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Fabricated statement by Orban is promoting pro-Kremlin narrative about the war in Ukraine

While the European Parliament condemned the meeting between Orban and Putin, it is not true that the EU demanded Orban to pay 2 million...

Claims of Pressure Arise Following RTK’s Publication of the “Slobodna Bosna” Article

On July 22, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK) republished a report originally released by "Slobodna Bosna," claiming that "Periskopi" is under the control of Milan Radojčić,...

Trump’s assassination attempt awakened the conspiracy theorists

Numerous conspiracy theories and disinformation spread following the attempted assassination of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. Truthmeter examined several of the narratives shared so...

Glorifying lies about Putin, Russian army, elections and economy

A Facebook post attempts to debunk the Western narratives about Putin as illegitimate, by mixing evidence-based claims with unsupported assertions. For example, it is...

Former Russian radar system “Duga” presented as Mammoth HAARP system in USA

Truthmeter googled the photographs from the video and concluded that the footage showed ”Duga” – the Russian radar system over the horizon (OTH) used in the...

Analysis of the Narrative: Guardians of Serbian Identity versus Political and Economic Interests

July 2024. As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you...

Manipulating the Ban of “Compact” Magazine in Germany

A Facebook post spreads Kremlin manipulation, claiming the ban was due to the magazine’s pro-Russian stance, citing an interview with the Russian MFA spokesperson,...

Longing for dictators: Hussein, Gaddafi and Assad

A frequent Kremlin narrative is that Iraqi leader Hussein, Libyan Gaddafi, and Syrian Assad were great patriots with good social policies, but victims of American imperialism, leading to...

The War in Ukraine Is Not the Work of Joe Biden and the “Deep State”

The war in Ukraine, which began in 2014 with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and escalated in 2022 with the invasion of the entire territory...

Support for Ukraine by VMRO-DPMNE functionaries is not the same as support for “Nazism and Fascism”

The post, essentially, says that the support for Ukraine extended by the functionaries of VMRO-DPMNE is the same as the alleged support for “Nazism...

The claim that the state flag of Kosovo will be changed is false

The claim that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has changed the design of the state flag of Kosovo is false and unsupported...

Russian-Chinese tailwind for settling scores with NGOs

Tijana Đorđević, September 2, 2024   This article was originally published on the fact-checking service Istinomer, and has been republished here as part of the regional...

Orbán strengthens ties with Beijing and Moscow, offered to leave EU and NATO

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán headlined the last month with the amount of information and disinformation both concerning Russia and its position on peace in...

Scam Using a Malaysian Domain, SMS Messages Sent in the Name of the Post of Kosovo

Recently, mobile phone users in Kosovo have received fraudulent messages pretending to be from the Post of Kosovo, with the intent of phishing for...

Analysis of the News: “And now, put the children away: This scandalous event is hard to read about, let alone watch”

Photo by Chris Karidis on Unsplash July 2024. As part of the program Regional Initiative for combating disinformation “Western Balkans Combatting disinformation Center: Exposing malicious influences...

Analysis of the News: “Was this an attempt by the state security services to kill Trump?”

Photo: (Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America), CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia commons July 2024. As part of the program Regional Initiative for...