Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A content in Serbian has been published with the caption "THIS IS WAR! Kosovo has demanded a new piece of territory from Serbia".
Ky post was published on Friday (October 10) on Facebook by a Serbian-language page called "Pozitivnasrpska.com".
A link to a publication is also attached to the publication's caption. the article published on this site's website, with the title "Kosovo issues an ultimatum to Serbia!?" (“Kosovo issues an ultimatum to Serbia!?”)
What's wrong with the content?
This content does not provide any official source, document or public statement that would support the claim of such an "ultimatum" from Kosovo towards Serbia.
In the headline of the article attached to the post, it is reported about a possible "ultimatum" that the authorities in Kosovo could send to Serbia, demanding further territorial concessions, including the Raška region.
The text indicates that the information comes from "some military intelligence circles in the region," these claims are unofficial, according to the text. With this, the author of this text himself emphasizes the lack of verified sources.
Article title translated into Albanian:
"In some military intelligence circles in the region, according to unofficial claims, information has emerged about a possible 'ultimatum' that the authorities in Pristina could send to Belgrade, demanding further territorial concessions, including the Raska region."
The news also mentions the fact that, "there is no official confirmation from the institutions of Serbia or Kosovo" for these claims.
Hibrid.info has checked the websites of relevant institutions in Kosovo such as government, The presidency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but no announcement, statement or document was found in them that mentions a territorial claim or ultimatum from Kosovo to Serbia.
This claim was also researched through the search engine “Google”. The search results did not show any reporting from credible local and international sources of any such claim (see here).
Which means that the claim published in the Facebook post is supported by an article that lacks sources.
Hibrid.info last week addressed the baseless narrative by Serbian officials, who claimed that the purchase of Turkish drones by Kosovo is endangering regional stability (see here).
Analyze:
The Serbian-language content with the caption "THIS IS WAR! Kosovo has requested a new piece of territory from Serbia," claiming that the authorities in Kosovo have sent Serbia an "ultimatum" for territorial concessions, including the Raška region, is unfounded.
It is based on unofficial claims without any official source or verifiable evidence, while no credible institution or media outlet has reported on any territorial claims by Kosovo against Serbia.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "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.