Tag: Rusija

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...

Russia’s Supreme Court has ordered the closure of the “Memorial”, the country’s most prominent human rights group, which dealt with the Stalin-era purges, symbolizing post-Soviet democratization, Euroactiv reports, according to Portalb.mk.   The verdict against “Memorial” comes a year after Russian authorities arrested President Vladimir Putin’s main critic, Alexei Navalny, in a historic blow to human rights groups and independent media. Last...

After Bulgaria and Romania, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday commented on Macedonia’s membership in NATO. Instead of “North Macedonia”, in the answers to the questions of the program “Weekly Time” on the state Russian television “First Channel”, he named the country as “Macedonia”. Asked about NATO’s enlargement with new member states and whether it was possible to talk about...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has scheduled an official visit to Moscow for 1 February, where he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Radio Free Europe in Macedonian reports. The reason for the visit to Russia is the request of Hungary for additional quantities of natural gas. In an interview with Hungarian media today, Orban said that at...

The claim of VMRO-DPMNE that the Government did not provide low gas prices, unlike “all governments in the region and the world” is a spin. The price of imported natural gas depends very little on the government’s negotiating capabilities, writes Truthmeter.mk. We republish below Truthmeter's article under our syndication agreement: Author: Goran Lefkov   The political party VMRO-DPMNE in a statement published on...

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...

Truthmeter.mk is reviewing a Facebook post, which says that an amazing video from Mount Athos shows the appearance of the Mother of God. According to the description in the text, the video was shot on Mount Athos and shows the appearance of the Most Holy Mother of God.   Meta.mk republishes this fact-checking article in its entirety below: Around the figure that people...

On the eve of the Australian Open tennis tournament, it became evident that some of the tennis players vaccinated with two doses of Sputnik vaccine, from the Russian manufacturer Gamaleya Research Institute, will not be able to participate in the tournament, because this vaccine is not approved in Australia, writes Truthmeter.mk Meta.mk republishes this fact-checking article in its entirety below:   Russian...

Approximately 56 000 users connected to the central heating network in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, could get much higher bills from the 1st of January. Balkan Energy Group (BEG), the operator of the network, submitted request to Energy and Water Services Regulatory Commission of North Macedonia (EWSRC) for 300% increase of the fees for its service. Balkan Energy...

Backroom cooperation and ties between Serbia and Russia lead to spying on Russian opposition figures having a meeting in Belgrade. After the spy tapes were delivered to Kremlin an arest of Russian opposition leader takes place. Another story showing how far undemocratic regimes are willing to go to stay in power completely disregarding the rights of their citizens, writes...

A children's playground with Russian thematic was built behind the Universal Hall at Skopje's city center during the local election campaign in North Macedonia. The playground, where the children from the surrounding buildings are supposed to play, has a floor with the map of the Russian Federation and the name of the state Russia is written in Russian language....

Skoro svi se u ovom trenutku slažemo sa činjenicom da je pandemija drastično promenila naše živote zauvek, i to, u mnogim slučajevima na gore. Međutim, izolacija i činjenica da još uvek ne možemo da uživamo i da se vratimo najčešćim navikama koje smo prethodno uzimali zdravo za gotovo, naterali su nas da duboko razmišljamo o našem položaju i o...

Podijeljenost Bosne i Hercegovine reflektuje se i na humanitarnom nivou: izabrani politički lideri  iz dva bosanskohercegovačka entiteta najglasniji su kada stiže pomoć iz politički njima naklonjenih država, što se odražava i u medijskom izvještavanju. Dok zvaničnici u Republici Srpskoj naglašavaju i medijski eksponiraju pomoć iz „prijateljske“ Rusije i Srbije, u Federaciji BiH najveći publicitet ima pomoć iz Turske.  Jednako...

Srpski portali ”Informer“ i ”Espreso“ u potpunosti prenose tekst direktora fonda „Ruski svet“, Vjačeslava Nikonova, u kojem on iskazuje revizionistički pogled na svetsku i evropsku istoriju u periodu Drugog svetskog rata. Ovi tabloidi koriste senzacionalističke naslove da bi svojim čitaocima nametnuli problematična i konačno, netačna tumačenja Nikonova. Naslov u ”Informeru”, na primer, glasi: „SRBIJIO, PRST NA ČELO! U EU NEMA NI JEDNE ZEMLJE...

Asja Metodieva radi na svom doktoratu na Centralnoevropskom univerzitetu (CEU), Budimpešta, istražujući radikalne pokrete, sa fokusom na regrutovanju stranih boraca. Njen rad “Russian Narrative Proxies in the Western Balkans”, koji je nedavno objavio Nemački Maršalov fond (German Marshal Fund -GMF), istražuje rast anti-zapadnih/proruskih narativa na zapadnom Balkanu sagledavanjem uloge lokalnih prenosioca narativa — lokalni državni i nedržavni informativni agenti...

Najstarije dnevne novine “ Politika” na svojoj veb-strani kasno večeras je objavila tekst o predsedničkim kandidatima za izbore koji će se u Makedoniji održati 21. aprila, pri tom navodeći špekulacije, kao i tvrđenja koja ne odslikavaju realnost. Pored špekulacija, koje su jasno najavljene u članku kao takve, da su Ali Ahmet ii DUI potklekli pred SDSM-om i saglasili se na konsenzualnog kandidata...

In response to yesterday's statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the MFA (Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) says that the procedure for passing the constitutional changes in accordance with the Prespa Agreement is with full respect of the envisaged parliamentary procedure and the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, and expressed regret that Russia "in a negative...

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Informing and Press Relations has called the passing of the new amendments of the Macedonian Constitution in order to change the country's name as "an artificial change of the country's name in order for an enforced entering of Skopje into NATO" and stated that the problem with the country's renaming should...