8 October 2023
The two contexts of Biden and Putin’s meetings with children are different. In Putin’s case, one can see that the interview and meeting were previously organized since the cameras on the video are already positioned and he is acting in accordance with the set situation. Biden’s video, on the other hand, is spontaneous, made with […]
12 July 2023
Not only Facebook doesn’t say that “Hitler was a good man, a democrat fighting for rights”, as the post claims, but it also sanctions such narratives and fabrications. Regarding the malicious statement that ”it is not by accident” that ”Zelenskyy was tuned to perform at his best”, Facebook has nothing to do with creating or […]
3 June 2023
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 […]
22 May 2023
It is a fact that the Russian propaganda network is well developed in this country, including representatives of official Russian institutions, diaspora and paid political parties. Another fact is that they have been active in this region for quite some time now, therefore an operational network has been installed in the last few decades which, […]
4 May 2023
Russian propaganda uses various forms of social media and channels to spread its propaganda. It is fighting a war in Ukraine, but also waging a hybrid war with many other countries. North Macedonia and the Balkans are the target of this propaganda, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the […]
17 March 2023
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. The hybrid war in North Macedonia by the Russian Secret Services […]
27 April 2022
Andrey Zakharov is an investigative journalist from the Russian service of BBC. He moved from Russia in November last year, when he was being designated as foreign agent in Russia, as many other journalists. He is currently living in one European country. In an interview for Truthmeter, he speaks about the Russian propaganda and the […]
17 April 2022
The recent expulsion of five Russian diplomats is not the first expulsion of Russian diplomats from Macedonia. For the first time, Macedonia expelled a Russian diplomat in 2018, when not only the intensified Russian propaganda influence was noticeable, but also an attempt for Russian political influence by supporting the Macedonian clone of “United Russia”, writes […]
14 April 2022
The cobweb of Russian influence in North Macedonia is also being built through science, education and culture. This is achieved by placing topics related to scientific, cultural and educational, as well as a religious community with Russia, joint appearances and celebrations of important dates said representatives of the academic community and media reactions related to […]
22 March 2022
Since the Russian-Ukrainian crisis started, a propaganda war started on social media in our country, full of hate speech and “cheering” for one of the warring parties. Certain political and media circles have for years been accustoming the citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia that hate speech is something “normal” and that calls for violence […]
28 February 2022
Analysis of the disinformation and conspiracy theories about the “Ukrainian scenario”, the “colored revolution” and the “Macedonian Maidan” with which Russian propaganda and its local allies in 2015 imposed narratives to justify Russian aggression against Ukraine and anti-democratic populist regimes of Putin and Gruevski, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the syndicating agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we […]
29 October 2020
“The Critical Thinking for Mediawise Citizens – Crithink” project, implemented by Metamorphosis Foundation and Eurothink with the support from the European Union, as part of the Media Literacy Days in North Macedonia, yesterday held a public panel discussion on the results of research on media literacy and critical thinking conducted in the previous year. “The […]
11 June 2020
Академик Катица Kюлавкова, член на Македонската академия на науките и изкуствата (МАНУ) предизвика възмущение в социалните медии, след като публикува туит, изразяващ мнение, което се счита за националистично и шовинистично. Kюлавкова на 6 юни 2020 г. публикува текст в акаунта си в Twitter “Плащаме цената на съжителство с живота”, в съответствие с наративите които разпространяват […]
6 September 2019
The British Broadcasting service BBC has published audio documentary on the subject of websites with fake news from Veles, North Macedonia titled as Doctor Fake News where it is reminded that the first medium that published official conversations with owners of the portals with fake news was Meta news agency . “It’s easy to manipulate […]
27 September 2018
The public propaganda regrading the referendum that will take place on Sunday ends this evening at midnight. Until then, all of the activities of the parties that are taking part in should end and the pre-voting silence starts at midnight. The Coalition “Come Out FOR a European Macedonia” will have its final rally in Tetovo, […]
24 March 2017
Monitoring of television news coverage conducted from September 2017-February 2017, showed that in the media there are four commercial television stations who could be called propagandistic, this was the conclusion from today’s conference organized by the Institute for Communication Studies (IKS). “The television stations we are discussing are “Sitel”, “Kanal 5”, “Alfa” and “TV Nova”, […]
16 November 2016
Macedonian teenagers from Veles have become a global attraction after part of the world’s media claimed that the residents of Veles through their propaganda websites with fake news influenced the US election and helped the Republican candidate for US president, Donald Trump, get into the White House. Last April, after Meta wrote about five young people […]
10 November 2016
The group of young people from Veles who were the owners of hundreds of websites that published propaganda in favour of the newly elected President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, say that they do not believe their “portals” had any influence on the outcome of the presidential elections. Most of the propaganda […]
4 November 2016
Last year, the Macedonian city of Veles, which has a population of 45.000 people, witnessed a digital gold rush when citizens opened at least 140 websites which promoted propaganda for the Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, reported the American website “Buzzfeed”. In the article “Buzzfeed” quotes the text from “Meta” News Agency which was published […]
7 April 2016
At least six websites, which are prone to reporting news with a propaganda intent in favour of the USA Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump, have been discovered to be registered by Macedonians living in Veles! According to the owners of these websites Veles is full of such websites, and similar “portals” looking for more […]
