Fact checks

Wagner recruitment of volunteers in the region neither confirmed, nor denied

The paramilitary group Wagner, by means of a paid announcement on 5th January on Russia Today Balkan in Serbian language, called for all potential...

Fact checks 28/02/2023

Military service is voluntary for women in Ukraine

The post disinforms that NATO is pushing Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian. This narrative undermines thousands of soldiers in Ukraine, including patriotic...

Fact checks 27/02/2023

MP Abrashi disseminated an unverified document claiming Serbia is “mobilizing”

The Vetëvendosje (LVV) MP Artan Abrashi has disseminated an unverified document on his Facebook account, claiming that the Serbs are mobilizing. According to him,...

Fact checks 23/02/2023

The West did not mislead Russia and Ukraine to go to war at their own peril, but Ukraine is defending itself against Russian aggression

Ukraine and Russia are not “mislead by the West to go to war at their own peril”, as the post claims, but Ukraine as...

Fact checks 19/02/2023

Turkey did not decide to leave NATO and the consulates were not closed because of the earthquake

We assess the post fact-checked as untrue. It is not true to claim that the earthquake was a geologically produced attack, that the diplomats...

Fact checks 18/02/2023

Selective reporting regarding the investigation of the Independent International Commission on Ukraine

In the articles of some media about the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Ukraine, the cases of war crimes committed...

Fact checks 17/02/2023

Russia has not declared the dollar an invalid payment currency

The claim that Russia declared the Dollar invalid payment currency is out of context. There is lack of Dollars in cash in Russia hence...

Fact checks 16/02/2023

It Is Not True that Ukraine Enlists 17-Year-Old Children and that It Reduced the Threshold to 16

The claim that Ukraine sends children to the war front to fight the Russians is not substantiated by evidence. Such statements are arbitrary and...

Fact checks 16/02/2023

It Is not True that the Earthquake in Turkey Is Unnatural

A powerful earthquake of 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale struck Southern Turkey early Monday morning. It caused extensive damage and killed thousands of...

Fact checks 08/02/2023

Social Network Post Speculates with Helicopter Accident Near Kyiv

The post is spreading arbitrary information about the helicopter accident in Brovary in the vicinity of Kyiv. Official data for the helicopter crashing is...

Fact checks 23/01/2023

Post on Social Networks Manipulates with Russia’s Foreign Currency

The post claims that the reserves of the Central Bank of Russia increased by 5.5 billion Dollars within several days and that in the...

Fact checks 20/01/2023

The Russian Narrative that Poland Plans to Annex Western Ukraine Reached North Macedonia

Aside the pro-Kremlin views and claims of the fictional author published on the Polish web-portal, Niezalezny Dziennik Polityczny, who spreads fake news, there is...

Fact checks 18/01/2023

No Evidence Proves that Ukraine is Trying to Drag Belorus into War

Belarus – Russia’s key ally – called upon Kyiv to fully investigate after C 300 rocket came close to its borders. According to Kiril...

Fact checks 11/01/2023

Ksenija from Russia Moved to Serbia, not to North Macedonia

The posted text – through its title – stresses the fact that Ksenija from Russia moved “here” thus creating a false impression for the...

Fact checks 11/01/2023

War in Ukraine, Bomb Threats and Anti-NATO Campaign – Main Disinformation Narratives in December

December disinformation narratives published in national media related to foreign influence continue to be predominantly linked to the Russian aggression in Ukraine, with a...

Fact checks 10/01/2023

Roots of Latvian Christmas Tree Symbol Are Not Nazi, but Latvian Folklore

Context is lacking in the post checked. Although the symbol of the Christmas decorations looks like a Nazi-style swastika, in actual fact it is...

Fact checks 27/12/2022