?
The former head of the Bulgarian state intelligence agency Dimo Gjaurov, in an interview with TV Nova, commented that one of the goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the escalation of the conflict with Ukraine is to force Europe and the United States...
Portalb: Distorted statement by Russian official instills fear of a “Great war”
Conflicts of great powers, especially the threat of war are always a media topic that affects readers and produces a lot of clicks. On the other hand, if such information is sensational, unsupported by arguments, misrepresented and hyperbolized, it is detrimental to quality journalism....
North Macedonia pays highest prices for methane in the neighborhood, even though Gazprom lowered its price by 13%
Russian company Gazprom has reached an agreement with the North Macedonia company Makpetrol to lower the price of the methane in North Macedonia (compressed natural gas - CNG) by 13%. As a result, instead of 110 MKD per kg, starting from yesterday, at Makpetrol's...
Rosana Aleksoska: Russian influence is Particularly Present At Important Periods and Events in North Macedonia
The NGO MOST recently published a study dedicated to the fight against false news and narratives. The study “Disinformation and information distortion in North Macedonia December 2021” focuses on the dominant narratives in 2020, with a special focus on articles published in the period...
Christian Schmidt is not an “illegally elected” High Representative
When German politician Christian Schmidt took over as High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2021, a debate began in BiH and countries in the region on the legality and legitimacy of his appointment.
The Republic of Srpska (RS) officials claim that Schmidt...
Truthmeter.mk: Janko Bachev’s pro-Russian party a part of VMRO-DPMNE’s pressure on small parties
Truthmeter.mk published the original text. Meta.mk is republishing it below under the syndicating agreement:
Janko Bacev’s openly pro-Russian non-parliamentary political party sent a statement to the public entitled “United Macedonia to DS, LDP, DOM and VMRO-NP: If you really want one constituency, seize the chance...
Russia Today’s license in Germany revoked, Kremlin retaliates by shutting down Deutsche Welle’s Russian Service
Russian authorities have banned the broadcasting of programs by the German media corporation Deutsche Welle in the country, they closed their offices while the journalists' accreditations for working in Russia were canceled. The decision arrived only two days after Germany canceled the license for...
Truthmeter.mk: Lots of courts and judges, but little Justice
With the systematization of the judicial network for judges in all levels of courts and for all types of courts, 636 judicial seats are provided, and 493 seats have been filled, but even with this number, we are leaders in Europe. With 34 courts,...
Truthmeter.mk: Thirty Children with Cerebral Palsy Live In Isolation in Ohrid, the State Is Silent
Children with cerebral palsy in Ohrid live in complete isolation. They do not have any day care centers. Parents complain that their children are discriminated against and excluded from society, Truthmeter.mk writes.
Author: Sonja Rilkovska
Children with cerebral palsy from Ohrid face total isolation. Excluded from...
Truthmeter.mk: Small Steps Towards Big Changes For Children With Disabilities in Macedonian Education
Educational inclusion is a process that lasts more than two decades, which is being delayed not only due to bad laws but also due to low public awareness, Truthmeter.mk writes.
Author: Zoran Dimovski
Forty students with disabilities from Polog, starting this school year have educational assistants...
After 82 days in office, Mayor Danela Arsovska still hadn’t cleaned all illegal dumps throughout Skopje
The first 82 days since Mayor Danela Arsovska took over the helm of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, expired on Friday, the 28th of January, which prompted Meta.mk to check on site whether one of the most important promises that Arsovska gave in...
Portalb: Unnecessary media hyperbolization and glorification of Russian military equipment
This is an article that hyperbolically and sensationally glorifies Russian military equipment. The headline “Russia presented the Beast in the Sky: “We will deal with America using this” is a typical example of unprofessional journalistic reporting, which aims to mislead the public, writes Portalb.mk.
On...
Truthmeter.mk: The vaccine does not change your genome and you do not become prey to a “transhumanist agenda”
Meta.mk republishes in its entirety Truthmeter.mk's fact-check:
We are reviewing a Facebook post in which a video was shared by a Russian bishop, who said that “global elites want to wipe out 6 billion people.” He adds that world leaders marched under the banner of...
Truthmeter.mk: Narratives which Russia uses to influence news media in Western Balkans
A research titled "Russia’s narratives toward the Western Balkans", published by the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE) identified several Russian narratives in the news media in the Western Balkans. The research is based on the media reporting in 2018, which...
