The Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia published a statement on February 3 regarding the alleged looting of the Serbian Post Office in the village of Uglare near Fushë Kosovë.
Regarding the robbery, this institution stated that the action was carried out as a "direct consequence of Kurti's decision to abolish the dinar in Kosovo" and "to make any kind of normal life impossible for Serbs."
After verification of the facts conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that in this statement, this office does not provide facts that support the claim regarding the purpose and perpetrators of this act.
Link to the press release published on the website of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia "kim.gov.rs":
https://kim.gov.rs/lat/v5455.php
Excerpt from the press release published by this office, translated into Albanian:
The destruction of the Serbian Post branch in Uglare is a direct consequence of Kurti's decision to abolish the dinar in Kosovo.
Tonight in Uglara near Fushë Kosovë, the Serbian Post office was looted and then looted and broken into, as a direct result of Kurti's decision to abolish the dinar in Kosovo and Metohija and to make any kind of normal life impossible for Serbs.
Extremists removed the video protection from the Post Office, stole the cash register and vandalized the premises of this institution, overturning tables, cabinets, breaking doors...
This statement has also been featured in several Serbian-language media outlets, such as "Tanjug.rs","Informer.rs”And“Novosti.rs", but they also do not support with facts the claim that this robbery occurred, as is said, as a result of the decision to ban Serbia's official currency (the dinar) in Kosovo or to make normal life impossible for Serbs.
We recall that the Central Bank of Kosovo, on January 17 of this year, announced that the "New Regulation on Cash Operations" had been approved on December 27, 2023, and would enter into force on February 1, 2024. (see here)
This Regulation, among other things, determined that “the only currency allowed for use in cash payment transactions and in the payment system in the Republic of Kosovo is the euro”.
Analyze:
In the statement issued by the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, it is claimed without evidence that the robbery of the Serbian Post Office in the village of Uglare near Fushë Kosovë was carried out as a result of the decision of the Government of Kosovo to ban the dinar in Kosovo.
In addition to this claim, this office claims without providing any facts that such cases are occurring to make normal life impossible for Serbs.
This institution does not provide any credible evidence regarding these claims, and the purpose and perpetrators of this act are still unknown.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this statement from the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia as a "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.