29 November 2023
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 […]
26 October 2023
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 […]
24 October 2023
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: […]
19 September 2023
The import restrictions on Ukrainian grain maintained independently by Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are probably not compatible with EU law, according to German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir, writes German news agency DPA. Özdemir, a Green Party politician, said ahead of a meeting with other EU agriculture ministers in Brussels on Monday that he sees no […]
12 September 2023
As Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine drags on, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he does not think a peaceful resolution is yet in sight, writes German news agency DPA. Scholz said that while it has been possible, at times, to bring key players to the table for discussions, Germany must not turn away from the […]
7 August 2023
The post is falsely claiming that the video shared is showing Ukrainian troops surrendering to Russian forces. The video-clipping is from prisoner swap between the Wagner Group and the Ukrainian Armed Forces from last May in Ukraine. At the time, the swap was confirmed by both countries, writes Thruthmeter. Under the content-sharing agreement between […]
30 June 2023
Written by Global Voices Central&Eastern Europe. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”: Populist political forces across Europe have been utilizing homophobia and the stigmatization of LGBTQ+ people as a weapon of political influence for the last two decades. Many of these campaigns have mimicked, or were even helped by, the extreme right-wing […]
23 June 2023
France had revealed an enormous Russian campaign whose aim was to undermine Western support for Ukraine, reported the French state agency Viginum, whose purpose is to fight foreign digital interference. “Engaging Russian embassies and cultural centres that were actively involved in reinforcing this campaign, including through the official social network profiles is just another illustration […]
25 March 2023
The Macedonian government is preparing a new package of military aid for Ukraine, which has been fighting against Russia’s military aggression for more than a year. At the next government session, a proposal will be submitted for making a decision on the donation of 12 helicopters to Ukraine, Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska announced yesterday on […]
27 February 2023
The post disinforms that NATO is pushing Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian. This narrative undermines thousands of soldiers in Ukraine, including patriotic defence actions carried out to defend themselves from Russian aggression. It is not true that no more men are left so Zelenskyy is “sending women to be killed on the front”. […]
20 February 2023
While disinformation campaigns flood Central and Eastern Europe, civil society organizations are at the forefront of initiatives to face this challenge. Meta.mk spoke to Ina Danila, Project Manager at Funky Citizens, a Romanian organization working on fact-checking and disinformation resilience, about the current situation in Romania within the regional context. Disinformation is a worldwide threat […]
25 January 2023
‘We are asking for forgiveness that we know we will never receive’: In Russia, people are bringing flowers to monuments of Ukrainians, writes “Global Voices”. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”: “We ask for forgiveness that we know we will never receive, and we vow to never forget […]
24 August 2022
Ukraine’s Independence Day was marked today at Macedonia Square in the center of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The event was part of the “The free world gathering” global initiative and in Macedonia, it was organized by the Embassy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association “Lesya Ukrainka”. The attendees held their hands and joined […]
