The dubious portal with content in the Albanian language "truenewsq.com" published on February 28 an article titled "Good News for Kosovars: Starting Tomorrow You Can Apply for an Appointment at the German Embassy for Work Visas."
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has managed to confirm that the news is old, published on June 30, 2021.
The content of the article includes a portion of the then-current announcement from the German Embassy in Kosovo, through which it had announced that proof of vaccination against COVID-19 was a condition for registration on the waiting list for scheduling a visa application appointment at that time.
So, the dubious portal "truenewsq.com" has tried to present this 2021 announcement as current.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "truenewsq.com":
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info managed to find the announcement of the German Embassy published on their official Facebook page on June 30, 2021. (see here)
The announcement from the German Embassy was also published in real time (June 30, 2021) by several online media outlets in the Albanian language. (see here and here)
The old article published by "truenewsq.com" was also shared yesterday (March 1) on several Facebook pages such as "Gazeta unike.al","Albanians in exile”And“Real News 1".
Analyze:
The dubious portal "truenewsq.com" has published an old announcement (2021) from the German Embassy, claiming to present it as current.
The announcement concerned the condition that only people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were able to register on the waiting list for an appointment.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
The “Clickbait” rating is given to texts whose titles have 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 intended only to click, which can be converted into a profit for the content producer.