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Battle Of Glođane
The Battle of Glođane (, ) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Glođane first on March 24, 1998, and again later on August 11, 1998. It involved the Kosovo Albanian militant group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Yugoslav military and Serbian police forces. The clashes signified a sequence of military offensives initiated by the Yugoslav army and Serbian police to counter the increasing presence of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) within Kosovo Albanian villages. Background In Kosovo, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) forces gained strength and tended to control villages away from the main roads while Yugoslav military forces were positioned on the hills around Lake Radoniq. Throughout the summer of 1998, Yugoslav forces shelled Albanian villages surrounding Lake Radoni on a daily basis. Clashes on 24 March 1998 After the Attack on Prekaz and the killings of KLA leaders Adem Jashari and his brother Hamëz Jashari, along with nearly 60 other f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo. The KLA was formed in the early 1990s to fight against the discrimination of ethnic Albanians and the repression of political dissent by the Serbian authorities, which started after the suppression of Kosovo's autonomy and other discriminatory policies against Albanians by Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in 1989. The KLA initiated its first campaign in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Of Serbia
The Serbian Police (), formally the Police of the Republic of Serbia (), is the national civilian police force of the Serbia. The Serbian Police are responsible for all local and national law enforcement. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia), Ministry of Internal Affairs. History Serbian Revolution The roots of public security in revolutionary Serbia appear during the Serbian Revolution. At the 1807 Revolutionary Assembly police authority in ''nahijas'' (districts) was entrusted to ''Voivode, voivodes'' and ''obor knezovi'', and in local communities to local ''knezovi''. The executive officers of the ''obor knezovi'' were represented by ''golaći'' or ''bećari''. Later, the role of executive bodies of the newly established courts was taken over by ''Pandur, pandurs''. The organization of police authorities in Belgrade and other places was established on 30 December 1807 with regular and permanent police force stationed in Belgrade, which consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of The Kosovo War
Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations: ;Combatants *KLA—Kosovo Liberation Army *FARK— Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo *VJ— Yugoslav Army *NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization ;Peace-keeping forces *KFOR—Kosovo Force (NATO) ;Organizations *ICTY—International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (UN) *IICK—Independent International Commission on Kosovo *KDOM—Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission Background 1981 1991-1992 1993-early 1998 Kosovo War 1998 *28 February: Likoshan ambush. KLA victory. 4 Yugoslav soldiers killed. *28 February: Attacks on Likoshane and Çirez Yugoslav Victory *28 February: Likoshan killings. Serbian police killed 14 Albanians of the Ahmeti family. *February 1998: Drenica ambush: Four Serbian police officers were killed in a KLA ambush near Drenica. *5 March: 4 Yugoslav policemen killed in an attack on a police station by KLA in Prekaz. *5–7 March: Attack on Prekaz. Yugoslav victory. 59 Albanians killed by VJ, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Radonjić Massacre
The Lake Radonjić massacre or the Massacre at Lake Radonjić (, ) refers to the mass murder of at least 34 Kosovo Serb, Kosovo Albanian and Roma civilians near Lake Radonjić, by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) at the village of Glodjane, in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 9 September 1998. The massacre took place during the Kosovo War. Background In 1989, Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia was revoked. Soon after, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was formed to fight the Yugoslav establishment. After a string of minor attacks, the KLA's mission became much more aggressive, which led to them claiming areas that were key to Serbia's fuel-supply, near the town of Orahovac. Years of ethnic tension had preceded the Kosovo War, and spilled into numerous atrocities on both sides. Beginning in March 1998, the KLA under the command of Ramush Haradinaj mounted a campaign north of Lake Radonjić to seize control over the area between Glodjane and Deçan. By April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamëz Jashari
Hamëz Jashari (19 February 1950 – 7 March 1998) was an Albanian commander and guerrilla fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army. He was the brother of the well-known founder of the organization, Adem Jashari. Together, they fought against Serbian forces during the uprising from 1995 to 1998, leading up to the Kosovo War. Early life Hamëz Jashari was born into a large Albanian family. His father was Shaban Jashari and his mother was Zahide Jashari. Hamëz completed his primary education at the village school, attended secondary school in Skenderaj, and pursued studies at the higher economic school. He worked at the ammunition factory in Skenderaj and had a strong affinity for the arts, excelling in writing, drawing, theater, and music. Hamëz was married to Feride Mecini from Klina e Epërme in Skenderaj, and together they had nine children. Despite opportunities to live abroad, including a brief stay in West Germany in 1973, Hamëz remained deeply rooted in Kosovo and dedic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Jashari
