Dutch guy ('84) connected for 20 years with the country that produces more pop stars per capita than any other place/digital communications specialist/3 kids
His father was a political prisoner, after a demonstration against the Serbian regime. The family had to move from
#Kosovo
to Switzerland. A boy, Granit was born.
Tonight, this boy was the captain of Switzerland in a bizarre win against world champion France.
Granit Xhaka.
The worst thing about the picture that Dua Lipa posted yesterday is that the Albanians have 4 world famous singers, and the others have 0.
This is unfair.
Good example of Serbian fake news. The Albanian name of the KLA is UÇK, not UQK. So when Albanians would paint something like this, at least they would know how to write this.
Is
@ViolavonCramon
aware that Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija still wake up to threats of the terrorist KLA?
Is this how your
@albinkurti
keeps peace and stability in Kosovo and Metohija?
For how long
@ViolavonCramon
plans to feign ignorance of daily attacks on Serbs?
👇
I speak with foreign journalists, diplomats, and politicians. There is currently one constant factor:
> All of them see Serbia as the aggressor
> All of them see
#Kosovo
as a democratic, pro-Western state in the Balkans.
And that wasn't always the case one or two years ago 👆🏻
Who doesn't want
#Kosovo
at the
#euro2020
after seeing them fighting against England tonight? The Brazil of the Balkans lost 5-3 in a crazy game 🇽🇰
#EngKos
NEWS - 38 year old Vjosa Osmani will act as
#Kosovo
president, since she is the parliament speaker.
Remember: she is the most voted woman in the country, with 6 times more votes than the actual Prime Minister
Interesting. Within 5 days. A facebook group in
#Kosovo
managed to have 200.000 members. The subject: I support the Prime Minister
@albinkurti
.
To compare: you need 207.000 votes to win the elections here.
4 years ago, the Albanian eagle became world-famous. The reason was not that 2 guys, originally from
#Kosovo
, scored against Serbia and celebrated this with the Albanian hand gesture. But the fact that Serbia tried to criminalize this Albanian symbol. It actually backfired.
After injuring European NATO soldiers, kidnapping police officers, and attacking journalists, the Serbian regime has a new crime to its name: killing a police officer in
#Kosovo
.
But as always, great Western disapproval remains absent and I fear it will be so again this time.
I remember the first time seeing my son doing the (Albanian) eagle sign with his hands. He is 100% Dutch, but raised among Albanians, and speaking Albanian. I'm proud of that, since its an amazing hospitable, respectful culture.
Last night, this sign became world famous
#Kosovo
After a long day, my thanks, condolences, and respect go out to probably the kindest police force in Europe. On the one hand friendly waving to my children, on the other ruthless when Serbian terrorists enter the Republic of
#Kosovo
👮🏼♂️🇽🇰👮♀️
@Kosovo_Police
Note to international press:
There are no ethnic tensions in
#Kosovo
. Don't buy that story.
When you read about ((ethnic) Serbian) violence it's purely political (and everyone knows that the president of Serbia is behind it).
The most emotional TV-moment of the year comes from
#Kosovo
, and therefore I subtitled it for non-Albanian speakers.
A woman with cancer calls to a donation program after the deadly
#EarthquakeAlbania
#Albania
NEWS - "When are we going to act against Serbia? When will we make it very clear that we will not accept escalation by force?", Dutch MP
@swsjoerdsma
just asked the Foreign Minister.
It is 2 days after the terror attack in
#Kosovo
involving a Serbian politician.
Madeleine Albright in july 1999, after
#Kosovo
was liberated.
A statue in the capital of the country shows the appreciation of the people for her.
#RIP
(c) video
@AP
One of the biggest weapons of Milosevic was his propaganda machine. This made regular people in
#Serbia
believe the most disgusting things.
His Minister of Information was Vucic, who is currently the President of Serbia.
And precisely his country backs Russia against
#Ukraine
.
