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Albania’s exports to China have marked in increase in 2022 by 67%. INSTAT official data, after being processed by Faktoje, showed China of “taking” ores, chromium, and copper concentrates from our country. Increase of export figures was recently announced even by the Chinese Ambassador to Albania, Mr. Zhou Ding thus describing it a friendship indicator between the countries. “In the...

Russia and Ukraine remains the two main oil importers to the country, despite the war between them. Following alarms raised by importers as the country is in danger of not having oil in the market, INSTAT data processed by Faktoje showed that in the first 4 months of this year, total oil imports decreased by only 2%. Furthermore, the...

From 1st May to 30rd September, all Russians coming to Albania for tourism purposes do not need a visa. The government decided to facilitate the procedures for tourist season when Russia is applying a strict visa regime for Albania. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Albania to ban Russian tourists, however the Albanian government does not intend to do so....

In times of war and global polarization the Western Balkans region is divided along the lines of current polarizing forces. Disinformation campaigns, hate speech, physical attacks, threats, low income, poor economic status, divisions, self-censorship and job insecurity are the main challenges that the regional independent media are facing. The World Press Freedom Day is the perfect opportunity to emphasize...

The statement of the pro-Russian Ukrainian politician and former presidential candidate, Mr. Ilya Kiva that Bucha massacre was committed by Ukraine itself with the British, shocked the entire public. As this news circulated even in Albania, Faktoje carried out an in-depth verification showing that Kiva, the former right-wing MP, fled to Russia since the beginning of the war. Such...

The inflows of Russian citizens in Albania for tourism are reported to have doubled compared to 2015, which is considered a positive thing by local entrepreneurs.  But, intelligence and counter-terrorism services have long been on alert regarding the suspicious activities of some Russian nationals, whose entry does not appear to be accidental or for tourism purposes. Meanwhile, with the...

A heart touching emotional scene clip claiming that Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones before leaving for war, has gone viral even in the social media of our country. However, Faktoje managed to verify that such scenes are part of a 2017 Ukrainian film and have nothing to do with the current Russia-Ukraine conflict. ————————————– An emotional video of soldiers...

Bombings and attacks consequences in Ukraine resulting in people lives and civilian objects have been officially denied by Russia. This came into being after the destruction of the Albanian Consulate in Kharkiv for which the Albanian Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs blamed Russia. Russia accused the Albanian MEFA of disseminating disinforming news when Putin is expected to decree...

Russia officially launched an armed attack on Ukraine early Thursday morning. However, the true war has been flagged earlier by Russian misinforming statements and reports fuelling the fire, as assessed by experts, having destabilizing purposes.  Faktoje analysed the statement of the Russian Chief Diplomat Lavrov made on 18 February that war mercenaries from Albania, NMR, Bosnia and Herzegovina were...

The Administrative Court of Albania decided that the 8 highest state institutions, namely the Presidency, the Parliament of Albania, and several ministries, would provide Faktoje, the fact-checking website in Albania, with information and invoices about the official trips that heads of institutions took abroad. Decisions were made fairly quickly, despite the challenges caused by the pandemic across the system,...

Makedonija je faktički prva zemlja u regionu u kojoj vlast otvara institucionalni front protiv dezinformacija. Medijski eksperti i novinari iz Srbije, Grčke, Albanije, Bugarske, Bosne i Hercegovine i Kosova, u seriji intervjua za “Meta.mk” tokom proteklog perioda, kažu da se kod vlasti u njihovim zemljama ne primećuje zainteresovanost za počinjanje ili uključivanje u borbu sa lažnim vestima. Makedonski državni vrh i zvanično...