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Azerbaijan, a regional power following the Karabakh war. What does that mean for the EU and Romania?
Azerbaijan, a regional power following the Karabakh war. What does that mean for the EU and Romania?

Azerbaijan's authoritarian leader, Ilham Aliyev, was re-elected president after winning the Nagorno-Karabakh war and can turn his country into an energy and trade hub halfway between Asia and Europe.

Hackers attack Romania with methods typical of criminals and authoritarian states
Hackers attack Romania with methods typical of criminals and authoritarian states

Hackers stole data from the Romanian Parliament, demanding money for ransom. Such ransomware attacks are launched by both criminals and state actors.

Cezar Manu
07 Feb 2024
DISINFORMATION: The EU deprives Romanians of their freedom of movement
DISINFORMATION: The EU deprives Romanians of their freedom of movement

Europeans’ freedom of movement will be restricted in the name of combating climate change, an MP with the far-right AUR party claims.

Cezar Manu
29 Jan 2024
The Russian thesis on the partition of Ukraine, promoted in Hungary and Romania
The Russian thesis on the partition of Ukraine, promoted in Hungary and Romania

The leader of a far-right party in Hungary has laid claim to Transcarpathia, shortly after the AUR party in Romania lodged a similar claim to Northern Bukovina. The thesis is typical of Russian propaganda.

DISINFORMATION: Chisinau’s taxes, a step towards the annexation of Transnistria by Romania
DISINFORMATION: Chisinau’s taxes, a step towards the annexation of Transnistria by Romania

Chisinau has levied customs duties on companies based in Transnistria in order to bring the region into Romania or under the umbrella of the West, says a separatist deputy, quoted by Russian and pro-Russian media. On this occasion, older narratives related to Transnistria and the conflict in the region have been revived.

Veridica
11 Jan 2024
The Republic of Moldova in 2023: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION narratives debunked by Veridica
The Republic of Moldova in 2023: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATION narratives debunked by Veridica

The narratives were launched / amplified by Moscow and pro-Russians, and the theses included Moldova’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, an attack on Transnistria and EU rapprochement.

Veridica
29 Dec 2023
DISINFORMATION: Small modular reactors, tested only in Romania
DISINFORMATION: Small modular reactors, tested only in Romania

Romania is the only country that will use a non-functional nuclear technology, after Poland banned it, according to a well-known anti-Western website.

Cezar Manu
29 Dec 2023
Romania 2023: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATIONS debunked by Veridica
Romania 2023: Top FAKE NEWS & DISINFORMATIONS debunked by Veridica

The colonization of Romania, the war in Ukraine, conspiracy theories related to the "sanitary dictatorship" and climate change have been the favorite topics for most of the year’s false narratives.

Cezar Manu
28 Dec 2023
DISINFORMATION: Patriots, fined for calling for the observation of the Constitution
DISINFORMATION: Patriots, fined for calling for the observation of the Constitution

Patriots are punished by the justice system, which is a puppet in the hands of external forces, says a Romanian citizen known for his extremist actions and speeches against the Hungarian minority.

Cezar Manu
19 Dec 2023
FAKE NEWS: Measles vaccines for children are a biological weapon
FAKE NEWS: Measles vaccines for children are a biological weapon

Now that a measles epidemic was declared, children will be injected with a biological weapon, according to a narrative promoted by a well-known conspiracy peddling website.

Cezar Manu
15 Dec 2023
FAKE NEWS: The West plans to replace Maia Sandu
FAKE NEWS: The West plans to replace Maia Sandu

The West plans to replace Maia Sandu, to unify the Republic of Moldova with Romania and to annex Transnistria, according to a false narrative published in Moscow and Chișinău.

Veridica
13 Dec 2023
FAKE NEWS: Mammograms are destroying women’s health
FAKE NEWS: Mammograms are destroying women’s health

Through mammograms, occult forces aim to make women ill, according to a conspiracy theory resumed these days on social media.

Cezar Manu
06 Dec 2023
Bulgaria Braces for a Longer, Uphill Battle to become a Schengen /ciuntry
Bulgaria Braces for a Longer, Uphill Battle to become a Schengen /ciuntry

Bulgaria is sobering for the fact that the uphill battle to become part of the Schengen Area is far from over and even out of the country’s immediate control of the events.

FAKE NEWS: NATO is destroying the Danube Delta
FAKE NEWS: NATO is destroying the Danube Delta

The existence of the Danube Delta is endangered by NATO and the Romanian Defense Ministry, which seek to take over a stretch of land and use it for military purposes, reads a nationalist publication.

Cezar Manu
27 Nov 2023
DISINFORMATION: Moldovans have always opposed the Romanian Orthodox Church
DISINFORMATION: Moldovans have always opposed the Romanian Orthodox Church

The Metropolitanate of Moldova will lose its autonomy if it becomes subordinated to the Romanian Patriarchate. A similar decision taken in 1918 was opposed by Moldovan churchgoers, the diocese of a pro-Russian clergyman says.

Veridica
23 Nov 2023
FAKE NEWS: Parliament will secretly renounce the country’s neutrality
FAKE NEWS: Parliament will secretly renounce the country’s neutrality

The Romanian Parliament will vote in favor of abandoning the country’s neutrality in a secret sitting, the pro-Russian Romanian Senator Diana Șoșoacă says.

