Did Josip Broz Tito, president of the former Yugoslavia, say: "Congratulations. Really genius. First, you sold everything, and now you are replacing the population with foreigners"? No, that's not true: The audio has been edited. Tito died in 1980. Lead Stories found the original scene in a YouTube video of a 1980 documentary titled "Tito's Memoirs" in which Tito talks…

Was Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković responsible for displacing half a million Croatians from Croatia, then replacing them with foreigners? No, that's not true: From 2011 to 2020, statistics from the Official Bureau indicate that 335,595 Croatian citizens moved overseas, while during the same period, 270,806 people immigrated to Croatia. Plenković implemented a measure offering financial incentives to encourage the…

Is HDZ, the leading political party in Croatia, trying to cause a famine to eventually "populate Croatia with migrants"? No, that's not true: HDV is not trying to "starve Croatians to death"; it has implemented measures against the African swine fever outbreak, which has affected the country since June 26, 2023. Several documents, laws, and state and European Union-level orders…

Are Europe, the Croatian government and the media planning on emptying Slavonija, Baranja and the mountainous parts of Croatia to make room for migrants? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Croatian authorities are implementing a depopulation policy or that the country is being systematically emptied. Croatia has had a severe population decline for several years for various…

Is the Croatian government implementing a population replacement policy by forcing the Croatian population away and importing foreigners into the country? No, that's not true: The decrease of the resident population and the increase of the foreign population stem from different factors. The claim appeared in a video on TikTok by Nikola Grmoja, a Croatian member of parliament and the…