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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 […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 06/12/2023; Author: Teodora Koledin The editorial team at FakeNews Tragac was alerted by a reader to a dubious article promoting Prostatin+, a product claiming to alleviate symptoms of prostatitis. The headline makes a bold assertion that “Japan has been prostatitis free for five years”, and the article is structured […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 23/11/2023; Author: Ivan Subotić The 28th anniversary of the Dayton Agreement, a pivotal event that concluded the Bosnian War, signed on November 21, 1995, did not receive a lot of media attention in Serbia. Srpski telegraf, however, prominently featured this anniversary on its front page in its latest print […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 20/11/2023; Author: Marija Zemunović Facebook page Femina recently shared a photo of a tattoo of a mathematical formula with the following statement: “This is the Dirac equation and it is the most beautiful of all in physics, which describes the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. In other words, it is […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 15/11/2023; Author: Ivan Subotić At the start of November, a rare phenomenon graced the skies above the Serbian region of Vojvodina. Residents in the northern part of the country, as well as throughout the region, were taken aback when the sky suddenly turned reddish—a spectacle attributed to the polar […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 2/11/2023; Author: Danijela Vujinović In the beginning of October, a social media post on platform “X” stirred controversy by claiming that the publishing house Vulkan released a translation of a guide for teenage girls that supposedly advocates for “paedophilia and LGBT” content. The controversial material in question is from […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 06/10/2023; Author: Ivan Subotić In October 6 print edition, the daily paper Alo published an article titled “Freedom House: Serbia is seventh in Europe in terms of freedom on the Internet”, referring to the recently released report by the organization “Freedom on the Internet 2023: The Repressive Power of […]
Original article (in Serbian) was published on 13/10/2023; Author: Danijela Vujinović The product Hypertea is presented on the cenacpa.rs website as a tea that is the miracle fix for hypertension, promising to directly target the root cause of the condition, alleviate its symptoms, and potentially prevent heart attacks and strokes. But hold on to your teacups, […]