A Facebook account named “Lule Gjeli” has published (March 12) an image of the rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Viola von Cramon, with the caption claiming that the latter has declared “Serbia has not committed crimes in Kosovo. It threatens Kosovo to stop reporting false crimes. Viola Von Karmon".
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, no similar statements by von Cramon were found in credible sources. In fact, hibrid.info found that a statement on Serbian crimes in Kosovo was made by Viola von Cramon's advisor, Gjorgje Bojovic.
Based on some of the comments in the publication, hibrid.info estimates that this claim can be read as true by readers.
Link to the image published by the "Lule Gjeli" account:
In this image, it can be seen that some of the commentators have taken for granted the above claim about the statement of the rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament. (see photo below)
After research by hibrid.info using the Google search engine on news about MP von Cramon, no statements by the latter on Serbian crimes in Kosovo were found (see here).
All that has been found regarding the claim is a post (March 8) by Viola von Cramon's advisor Gjorgje Bojovic, on his account on the social network "X" (formerly Twitter), who reacted to the claims that he denied war crimes in Kosovo during 98-99, describing it as a coordinated online campaign against him (see here).
The video material to which the reactions against Councilor Bojović seem to be referring is a statement he made in 2015, distributed on "Youtube" (here), where he talks about the terminology used to describe war crimes in Kosovo (here).
Regarding this reaction of Councilor Bojovic, hibrid.info has found that several Albanian-language media have also reported (see here and here)
Hibrid.info has also found the reaction (March 9) of rapporteur von Cramon, on her account on the social network "X", which seems to have come to the defense of her advisor (see here).
Analyze:
The claim that the rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Viola von Cramon, has denied Serbia's crimes in Kosovo is untrue.
Fact checks by hibrid.info have in fact found several statements by her advisor, Gjorgje Bojovic, about the terminology used to describe war crimes that occurred in Kosovo, which have been assessed as denials of the crimes by several posts on social networks, to which the latter has reacted.
Von Cramon herself has also come to the defense of her advisor.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fake News".
Rating:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.