Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was alleged that the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, held a rally in Greece without the consent of the Greek authorities.
This content was published today (May 13) by a social media account "Telegram" with content in the Serbian language.
What's wrong with this claim?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was determined that the claim made by the aforementioned account is untrue.
Based on reports in the Greek media, it is said that Edi Rama's visit was private, without an official character, and that the Greek Government did not ban this gathering.
Link to the post published on Telegram by the account “БУНТ је стјане духа” (Albanian: rebellion is a state of mind)”:
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DrqVP
Excerpt from the content published on Telegram, translated into Albanian:
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is in Greece, where, without the consent of the Greek authorities, he held a rally for his supporters at the "Galaci" arena in Athens and then posted a video of the event on his social networks.
Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, during an interview with SKAI television, said that "The Greek government has neither invited Mr. Rama, nor is it a bilateral meeting, nor has it been able - and no one has said otherwise, because there is no way to say it - to stop a rally." (see here)
Another Greek media outlet, "Himara.gr," previously reported that Rama's visit to Greece would be held at the Christmas Theater, at the Galatsi Olympic Center, and that initially the participants had received a negative response for this specific space, but as this media outlet writes, after a dense diplomatic background, it was given the green light. (see here)
And the Greek Foreign Minister, Georgios Gerapetritis, as "euronews.al" wrote, had said that Rama would not be hindered by the Greek MFA and that the authorities would guarantee the security of the representatives of the Albanian state. (see here)
Analyze:
A Serbian-language Telegram account, through a post published today (May 13), claimed that Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama held a rally in Greece with his supporters without the consent of the Greek authorities.
It was the Greek government spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, who stressed that the Greek government had not banned this gathering. And Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis had said that Rama would not be hindered by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and that the authorities would guarantee the security of the representatives of the Albanian state.
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Reasoning:
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