*After being treated by hibrid.info, the treated video is no longer public on the "V7" Facebook page.
A video posted on Facebook by the pages "V7”And“Kosovo Channel” was distributed with the claim that protesters in Tirana were chanting “We want Albin Kurti.” The footage shows citizens protesting against the construction of a tourist resort in the Zvërnec area.
The truth?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the protesters were not chanting "We want Albin Kurti", but "The end has come for you".
FACTS
Hibrid.info initially identified media publications in Albania that had shared footage of the same protest from different angles. The descriptions of these videos explain that the protesters' chant was "You've come to the end" (see here and here).
To further confirm this fact, reports from Albanian media covering the protest were also found and reported that the slogan “You have come to an end” was one of the main chants of the participants (see here, here and here).
A little context
In Albania, protests are being held against a major tourism project in the Pishë Poro–Nartë protected area, near Vlora, which envisages the construction of luxury hotels and villas worth billions of euros and is linked to foreign investors, including previously mentioned plans by Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
Residents, activists, and civil society are protesting mainly due to the potential impact on the sensitive environment of the area, land ownership disputes, and the lack of transparency about the project and how it was approved (see here).
Analyze
The claim that protesters in Tirana chanted "We want Albin Kurti" is false.
Verification of videos of the protest against the construction of a tourist resort in the Zvërnec area shows that citizens were shouting “Your end has come.” This was confirmed by footage published by various Albanian media outlets from other filming angles, as well as by media reports that covered the protest.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Manipulation of facts".
rationale
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.