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Was expecting/hoping you'd do a video on the country's recent history with the war. Thank you so much for making this, really educational and makes you so grateful not to have lived through anything like this! I think what you said about the young soldier who lost his life in the war was right - yes, very sad that he died at war, but he'd be proud of what Kosovo is now!
It was a tough subject to cover but I'm glad I was able to find so many signs of the conflict, I found it all very interesting and hoped that the story I told could at least get all the main points in. Every village I passed through seemed to have it's own memorial and story to tell. I was constantly trying to process how a few decades ago the beautiful hills and mountains I was driving through were a war zone.
Fantastic video! Next time make sure to explore the Adem Jashari Memorial Complex in Prekaz (between Pristina and Peja) where the war actually started and nearly 60 people from the same family were executed (mostly children and women) with just one 10 year old girl who survived and was taken by the Serbians to identify all of her family members. In addition to the houses converted into museums, there are also the graves of the Jashari family who died in the war.
about 4000 and 1000 Kosovare with citizenship in US UK EU for 3 years of war, Serbs they avoid to get attack by Kosova liberation army,Serbs only attack civilians ppl like old ppl and kids they killed 30,000 civilians 10,000 are missing since war, Serb army send them to Serbia to hide their crime, including my uncle 67 years old his wife, and 2 of his kids, my uncle had 47 Kalashnikov bullet on his body, after war we need to open a lot of graves for the human right to check how they got killed.... Serbi Army and Russian mercenary got more killed by the Kosovo liberation army
In your first video you commented that your rental car wasn't very good. After watching all the terrain you've ventured over with it (and I'm sure I haven't seen the last of it) that car should be christened "The Little Rental that Could" - assuming the car held up LOL
Haha that's a fair point, I did put it through it's paces. Things actually get a bit worse in the next few episodes but I'll leave you to find out if I actually made it back!
Surely a beautiful place. All the war history is very sad and messy. Same terrible things happen by the hands of the country I was born in and brought up. The government has absolutely lost the plot and got dehumanised. There's nothing noble about wars only if people protect their home and families.
Glad you found it interesting, David. It's certainly a less travelled part of Kosovo but I was glad to be able to cover it. The monastery was beautiful, it's such a shame I couldn't show you inside but I wanted to respect the rules. Even though security was super tight everyone was really friendly and helpful.
First of all, the cemetary at 5:40 is a Serbian orthodox cemetery which wasn't destroyed "by war", but by Albanian civilians in the years after it, same as dozens of others like the cemetery in south Mitrovica, where Serbian refugees visit every year and find new destroyed graves every time. Second, it's interesting how there were a million displaced Albanians, yet now once NATO peacekeepers are there, out of 30.000 pre-war Serbs in Pristina, there's less than one hundred in total, while in Gjakovica a elderly woman was chased away by 11 Albanian NGO's simply for being an ethnic Serb without any other reason, so yes, those KLA terrorists burried in Glogjan would be proud to see that their non-UN recognized self declared entity is a hellhole for non-Albanians. You also failed to mention that the war started by KLA commiting terrorist attacks against civilians and policemen from ambushes, not by using wooden arrows, but by using weapons publicly given by the west and smuggled through the border. Lastly, you failed to mention that the Radonjic lake was used to throw dozens of dead Serbian and "unloyal" Albanian bodies in by the KLA, which even the Hague tribunal mentions in it's judgements.
Hello Отписан, thanks for your comment. You raise some interesting points, some of them are fair whilst others are completely bias and bordering on the realms of misinformation. For example, the war did not start with the KLA committing attacks on civilians and police officers, it started when Slobodan Milosevic began oppressing ethnic Albanians in the area. I understand there's lots of history and happenings much of which I didn't cover in this video (it's not intended to be a conclusive guide, just a drive through Kosovo's south-west with a bit of context) - I didn't cover most of the atrocities committed by both sides in the conflict. I will certainly read up on other points you have made including the Lake Radonjić massacre and the Serbian graves destruction.
All the Serbs you are talking about were settlers from Croatia. In Gjakova, you can't even put you foot there due to massacres done by local Serbs. As far as monasteries concern? Not Serb bc you became Christian only in XI century. Those are all built by Albanian Catholics which we all were...
@@Wolverine-ky9gk How's a propaganda where world history says that you came to Europe in VIII century AD and embraced Christianity in X century. No churches before then?
Watch where you're walking for sure. Try setting that monastery name 5 times fast! Keep your trousers on. Amazing history provided as usual! Slow it down on those winding roads. This is not the Autobahn 😂. Hope the cows didn't kick your car! Lovely sheep parade. Beautiful story telling. We really enjoyed how you covered this topic.
Thanks!! I keep thinking I'm driving the Ferrari when I'm not! 😂. It was an enjoyable day even though I was covering some dark history and terrible times. I'm not sure how I would explain that the damage to my rental car was caused by a sheep! I had my fingers crossed throughout.
Intersting video,but next time you need to inform much more about history at this region,and about the war of course.You need to hear both sides and to set some simple question about all of that. In one you are right,it is very sad to see what was happend to all people here..
Thank you Adriano, I was fascinated by the Kosovo War and found it incredible that just a couple of decades ago this beautiful area of Europe was a war zone. How times change. I'm glad I got to discuss some of the history and see a few of the signs of war. Thanks for watching!
