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False: EU’s new environmental law bans bonfires

Fact-check, FalseBy Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, FI June 4, 2024

The claim “EU’s new environmental law bans bonfires in private property areas”, was stated on April 10 in an article by MV-lehti, a Finnish right-wing, fake news website, known from spreading misinformation. The claim turns out to be false. Celebratory bonfires are a prolonged tradition in Nordic countries, often lit during midsummer, Easter or Mayday…

False: “There are about 400 employees working at Slovenian Ministry of Culture.”

Fact-check, FalseBy Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SI December 10, 2020

The leader of the Slovenian National Party (SNS), Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti, stated that there are 400 employees at the Ministry of Culture and that almost 30 years ago there were only around 40. The number of employees claimed during the special session of the Slovenian Parliament Jelinčič’s, is almost two times bigger than the actual…