Current events

The amendments to the Law on Media, which are currently in the second reading phase in Parliament and have passed the competent committee's review, aim, as the Government and the responsible ministry have written, to fulfill the Roadmap for…

It is true that Germany and Great Britain have announced new military aid to Ukraine (not 21 billion euros as the post claims), but not because they want the war to continue, but to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's brutal attacks,…

The Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans) condemns the physical attack on the journalist of the Serbian fact-checking outlet Istinomer that took place on April 15 while she was covering the encampment of pro-government…

To increase mobilization at the front, Ukrainian authorities have been gradually amending laws and tightening criteria. Russian officials and propagandists often talk about Kyiv's problems with mobilization, often spreading false content on…

Khrushchev was not Ukrainian and that was not the reason for the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, it does not sell weapons to Mexican drug cartels and does not produce biological weapons, and Zelensky is not a dictator and…

Truthmeter.mk was unable to find any news related to Putin issuing a decree that would open the way for Africans to obtain Russian citizenship, employment, and military service, as the post claims. We did not find such information on the…

The provocative statements that Putin made during his visit to the Russian military submarine Arkhangelsk on March 27, 2025, confirmed what we reported on March 19, 2025–Putin is practically rejecting the peace process for Ukraine,…

Macedonian media outlets reported the article "Sadly, Trump is right on Ukraine" by Alan Kuperman, and although he holds a doctorate in political science, the article exudes banal Kremlin propaganda narratives, we've been hearing for the…

Fact-checking is essential, but insufficient on its own. A multi-layered approach is needed, one that combines fact-checking and media literacy with cooperation between the media, non-governmental organizations, and government institutions.…

With the advent of the Internet and social networks, the number of information attacks has increased dramatically and their impact on democratic processes has become even more devastating. Elections, as an expensive and essential component…

Western Balkan countries still lack the necessary legal, technical, and institutional safeguards to protect people's rights online. Unlike the EU, we do not benefit from the protection offered by the Digital Services Act, and yet we all…

Building bridges of cooperation. Sharing lessons from different experiences with malicious fake news. Creating strategic platforms. The necessity of strategic action. These are some of the main conclusions of the second session titled:…

Democratic elections in European countries are among the primary targets of Russian FIMI operations, the latest report by the European External Action Service on information manipulation and obstruction from abroad finds. At the heart of…

Russia has repeatedly called for elections in Ukraine–and more recently, the United States as well, following Donald Trump's inauguration–accusing Zelensky of being an illegitimate president and even a dictator. Calls for elections and…

The post manipulates an outdated map, one in which Russia occupies more Ukrainian territory than it actually does, while rejecting EU appeals for respect of Ukraine's territorial integrity. It justifies this dismemberment by citing the…

It is claimed, without any evidence, that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) paid $4 million to declare Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “Person of the Year.” Also, the Kremlin’s media megaphone, Sputnik ,…

At no point did Zelensky yell at the US Treasury Secretary who traveled to Kyiv to present and deliver the Minerals Deal offered by the US. It is true that Zelensky rejected the deal, but he did not call it exploitative or compare it to the…

The entire post is manipulative and aims to portray Ukraine, i.e. Zelensky and the European Union, as guilty of the war. This disinformation narrative is a well-known pro-Kremlin narrative and is not new. Russia constantly twists the…