Catholic nuns, pop stars, athletes, and politicians. The country where I live brought forth many amazing women with a strong vision and courage
#InternationalWomensDay
#Kosovo
🇽🇰🇦🇱💪🏼
I will help the acting president
@VjosaOsmaniMP
and her team during this election campaign, on a pro bono basis. The natural leadership and courage of the most voted woman in the country is an inspiration for thousands in
#Kosovo
and beyond.
For those following the Kosovo-Serbia thing.
Just remember: Under the new government of
#Kosovo
, the country became the 2nd best Rule of Law improver in the world.
#Serbia
is the only European country openly supporting Putin, and their leader was a minister under Milosevic.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been replaced by CTO Mira Murati.
Murati spoke with Fortune earlier this year about the ultra-high stakes in the generative AI revolution.
I expected some people to listen but I never expected to ”Love Cycle” when I released it but for it to be heard around the world like this with no label support or promo on the song, I’d never imagine that. This is all you guys‼️ Love you❤️ & Nigerians you have all my respect🙏🏼🇳🇬
Exactly 10 years ago, I emigrated to
#Kosovo
. This country never failed me ❤️🇽🇰🇦🇱 My family calls this place home, because of all the amazing people here.
Also, thanks to (many of) my Prime colleagues for surprising me 👇🏼
Last night. These three police officers stopped all traffic and helped an old and sick man crossing this center street of the capital. After that, they stopped every taxi to see if any of them could bring this man home. The kindness of
#Kosovo
🥰
Tonight, exactly 25 years ago, hundreds of women in
#Kosovo
kissed their husbands goodnight. What they didn't know was that the next day they would all be murdered. 377 civilian men.
The Meja Massacre is the biggest massacre of the Kosovo War.
We remember April 27, 1999.
Now that I hear all those Russians who don't know that there is war in Ukraine, I also understand better that most Serbs have no idea what happened in
#Kosovo
. And why Serbs still think they are the victims.
The result of years of state propaganda.
Great news. You can finally use Google Maps in
#Kosovo
with navigation. Handy for tourists as well.
Now the only thing left is being accepted by Eurovision and then we are finally just like all other independent states (but with better coffee, and lower income tax).
Two mountains full of relief supplies in the center of
#Pristina
. Close to the christmas tree, people come and give food, clothing and this huge teddy bear. Heartwarming to see. And this is only one town!
#EarthquakeAlbania
#T
ërmet
The flag of
#Kosovo
flies in Rotterdam during
#Eurovision
🇽🇰
Greetings from the country that brought forth Dua Lipa and Rita Ora, but still is banned from Eurovision.
(Thanks to my brother who smuggled the Flag into the building.)
My kids prepared at school for the upcoming celebration of the 109th year of Albanian Independence, this Sunday 🥰.
This day, sometimes called Flag Day or November 28, is celebrated by Albanians around the world 🇦🇱
For a few days now, Albin Kurti's wife has been accompanying him during the campaign. Whether you love him or hate him, these photos are perfect
#Kosovo
NEWS - Twitter is full with tweets of English ppl praising the fans of
#Kosovo
. Tweets like 'best away fans ever' are not surprising to me.
Kosovars are amazing ppl, but it took some years before the world allowed them to play football and travel abroad to shine. Proud of 🇽🇰🇦🇱🇽🇰
I've been visiting Kosovo for the last 18 years, and I have never seen anything like this. NATO soldiers in
#Kosovo
are those friendly guys visiting the mall in Pristina on a Sunday afternoon. Those that wave to your kids while waiting in line at the KFC.
This is extremely sad.
Painful painful painful images of European soldiers that were injured by Serbian hooligans in the North of
#Kosovo
.
Serbian President Vucic playing a dangerous game here. With terrible consequences.
NEWS - The travel advisory map for Dutch nationals to
#Kosovo
has gone - as far as I can remember for the first time - from yellow to green (except for the upper North, for obvious reasons).
"The security risks in Kosovo are similar to those in the Netherlands".
