Ottoman Serbia
Kosovo Police Arrest Serb for ‘Inciting Hatred’ After Battle Commemoration
Kosovo police said they arrested Serbian citizen Nikola Nedeljkovic from Belgrade for "inciting hatred and discord" after a memorial service on Tuesday dedicated to the fighters of 1389 Battle of Kosovo.
The service was held at the Gazimestan monument near Kosovo's capital, Pristina. It coincides with the Serbian Orthodox religious holiday of Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day).
Rare portraits of Ottoman sultans to be sold at London auction
British auction house Christie's will offer collectors a chance to purchase the rare portraits of six Ottoman sultans - Orhan Gazi, Bayezid I, Isa Chelebi, Mehmed I, Selim I and Selim II - when they go under the hammer on Oct. 28.
The portraits are expected to fetch a total of 800,000 to 1.2 million pounds ($1.1 million - $1.64 million).
Enmity and Neglect Take Toll on Serb Churches in Kosovo
After the St. Nedelja's Day service was over, the church was locked to be up and again will stay locked until the annual service is held again in 2022. Few Serbs live nearby, and the young priests who used to have lodgings on the church's premises are long gone.
Kosovo Sentences Montenegrin for Chanting Serb Nationalist Slogans
Risto Jovanovic (second from right) at Pristina Basic Court on Wednesday. Photo: BIRN.
The court sentenced him to six months in prison but ruled that Jovanovic can pay a fine of 6,700 euros instead of serving the sentence, which his defence agreed to do.
Kosovo Detains Montenegrin for Singing Serb Nationalist Songs
Serbs celebrate Vidovdan at a monument in Gazimestan in Kosovo. Photo: EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ.
The Kosovo prosecution accuses Jovanovic of the criminal offence of "inciting discord and intolerance".
Volunteers Help North Macedonia’s Elderly Survive Lockdown
"I don't want to risk going to my doctor and I need therapy. Please go to my doctor so she can prescribe my medication, because I only have pills left for three days."
This was one of the calls that the Red Cross's municipal HQ in the Skopje municipality of Karposh received on Wednesday morning.
PM in Statehood Day message to Serbians
"On behalf of the government of the Republic of Serbia and in my own name, I congratulate citizens of Serbia Statehood Day, proud of the Sretenje Constitution, whose adoption in 1835 laid the foundations of a modern Serbian state," Brnabic stated, according to a press release.
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Dikovic lays wreath at Monument to Unknown Hero
BELGRADE - Commemorating April 23, the Serbian Armed Forces Day, Chief of Staff Gen Ljubisa Dikovic on Saturday laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mt Avala near Belgrade in a tribute to those who in 1815 set out to free Serbia from Turkish occupation.
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B92 Fund, Mineco donate to seminary in Kosovo
The Mineco company and the B92 Fund have provided equipment for the computer lab of the Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Prizren, a town in Kosovo.
The donation is worth RSD 1.4 million, and aimed at helping improve the study and work environment of the students.
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Kosovo Heroes from battle 626 years ago commemorated
Several thousand people on Sunday, St. Vitus Day (Vidovdan), attended a memorial service at Gazimestan, near Pristina.
In this place in 1389, 626 years ago, the Serbian army led by Prince Lazar confronted the invading Ottoman Turks. Those fallen in the battle that the Serbian state lost are referred to as Kosovo Heroes, and the Gazimestan monument is their memorial.