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Ukrainian officials have never claimed that Russian soldiers in Makiivka were killed by a mine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 06/12/2022 Videos from the battlefield in the Ukrainian village of Makiivka have captured the world’s attention, and Russian officials are accusing the Ukrainians of war crimes. Domestic media, however, incorrectly state that the Ukrainian side defends itself against the accusations by claiming that the soldiers in the footage […]

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The swastikas on the Christmas tree in Latvia have nothing to do with Nazism

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 05/12/2022 The “fiery cross”, the Latvian version of the swastika, was part of the folklore of the people of Latvia for centuries before the swastika became a symbol of Nazi Germany. Its depiction on Christmas ornaments in this country has nothing to do with Nazism. A collage of […]

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The New York Times has not confirmed that Ukraine committed a war crime in Makiivka

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 09/12/2022 Regional media claim that The New York Times published an analysis confirming that Ukrainians committed a war crime in the village of Makiivka. This, however, is not true. Videos from the battlefield in the Ukrainian village of Makiivka caused numerous reactions. While the world media was engaged […]

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Condemnation, not praise: Time magazine cover dedicated to Hitler taken out of context

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/12/2022 Numerous users of social networks are trying to discredit Time magazine, which recently awarded the title of “Person of the Year” to the Ukrainian president, recalling that the same magazine also awarded that title to Adolf Hitler in 1938. However, the information that Time presented Hitler in […]

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The UN Security Council did not vote on a resolution that would declare the nation genocidal

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/12/2022 Posts falsely claiming that Russia prevented the Serbs from being declared a genocidal nation in a UN Security Council resolution went viral this year. In March of this year, the web portal Vidovdan published an article about the Security Council of the United Nations vote (UN) on […]

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News Front: Pro-Russian disinformation from Crimea is also reaching Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 02/11/2022 The private news agency News Front, which operates from the territory of Crimea, is a frequent propagator of pro-Russian disinformation in our area since it also publishes content in the Serbian language. The News Front web portal operates in several languages ​​in which it publishes pro-Russian content, […]

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A fictional report by Euronews: No auction of Russian works to be destroyed

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 03/11/2022 A fake video of the Euronews television network is being shared on social networks about an auction in Germany where it will be possible to buy Russian works of art that will be destroyed, and the collected money will be donated to Ukraine. A video has gone […]

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“Family tragedy” in Tuzla: Continuous trivialisation of family and gender-based violence

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 15/11/2022 The recent case of femicide in Tuzla was reported unprofessionally by the media in BiH, again downplaying the seriousness of the problem.  Media from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region have been reporting on the murder and suicide committed in Tuzla on November 13, 2022, when Salko […]

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All the “conspiracies” against Dodik: A narrative that does not stop even though time itself denies it

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 07/11/2022 The narrative according to which foreign countries are working to “destroy” the Republic of Srpska and/or Milorad Dodik, the newly elected president of this BiH entity, is often published in numerous media, including on public service. Claims about “coloured revolutions”, “a plan to destroy the Republic of […]

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Elections in Montenegro and BiH: Fake narratives, statements, and research

The deep one-sidedness of the media, the creation of fake narratives about the participants in the elections, and even entire nations, and fabricated statements and research characterised the election processes in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to the way they took place, the General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina had primacy when it came […]