Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A recent post claims that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and MP Haki Abazi received 17 million euros from the Serbian secret service (BIA) in 2015. According to this claim, the information was revealed by a Serbian agent.
The post was published on March 9 in a Facebook group called "Diaspora with PDK".
The truth?
After a research conducted by hibrid.info, no reliable source has been found to confirm this accusation. Furthermore, the post is written with numerous spelling errors, an unusual feature for a news item published by serious media.
Hibrid.info has conducted a verification by searching Google with the keywords "How the former Serbian agent received 17 million euros from Haki Abazi and Kurti", but has not found any published articles supporting this claim.
Also, no publication confirming this information was identified through the automated program “InVID.” These findings indicate that the claim is not supported by reliable sources.
Hibrid.info has found that the same post has been circulating on the internet since 2021, published on Facebook by the pages "democracy","Traditional Albanian Foods In Switzerland Onex”And“RadioDardania".
Analyze:
An unfounded claim is circulating on social media Facebook, according to which Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and MP Haki Abazi have received 17 million euros from the Serbian secret service (BIA).
Hibrid.info, through fact-checking, has not found any credible source supporting this claim, neither through Google searches nor through the verification tool “InVID”. Furthermore, the text of the post contains spelling errors, which makes its origin even more suspicious.
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this post as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.