The information portals "GazetaBlic.com" and "Kosova-sot.info" have published today (December 29) an article titled "Barricades are removed, increased combat readiness in Serbia is lifted."
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the title does not correspond to the content.
In the content, these portals have quoted the Serbian online medium "Nova.rs", which says that "since it was agreed that the barricades be removed, due to the fulfillment of the Serbs' conditions, a decision was made to end the state of heightened combat readiness". (see here)
Hibrid.info, after fact-checking conducted through online search engines, has confirmed that not all barricades placed within the territory of Kosovo have yet been removed, as implied by the headline placed by Kosovo portals.
Links to the article published on the portals "GazetaBlic.com" and "Kosova-sot.info":
https://gazetablic.com/largohen-barrikadat-hiqet-gatishmeria-e-shtuar-luftarake-ne-serbi/
Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL) has published an article, clarifying that the border crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia in Merdare was opened for traffic on the morning of December 29 (here). While in Rudara the barricades have not yet been removed, but there are no people, as those who work in Serbian institutions in the north have been told that they no longer need to go out to the barricades (here).
Meanwhile, the online media outlet "Nacionale.com" says that its journalists have brought the latest footage from the Bosniak Neighborhood, which shows that one of the three trucks has already left. So, the barricade is still there, but with two trucks. (see here)
Analyze:
Several information portals in Kosovo have published an article titled "Barricades are removed, increased combat readiness in Serbia is lifted."
With this title, these aforementioned portals have implied that all barricades in the northern part of Kosovo have been removed. However, after research conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that the barricades have not yet been removed in either Rudarë or the Bosniak Neighborhood.
Barricades have been removed near the border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia (on Serbian territory) in Merdare.
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.