Does a video on social media show the Egyptian army preparing to attack Israel in the fall of 2023? No, that's not true: The video on TikTok shows old footage that has been heavily manipulated. The original video shows the Egyptian army during military exercises, filmed years before the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The claim appeared…
Does a video on TikTok show an Israeli drone dropping a bomb on a group of defenseless Palestinian women and children trying to fill water containers? No, that's not true: The footage of the explosion caused by a drone dropping a bomb on a group of people shows a Sudanese drone attack on the Sudanese Rapid Support Force (RSF) militia…
Does this video depict the regrouping and redeployment of the Iranian army towards their western border in response to the Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that's not true: The footage of the Iranian military moving heavy equipment primarily consists of old material, mainly from an Iranian military exercise in September 2022, and does not represent current events related to the Hamas-Israel conflict.…
Does the photo of former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters raising the Palestinian flag during a concert represent his support for the Palestinian people in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023? No, that's not true: The photo was taken no later than 2018 and has nothing to do with the conflict between Hamas and Israel that…
Is it true that Prime Minister Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel are planning to impose new COVID-19 measures and travel bans on public transportation for people who are not vaccinated after the local elections in Bulgaria? No, that's not true: On October 10, 2023, the Prime Minister refuted this claim personally in an interview, stating that there is…
Is there any plan to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for Bulgarian children in the near future? No, that's not true: According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Health website, vaccination against COVID-19 is only recommended, not required. There are no announced changes on the website of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health and the website of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, according…
Was Oktoberfest canceled in 2023 because the alcohol and beer served go against Islam's rules, and most of the citizens in Munich, Germany, are Muslims? Neither of these claims is true: The Munich 2023 Oktoberfest was not canceled. According to the official Oktoberfest website, it was held from September 16 to October 3, 2023. Regarding religious affiliations, official data show…
Did Bulgaria agree in 2022 that territory in the country will be gifted to NATO and set up as a military zone from which citizens will be removed? No, that's not true: The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense categorically rejected such a claim and said in an October 11, 2023 email response to an inquiry by Lead Stories that "The territories…
Does a TikTok video show a Ukrainian military column of armored vehicles with white flags surrendering to the Russian army? No, that's not true: The footage on TikTok is edited and shows only a small part of the original video shot by Ukrainian journalists. The original video tracks and documents the process of exchanging prisoners of war (POW) between Russia…
Did the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, spend $1.1 million at Cartier in New York in September 2023? No, that's not true: On the date of the Cartier receipt that allegedly proved her jewelry spending in New York Zelenska was in Ottawa, Ontario, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for their visit to the Canadian Parliament and meetings with Prime Minister…
Is it true that call-up military orders have been sent to mobilize the Bulgarian army? No, that's not true: Sending call-up orders is a routine activity of the Central Military District and its structures in Bulgaria. It has nothing to do with the military conflict in Ukraine. It is a routine process of updating the database of people from the…
Has Russia destroyed NATO bases along the Danube River, in Ukraine, bringing the war close to Bulgaria? No, that's not true: There is no evidence or credible reports of such an attack. The same footage used to corroborate the claim circulating on social media has been posted by multiple Russian sources, describing it as an attack carried out by Russian…
Did Russia pay Turkey in 1908 for Bulgaria's freedom and independence with 80 million gold francs, equal to 674 tons of gold, a debt Bulgaria never repaid? No, that's not true: A complex diplomatic agreement between Turkey, Russia, and Bulgaria at the time led to Bulgaria owing Russia for an amount it agreed with Turkey to pay for Bulgarian independence…
Has the Rahn-Utt Plan, created by American experts, been carried out by all Bulgarian governments from 1990 until today to completely destroy post-communist Bulgaria? No, that's not true: The Rahn-Utt Plan is a formal economic study and report requested by the Bulgarian government in 1990 to establish a free-market economy and democracy in the country after the fall of communism.…
Will the planned transition from coal to renewable energy in Bulgaria jeopardize the country's energy security and affordable electricity prices for Bulgarian citizens in the future? No, that's not true: Coal requires mining, transportation, and processing, the cost of which makes it uncompetitive with free, greener, renewable resources such as the sun and the wind. In addition, coal is responsible…
Did the Minister of Finance Asen Vasilev meet with the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab on June 22, 2023, to tell him that Bulgaria will adopt the digital euro to control its citizens? No, that's not true: On June 22, 2023, the Minister of Finance was with other Bulgarian governmental officials to participate in…
Does a video on TikTok show an event from 2023 where migrants were engaged in clashes with Polish border forces on the Polish-Belarusian border? No, that's not true: The footage shows events from 2021 when large groups of migrants clashed with Polish security forces while trying to break through the wire fences on the Polish border from Belarusian territory. The…
Did Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov visit the Military Medical Academy (MMA) to launch a new pandemic wave? No, that's not true: According to the government and credible media, the reason for Denkov's visit to meet with the hospital's management and his visit to the Chemical-Toxicological Laboratory (part of the Department of Toxicology of the MMA), were related to concerns…
Does wheat imported from Ukraine to Bulgaria contain high levels of heavy metals making it unsuitable for consumption? No, that's not true: According to the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), Ukrainian grain imports are subject to stricter control measures and additional checks which have shown they do not contain heavy metals or radiation. The claim appeared in a video on…
Did a National Geographic documentary produced by Adam Curtis titled "So-Called Ukraine: Last Days on Earth" premiere at a movie theatre in New York this August? No, that's not true: There is no such documentary. Adam Curtis has never worked on a National Geographic production. His last documentary series was "Russia 1985-1999 TraumaZone: What It Felt Like to Live Through…
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