Several Facebook pages that publish articles and posts with content in Albanian, on June 13 and 14, posted a photo of Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti with the caption "Albin Kurti: Kosovo lives even without Edi Rama, he was pro-Serbian towards Kosovo. I had not imagined it."
After research conducted through online search engines and social media, hibrid.info has not found such a statement made by the head of the Kosovo government towards the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama.
Links to posts published on Facebook by the pages "Gazeta Rilindja", "Marimanga", "Gazeta Ditore", "Gazeta ABC" and "Rilindja":
No online media has been able to find or publish such a statement by Kurti.
Also, the same does not appear on the official accounts of the head of the Kosovo government on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. (see here and here)
Kurti's only reaction to Rama in recent days has been related to the draft statute proposed by the Albanian Prime Minister, for which the head of the Kosovo government has stated that instead of coming up with a proposal for the Association of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo, Rama should have a draft for the Albanians in the Presevo Valley. (see here)
"I have no doubt that the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, believes that his proposal for the Draft Statute is good, and that being so, what I propose is that Prime Minister Rama propose this draft for national minorities to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, at the latest at the next meeting of the "Open Balkans" for Albanians in Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac," Kurti emphasized, writes "KosovaPress.com".
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the aforementioned Facebook pages have published a false statement claiming that Kurti stated that Edi Rama was pro-Serb towards Kosovo.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this publication from Facebook pages as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.