Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Two pieces of content have been published claiming that the Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, Liburn Aliu, and the leader of the Nisma Socialdemokrate party, Fatmir Limaj, have had their transactions and assets abroad blocked.
This content was published in the form of images with captions on TikTok, by the accounts "grofy_01" and "pograddeccii".
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Hibrid.info's research has not found any facts or reports from credible media that confirm these two claims.
The commonality of the contents discussed is that in both cases, they refer to reports claimed by credible international media. While in the case of Minister Aliu It is alleged that the news was reported by the German newspaper "Berlin Zeitung", for former MP and former minister Limaj "Voice of America" allegedly reported.
Hibrid.info has researched the referenced medium, “berliner-zeitund.de”, for the claim about Minister Aliu. No reporting about Minister Aliu was found on this medium’s website (see here).
As for Limaj, on the website of "Voice of America", whose name is mentioned in the claim, several reports have been found about the former deputy prime minister of Kosovo, but none of them confirm the claim in question (see here).
Also, even after searching using the search engine, "Google", no reports from other media were found confirming the claims discussed (see here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that Minister Aliu and former MP and former Minister Limaj have had their transactions and assets abroad blocked is incorrect.
The claims are not confirmed by either the media outlets to which the authors of the publications referred in their content, or by other media outlets.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses these claims 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.