Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Serbian language channels on Telegram "Serbian Anger” (Serbian Rage) and “CORRIDOR"(Corridor), through a post published on Monday (December 22) claimed that "Currently, in the Kosovo Police, Albanian terrorist inspectors are visiting Serbian pharmacies. We unofficially learn that they have been given a deadline to close the pharmacies."
What's wrong with this claim?
After conducting online research, hibrid.info has confirmed that such a claim has not been found published in any media or credible source.
Hibrid.info searched Google with the keywords "Albanian inspectors visit Serbian pharmacies", but the results did not show any publications in credible media (see here). Nor has any article with this claim been published in the Serbian language media (see here).
The last time that inspectors reportedly visited Serbian pharmacies was in April 2024. (see here).
Hibrid.info has also searched the official website of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, and no such claim has been found published (see here).
Nor has the Kosovo Serb political entity, the Serbian List, reported any such visit to Serbian pharmacies (see here).
Analyze:
The claim that Albanian inspectors are visiting Serbian pharmacies and that they have been given a deadline to close is not based on any facts.
After online research, no media reports or credible sources were found, neither in Albanian nor Serbian, that would confirm such a development.
The last reported case of inspectors visiting Serbian pharmacies dates back to April 2024, according to media reports citing official sources of information.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this claim as a "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.