NEW
There was no trilateral meeting.
Borrell says Kosovo PM Kurti had 3 conditions for meeting Vucic:
1. Signing the agreements
2. Serbia withdrawing the letter according to which they are not bound by the agreements
3. Handing over Radoicic and the other terrorists to
🇽🇰
The bilateral meeting between Kosovo's PM,
@albinkurti
, and the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has begun in Brussels.
Later today, a trilateral meeting with Serbia's Vucic is scheduled.
Dortmund is packed with Albanians today as Albania faces Italy.
#Euro2024
According to ESPN, 🇦🇱 will have the largest traveling contingent except the host nation.
50,000 Albanian fans are expected to attend, compared to fewer than 10,000 for reigning European champions Italy.
Remarkable investigation by
@RollingStone
.
Serbian war criminal who kicks the dead body of a woman in Bosnia in this '92 pic is Srdjan Golubovic aka DJ Max.
He walks free & has performed in Serbia's top music festival.
He was on the payroll of Serbia's State Security Service.
Serbia's national team promoting a chauvinistic slogan that is essentially a call for genocide in Kosovo.
Disgusting.
Horrifying.
Unforgivable.
@FIFAcom
BREAKING
The UNGA has adopted the Srebrenica Genocide resolution, which establishes an annual global day of commemoration every July 11.
🟢 84 votes in favor
🔴 19 against
⚪ 68 abstentions
Xhaka, whose family was forced to flee Kosovo because of Serbian regime's occupation and oppression, is Man of the Match as Switzerland sends Serbia home.
More than football.
If there's one video you need to watch about the recent events in northern Kosovo, it's this.
American NATO soldier tells the truth about the attacks on NATO soldiers to the face of Srpska Lista senior officials.
Srpska Lista is directly controlled by Serbia's regime.
BREAKING
The UNGA has adopted the Srebrenica Genocide resolution, which establishes an annual global day of commemoration every July 11.
🟢 84 votes in favor
🔴 19 against
⚪ 68 abstentions
A fan escorted out of the stadium for making the Albanian eagle gesture, an innocuous gesture that simply means Albania(n).
Meanwhile, Serbia's fans are free to display messages calling for genocide in Kosovo.
Shameful.
BREAKING
FIFA opens 2nd proceeding against Serbia, investigating for violations of 3 articles of FIFA's disciplinary code:
🟥 12 - misconduct by players & officials
🟥 13 - discrimination
🟥 16 - safety
Contrary to previous reports, there will be no proceedings against 🇨🇭.
Dear freedom-loving and democracy-loving people of the world,
Let's make
#StandWithKosovo
trend.
If you could add the personal reasons you stand with Kosovo, or explain why it is important for democracy worldwide to stand with Kosovo, all the better.
"He was whining, complaining & not telling the truth, which of course, is a 'virtue' of his, having been Milosevic's Minister of Propaganda."
Kosovo's President
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
on Vucic's behavior during yesterday's meeting in Moldova.
She says Vucic insulted her in Serbian.
Kosovo's PM
@albinkurti
for
@CNN
:
I will not surrender our democratic republic to a fascist militia.
Municipalities should be for everyone, not for Serbia's parallel structures turned into criminal gangs.
We consider both the US and the EU as indispensable allies, friends.
Kosovo PM Kurti on the Serb minority:
I want to defend all the Serbs. I am their PM, too. I have suffered a lot in my life. I don't want others to suffer. I know what it means to feel unrepresented. To feel without a voice. But I cannot compensate Vucic for Milosevic's losses.
Dortmund is packed with Albanians today as Albania faces Italy.
#Euro2024
According to ESPN, 🇦🇱 will have the largest traveling contingent except the host nation.
50,000 Albanian fans are expected to attend, compared to fewer than 10,000 for reigning European champions Italy.
In 1999,
@BernieSanders
was heckled by "leftists" opposed to NATO's intervention in Kosovo.
His response was brilliant and is very timely today, as many "leftists" from Brooklyn continue to parrot the Kremlin on Kosovo.
Djokovic says he has chosen to "forgive" NATO for bombing Milosevic.
The audacity!
Serbia is in no position to forgive.
Serbia should seek forgiveness from 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇧🇦 BiH for its aggression.
150,000 died due to Serbia's genocidal regime.
