The Klan Kosova television news portal "KlanKosova.tv" published an article yesterday (July 14), claiming through the title that there will be no more police in the north of the country without KFOR and EULEX.
This claim is based on point number two of a press release issued on July 11 by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, following the July 10 meeting in Bratislava between the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Besnik Bislimi, and the High Representative of the European Union, Miroslav Lajčák.
After verification of the facts conducted by hibrid.info, referring to point two of this statement, it is clearly noted that it does not mention the agreement on the non-presence of the Kosovo police in the north without KFOR and EULEX.
Link to the article published on the information portal "KlanKosova.tv":
Point two of this communiqué states: "The Kosovo Police, together with EULEX and KFOR, will assess the security situation as needed, in particular to look at the possibility of further reducing the police presence in and around municipal buildings." (see here (full press release)
So, in no case is the non-presence of the Kosovo police in the north mentioned without the presence of KFOR and EULEX, as claimed in the title.
Also, in addition to the fact that this claim made by the aforementioned portal is unfounded, at this point it is not mentioned that this agreement implies a reduction in police presence in the entire northern part of Kosovo, but only "in and around municipal buildings".
Whereas, in point one of this communiqué, it is stated that after the meeting in Bratislava between Bislim and Lajcak, it was agreed to immediately reduce the police presence in and around municipal buildings by 25%.
The article by “KlanKosova.tv” was later published with the same title by several other portals. (see here, here, here and here)
Analyze:
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the article published by "KlanKosova.tv" contains an incorrect title.
The headline claimed that there would be no police in the north without the presence of KFOR and EULEX. However, the statement issued by the Government of Kosovo, to which the media outlet in question refers, makes no mention of such a thing.
This statement makes it clear that the Kosovo Police, together with EULEX and KFOR, should assess the security situation in the north, and consider the possibility of further reducing the police presence in and around municipal buildings.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.