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“Rally in support of Israel and Palestine” is a photomontage

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 13/10/2023; Author: Marija Manojlović The image circulating on social networks capturing a gathering where Bosniaks allegedly expressed support for both Israel and Palestine actually originates from the satirical web portal Zicer. Published on October 10, 2023, on the X social network, the photo features a group of people carrying […]

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Staying Informed During Crisis: How to Verify Information on the Israel-Gaza Conflict

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 06/11/2023; Author: Nerma Šehović Amidst the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the influx of information, both accurate and misleading, has surged through social media and various news outlets. We’ve compiled tools and methods to help you sift through this flood of information. For the past few weeks, the world has been closely […]

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Colombia did not expel the Israeli ambassador 

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 26/10/2023; Author: Elma Murić Following a public debate between Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Israeli Ambassador Gali Dagan concerning the conflict escalation in Israel and Gaza, numerous web portals in Southeast Europe falsely claimed that Colombia had expelled Ambassador Dagan. On October 16, the web portal Srbija Danas published […]

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Poland extraditing Ukrainians, not NATO soldiers

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 7/09/2023; Author: Marko Vukajlović An information came up in the regional media about NATO soldiers bound to end up on the fronts across Ukraine, which can serve as a good bait to lure the readers, but is a classic clickbait, completely ungrounded in fact. A headline appeared on one […]

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Srpski telegraf about the “pact between Americans and Russians”: a false exclusive and the confession of the deceased

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 08/04/2023 On April 3, the daily Srpski telegraf published the “shocking truth after 28 years” on its front page, which refers to the “pact between the Americans and the Russians before the Storm”. According to this tabloid, Russian diplomat Leonid Kerestedzijanc “revealed previously unknown details about the collapse […]

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No mass grave with the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers was found in Poland

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 17/03/2023 False claims are being shared on social networks suggesting that a grave with hundreds of corpses of members of the military forces of Ukraine was found near the Bogdanka mine in Poland. On March 2, 2023, the Facebook page Serbian Info Warriors posted a status suggesting that […]

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Manipulation of the web portal Nova: How to leave out the bigger picture so that Serbia would be “again beyond everyone”

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 28/02/2023 The Washington Post published an analysis of the divisions in the world that have become more visible since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, including a map showing which countries have imposed sanctions on Russia or export weapons to Ukraine, and which have not. Serbia is […]

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The return of a conspiracy theory: Nuclear weapon is not “a lie”, it does exist

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 18/03/2022 When the war in Ukraine started, the old conspiracy theory that nuclear weapon is a lie designed to intimidate the masses became popular on social media. Unfortunately, nuclear weapon is a real threat. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the danger of an international nuclear […]

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Ukrainians did not start a war in their own country

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 24/03/2022 Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been guided by the rhetoric of “liberating the country from the Nazis”. It is unclear to many how the Ukrainians became Nazis overnight, except to those supporting the Kremlin and policies adopted in Moscow. […]

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“The Fight” (“Borba”) for disinformation about aid to Ukraine

Original article (in Montenegrin) was published on 21/03/2022 In the sea of disinformation shared on websites, it is often difficult to determine whether something is informative news, a report or simply someone’s opinion and comment. In some texts, the names of those mentioned are not even included, which shows that the journalistic forms and rules […]