An ad in Times Square honors Afrim Bunjaku, the Kosovo police officer killed during yesterday's terrorist attack, and thanks the Kosovo police for their successful anti-terrorist operation.
The UNSC President strongly rebukes Vucic.
She said Osmani & Vucic had agreed to 3 minutes each.
V: "That was not agreed."
P: "It was agreed."
V: "No, it was not agreed."
P: "My deputy just told me that she agreed with you.
I will not accept that she is made out to be a liar."
The closing statement of Kosovo President
@VjosaOsmaniPRKS
at the UNSC:
"The victims of that [Milosevic] regime, mr. Vucic, are standing right here.
Take a moment, and apologize to them.
Show everyone whether you have even a little bit of a glimpse of humanity left in you."
24 years ago today, NATO bombing of Serbia's genocidal regime began.
NATO intervened to stop heart-wrenching images like this.
Milosevic was hell-bent on killing or expelling every single Kosovo Albanian if he wasn't stopped.
NATO intervention was just, necessary, and overdue.
Look how Serbian players swarmed Xhaka just because he is from Kosovo.
This is the true face of Serbia.
Also let's give honorary Kosovo citizenship to Embolo, too.
URGENT
India not allowing Kosovo boxer & World medalist Donjeta Sadiku to participate in the World Championship under 🇽🇰's flag.
🇽🇰 is a full & equal member of the World Boxing Federation since 2014.
Even Russia & China have respected🇽🇰's right to participate in sports events.
A girl in Kosovo was so hopeless that she couldn't believe NATO troops were on their way.
A perfect illustration of what was at stake, and why the intervention was just and long overdue.
"Life is finished. For me, it's finished. For my father, for my brother, for everybody."
Kosovo PM Kurti responds to Vucic at UNSC:
There is a deep irony to false allegations of human rights abuses made by a country that has committed the last genocide of the 20th century & a government that is one of the biggest authoritarian threats to regional peace & security.
Kosovo PM Kurti confirms gunshots fired by criminals controlled by Serbia's govt in north 🇽🇰, urges calm & cautions about disinformation.
"The hours&days ahead can be challenging. We're facing the 🇷🇸 chauvinism that we know well...Will work day&night for our democratic Republic."
Bombshell whistleblower report:
Serbian state-owned weapons firm Yugoimport is suspected of sending 🇧🇪 ammunition to Russia, aiding sanctions evasion.
Following the report, Belgian authorities have decided to suspend licenses for Serbia effective immediately.
🇧🇪 national TV:
Dutch Member of European Parliament, Strik:
"We were all shocked when a heavily-armed Serbian gang with seemingly strong links to the government, invaded Kosovo and brutally killed a police officer.
Shocked, but not surprised, because this is what EU appeasement leads to."
The emotional moment when Kosovo soldiers manage to save a 2-year-old girl and pull her out from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, more than 48 hours after the earthquake.
Now they are attempting to save the mother.
UK's Foreign Secretary Cameron:
"Russia wants to do more to destabilize the Balkans, wants to do more through its proxies, including Serbia."
"We should show a growing frustration with the attitude of the Serbian government... Our patience should wear rather thin."
The daughter of the Kosovo policeman who was killed in yesterday's attack delivered a touching eulogy:
I promise you, Dad, that I will always be proud of you.
I will always follow your path.
We will always remember you with longing and conviction.
My Hero. My Dad.
HISTORIC
The moment President Zelenskyy of Ukraine signs the application to join NATO, following Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine's Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia regions.
He made us laugh; he made us cry; he made us think. On the stage and on the screen, in our darkest hours and in our best times, he united all of us.
Rest in peace, Adem Mikullovci.
Croatia's President Milanović at the UN General Assembly:
"We continue to advocate universal recognition of Republic of Kosova and its right to existence as an equal member of the community of nations."
Albanian-American
@miramurati
is the creator of ChatGPT, the AI technology that is the fastest-growing consumer app in history, having reached 100 million users just two months after launch.
Daily Show's Trevor Noah interviewed her.
What appeasing Vucic has emboldened him to do:
- Attacks on NATO peacekeepers; 90 injured, 2 lost their legs
- Kidnapping 3 Kosovo police
- Deadly Banjska terrorist attacks
- Election fraud
- Violently breaking up protests
- Brutalizing an opposition politician
On March 5-7, 1998, Serbia's genocidal regime massacred all but one of the children in this photo.
