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NMacedonia’s FM Osmani: Russia destabilizes the Western Balkans with visible steps

Bujar Osmani, the current Chairman of the OSCE and Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, said today that the Russian Federation is a factor of destabilization in the Western Balkans region. Unlike the US and EU support for N.Macedonia and the entire region, Russia does not play the identical role in the Western Balkans, he said. “The Russian Federation...

Lavrov created drama in Skopje: Instead of giving answers, he argued with journalists

Written speech and disputes with journalists comprised Sergey Lavrov’s tactics in the press conference; Photo: Meta.mk Russia turned today’s press conference of Sergei Lavrov into a propagandist theater play in the heart of Skopje, wishing to overshadow the last day and the conclusions of the OSCE Ministerial Council’s meeting. Even before the press conference of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister ended,...

OSCE Ministerial Council: Harsh condemnations of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the blockade of OSCE

Harsh condemnations of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and Russia's blockade of the OSCE operations were voiced by the speakers at the beginning of the OSCE Ministerial Council today in Skopje. They sent a message that the Russian aggression against Ukraine violates the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe from Helsinki, which is the...

Macedonian PM will not meet Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski before the start of the OSCE Ministerial Council that is held in Skopje, said that he would not meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He noted that each country in its own way sends a message about Russia's unjustified aggression against Ukraine. Kovachevski hopes that important decisions will be made at the OSCE Ministerial...

OSCE parallel conference: Russia is brutal towards Ukraine, the role of the civil society is extremely important

From the address of Pia Kauma, the president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Photo: Meta.mk Democracy is declining in countries where there is no room for civil society activism. We are witnessing an alarming number of armed conflicts, in the last year we have been witnessing how Russia has been brutal towards Ukraine and destroyed European values. It should be...

Blinken and Osmani: We remain united in our support for Ukraine

Photo Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and North Macedonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani welcomed the decision that paves the way for Malta to become the next chairman of the OSCE in 2024, which overcame the crisis faced by the organization and represents a significant success for our chairmanship...

Deepfake video manipulates that General Zaluzhny is preparing a military coup

Photo: Video screenshot The video in which the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, allegedly, calls for a military coup and speaks against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a high-quality fake video, or so-called “deepfake”, created with the help of artificial intelligence, writes Truthmeter.mk. Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text below:   A...

It is not true that Russia has defeated Ukraine, nor is it at war with the EU and NATO

The post is spreading disinformation that the Russian military actions on the territory of Ukraine, which took place on 24 February completely unprovoked, are over and that, allegedly, Russia was the winner. The military invasion and the Ukrainian defense, however, are still ongoing and nothing appears to signal that they will end soon. In addition, the post provides disinformation...

The mass media never declared “Ukraine is done with!”, nor should they be blamed for the war victims

Photo: Enrique on Pixabay Neither mass media have recognized that “Ukraine is Done With”, nor should journalists be blamed for the thousands of lives lost in Ukraine, as the post claims. The journalists did not encourage the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia did, while Ukraine responded with the support of its Western partners to defend its right to self-defense. In...

Zelensky is not implementing “extremist regime of ethnic cleansing and genocide”

Ukraine is a republic with a presidential-parliamentary system of government, which is defined within the Constitution from 1996. Just before Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow falsely accused Ukraine of genocide against Russian-speaking citizens in the Donbas region. Putin used this narrative to justify the invasion of Ukraine, but with no evidence to support such allegations. Nevertheless, there...

America is tarnished by disinformation about the wars in Ukraine and Israel cooked up in the “Russian kitchen”

Photo: Screenshot of the video in the FB post The Ukrainian authorities denied the claim that their country was providing arms to Hamas. On Monday (09.10.2023), the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Agency posted on its official Facebook page accusations that Russia launched a disinformation campaign related to these claims. The US continues to support Ukraine in its counter-offensive, but also in...

Russia’s broadcasting hub in the Balkans

By Ardit Kika Daily editions of Serbian pro-government tabloids such as Novosti, Alo, and Srpski Telegraf can be found in the shops and kiosks of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo from Zubin Potok to Gračanica. These newspapers not only support and reflect the policies of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, they also voice their support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.Serbia is the...

Heaps of lies about the war in Ukraine, spiced up with “The Great Reset”

Photo: Pixabay.com The post falsely claims that the war in Ukraine was initiated by the collective West, linking that with the “Great Reset”, in which the Jews allegedly have a role to play. The fact is that Russia initiated the war in Ukraine and that the Western countries are just supporting Ukraine in its efforts to defend its territorial integrity...

It is Not True That CNN Reduced the Media Coverage of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

CNN follows the Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine with direct presence of its own teams and informs from the field about the situation in Ukraine every day. That did not change even after the new conflict shook the world. Truthmeter analyzed CNN’s coverage from 10-17 October (a week before the Facebook post) and found 6,501 media contents on Ukraine in...

The West did not desire war in Ukraine and Israel

Photo: pixabay.com Western countries did not vote against the “resolution for stopping military actions and attacks between Israel and Palestine”, as the post claims, they just did not support Russia’s resolution to condemn violence and terrorism of civilians, because it did not mention HAMAS attacks and killings of 1,400 civilians in Israel. The post does not want to see the...

UN Charter Does Not Give Russia the Right to Attack Ukraine

Articles 106 and 107 of the UN Charter do not give Russia the right to attack Ukraine, or any of the other countries listed on the post, for its “attempts to revive Nazism”, as the post claims. Article 107 is no longer relevant since enemy states no longer exist as they used to be defined by the UN, and every...

It Is Not True that Russia Does Not Bomb Inhabited Places

The post we are fact-checking claims that Russia does not bomb inhabited places. It is a fact that Russia, on several occasions, has targeted inhabited places and hundreds of civilians, including women and children, were killed, writes Truthmeter.mk.   Under the content-sharing agreement between Truthmeter.mk and Meta.mk, we republish the text in its entirety below:   We are fact checking a post on...

There is no evidence that Ukraine gave weapons to Hamas

Photo: A screenshot from the video Citing an official announcement of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Ukrainska Pravda writes that Russia was preparing to discredit Ukraine, aiming to influence the allies’ attitude and impact the supply of Western weapons. Security experts for foreign fact-checkers say that Ukraine is in an existential battle against Russia and that there is no reason...

Manipulation of the address of the Dutch Minister of Defense on the Security Forum in Warsaw

Photo: A screenshot from the video Opposed to the claims made in the post, once the original statement of the Dutch Defense Minister, Kajsa Ollongren, given at the Security Forum in Warsaw, it becomes quite clear that war was not encouraged, but the support for Ukraine was continued since Ukraine was facing the territorial claims of Russia and Putin’s regime....

(REPORTAGE): Even the air in Moldova seems to tremble in suspense over the Russian aggression in Ukraine

Demolished hotel “National” in the centre of Chișinău in the colours of the Ukrainian flag; Photo: Meta.mk   An old dilapidated building greets the passengers arriving at the airport in Chișinău. In terms of its size and interior, it overwhelmingly reminds me of the old building of the Skopje Airport. Immediately after the entrance of the small edifice comes an unusual...