Several Facebook pages published an article on April 12 titled "Prices of some items are being lowered in Kosovo, here are the prices of the items."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that this article is old, published on March 13, at the time when the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) had published the latest report regarding price movements of basic items within the week.
So, the Facebook pages "Feja Ime" and "Exclusive Albania Today" have tried to present this old article as current.
Links to the article published on Facebook by the pages "Feja Ime" and "Exclusive Albania Today":
Excerpt from the article published by the above-mentioned sites:
While a week ago 30 eggs cost 4.39 euros, now they cost 4.31 euros, pasta cost 1.02 euros, now 500 grams cost 0.97 euros, cream cost 1.63 euros, now it costs 1.55 euros, dishwashing detergent cost 2.31 euros a week ago, now it costs 2.23 euros.
Meanwhile, the price of other basic items has not changed, even though fuel prices have dropped significantly in the last month.
While in the published article the price for 30 eggs appears to be 4,39 euros (dated March 13), in the table recently published by ASK (as of April 11) it is noted that the average price for 30 eggs is 4,03 euros. (see here)
While the prices of other products mentioned in the above article (pasta, cream, and dishwashing detergent) have actually increased by several cents based on recent ASK publications. (see photo below)
To further confirm the fact that the article published on Facebook by the aforementioned pages is old, hibrid.info has managed to find it published on March 13 on the information portals "EconomyOnline.net”And“GazetaInfokous.com".
Analyze:
Based on fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that several Facebook pages have published the old (March) ASK report on the decline in prices of some basic products, claiming to present it as current.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post from these pages 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.