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🇩🇪 soldiers have served in #KFOR over the past 25 years, the #Bundeswehr’s longest deployment. The Federal Ministry of Defence thanked them for their important service. The soldiers are committed to public security and to establishing a civil peace order in #Kosovo.

25 Jahre #KFOR: Wir danken den Soldatinnen und Soldaten für ihren wichtigen Dienst. Im längsten Einsatz der #Bundeswehr setzen sie sich für die öffentliche Sicherheit und den Aufbau einer zivilen Friedensordnung im #Kosovo ein.
https://t.co/NNkAltqrm7 https://t.co/49Q2E5rsbl - Verteidigungsministerium

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25 Jahre #KFOR: Wir danken den Soldatinnen und Soldaten für ihren wichtigen Dienst. Im längsten Einsatz der #Bundeswehr setzen sie sich für die öffentliche Sicherheit und den Aufbau einer zivilen Friedensordnung im #Kosovo ein.
https://t.co/NNkAltqrm7 https://t.co/49Q2E5rsbl

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RT @DecaniMonastery: #KFOR Commander Major General Özkan Ulutaş (Turkish Armed Forces) and his colleagues visited Visoki Dečani #Monastery today. General Ulutaş reaffirmed the NATO-led mission's commitment to continue contributing to a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for all citizens in #Kosovo, as mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 1999. @NATO_KFOR @JFC_Naples

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RT @nstarovic: #Kosovo* special police thugs, armed to their teeth, just raided all branches of the Postal bank in the Serbian-majority North, further enforcing an illegal, illegitimate and discriminatory ban on Serbian currency in the province.
Let's remember the international reactions to the ban in the post quoted below. It's always the same, just a role in a vicious circle.
Unilateral measures by Priština --> suffering of the Serbs intensifies --> international condemnation --> lack of real pressure, measures persist --> back to square one.
A series of strong reactions from @StateDept condemning a campaign of fire & fury unleashed by #Kosovo* interim PM Kurti against the entire Serbian community, with their rep in Priština statement as the latest example.
However, if such exquisite demands to immediately de-escalate are not followed by concrete coercive measures, they will remain in vain, seriously undermining credibility of Washington DC in the entire region.
Although we disagree on the status of Kosovo* and other political issues stemming from it, I wish to believe the USA remains firm in securing peace and stability in the Balkans and will not allow for a humanitarian disaster to unravel before their eyes.
If their is an international stakeholder with sufficent leverage in Kosovo*, that's the USA. We have seen that on numerous occasions.
The time to act is now. - Nemanja Starović
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RT @nstarovic: A very quick reality check:
Ms. Osmani stated #Kosovo* interim authorities will "continue to stand for the pillars that define the CoE: human rights, democracy and the rule of law".
Human rights = 250k Serbs were expelled in 1999 and 2004, the rate of sustainable return <2%,<3.5%
The Republic of Kosovo will be the 47th member of the Council of Europe.
It is just a matter of time.
On this path, we shall not compromise the values that form the very foundation of our country.
Once we’re there, we’ll continue to stand for the pillars that define the CoE: human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. We will not serve as Russia’s extended hand or as a model of autocratic behavior.
We are thankful to all the countries that have supported us thus far. Together, we’ll work to make this human rights victory a reality sooner rather than later.
#Kosovo47CoE🇽🇰 - Vjosa Osmani
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RT @nstarovic: Belgrade-Priština dialogue 101:
1. The provisional government of #Kosovo* imposes unilateral measures against the Serbs remaining in the province, ignoring the dialogue process.
2. The Quint countries condemn the move, but then do literally nothing to make interim PM Kurti reverse it.
3. The EU mediators organize endless meetings, in the end concluding that regretfully, the sides were not able to find a "compromise".
4. Back to step one.
This time it is about the ban on Serbian currency that affects the most vulnerable within the Serbian community in Kosovo*, who are unable to receive their pensions, social care benefits, etc., but the cycle perpetuates for years now.
Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue: the latest meeting on dinar issue proved that the Parties were not able to compromise on the remaining open issues.🇪🇺 regrets this and assesses that there is no readiness of 🇽🇰 & 🇷🇸to find a compromise agreement going forward. https://t.co/bbgscSUqFL - Peter Stano
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RT @DecaniMonastery: The #Serbian #Orthodox #Church near Peć Desecrated
The Raška-Prizren Diocese expresses profound concern over the recent desecration of the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Naklo near Peć.

