Tag: slander

What can be noted from this disinformation campaign – just like in the previous ones – is the lack of argumentation on the side of those attacking, related to possible errors, oversight, or inaccuracy expressed by Truthmeter’s editorial staff to justify the criticism and threats against us. Among these numerous manipulations and untruths, there is simply not a trace...

During recent weeks, politicians and pro-government media have been conducing a slander campaign against leading civil society organizations and independent media in Serbia. Organizations targeted with high profile slander campaign include CRTA (Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability), which runs the oversight initiative Open Parliament and the fact-checking outlet Istinomer, and investigative reporting outlet KRIK, which runs anti-disinformation site Raskrikavanje. In...

The Basic Civil Skopje rejected the slander charges that Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed against Igor Janushev and Hristijan Mickoski i.e. against the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. The request was rejected and the parties will receive a written verdict in a period of eight days,in which the decision will be detailed. Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska filed slander charges against the opposition party because...

Serbian tabloid "Alo", otherwise known for its "turbo-yellow" content and much of its defamatory content which is beneath all journalistic standards, while "defending Serbia" and often cheering on Russia, published an article yesterday denouncing Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, but also Macedonians in general. Namely, after the headline "MACEDONIAN MINISTER SHOCK STATEMENT; We helped bomb Serbia", the text by "Alo"...

Government Secretary General, Dragi Rashkovski, announced via his Facebook profile that the opposition party VMRO-DPMNE apologized to him 11 times for 11 allegations that were made against him. The apologies came after he filed lawsuits for defamation. On Facebook he wrote that he had received apologies for accusations of nepotism, unlawful material gain, illegal activities and everything that would lead...

Today at a press conference, 21 civil society organizations demanded a public apology and a withdrawal of all the lies, slander and misinformation presented by "Stop Operation Soros" (SOS). If they do not receive a public apology, they say that they will be forced to seek justice in court, in other words, they will file lawsuits against them for slander...

NGOs and civil society organizations today sent disclaimers and are demanding an apology from Cvetin Chilimanov and Nikola Srbov, who at the press conference for the movement "Stop Operation Soros" (SOS) accused them of "working against national and democratic interests of Macedonia through attempts to influence the early parliamentary elections." The organizations say that the information Chilimanov and Srbov presented...

The leader of DUI, Ali Ahmeti said the special prosecutor will be selected on Tuesday, as agreed upon according to the Przino Agreement, and his suggested that the special prosecutor have eight deputy prosecutors in his team, and three of them ought to be Albanians, Ahmeti said in an interview with the newspaper "Koha". "On the first day we expressed...