The dubious portal "gazeta.thenews48hr.com" published an article on June 23 titled "The Prime Minister of this country is harsh: "NO to visas for Kosovo, they don't deserve it!", while the page "Analiza" posted this article on Facebook yesterday (July 18).
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of this article is false and does not correspond to the content.
In the content of this article, it is written that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has said almost the opposite of what is claimed in the title. He has stated that Kosovo “is making steps and progress towards visa liberalization, but not yet”, implying that Kosovo has made progress in this regard, but not enough.
So, the headline claiming that the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has reacted harshly and declared that "no visas for Kosovo because they don't deserve them" turns out to be untrue.
Link to the article published on Facebook by the "Analysis" page:
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "gazeta.thenews48hr.com":
Excerpt from the statement of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte:
"As for Kosovo, there is more progress towards visa liberalization, not yet, but I think they are making steps," Rutte told reporters as the EU-Western Balkans summit was starting.
From the research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the article published in real time (June 23) by several portals such as “Botasot.info” and “Reporteri.net”. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The "Analiza" Facebook page has published an old article (June 23), the title of which claims that the prime minister of a country has reacted harshly and said that Kosovo does not deserve visas.
The article mentions the statement of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, who almost said the opposite, saying that "Kosovo is taking steps and making progress towards visa liberalization, not yet, but I think they are taking steps."
This dubious portal has tried to present this old article as current, giving it a false title and giving it a different context.
After fact-checking analysis based on the work methodology, hibrid.info has assessed 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.