The online medium "Gazeta Express" has published an article on Facebook titled "Rama's irony from Skopje: I did not ask Kurti for a meeting, he refused in advance."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, did not comment on the refusal to meet by Albin Kurti, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, in the manner indicated in the title of the article.
The news is clarified only after clicking on the article, the title of which then explains that Rama spoke about the refusal of the meeting by Bilall Kasami, mayor of Tetova.
Link to the article published on Facebook from the "Gazeta Express" portal page:
Link to the article published on the "Gazeta Express" portal:
The part of the article that clarifies Prime Minister Rama's statement
Prime Minister Edi Rama has commented again from Skopje on the refusal of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti to meet with him without holding a meeting between the two governments. Laughing, he said that he did not want to discuss the issue with the 'Macedonians'. Meanwhile, when asked about the meeting with the head of the Tetovo Municipality, Bilal Kasami, Rama responded with irony.
"He refused to meet with me? I didn't ask him to meet. He refused in advance, thinking that I might ask him to meet. This is called a provocative refusal." ", Rama said about the head of the Municipality of Tetova.
Analyze:
The information portal "Gazeta Express" has published an article on Facebook regarding Edi Rama's statement regarding Bilall Kasami's refusal to meet with him, but the title implies that Rama was referring to Prime Minister Albin Kurti with his statement.
The news is clarified after it is clicked.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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