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Original article (in Serbian) was published on 28/2/2024; Author: Teodora Koledin Web portal Stil Kurir published an article with the following headline: “How to recognize that a woman has just had intimate relations?” The author claims there are “signs”—purportedly grounded in science—that can reliably indicate if a woman “has just been intimate” and whether she is […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/2/2024; Author: Anđela Jovanović A reader brought to the attention of Fake News Tragac a headline from the web portal N1, “Do you know where the slowest train in Europe is, whose average speed is 36 km/h?” This piece references the Swiss Glacier Express, that travels between St. Moritz […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 24/2/2024; Author: Ivan Subotić A reader alerted us to a story on srb-news.com claiming an “unexpected twist in pension payments.” Featuring a photo of Finance Minister Sinisa Mali, the article contradicts recent announcements of pension increases by stating, “this happy news has been rescinded.” It alleges pensions will soon […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 17/1/2024; Author: Ivan Subotić In January 2024, the daily Informer published a story on its web portal about a “shocking reversal.” The article titled “America imports Russian oil again” quotes the Informer stating, “in October, after a one and a half year long break, the USA imported oil from […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 8/2/2024; Author: Ivan Subotić At the end of January, a reader of FN Tragac brought attention to a post on social media claiming that “nettle is becoming a forbidden plant.” The post, after highlighting the medicinal and beneficial properties of nettle, stated that “the law of the European Union […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 7/2/2024; Author: Teodora Koledin In late January, Serbia’s Ministry of Health reported the deaths of four infants due to whooping cough, also known as pertussis. Just three days following the announcement, the death toll had risen to five. That same day, speculations about this disease, the symptoms and the […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 12/01/2024; Author: Marija Zemunović A reader recently brought to our attention that various websites and media outlets have mistakenly used the wrong image to represent Eustahija Arsic, a pioneering Serbian writer from the 19th century. Instead of Arsic, the image often displayed is that of George Sand, a noted […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/12/2023; Author: Teodora Koledin The article from the web portal Politika, published in early December, erroneously reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had obtained American citizenship and was planning to leave Ukraine. This claim was supported by an image purporting to be Zelensky’s naturalization certificate. Following Politika’s publication, similar […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 11/12/2023; Author: Ivan Subotić The news website Ozonpress, and the Facebook page SM info, published a photograph on December 10, 2023, depicting a large crowd carrying umbrellas. This image was purported to represent attendees at the “March for Sajam” protest to express their opposition to the demolition of the […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 29/11/2023; Author: Marija Zemunović A reader asked us to check whether the video in which entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk praises Serbia is real: “I saw this post a few minutes ago and I’m almost sure it was made with the help of artificial intelligence, but I can’t explain […]