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Petrovska never stated that she declares war on Russia
Had Petrovska ever said such a thing, all of the media would have reported it, both the national and the international media. But such a thing cannot be found in the online space, neither in writing nor in audio form. Indeed, had Petrovska stated such a thing, an appropriate response would have followed from the side that, was declared...
NATO Summit, Cluster Bombs, Prigozhin and Poland – Focus on Disinfo-narratives in July
In July, in the Macedonian language media one could have read a few types of Russian narratives related to the state of affairs in Ukraine. Most dominant were those connected to the NATO Summit in Vilnius, the US-approved cluster ammunition for Ukraine, the destiny of Prigozhin, including the narrative that Poland wanted to occupy parts of Ukraine that was...
Counterspin: Levica spins that Macedonia is involved in repression of the Serbs in Kosovo
Photo: Ministry of Defense of North Macedonia
Responding to the government’s decision to send 31 members of ARM to Kosovo for a period of six months, Levica is spinning that KFOR is a suppressive force that frequently uses excessive force against the Serbs and that with this decision of the government, the country becomes a party in such repression. It...
“Russia is just defending itself” – the main disinformation narrative in May
Photo: Clip from a Kremlin.ru video from the Victory Parade in Moscow on 09.05.2022
Victory Day – 9 May – was the occasion for the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to utter the main disinformation narrative in May, which was, of course, accompanied by a series of others. That narrative was that Russia is the victim in the war against Ukraine...
It is not true that the Ukrainian Government is threatening to start with terrorist attacks throughout Europe
Photo: Screenshot from the video
In the clip from the video, which is incorrectly interpreted in the post, Podolyak is talking about a hypothetical situation if EU would stop helping Ukraine and he is explaining what would happen in Europe should the assistance in weapons cease. He, however, is not saying that Ukraine will undertake terrorist attacks in Europe, but...
It is not true that Macedonian troops will fight the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye
30 years jubilee of the Army – central event, August 2022 Photo: mod.gov.mk
The post is spreading disinformation that Macedonian troops will be deployed to fight against the Russian Armed Forces in Pridnestrovye. The claim that our troops, instead of leaving for Romania, will depart for Moldova – that is not a NATO Member-State – is not substantiated with evidence...
Manipulation: Zelenskyy’s statement about hypothetical situation taken out of context
Photo: Screenshot from the video
The post we are fact-checking has just one sentence that is out of context. That leads to misinterpreting the press-conference of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. From the overall answer of Zelenskyy of the question posed by the ABC News reporter –...
The Defense budget of North Macedonia for 2023 is 24% bigger than in 2022
North Macedonia’s defense budget for 2023 amounts to €274 million, which is an increase of 24,45 percent compared to the current budget i.e., the State will allocate 1,85 percent of its GDP for defense purposes, announced by prime minister Dimitar Kovachevski and defense minister Slavjanka Petrovska last week.
Petrovska stated that last year we have shown that we respect all...
Russian-style bomb threats in North Macedonia: The goal is to spread fear among the population
Experts believe that the bomb threats for the schools, shopping malls and some institutions in North Macedonia received so far, originate from Russia. Their purpose is to spread fear among citizens, in the context of the war in Ukraine, together with inciting anxiety over a possible conflict in the north of Kosovo, Portalb.mk reports.
In the past few months, North...
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. In the text we are analyzing, the public statements of the Russian official are distorted...
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 from January 1 to May 10. A total of 2,658 articles from 211 portals and...
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 cited the Serbian edition of the Russian state news agency "Sputnik". The Sputnik website, which...
Truthmeter.mk: A protest justifying aggression against a sovereign country
A small group of citizens protested in front of the Ukrainian embassy last week with a classic exchange of theses – to declare the victim of aggression by the “big brother” a justified goal and to wrap it all in some imaginary ideological sugarcoating, writes Truthmeter.mk
We republish the analysis below:
Is there any justification for the annexation of a part...
Defense minister: North Macedonia supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity
Slavjanka Petrovska, the minister of defense of North Macedonia said for NMacedonian TV 24 that the state institutions are following-up on the situation in Ukraine, in the light of the repositioning of the Russian armed forces on the border with Ukraine.
"I have to highlight that we completely support the efforts within the framework of the NATO Alliance and the...
Following Eastern Europe, Russia is requesting withdrawal of NATO forces from Bulgaria and Romania
Russia’s request for the withdrawal of NATO forces (foreign troops, weapons and equipment) is not only for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe but for all countries that were not members of NATO in the period before 1997. The security guarantees that Russia is seeking from NATO also apply to Romania and Bulgaria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...
The Battleground: Montenegro in Crisis – Serbian Nationalist Threats
This article by Srdja Pavlovic was first published in The Battleground and is reprinted by Meta.mk with permission.
Montenegro’s Democratic Front (DF) recently issued its most significant threat to date to their partners in the ruling coalition.
Milan Knezevic, who has been recognised as the party’s most ardent Russophile, called on his coalition partners to respect the electoral results and allow...
North Macedonia prime minister Zoran Zaev resigns after local elections defeat
Zoran Zaev, the incumbent prime minister of North Macedonia yesterday in a late night press conference resigned from his prime ministerial post and also from the post of the president of the SDSM political party, after the defeat of his party in the second round of the local elections. However, he remains adamant that early parliamentary elections are not...
NMacedonia’s President on Decisive Strike exercise at Krivolak military range: We passed the first test!
The highest officials of North Macedonia, led by President Stevo Pendarovski as the Army's Supreme Commander, together with government ministers, MPs, foreign ambassadors ,attended the Distinguished Guests Day yesterday at the Krivolak Military Range, as part of the Decisive Strike military exercise.
During the event the distinguished guests could see demonstrations of offensive operations and activities of the infantry and...
North Macedonia: 4 Russian-made army and police helicopters will be modernized in Czechia
The Czech Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar is in official visit to Macedonia as the first defense minister of a NATO member country visiting Macedonia since the country's accession into the Alliance. Together with Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska and the Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, he signed a Memorandum for Understanding and Technical Cooperation between both countries, which encompasses the...
US donates 1.269 M4 assault rifles to ARM – acquisitions of handguns, sniper rifles, howitzers to follow!
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia - ARM, received 1,269 M4 assault rifles from the US as a donation worth US$1.2 million, aimed to assist the equipping of the Light Infantry Battalion Battle Group, the primary NATO-declared unit. These new items will be followed by procurement of equipment and weaponry consisting of handguns, 7.62 mm sniper rifles,...