Adem Shaban Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Beginning in 1991, Jashari participated in attacks against the Serbian police before travelling to Albania to receive military training. Arrested in 1993, he was released at the behest of the Albanian Army and later returned to Kosovo, where he continued launching attacks against the Yugoslav establishment. In July 1997, he was convicted of terrorism ''in absentia'' by a Yugoslav court; the trial was subsequently criticized by Human Rights Watch. After several unsuccessful attempts to capture or kill him, Serbian police launched an attack against Jashari's home in Prekaz in March 1998. The battle that followed resulted in the deaths of 57 members of Jashari's family, including that of Jashari, his wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack On Prekaz
The Attack on Prekaz, also known as the Prekaz massacre, was an operation led by the Special Anti-Terrorism Unit of Serbia which lasted from 5 to 7 March 1998, whose goal was to eliminate Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) suspects and their families. During the operation, KLA leader Adem Jashari and his brother Hamëz were killed, along with nearly 60 other family members. The assault came two months after a smaller, ill-fated attack on January that year with the same objectives. The attack was criticized by Amnesty International, which wrote in its report that: "all evidence suggests that the attack was not intended to apprehend armed Albanians, but to eliminate the suspects and their families." Serbia, on the other hand, claimed the raid was due to KLA attacks on police outposts. The attack and subsequent death of Jashari became an integral part of the local Albanian national narrative. The operation was accompanied by use of summary executions and excessive force by Serbian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radoniq Lake
Radoniq Lake (; /''Radonjićko jezero'') is a lake in Kosovo. After Gazivoda Lake, it is the second largest in the country at 5.62 km2. Back in the 80‘s, there used to be a town under this lake. However during the process of making this artificial lake, the town had to be sunk under it. The residents had, of course, moved from the town once this happened. During different times of the year, once the tide is low, the very top of a church can be seen, as it remains still intact. It is a widely known fact to the people around the lake. However not many visitors know the whole story of this lake. In 1998, the lake was the site of the Lake Radonjić massacre. See also * List of lakes of Kosovo Kosovo is home to five large lakes. The largest of these is Gazivoda Lake, in the north-western part of Kosovo in the municipality of Zubin Potok. These are five of the largest lakes in Kosovo: *Gazivoda Lake is shared between Kosovo and Serbi ... References Lakes of Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians Of Kosovo
The Albanians of Kosovo (, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, who inhabit the north of Albania, north of the Shkumbin river, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and western parts of North Macedonia. They speak Gheg Albanian, more specifically the Northwestern and Northeastern Gheg variants. According to the 1991 Yugoslav census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population. By the estimation in the year 2000, there were between 1,584,000 and 1,733,600 Albanians in Kosovo or 88% of population; as of 2011, their population share is 92.93%. History Pre-7th century Toponymical evidence suggests that Albanian was spoken in western and eastern Kosovo and the Niš region before the Migration Period. In this era, Albanian in Kosovo was in linguistic contact with Eastern Romance which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblema E UÇK-së
Emblema may mean: * Emblema (motif), a central motif in a panel in a Greek or Roman mosaic A mosaic () is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/Mortar (masonry), mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and ... * ''Emblema'' (bird), a genus of finches {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)
The Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (, abbr. САЈ / SAJ) is an elite tactical unit of the Serbian Police. History The history of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit dates back to 18 December 1978 and the establishment of the Militia Unit for Special Actions (). The first base for the Milicija unit was at the militia station in New Belgrade. Its first commander was Miloš Bujenović. In 1983, the unit moved to Belgrade Airport in Surčin. In 1991, the unit renamed as the Anti-Terrorism Unit (''Antiteroristička jedinica''). In 1992, during the reorganization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Militia, the Anti-Terrorism Unit was placed under the Directorate of Public Security of the reorganized ministry. That same year, command was formed in Belgrade, with established branches in Novi Sad and Priština. Zoran Simović was the head of the then Belgrade unit, Novi Sad branch-unit was led by Branko Jurčić, and Priština branch-unit by Radoslav Stalević. At that period, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
