{"id":6749,"date":"2024-06-14T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T10:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/?p=6749"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:53:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:53:20","slug":"vendimi-per-heqjen-e-kontrolleve-kufitare-interpretohet-rrejshem-se-po-krijohet-shqiperia-e-madhe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/disinfo\/vendimi-per-heqjen-e-kontrolleve-kufitare-interpretohet-rrejshem-se-po-krijohet-shqiperia-e-madhe\/","title":{"rendered":"The decision to remove border controls is being falsely interpreted as the creation of \"Greater Albania\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision by Kosovo and Albania to remove border controls has been misinterpreted by some Serbian media, falsely claiming that a \u201cGreater Albania\u201d is being created.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">On June 14, 2024, the Serbian portal \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alo.rs\/vesti\/kim\/918599\/prave-veliku-albaniju-a-svet-cuti-pristina-i-tirana-ukidaju-granicu-zasto-niko-ne-reaguje\/vest\" target=\"_self\">Alo.rs<\/a>\u201d published an article titled, \u201cCREATING A GREATER ALBANIA AND THE WORLD IS SILENT. Pristina and Tirana remove the border, why is no one reacting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6750\" src=\"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/12223333444.png 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Alo.rs<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The content claims that Tirana and Pristina kept the unification agreement secret for a while but \u201care now openly taking concrete steps towards creating a Greater Albania.\u201d Criticism has also been directed at Western countries, which, according to them, are remaining silent in the face of this initiative.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The Serbian portal attached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02jemE8VzcgCmjmGsknxGQZXPD8eqWfnt3xXkxkfvyGUop2mNoyWfi4cVik1hxinjTl&amp;id=100063788556625\" target=\"_self\">meeting<\/a> between Kosovo\u2019s Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sve\u00e7la, and his Albanian counterpart, Taulant Balla, to the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kosovo\u2019s Liberation. Both ministers visited the border crossing at V\u00ebrmic\u00eb on June 12, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\u201cThe reasons for this story (Greater Albania) are countless, and the latest is the agreement to remove controls between the state of Kosovo and Albania. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Pristina and one of the biggest haters of Serbs, Xhelal Sve\u00e7la, along with his Albanian colleague, Taulant Balla, visited the V\u00ebrmic\u00eb border crossing to see how the agreement to remove controls for citizens of Kosovo and Albania works in practice\u201d wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alo.rs\/vesti\/kim\/918599\/prave-veliku-albaniju-a-svet-cuti-pristina-i-tirana-ukidaju-granicu-zasto-niko-ne-reaguje\/vest\" target=\"_self\">Alo.rs<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the decision to remove border controls at the busiest crossing between Kosovo and Albania during the summer season has nothing to do with a \u201cGreater Albania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minister Sve\u00e7la has outlined the reasons for activating a special corridor for citizens of Kosovo and Albania, as well as advancing the border system to combat cross-border illegal activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\u201cOn the occasion of our country\u2019s liberation anniversary, we have also marked 20 special crossings for residents along the border between Kosovo and Albania, where free movement will be facilitated for the residents of those areas. We continue, with the best intentions of bringing our countries and our citizens closer together, as history recognizes us,\u201d wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02jemE8VzcgCmjmGsknxGQZXPD8eqWfnt3xXkxkfvyGUop2mNoyWfi4cVik1hxinjTl&amp;id=100063788556625\" target=\"_self\">Sve\u00e7la<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\u201cAlo.rs\u201d is among the Serbian portals that consistently attempt to push forward the narrative of purportedly creating \u201cGreater Albania.\u201d According to them, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alo.rs\/vesti\/kim\/917452\/kurti-priznao-ono-sto-smo-znali-vec-vek-i-po-rade-na-stvaranju-velike-albanije\/vest\" target=\"_self\">project<\/a>  began to be implemented during the marking of the 146th anniversary of the League of Prizren.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">\"He (Prime Minister Albin Kurti) was in Prizren, where the 146th anniversary of the League of Prizren was celebrated, which practically marked the beginning of the implementation of the Greater Albania project,\" wrote \"Alo.rs.\"<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The idea of reducing border controls and other administrative procedures applied at borders has been discussed for years among Western Balkan countries. It has also been addressed within the framework of the <a href=\"https:\/\/openbalkan.euprava.gov.rs\/en-US\/start\" target=\"_self\">\"Open Balkans\"<\/a> initiative, which includes Serbia. The aim is to apply the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?catId=457\" target=\"_self\">four<\/a> fundamental freedoms that the EU already implements: freedom of movement of goods, people, services, and capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">*This article is published as part of the Western Balkans Regional Initiative against disinformation.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/antidisinfo.net\/database\/\" target=\"_self\">\u201cWestern Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: exposing malign influences through watchdog journalism.\u201d<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vendimin e Kosov\u00ebs dhe Shqip\u00ebris\u00eb p\u00ebr heqjen e kontrolleve kufitare, disa media serbe e kan\u00eb keqinterpretuar, duke pretenduar rrejsh\u00ebm se po krijohet \u201cShqip\u00ebria e Madhe\u201d. M\u00eb 14 qershor 2024, portali serb \u201cAlo.rs\u201d publikoi artikullin me titull \u201cB\u00cbJN\u00cb SHQIP\u00cbRIN\u00cb E MADHE DHE BOTA HESHT. Prishtina dhe Tirana heqin kufirin, pse askush nuk reagon?\u201d Foto: Alo.rs N\u00eb [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1241,363],"tags":[639,11],"ppma_author":[28],"class_list":["post-6749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debunking","category-disinfo","tag-albania","tag-kosova"],"authors":[{"term_id":28,"user_id":18,"is_guest":0,"slug":"disinfo","display_name":"Disinfo","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sbunker_FAKE_NEWS_001-min1647858578.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sbunker_FAKE_NEWS_001-min1647858578.jpg"},"user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"Disinfo","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6823,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6749\/revisions\/6823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6749"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbunker.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}