According to a report by the parish priest in Peć, unidentified individuals broke into and vandalized the church dedicated to the Holy Trinity with graffiti, including messages such as “Allahu Akbar” and in Albanian, “remove this church from here, there are only Muslims here!”, and “we don’t want churches, we want mosques… Islam is the only true faith!”
It is particularly alarming that this incident follows the decision by Kosovo authorities to prohibit the Patriarch and several bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church from entering #Kosovo. This decision prevented them from performing the Holy Liturgy and starting the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops at the Peć Patriarchate #Monastery, a tradition that dates back to the 14th century.

The church in the village of Naklo is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and was burnt down during the March 2004 unrest. Restoration began in 2020 with the cleaning of the churchyard and cemetery. Later, the churchyard and cemetery were fenced, fixtures were installed, and the roof was rebuilt. Before 2004, the village was home to 300 Orthodox Serbs, who initiated the church’s restoration.

Attacks on Serbian Orthodox holy sites in Kosovo and Metohija have been ongoing and have especially increased in recent months. These attacks on churches and private property are largely ethnically and religiously motivated, specifically targeting the Serbian community and the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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RT @DecaniMonastery: 🧵(1/2) Statement from the Holy Assembly of the #Serbian #Orthodox #Church, 14 May 2024
https://t.co/dasfcDYyu6
Faced with the complete lawlessness that the current authorities in Priština are enforcing against the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Orthodox people, this time by restricting the freedom of movement of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch, HH Porfirije, and Serbian bishops, preventing them in a completely unlawful manner, effectively through violence, from commencing the regular annual session of the Holy Synod at the Peć Patriarchate #Monastery. This Monastery has been the venue for the sessions since the first half of the 14th century, during the era of Saint Patriarch Joanikije II (14th century). The Holy Assembly of the SOC, before the entire civilized world, and especially before Christians, testifies that the Serbian people and their Serbian Orthodox Church in #Kosovo and #Metohija live in complete legal, meaning existential, insecurity.
Preventing the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church from visiting the Peć Patriarchate is akin to forbidding the Pope from going to the Vatican or the head of the Church of England from visiting Canterbury Cathedral. We bishops gather once a year from all over the world, from all continents, crossing numerous borders without issue, except when coming to Kosovo and Metohija, our spiritual homeland.
This lawlessness committed in the face of the world at a time when the authorities in Priština hope to be admitted to the Council of Europe, is a pale reflection of what the local authorities do daily to the Serbian people who have lived in their ancestral homeland in Kosovo and Metohija for at least a millennium and a half, as vividly evidenced by ancient monasteries and churches, graves, frescoes, and priceless icons. Therefore, the Holy Assembly urges all responsible international actors who have the ability to influence the authorities in Priština that by this act they have crudely demonstrated that for the Serbian Patriarch, bishops, clergy, and faithful people of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kosovo and Metohija, the internationally recognized and universally binding provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other conventions that directly guarantee the right to freedom of movement, the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, the right to peaceful assembly, and other guaranteed human rights and freedoms do not apply. We also call on the Orthodox and all Christian churches and their spiritual leaders to pray and take other actions to advocate for our religious rights.
The Serbian Orthodox Church has never been, is not now, nor will it ever be a political institution, but remains the spiritual Mother of Orthodox Serbs, carrying out its spiritual mission unhindered across the world. The Serbian Orthodox Church does not have the status of a state church or political organization in the Republic of Serbia or in other countries and therefore cannot be subject to political measures.
The current authorities in Priština, through classic abuse of law and undermining the foundations of the rule of law, in the days when Orthodox Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, have attempted to humiliate the Serbian Orthodox Church and instill new fears and concerns among the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, compelling them to abandon their holy sites and homes.
The Serbian Orthodox Church, especially in Kosovo and Metohija, has testified, and continues to testify, that it remains with its people regardless of the systematic and unpunished violence carried out against Orthodox Serbs for decades, especially since 1999 to the present.🔽
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RT @USArmyEURAF: The talks continue as Europe & NATOs senior enlisted leaders take part in the 17th Annual Conference of European Armies for Noncommissioned Officers. #Kosovo led a discussion on their NCO academy & #Albania led a panel on Mountain Warfare. #StayTuned for more! #StrongerTogether https://t.co/KL1oairUig
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RT @GermanyDiplo: Just under three weeks to go until the #CoE Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg. @ABaerbock discussed with @AlbinKurti on the sidelines of #petersberg24 how to pave the way for #Kosovo|’s @CoE membership. https://t.co/JkzQPSPvTY

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