The online medium "Demokracia.com" published an article on February 8 titled "The First Gentleman skied like Schumacher, wearing a wardrobe worth about 1 thousand euros."
In this article, this media outlet claimed that Prindon Sadriu, husband of the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, was wearing expensive skiing clothes.
Link to the article published on "Demokracia.com":
But the claim raised through the title and content of this article is not based on concrete facts.
The author of the article begins to build his argument based on the label of the jacket worn by President Osmani's husband, which is made by the manufacturer "Helly Hansen". However, the article does not make a comparison with the model owned by Prindon Sadriu, but rather an analysis of the market prices of jackets of the same brand, which according to the author, range from 500 to 800 euros.
In addition to not making a comparison with the jacket that Prindon Sadriu is wearing, even in the analysis of the prices of this clothing brand, it does not take into account all models and, as a result, does not mention models that cost less than 500 euros.
Hibrid.info has managed to find several online catalogs where you can find models of "Helly Hansen" ski jackets at lower prices, starting at around 150 euros (see here).
Even the claim that the above-mentioned person and the country's president had the same pants from this company and that they cost over 150 euros is not supported by any facts, since it is not known which company they are made of, since there is no identifying detail, such as in this case the manufacturer's logo.
"Demokracia.com" continued with claims not based on any facts, implying that the helmet that Prindon Sadriu was wearing cost between 100 and 200 euros, while basing this claim solely on the results found on "Google" from searches with the question "how much does a ski helmet cost?"
As for the price of the skis, the author of this article raises the issue that they could have been rented, but a pair of "Head" brand skis cost over $900. This claim is also not based on facts, since in the photograph where the prices of this brand of skis are shown, the same model that Sadriu had is not found.
Based solely on this photograph taken in Brezovica showing the President with her husband and the leader of the Brezovica Ski Center, Sasha Ilić (here), the online medium "Demokracia.com" raises another issue by saying that "Vjosa Osmani and Prindon Sadriu in Brezovica apparently were guests of Sasha Ilic, who runs the ski center", although this claim is not based on any facts that argue such a thing.
Analyze:
The "Demokracia.com" portal, based on a photograph showing President Vjosa Osmani together with her husband Prindon Sadriu and a third person, has raised a claim that the "first gentleman" had skiing clothing that exceeded the amount of 1000 euros.
All of these claims by this medium were not substantiated by facts, since all of the photos of the clothes were not the same as those Sadriu was wearing.
Also, "Demokracia.com" at the end of this article claims without facts that the President and her husband were apparently guests of Sasha Ilić, who runs the ski center in Brezovica.
Hibrid.info has verified all the facts presented in this text and based on the work methodology, this article has been assessed as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.