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Uncovering Facts: Ants Circling a Smartphone in 2015

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 12/4/2024; Author: Anja Vladisavljević A video allegedly showing a homemade experiment has been circulating online, fueling unverified claims and speculations about the potential dangers of smartphones. A group of ants was moving chaotically around a smartphone when, just seconds before it rang, they formed a circle and began to […]

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Interior Ministry: Milorad Dodik’s Son Didn’t Apply for Croatian Citizenship

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 11/4/2024; Author: Ivica Kristović The Ministry of the Interior told Faktograf that the claims circulated by Nikola Kajkić, an independent candidate on the joint list of Most and the Croatian Sovereignists, were false. On April 8, Professor Goran Jurisic, co-founder and head of the Croatian Center for Research on […]

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Child Deaths in India Exploited to Disseminate False Claims About HPV Vaccine

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 11/3/2024; Author: Anja Vladisavljević A 2011 report by an Indian commission concluded that the deaths of seven girls were not linked to the HPV vaccine Social networks are rife with inaccurate and unfounded claims about the dangers of vaccines. While opponents of vaccination and conspiracy theory proponents typically target […]

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Under France and Germany’s Guidance, Directive to Combat Violence Against Women Excludes Rape

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 8/3/2024; Author: Ivan Nekić Croatia is among the member states that apply the ‘only yes means yes’ approach. Accordingly, the Croatian MEPs advocated for the adoption of a directive that would include this approach. On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for a […]

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France Was Not the First Country to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Its Constitution

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 7/3/2024; Author: Anja Vladisavljević While France is set to become the first country to explicitly include the right to ‘voluntary termination of pregnancy’ in its Constitution, it is worth noting that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) previously offered protection of similar significance, albeit in less explicit terms, […]

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Journalistic Research Reveals Ongoing Advocacy for “Conversion Practices” Among LGBT Individuals in Europe

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 30/1/2024; Author: Matea Grgurinović Last year in Poland, the ninth annual conference organized by the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counseling Choice took place. This organization promotes therapies that have been condemned by both the European Parliament and the Commission. Last year, the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and […]

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Gaza: Unprecedented Journalist Casualties and Suffering, Coupled with Western Media Silence

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 25/1/2024; Author: Ana Benačić More journalists have been killed in the ten weeks of war in Gaza than in any other country over the entire year. The scale of the industrial demolition of Gaza and its population after October 7 has in many ways overshadowed numerous war conflicts in […]

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The photo of stacked hay bales in front of the Eiffel Tower is AI-generated

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 5/2/2024; Author: Ivica Kristović Last week, farmers in France did indeed block roads. However, the circulating photo was created using the Midjourney tool. On February 3, a Facebook profile named “Hrvatski krski pasnjaci” shared a photo (archived here) depicting a tractor and a stack of hay bales in front […]

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What Is the Status of Croatian Politicians on TikTok in the Lead-Up to a Critical Election Year

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 09/1/2024; Author: Ana Benačić What “sells” on the most apolitical network of all? We take you through the campaign trail of parliamentary parties and candidates on TikTok, the platform favored by the younger electorate. If we ignore the 4.2 billion voters outside Croatia at the polling stations in the […]

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Inflation Eases but Remains Among the Highest in the Eurozone

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 5/1/2024; Author: Gabrijela Galić In December 2023, Croatia’s inflation rate was surpassed only by Slovakia and Austria among eurozone countries. Damir Habijan, the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, remarked on the latest inflation data: “According to these preliminary data, we see a further trend of slowing inflation. (…) […]