60 members of the Jashari family were massacred.
After robbing them of their childhood, of their future hopes and dreams, Serbia's regime labeled these children "terrorists."
BREAKING
Kosovo police has prevented a terrorist attack, per the Minister of Interior.
A vehicle with Belgrade plates was stopped around 100m away from the Zvecan Municipality building.
It contained large quantities of weapons, explosive devices, ammunition, stun grenades.
Albanian-American Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
She will replace Sam Altman, who has been ousted by the board.
Jeta Xharra: Radoicic carried out the attack.
EU Ambassador: We see some social media but we need to see more evidence.
JXH: What do you mean social media? Even Serbia acknowledges this.
A: Let's see the concrete evidence.
JXH: He confessed!
22 years, 5 months, and 25 days later.
The remains of 7 Kosovo civilians, who were among the 98 Kosovo Albanians massacred by Serbia's regime in Rezallë in 1999 and were found in a mass grave in Serbia, were finally handed over to their families.
Never forget.
BREAKING
Kosovo has discovered a certificate directly linking the Serbian army to the transfer of a grenade launcher that Kosovo police seized from the terrorist group after the deadly terrorist attack on the Kosovo Police, Kosovo Minister of Interior Svecla announces.
A heartwarming high-five between a Kosovo Serb kid and a Kosovo police officer in Banjska in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack on the Kosovo Police orchestrated by the Vucic regime.
Pic: Ognen Teofilovski, Reuters
The daughter of Serbian politician Sandulovic laid flowers at the grave of Blerina Jashari.
Her father had previously been kidnapped and tortured by the Vucic regime for this very act.
Kosovo law students outperformed around 360 teams from across the world to reach the top 4 in the "Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot" competition in Vienna, Austria.
Kosovo police display the vast cache of weapons, ammunition, and equipment seized in the aftermath of yesterday's Serbian terrorist attack on Kosovo police officers.
Note also stickers bearing the name of the NATO-led KFOR mission.
Netflix series The Crown features NATO intervention in Kosovo.
"Milosevic is a monstrous dictator, carrying out the systematic & violent persecution of innocent civilians."
"You insisted the West no longer stand by while genocide & slaughter take place."
Serbs are lining up to light candles outside the Russian Embassy in Belgrade, in memory of Darya Dugina who called Ukrainians "subhuman" and advocated for genocide against Ukraine and Kosovo.
Let that sink in.
🇺🇦 MP,
@GoncharenkoUa
:
"Kosova është Evropë!" (Kosovo is Europe in Albanian)
"Kosovo wants to be a part of the free world."
"We were happy to work together with democratic Serbia, but you will never rebuild the Serbian empire. There is no place in Europe for empires anymore."
German police officer in Dortmund yesterday:
Albanian fans are very charming, loud but positive.
There have been no incidents, and everything is under control.
.
@JasminMuj
asks Lajcak whether it's fair that the future of Kosovo's EU accession runs through dialogue with Serbia.
Lajcak says 🇷🇸's EU membership also depends on 🇽🇰.
Major flaw of this argument: Vucic *doesn't want EU membership.*
There is a fundamental asymmetry here.
Gen. Cavoli, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, testified before the US Senate:
He has authorized aerial intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance to monitor threats to 🇽🇰&🇧🇦.
NATO will send heavier equipment, more troops to Kosovo.
🇫🇷 aircraft carrier is in the Adriatic.
.
@aliciakearns
:
Kosovo is not Serbia. Low turnout due to foreign interference.
West recognized the result, now asking 🇽🇰 to re-run it.
Should these attacks happen in 🇬🇧, we wouldn't say "just work from home."
Wrong for US & EU to attack 🇽🇰 without criticizing 🇷🇸 militias.
Kosovo PM Kurti on the Banjska terrorist attacks:
You noticed today that Mr. Vucic mentioned Serbs being wounded in different incidents but he did not mention 3 killed Serbs.
Why? Because he knows they were terrorists financed, supported, orchestrated by him.
Many years ago, humanitarian aid was sent from Turkey to Kosovo in this box.
The box was not thrown away.
Now the people of Kosovo filled it with supplies & sent it to Turkey.
