Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic has claimed that "Albanians are planning 'hell' in Kosovo."
This claim, unsupported by facts, was made by this Serbian minister today (July 30), in a statement to the media, given after a meeting of the ruling party there, the SNS.
But Selakovic does not base this warning on any data or fact and does not explain what he means by the term “hell”. Consequently, his entire allusion is not related to any event, although he hints that he is basing it on the decision of the Kosovo Government, of June 29, on the reciprocal measure with Serbia in terms of vehicle license plates and ID cards, which is expected to be implemented from August 1 (see here).
However, in his statement, Selakovic does not reveal any reason to substantiate the claim made.
Link to Nikola Selakovic's statement, published in the Serbian media outlet B92:
https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2022&mm=07&dd=30&nav_category=640&nav_id=2191780
Parts of Nikolla Selakovic's statement translated into Albanian:
The Albanian side of Kosovo and Metohija "is literally preparing hell in the coming days."
The statement of Serbian Minister Selakovic was published by many Serbian media outlets (see here, here and here).
Analyze:
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic made an unsubstantiated claim.
From the fact-check conducted by hibrid.info, based on the working methodology, Selakovic's claim is assessed as "Conspiracy Theory", while the publication of this statement by the media is assessed as "Biased Reporting" and "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.
A media report is considered “biased reporting” if it is clearly seen to favor facts, positions and conclusions that align with a particular narrative, often disregarding the rule of contact with the other party when it comes to claims that are damaging to someone’s reputation or portrayed by certain actors with a negative approach. One form of biased reporting is the selective presentation of facts, where facts that support a particular thesis are emphasized, while facts that do not confirm it are neglected.
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.