Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Articles are published with the title "Gërvalla at the UN: Kosovo is a strong economy, the World Bank has ranked us as a top leader in the world for economic growth".
Content with this title was found published (October 21) in media outlets such as: “news.net","north.info”And“reporters.net".
But what's wrong with this content?
Hibrid.info found that Gërvalla's statement in the headline was incorrectly presented.
Donika Gërvalla, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke at the session of the United Nations Security Council, where UNMIK's six-month report on Kosovo was discussed.
In the headline of the articles discussed, it is claimed that Gërvalla stated "that the World Bank (WB) has ranked Kosovo as a top leader in the world for economic growth."
However, based on Gërvalla's quoted statement in these articles, it is seen that she did not say that Kosovo has this ranking in the world, but in Europe.
Gërvalla's quoted statement taken from the articles:
“Our strength comes from our people, our Western democracy, and our strong economy. For the 5th time in a row, the World Bank has ranked Kosovo as the top-leading growth economy in Europe, while other countries are lagging behind, our growth projection is again around 4%. Foreign direct investment is growing, and profits are rising. Kosovo is first in Europe and 3rd in the world in the Rule of Law Index.”
Hibrid.info checked Gërvalla's statement in the video of the speech, published on her Facebook account. After verification, it was confirmed that Gërvalla stated that the World Bank has ranked Kosovo as the top leader in economic growth in Europe, not in the world (see here(, min 32:41).
Analyze:
The headlines of some articles claimed that the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Donika Gërvalla, declared last night (October 21) at the UN that the World Bank has ranked Kosovo as a top leader in the world for economic growth.
Based on the verification of the video of Gërvalla's speech, it was confirmed that she stated that the World Bank had ranked Kosovo among the leading countries for economic growth in Europe, not in the world.
Therefore, based on the work methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the contents presented in the titles of these articles as "Error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to informational content in which, during the compilation or publication process, errors occur by publishing incorrect information (especially when dealing with information in figures) or by broadcasting poorly verified news, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.