What a beautiful reminder of how humanity is connected & that every gesture of support matters.
NEW
Footage from the interior of the villa owned by close Vucic associate & terrorist Radoicic.
"He is not a 'freedom fighter' but a Pablo Escobar of the region who became a multi-millionaire at the expense of fellow citizens," said Kosovo Minister of Interior, Svecla.
Kosovo offered to sign the basic agreement. Serbia refused.
Kosovo offered to sign the implementation annex. Serbia refused.
It's crystal clear that Kosovo is the constructive, responsible, reasonable party, a source of peace and stability in the Western Balkans. Serbia is not.
.
@DUALIPA
teaching
@jimmykimmel
the meaning of Albanian idioms such as "i ka bo rrush e kumblla", "e kish nji derrase mangi", "sa per sy e faqe", "hyp se t'vrava, zhdryp se t'vrava."
Croatian President Milanovic lambasts EU bothsideism: "Kosovo has responded with reciprocal measures to something Serbia has been doing for 20 years. If you cannot go to 🇷🇸 with 🇽🇰 license plates then 🇽🇰 decides that the same applies to vehicles from 🇷🇸. Who is escalating here?"
Kosovo's National Hero, Adem Jashari, shining bright on the iconic Times Square in New York City.
The ad celebrates the 15th anniversary of Kosovo's independence and expresses gratitude to the United States for its steadfast support.
This is huge.
The US agrees with Kosovo that the paramilitary group was armed and controlled by the Serbian state, says
@guardian
's World Affairs Editor, Washington-based Julian Borger.
The woman whose body Golubovic kicks in the pic was Tifa Sabanovic.
The other dead civilians were an Albanian couple, Hamide and Abidrami Pajaziti.
@ronhaviv
took a great personal risk in taking these pics and was on Arkan's hit list after they were published.
Croatia's President, Milanovic, on EU5 stance on Kosovo:
The EU is not honest with Kosovo. All of Europe knows the reality of its independence, yet they don't mention it.
I am probably the only non-Albanian who urged UNGA members to recognize Kosovo.
Albanian-American
@Miramurati
is the Woman of the Year 2023, according to Market Rebellion, a prominent American investment training company.
She is the creator of ChatGPT, the AI technology that is taking the world by storm.
Croatia's President Milanovic commented on the situation in northern Kosovo:
"Serbia must understand and accept that Kosovo is independent."
Milanovic said he urged the remaining five European non-recognizers to recognize Kosovo at last year's NATO summit.
This is not Russia.
This is not Belarus.
This happened in Serbia, the frontrunner to join the EU, yesterday. A whole stadium singing Soviet military songs in unison and cheering for "Mother Russia."
Serbia has made its bed and must lie in it.
Yesterday, a Serbian court ruled that Aida Corovic was guilty of disturbing public order & peace. Her crime? Throwing eggs at the mural of convicted war criminal Mladic.
Today, a court in Serbia released Radoicic, who confessed that he led the deadly terrorist attacks in Kosovo.
Kosovo PM
@albinkurti
addresses the nation, says that the newly-elected mayors in the north "have our full, unconditional, and unwavering support. Democracy cannot be suspended or held hostage."
"The Republic of Kosovo is the most democratic country in the Western Balkans."
This is not Russia.
This is not Belarus.
This is Putinovo, Serbia, a village renamed after Putin, featuring the hateful Z symbol & pics of Putin, convicted genocidaire Karadzic.
Serbia, "the frontrunner to join the EU", has received billions of euros in EU funds & investments.
Barricades in Croatia, 1990.
Barricades in Sarajevo, 1992.
Barricades in Kosovo, 2022.
The same playbook used by Serbia's pro-Russian regime over and over again.
This has nothing to do with "local Serbs" & the intl media should stop using Serbian regime's talking points.
US Congressman
@RepKeithSelf
grills Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jones on northern Kosovo
Mayors were duly elected. Those who win, take office. Why call for a re-do?
Low turnout happens all the time in 🇺🇸
You are not going to pull 🇷🇸 out of 🇷🇺 orbit
Support rule of law
British soldiers are now being deployed along Kosovo's border with Serbia in 18-hour shifts amidst freezing conditions, to ensure that no weapons or armed groups enter Kosovo. -- Reuters