The dubious Albanian-language portal "todaykhobor.com" has published an article titled "BREAKING NEWS - Thaci returns in June? Here's who discovered it."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it appears that this article contains a fabricated title and content.
The content includes the statement of analyst Valon Syla, who in January said that he has information that Hashim Thaçi will return from The Hague in April.
However, this dubious portal has taken the same old statement and changed it, falsely claiming that Syla said that he allegedly has information that the former president of Kosovo will return from The Hague in June.
Text of the article published on "todaykhobor.com":
Journalist Valon Syla said that Hashim Thaçi will return to Kosovo in June. He made these comments on the Pressing show on T7.
"I have information that Hashim Thaçi will return in June," he wrote.
He further said that in the history of Kosovo there are only two figures that will be included in the history of the country.
"In the history of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi and Ibrahim Rugova have kept themselves together", he added.
Link to the article published on "todaykhobor.com":
Below you can find the link to Syla's original statement, given in January on the Pressing show on T7 television.
Analyze:
The dubious portal "todaykhobor.com" used an old statement, which it changed in an attempt to present it as current.
After fact-checking analysis conducted by hibrid.info, this article is rated as "fake news".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.