Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video published on TikTok purports to be a statement made by the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, during his recent visit to the United States of America (USA).
In the video published on Friday (September 26) by the account "podujeva072"The date September 26, 2025, also appears. Kurti appears there speaking from the plane.
"Breaking News, Prime Minister Albin Kurti from America, the "Anti-American" from America is greeting the "pro-Americans in Kosovo," is the caption on this video. In the video, Kurti is heard saying that he is in Dallas heading to Iowa.
What's wrong with the claim on TikTok?
The video is not current. Hibrid.info has found that the video was published by Kurti on Facebook on May 13, 2022.
"From Texas we continue to Iowa, to further strengthen the partnership between the KSF and the Iowa National Guard. Many more meetings await us in Chicago, Michigan, Boston, New York, Washington DC," it was written in the description of the video published by Kurti.
Kurti on September 25 this year, according to a notification of the Prime Minister's Office has traveled to New York, USA, for meetings with leaders as part of the High-Level Week of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Analyze:
A 2022 video of acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, in which he speaks from an airplane during a visit to Texas and Iowa in the US, has been falsely presented on TikTok as current.
The original footage was originally published on May 13, 2022 by Kurti himself on Facebook. He is currently visiting New York for meetings within the framework of the UN General Assembly and has not published such a video so far.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.