Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A post was published on the social media TikTok claiming that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) MP Abelard Tahiri had stated that "all voters of Albin Kurti and Vetëvendosje are people of Serbia."
This post also displays the date September 23, 2025, as well as the logo of the online medium “Reporteri.net”, claiming that this article was published by this information portal. The post was published on September 25 by the account named “with.the.kurti.government3".
The truth?
After verifying the facts, it was determined that Tahiri did not make such a statement. Furthermore, an old article published by "Reporteri.net" was manipulated, with the date and title changed.
Hibrid.info has searched Google for the sentence “Abelard Tahiri: All voters of Albin Kurti and Vetëvendosje are people of Serbia”, but the results do not show any published articles with this title. (see here)
Also, no such article has been found published on the “Reporteri.net” portal. (see here)
After researching through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has found that this photo that was placed in the TikTok post was taken from an old article (September 11, 2019), which bears the title "Abelard Tahiri: Bechtel-Enkas was paid 50 million due to LDK's mismanagement." (here)
Analyze:
A TikTok post claimed that PDK MP Abelard Tahiri said that "all voters of Albin Kurti and Vetëvendosje are people of Serbia", presenting it as an article published by "Reporteri.net" on September 23, 2025.
After verification, it turned out that Tahiri did not give such a statement and that an old "Reporteri.net" article (September 11, 2019) was manipulated, the title and date of which were changed.
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.