The dubious portal "mergimtarshqip.com" has published an article titled "Here is the unexpected law that was decided by the Government on the price of oil."
By verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of this article is fabricated, which does not correspond to the content.
The content includes news regarding a request from opposition parties and businesses to government bodies to remove excise taxes in order to reduce the price of oil, but this has been rejected by the Minister of Finance, Hekuran Murati.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "mergimtarshqip.com":
This article with a made-up title was shared on Facebook by the “Gazeta” page, which has over 200 followers. (see here)
After researching through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the authentic article, published by the Albanian-language content portal "albinfo.ch", which was posted by the dubious portal "mergimtarshqip.com" by changing the title. (see here)
The announcement by the Minister of Finance, Hekuran Murati, who said that "Calls for a reduction in oil excise duty are calls for increasing traders' profits", can be found here. here.
The claim made in the title that it is “law made by the Government” also contradicts the competencies and powers of the levels of government in Kosovo, as defined by the Constitution, since the Government is not a body that adopts laws, but rather implements them and other acts approved by the Assembly of Kosovo. (see here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "mergimtarshqip.com" has published an article regarding opposition entities and businesses that have requested the removal of excise duty in order to reduce the price of oil, but that such a thing has not been approved by the Minister of Finance, Hekuran Murati.
This dubious portal has given this article the fabricated title "Here is the unexpected law that was enacted by the Government regarding the price of oil."
From the fact-checking analysis based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” are those texts whose title has no basis in the content of the following text. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the reader or even the consumer with a sensational title by promising content that does not actually exist and are created mainly out of financial interest, that is, due to increased readability. So, this type of text is only intended to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.