The article titled "Pension and social payment dates change, here is the new decision", was published in recent days (July 10 and 11) by several dubious portals with content in the Albanian language.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this news is old, which was published on May 23 by the Ministry of Finance, which at that time had announced the change in the dates of pension and social schemes.
This ministry had announced that regular pensions will now be distributed on the 15th of each month, while those of veterans on the 20th of each month.
So, these dubious portals have published an old article, which they have tried to present as current.
Links to the article published on portals such as: "Ingazetaa.com", "Toplivenews.online" and "On27.net", can be found here. here, here and here.
Articles published by these dubious portals have also been shared on Facebook by pages like "Gazeta","Albanian Daily News","Real Newspaper","Post News”And“Except with Albin Kurti as Prime Minister".
To further clarify the fact that this news is old, hibrid.info has found the announcement of the Ministry of Finance, which was made on May 23. (see here)
You can find links to the article published in real time by several online media in Kosovo. here and here.
Analyze:
Suspicious portals have published an old article from May that relates to the announcement by the Ministry of Finance, which had announced the change in the dates of pension and social schemes.
However, the aforementioned dubious portals have published this old announcement in recent days (July 10 and 11) with the claim of presenting it as current.
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.