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Student work hourly rate is not higher because of the current government

Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 07/02/2022 The Act Amending the Fiscal Balance Act, which requires the Minister of Labour to adjust the student work hourly rate against the minimum wage annually, was adopted by the previous government. On 21 January, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) tweeted that the government led by Janez Janša […]

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Vaccines against COVID-19 are not a breeding ground for new variants of the virus

Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 10/02/2022 New variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge as the virus spreads, which vaccines reduce, the World Health Organization explains. On 24 December last year, Belgian doctor of veterinary medicine and virologist Geert Vanden Bossche published an open letter appealing to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to encourage a public […]

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The editor of Politika claims there is an “ethnic DNA” and a virus that attacks only Russians. What does science say?

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 11/03/2022 Commenting on recently published claims from Russia – that the Americans had laboratories in Ukraine in which they developed biological weapons, the editor of Politika, Bojan Bilbija, said that a special virus was being developed. The virus would “affect” only Russians because a part of DNA is […]

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Ukrainian nationalists did not “capture about twenty OSCE vehicles”

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 07/03/2022 Some websites published a claim that “Ukrainian nationalists” allegedly captured the vehicles of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission in Ukraine. The OSCE has denied the allegations. Every day, the website Sputnik publishes articles containing daily updated information related to the war in Ukraine. […]

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Humanitarian corridors in Mariupol: Disinformation about efforts to evacuate civilians

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 14/03/2022 For days, the civilian population in the besieged city of Mariupol is under intense Russian attacks. Efforts to open humanitarian corridors for their evacuation attract media attention and are also the subject of disinformation narratives. The war between Ukraine and Russia began on February 24, 2022, when […]

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There is no evidence that the Ukrainian army used white phosphorus 

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 08/03/2022 Some media reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense accused the Ukrainian army of using banned ammunition filled with white phosphorus in the suburbs of Kyiv. There is no evidence or independent confirmation of these allegations. On February 27, 2022, the website Sputnik published an article on […]

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Ukraine did not try to develop nuclear weapons before the Russian invasion

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 16/03/2022 Articles from several websites feature claims that Ukraine was trying to develop nuclear weapons, attributed to an anonymous representative of “one of Russia’s competent departments”. All available data clearly indicate that this did not happen. On March 6, 2022, the website Sputnik Serbia published an article entitled: […]