Tags USA
Tag: USA
A doctored video employed to mock Biden
Photo: A screenshot of the video
The sound was edited and does not correspond to the sound of the original video from Biden and Zelenskyy’s press conference (12 December), published by the prestigious Forbes. The audio was technically processed and edited, so it creates the impression that Biden smiled at a specific question from a journalist. But, even if any...
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...
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...
Biden’s Administration is not providing military aid to Hamas
The USA and Biden’s administration are not financing Hamas. The USA is sending humanitarian assistance for the civilians in Gaza, but it does not go to the terrorist organization that has several financiers, out of which the main is Iran. The USA declared Hamas a terrorist organization and prosecutes all of its citizens or permanent residents who finance this...
Young journalists from Metamorphosis Foundation on a study visit in the USA
Photo: Metamorphosis Foundation
Two interns from the media outlets working under the auspices of Metamorphosis Foundation - Meta.mk and Portalb.mk - together with two representatives of the Foundation itself, were on a week-long study visit in Washington, USA. The study visit was organized by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), which has been Metamorphosis’s partner for several years.
Apart from the...
The strategic partners of North Macedonia congratulated us on our national holiday Ilinden
Photo: vlada.mk
The post we are fact-checking is spreading disinformation and is slandering the strategic partners of North Macedonia by calling them “enemies” and, furthermore, glorifying Russia. It is true that Russia congratulated us upon our national holiday Ilinden, but congratulations also came from the embassies of the USA, France, and the United Kingdom, as well as from the EU...
The claim that USA is involved in deliberate spreading of the bird flu is Russian disinformation narrative
Transmission electron micrograph of influenza A virus, late passage…CDC/Dr. Erskine Palmer, 1981
By carefully looking at everything that was published on this topic up to date, one can clearly see that claiming that the Pentagon was deliberately infecting birds in the current war in Ukraine is just part of the Russian disinformation narrative spread for the purpose of justifying its...
First Balkan female analog astronaut: Conducting science experiments cut off from the world in an analog space mission
Martina Dimoska is the first female analog astronaut from the Balkans. As a graduate student at International Space University, she's working towards becoming the first from North Macedonia to obtain a master's degree in Space Studies. She is the NASA Space Apps Challenge Local Lead for 2022, hosted in two prestigious historic locations: Mountain View in Silicon Valley, California, and Cleveland. This is an annual...
It is not True that Three American Companies Bought Large Agricultural Land in Ukraine
Ukrainian legislation prohibits the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and foreign-owned companies. This restriction can be lifted, but first, there must be a referendum, and no referendum was held for this purpose in Ukraine. Therefore, it is not true that three large American multinational companies bought over 17 million hectares of Ukrainian agricultural land. Consequently, the dilemma that...
Significant decline in citizens’ perceptions of EU’s influence in North Macedonia
In 2021, 68% of the citizens supported the idea of North Macedonia becoming EU member-state, but the Macedonian citizens were not sufficiently informed about the trajectory and the time frame of the EU accession process itself.
The perceived influence of EU in North Macedonia has dropped to the lowest ranking in the last several years - from 44.8% in 2019...
US donates 1.269 M4 assault rifles to ARM – acquisitions of handguns, sniper rifles, howitzers to follow!
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia - ARM, received 1,269 M4 assault rifles from the US as a donation worth US$1.2 million, aimed to assist the equipping of the Light Infantry Battalion Battle Group, the primary NATO-declared unit. These new items will be followed by procurement of equipment and weaponry consisting of handguns, 7.62 mm sniper rifles,...
The аrmies of North Macedonia and USA prepare the Krivolak Military Range for the “Decisive Strike 21” spring drill
An ambitious plan for the development of the Krivolak Military Range in North Macedonia, in cooperation with the USA was announced yesterday by the Macedonian Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska - Jankovska, who visited the military training range in the center of the country, together with the US Ambassador Kate Byrnes.
Macedonian and US engineering units will start with intense preparations...
Macedonian magazine that published study about existence of a black hole in the middle of the Earth is no longer part of PubMed Central
The Macedonian science magazine "Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences“ (OAMJMS) is no longer part of the free archive of magazines for biomedical and life sciences at the PubMed Central® – U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM), as was announced on the National Library's web page. In the archive which can be accessed online,...
Macedonian mobile game “Tie Dye”, No. 1 in the USA, soon launches in China
The mobile game "Tie Dye“ created by the Macedonian game studio,"Furious Avocado“ is a number one game in the United States Of America after it has reached over one million downloads daily. It's a DIY creative game that can color any clothing by user's own choice. The game is very easy to understand and easily inteligible for the wider...
From the first lies to fake news campaigns – and the Balkans’ role in them
Since the humankind’s first moment of awareness of its existence, it has been prone to abusing the communications for spreading gossip and, inevitably, lies.
The renowned Israeli author and history professor Yuval Noah Harari argues in his book Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind that gossip is the foundation of our species' survival and stands as one of the main...
US: We expect that EU this year will reach a decision to open the accession talks with North Macedonia
The USA strongly believes that North Macedonia deserves a date for the start of the accession talks as soon as possible, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Skopje, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, stated today.
“The U.S. Government strongly believes that North Macedonia deserves a date to open accession talks at the soonest opportunity. We took note of the statement out...
“Green Berets”, F-16s and B-52s at Krivolak, but without depleted uranium
For more than a month, around 2,700 troops from six countries will participate in the largest and most complex military exercise ever to be held in Macedonia. Around 1,300 Macedonian and US soldiers, as well as troops from Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Montenegro will take part in the "Decisive Strike" exercise at the Krivolak training area from June 5th...
Hahn doesn’t see the backing out of the US from the Balkans as a problem
Johannes Hahn, the European Union’s commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations thinks that Washington is "interesting" and that it gives its support to the EU over its plan for the Western Balkans, but the times when he was more active in the region have passed, wrote the US news outlet "Washington Post."
Still, the EU Commissioner stated that the...
In Washington, the country received new assurances of support for NATO
Thankfully, we have strength in numbers. NATO has grown to include 29 nations. This year, we’re preparing to welcome the 30th, North Macedonia, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, welcoming the fact that the documents for ratification of the Protocol for Membership of the Republic of North Macedonia to NATO was submitted to the US Senate last week.
Macedonian...
Biden to Zaev: Prespa Agreement contributes to European integration and unity
Former Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden sent a letter to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in which he said he was honoured to meet him at the Munich Security Conference and exchange views on current political issues.
"Once again I congratulate you on the historic agreement with Greece in Prespa. I am convinced that the agreement is a...
