Suspicious portals and several Facebook pages have published an article titled "Vucic: Thank you Albin Kurti for helping me in relations with Serbs in Kosovo."
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that this article contains a completely fabricated title and content.
Hibrid.info has researched through search engines and social networks, and has not been able to find the same or similar article published in credible media in Kosovo.
For this reason, this article has been proven to be false, as no such statement has been obtained from Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
Excerpts from the content of the article published on the dubious Albanian-language portals "thejournal24h.com" and "newsamar26.com":
Aleksander Vucic, in his latest interview, stated that it is precisely Albin Kurti who is helping the Serbs living in Kosovo to have better access to him and we are talking about strengthening ourselves in Kosovo every day because we know that that country belongs to us and I don't know when this will happen, but I know that we are in our lands.
Links to the article published on these dubious portals:
These articles, in addition to these dubious portals, were also posted on Facebook by the pages "Gazeta Aktive" and "Shigjeta.tv", which have over 90 thousand followers, and the other over 50 thousand.
Below you can find links to the article published by these pages on the Facebook social network.
https://www.facebook.com/shigjeta.tv/
https://www.facebook.com/GazetaAktive/posts/268522005317824
Analyze:
Doubtful portals have published an article claiming that Serbian President Vučić has thanked Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti for helping him in his relationship with Kosovo Serbs.
This article turns out to be completely fabricated, as research conducted by hibrid.info found no such news published in credible media in our country or in Serbia.
After fact-checking analysis based on the work's methodology, this article is rated 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.