Did the state-owned company APIS IT falsely count votes in the 2024 parliamentary elections in Croatia? No, that's not true: The State Electoral Commission, the Constitutional Court, and the accused company all rejected the claims, stating they were "unfounded and false." The claim originated from a TikTok video (archived here) published by politician Karolina Vidović Krišto on April 16, 2024,…

Did HDZ President Andrej Plenković refer to HDZ as a mafia organization during his victory speech on election night, April 18, 2024? No, that's not true. The claim is circulating in a video created using AI-generated sound. The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on April 18, 2024, under the title, translated from Croatian into English by Lead…

Did Taylor Swift say she supports the Croatian HDZ party because the SDP party used her image to call for protests? No, that's not true: A video circulating on social media allegedly shows the popular American singer and songwriter making the claim. It originally appeared on March 1, 2024, on the political satirical night show "State of the Nation" on…

Has Zoran Milanović resigned from the position of president of Croatia? No, that's not true: A video with an altered audio has been circulating, making the claim. Zoran Milanović has reiterated several times that he will not resign as president of Croatia. The Constitutional Court has warned him that he2024-04-16 cannot run as a candidate for prime minister and participate…

Has the European Commission decided to cancel International Women's Day observance, typically celebrated on March 8th? No, that's not true: The European Commission commemorated International Women's Day and urged women of all ages worldwide to exercise their voting rights, assert their presence in society, and feel empowered to engage in political life. Likewise, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the…

Is the fact that the same politicians in Croatia are rated both most positively and most negatively in opinion polls proof that market research institutes such as Ipsos Puls and Promocija Plus are publishing false information? No, that's not true: Public opinion in Croatia is very divided, so it is not surprising that the best-known politicians are simultaneously rated the…

Are mammograms, according to data from a new study, responsible for an increase in breast cancer mortality by 84 percent? No, that's not true: The study that the video on TikTok refers to never claimed that mammography leads to a breast cancer death rate increase. It showed that women with a false-positive mammogram result, i.e. who were found to have…

Will citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have to pay seven euros each time they enter neighboring Croatia or other European countries, as of 2025, because of a "new EU security system"? No, that's not true. A new travel authorisation system for visa-exempt travelers, called ETIAS, will be implemented in 2025 to enter specific European countries, including Croatia. When applying to…

Is 5G radiation classified as a carcinogen and included in the same class of carcinogens as the metal lead? No, that's not true: 5G radiation is not in the same carcinogen group as lead because it was never classified as a carcinogen. The International Agency for Research on Cancer divided carcinogens into four groups, depending on the potential dangers they…

Is the Republic of Croatia investing 11 million euros to teach foreign workers the Croatian language? No, that's not true: The precise sum allocated from the Croatian budget for teaching Croatian to foreign workers remains undisclosed, and at the time of writing, there was no official documentation on the matter. The claim appeared in a TikTok video (archived here) published…