Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
The article with unverified content, published by the medium albanianpost.com, was corrected by removing it from the platform. (here)
Through an article published today (June 24), it is alleged that the US Department of State (DASH) has asked American citizens to exercise increased caution when visiting Kosovo, due to the ongoing risk of terrorism and the possibility of civil unrest in the north of the country.
This article was published by the information portal "AlbanianPost.com", and then it was also shared on Facebook by the pages of other portals.
What's wrong with this article?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the DASH warning is old, published on the official website. Travel.state.gov dated December 2.
The article published by AlbanianPost.com states that the warning was made in the update published on the official website "Travel.state.gov", implying that this information is the latest and most current, as the AlbanianPost.com article itself was published on June 24, 2025.
However, according to research conducted by hibrid.info, it turns out that The last update to the page in question was made on December 2, 2024.. (See photo below)
This indicates that the warning is not new, as the article implies, but has been published previously and there have been no new updates related to the date of publication of the article.
This announcement from the State Department (December 2) appears to have been made three days after the explosion that occurred on the evening of November 29 in the village of Varragë in the municipality of Zubin Potok, where the Ibër-Lepenc water canal was damaged. (see here)
Analyze:
On June 24, 2025, the portal “AlbanianPost.com” published an article claiming that the US Department of State (DASH) had issued a new warning to American citizens to exercise caution when traveling to Kosovo, due to the risk of terrorism and the possibility of civil unrest in the north of the country. The article was subsequently shared by other Facebook pages.
However, after verification by hibrid.info, it turns out that this warning is not new, but was published on December 2, 2024 on the official DASH website, Travel.state.gov. The article presents it as if the warning is current, while in reality there has been no new update since that date.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.