Cezar Manu
21 Nov 2023
FAKE NEWS: Americans are preparing the occupation of Moldova by Romania
FAKE NEWS: Americans are preparing the occupation of Moldova by Romania

NATO and the Americans are preparing the occupation of Moldova, one possible scenario being the annexation by Romania, a deputy of the separatist Parliament in Tiraspol claims.

Veridica
03 Nov 2023
FAKE NEWS: Romania forces Ukraine and Moldova to ban the Moldovan language
FAKE NEWS: Romania forces Ukraine and Moldova to ban the Moldovan language

Romania is a revanchist state that wants to force Chișinău and Kyiv to refuse to recognize “the Moldovan language”, according to a Russian publication that reiterates a Soviet narrative about the existence of the Moldovan language.

Veridica
18 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: Covid-19 vaccines cause mental illness
FAKE NEWS: Covid-19 vaccines cause mental illness

Insomnia, depression and anxiety are among the effects of the Covid19 vaccines, claim the latest anti-vaccine theories, also promoted in Romania.

Cezar Manu
17 Oct 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy has lost the support of the West and Romania
WAR PROPAGANDA: Zelenskyy has lost the support of the West and Romania

The president of Ukraine is no longer supported in the West, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes, calling Zelenskyy “an international beggar” and examining his visit to Bucharest.

Marin Gherman
16 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: The global cabal will trigger a water crisis to install a world government
FAKE NEWS: The global cabal will trigger a water crisis to install a world government

An artificially induced water crisis will lead to the installation of a world government due to the failure of vaccination and the climate change hoax, conspiracy theorists say.

Cezar Manu
12 Oct 2023
(Pro)Russian propaganda sees connections between biological weapons and the Nova Kakhovka dam
(Pro)Russian propaganda sees connections between biological weapons and the Nova Kakhovka dam

Russia has claimed for years that Ukraine has biological laboratories and says its attack was meant to destroy those labs. The narrative was also included in the disinformation about the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam.

Ukraine wants a nuclear incident: one of Russia's major fake narratives
Ukraine wants a nuclear incident: one of Russia's major fake narratives

The (Pro)Russians claim that Ukraine will cause a nuclear incident. The narrative is meant to undermine support for Kiev and has been promoted in Eastern Europe as well.

FAKE NEWS: The EU and Romania are planning to apply the Nagorno-Karabakh scenario in Transnistria
FAKE NEWS: The EU and Romania are planning to apply the Nagorno-Karabakh scenario in Transnistria

The EU and Romania want Moldova to forcefully annex Transnistria, while the Moldovan army is running attack drills focusing on this region, the Russian media writes, claiming the plan will observe the logic of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Veridica
06 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: The flu vaccine will be used to manipulate people
FAKE NEWS: The flu vaccine will be used to manipulate people

The flu vaccine contains elements of nanotechnology, which will be used to control the human being, says a gynecologist, known as a conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer.

Cezar Manu
03 Oct 2023
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s infrastructure, developed for Ukraine
FAKE NEWS: Moldova’s infrastructure, developed for Ukraine

The EU is giving money for bridges over the Prut and European gauge in Moldova so that NATO can more easily send weapons to Ukraine, according to a false narrative circulating in Chisinau

Veridica
24 Sep 2023
WAR PROPAGANDA: NATO specialists from Romania and the Netherlands, killed in Ukraine
WAR PROPAGANDA: NATO specialists from Romania and the Netherlands, killed in Ukraine

Russia bombed Kryvyi Rih to kill the NATO specialists in Ukraine, according to propaganda claiming that missile attacks on civilians are not war crime

Marin Gherman
14 Sep 2023
Mircea Snegur, president of independent Moldova. Did he play Russia’s game?
Mircea Snegur, president of independent Moldova. Did he play Russia’s game?

The first President of the Republic of Moldova, Mircea Snegur, died aged 83. He was praised for his role in achieving the independence, but he was also accused of being Russia’s inside man.

Valeriu Matei: In 1991, Romania would have said ‘yes’ to the unification with the Republic of Moldova
Valeriu Matei: In 1991, Romania would have said ‘yes’ to the unification with the Republic of Moldova

Many Moldovan deputies voted in favor of the independence of the Republic of Moldova out of fear, but they opposed the unification with Romania, although Bucharest would have agreed to this move, says Bessarabian academician Valeriu Matei.

FAKE NEWS: NATO troops in Romania pose a threat to peace
FAKE NEWS: NATO troops in Romania pose a threat to peace

Romania is dragged in the war in Ukraine by foreign troops on its soil, according to a disinformation narrative promoted by an apparently pacifist organization.

Cezar Manu
21 Aug 2023
FAKE NEWS: The National Road Infrastructure Company will track the movement of Romanian citizens
FAKE NEWS: The National Road Infrastructure Company will track the movement of Romanian citizens

The National Road Infrastructure Company (CNAIR) will monitor the movement of Romanian citizens, according to a false narrative promoted by TV producer Mircea Badea.

Cezar Manu
06 Jul 2023
How Putin strengthened NATO
How Putin strengthened NATO

The war in Ukraine has prompted many NATO states to take action with a view to strengthening their armed forces. Instead of deterring the Allies, Putin only brought them closer together.