Having an Albanian from
#Kosovo
scoring the winning goal in the Bundesliga and doing the eagle sign after the
#AlbaniaEarthquake
is beautiful 👐🏼❤👐🏼🇦🇱👐🏼🇽🇰👐🏼
Reading about the 'around 300 people killed in
#Bucha
', of course I immediately think about the time Serbian forces killed 377 people in
#Kosovo
. This happened in April too, 23 years ago. The victims were trying to flee the War.
Let's hope they can gather evidence in Bucha asap
Seven out of ten Albanians from Albania never visited
#Kosovo
.
You guys are all welcome to visit our place. You don't even have to pay 10 euro's to drive our highways. It's for free <3
The country where the Prime Minister walks in front of the Pride Parade. No heave police needed, no hooligans beating up peaceful people.
A country often more European than many EU member states.
#PrideMonth
#Kosovo
(c)
#KTVvideo
Let us all hope that thousands of people in
#Serbia
will go out today, and show the world that they feel embarrassed being the only European country not condemning Putins war in
#Ukraine
.
You can't blame every Serb for falling for Serbian/Russian propaganda. But you can blame the best tennis player in the world, who travels everywhere. Especially when he is sponsored by a Western European brand.
Đoković should be banned from tennis for life. If not banned than shunned by the normal people of the world. He is now joining Serbian state propaganda which is trying to portray terrorists as heroes.
On this day in 1999: Dutch singer burst into tears while singing about
#Kosovo
. People in the Netherlands raise that night 42 million for refugees during the War❤️
For those following the news about the North in
#Kosovo
:
President Vucic of Serbia is first of all a problem for peace and stability in Europe. He is the only European leader not condemning Putins war in the
#Ukraine
.
And yes, he is as well a problem for Kosovo,Bosnia,MNE etc.
Painful painful painful images of European soldiers that were injured by Serbian hooligans in the North of
#Kosovo
.
Serbian President Vucic playing a dangerous game here. With terrible consequences.
Israelian ambassador wearing a
#Kosovo
National Team football shirt, and pronouncing the name of the country in Albanian (Kosova).
That's a first, I guess.
What a difference between the normal and peaceful
#Kosovo
(95%) and a few towns in the North of the country where Serbians throw big rocks to police officers 😱
Writing an interview for
@duadotcom
about the Meja Massacre. 21 years ago, 376
#Kosovo
Albanians were killed there.
I've been dozens of times at that place, but its still emotional to write about it. [
@Pic
:
@ValeriePlesch
)
For those that don't know politics in Kosovo: 10 out of 120 parliament seats are reserved for the Serbian minority.
All of these seats are taken by 'Serbian List'.
As we know now: 1 of their leaders is part of an armed terrorist group. And his salary is paid by...
#Kosovo
tax
19 years ago I got this stamp in my passport. I really didn't know anything at all about
#Kosovo
. By now, I do a bit 😉
Super grateful for God, and all the ppl of Kosovo who have come my way since then.
It is not often that home fans give a standing ovation when an opposing player is substituted. But in this case we are talking about a living legend, who himself was born in Kosovo.
And who also gave the Albanian eagle world fame at the 2018 World Cup.
We love to see this Flag at the highest stage.
#Kosovo
starts the Olympics with the highest possible score. One athlete, one gold medal. Distria Krasniqi wins the second ever medal in history for the sweet little Kosovo.
🇽🇰 Kosovo ranks 32nd in the world for "Order & Security," according to the WJP Rule of Law Index 2023.
Higher than:
🇺🇸 and 9 🇪🇺 countries (🇷🇴🇪🇸🇧🇪🇨🇾🇫🇷🇵🇹🇧🇬🇮🇹🇬🇷) and W.Balkan countries.
Since the early hours of Wednesday, Serbian authorities have stranded over 300 Kosovo citizens at the border crossing with Croatia, confiscating their passports and IDs in apparent retaliation for PACE vote on Kosovo's accession to the Council of Europe.