A doctored photograph purports to show Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti standing next to each other.
In that photograph, it can be seen how, through image editing, the portraits of these two political figures have been placed.
Hibrid.info came across this photo in a reader's comment on an online media post.
This reader, in posting this photo, also added the comment "OLD FRIENDS".
After research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program "InVID", hibrid.info has found the real photo, which shows Albin Kurti together with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias.
So, Dendia's face has been removed, replaced with Vučić's.
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The comment with this photo was left in the article published by "Demokracia.com", which contains a statement by the EU's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, who reacted through his Twitter account after the start of the removal of barricades in the north.
After researching through online search engines, hibrid.info has managed to find the authentic photo showing Kurti and Dendias, which has been published in several online media in Kosovo. (see here and here)
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A photo is circulating on the social network Facebook, showing Kurti and Vučić side by side.
However, after research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program "InVID", hibrid.info has confirmed that this photo is fabricated. The authentic photo shows Kurti together with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias.
After fact-checking analysis, hibrid.info rates this photo as "Fraud".