The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "news426media.com" has published today (October 11) an article titled "News from the EU is coming, next week Kosovo and Serbia sign the long-awaited agreement".
Hibrid.info has verified the facts in this article, and has confirmed that the title of the article is fabricated, while the news is old, published in June.
The content includes news from June 17, when the European Union was expecting the Kosovo and Serbian delegations to finalize the energy issue. This was stated to Radio Free Europe by the EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Peter Stano.
So, this dubious portal has published an old article taken from "Evropaelirë.org", which it has tried to present as current and by giving it an unclear title.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "news426media.com":
In addition to the fact that the news is old and has a changed title, compared to the authentic one, the dubious portal "news426media.com" has also posted inappropriate photos.
The photograph shows the portrait of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen (see here), while the article does not mention her name at all and the news is not related to this figure at all.
This old article with a made-up title was also shared today (October 11) on the social network Facebook by the page "KOHA E RE", which has nearly 7 thousand followers. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic article published by the online medium "Radio Free Europe" on June 17. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "news426media.com" has published an old article from June, which it has tried to present as current by changing the title.
The photograph used in this article by this dubious portal features a portrait of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, while the article has nothing to do with this political figure.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.