Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
"100 euros for every citizen of Kosovo, Albin Kurti makes a decision for the end-of-year holidays," reads the inscription. post published on TikTok.
This content was published on December 22 on TikTok by the account "fbi13039".
The truth?
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been proven that this claim is false.
Hibrid.info has researched the official websites of the country's institutions, from Prime Minister Kurti's Facebook page to the website of the Government of Kosovo, but none of them contain such a decision. (see here)
On December 22, Kurt announced that all children aged 0-16 who are recipients of monthly child allowances will benefit from a one-time end-of-year allowance of 100 euros. Pensioners will also be beneficiaries of the one-time allowance of 100 euros.
Hibrid.info has searched on Google with the keywords "Kurti makes a decision to allocate 100 euros to each citizen of Kosovo", but the results do not show any information published in the media or credible sources. (here)
So, there is no decision to distribute 100 euros to every citizen of Kosovo, as falsely claimed by the "fbi13039" account on TikTok, but only for children up to the age of 16 and pensioners.
Content with the same claim was also published on December 6 by another TikTok account, which was also verified by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
The claim that Kurti has made a decision to distribute 100 euros to every citizen of Kosovo is incorrect.
Such a decision has not been announced by Kurti or any state institution, nor by any credible source of information.
The only decision that was made days ago is the one for the end-of-year allowances, where children aged 0-16, as well as pensioners, will benefit from 100 euros.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content 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.