KFOR. There are People from different nationalities from Nato countries. Many if then from religious Countries like Italy. They are very respective for the monasteries and their visitors
on Decan Gjakova town they are Italian but not many they have Nato airport in Gjakova town , Prishtina is British and Gurkha, on South East is US Army they made biggest base in Balkan, on South West Kosovo town Prizren is German Army with Turkish Army, north Kosovo is Polish Albania from Albania and some Italian, In Peja town you dont find much Nato Troops most of the town is all Albanians, but they cant go out on towns only if Local police or local army will call for help, when Nato solders have free time they can go to Albania or Macedonia to relax, they cant spend time on Kosovo streets
this houses got built with out license they got stopped by council, they get 90 day to remove, if not council will clear them out, Serbian church was attacked when they hid Serbs they did war crimes in 1999, since Serbs got removed illegally to Serbia no one attack the church
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Was expecting/hoping you'd do a video on the country's recent history with the war. Thank you so much for making this, really educational and makes you so grateful not to have lived through anything like this! I think what you said about the young soldier who lost his life in the war was right - yes, very sad that he died at war, but he'd be proud of what Kosovo is now!
It was a tough subject to cover but I'm glad I was able to find so many signs of the conflict, I found it all very interesting and hoped that the story I told could at least get all the main points in. Every village I passed through seemed to have it's own memorial and story to tell. I was constantly trying to process how a few decades ago the beautiful hills and mountains I was driving through were a war zone.
Fantastic video! Next time make sure to explore the Adem Jashari Memorial Complex in Prekaz (between Pristina and Peja) where the war actually started and nearly 60 people from the same family were executed (mostly children and women) with just one 10 year old girl who survived and was taken by the Serbians to identify all of her family members. In addition to the houses converted into museums, there are also the graves of the Jashari family who died in the war.
Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to look out for it if I'm ever back in the area! Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching.
How many people lost their lives for kosovo liberation,
about 4000 and 1000 Kosovare with citizenship in US UK EU for 3 years of war, Serbs they avoid to get attack by Kosova liberation army,Serbs only attack civilians ppl like old ppl and kids they killed 30,000 civilians 10,000 are missing since war, Serb army send them to Serbia to hide their crime, including my uncle 67 years old his wife, and 2 of his kids, my uncle had 47 Kalashnikov bullet on his body, after war we need to open a lot of graves for the human right to check how they got killed.... Serbi Army and Russian mercenary got more killed by the Kosovo liberation army
From 1998 to 2001 maybe 20.000 people died Total. Remember that Kosovo have an small population.
In your first video you commented that your rental car wasn't very good. After watching all the terrain you've ventured over with it (and I'm sure I haven't seen the last of it) that car should be christened "The Little Rental that Could" - assuming the car held up LOL
Haha that's a fair point, I did put it through it's paces. Things actually get a bit worse in the next few episodes but I'll leave you to find out if I actually made it back!
Very nice history lesson. Thanks
Thank you!
Surely a beautiful place. All the war history is very sad and messy. Same terrible things happen by the hands of the country I was born in and brought up. The government has absolutely lost the plot and got dehumanised. There's nothing noble about wars only if people protect their home and families.
Well said, Olga. It's always sad to see people suffering because of wars and conflict.
That is serbian cemetery destroyed by the Albanians, just because is serbian.
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Thank you for the suggestion, looks like an interesting place! I’ll mark it on my map in case I come again! Thanks!!
Very interesting video. Good to be able to see the monastery.
Glad you found it interesting, David. It's certainly a less travelled part of Kosovo but I was glad to be able to cover it. The monastery was beautiful, it's such a shame I couldn't show you inside but I wanted to respect the rules. Even though security was super tight everyone was really friendly and helpful.
First of all, the cemetary at 5:40 is a Serbian orthodox cemetery which wasn't destroyed "by war", but by Albanian civilians in the years after it, same as dozens of others like the cemetery in south Mitrovica, where Serbian refugees visit every year and find new destroyed graves every time. Second, it's interesting how there were a million displaced Albanians, yet now once NATO peacekeepers are there, out of 30.000 pre-war Serbs in Pristina, there's less than one hundred in total, while in Gjakovica a elderly woman was chased away by 11 Albanian NGO's simply for being an ethnic Serb without any other reason, so yes, those KLA terrorists burried in Glogjan would be proud to see that their non-UN recognized self declared entity is a hellhole for non-Albanians. You also failed to mention that the war started by KLA commiting terrorist attacks against civilians and policemen from ambushes, not by using wooden arrows, but by using weapons publicly given by the west and smuggled through the border. Lastly, you failed to mention that the Radonjic lake was used to throw dozens of dead Serbian and "unloyal" Albanian bodies in by the KLA, which even the Hague tribunal mentions in it's judgements.
Hello Отписан, thanks for your comment. You raise some interesting points, some of them are fair whilst others are completely bias and bordering on the realms of misinformation. For example, the war did not start with the KLA committing attacks on civilians and police officers, it started when Slobodan Milosevic began oppressing ethnic Albanians in the area. I understand there's lots of history and happenings much of which I didn't cover in this video (it's not intended to be a conclusive guide, just a drive through Kosovo's south-west with a bit of context) - I didn't cover most of the atrocities committed by both sides in the conflict. I will certainly read up on other points you have made including the Lake Radonjić massacre and the Serbian graves destruction.
Stop it, you don't get to play victim when Serbia has been terrorising the indigenous Albanian population since you came to the Balkans 800 years ago.
All the Serbs you are talking about were settlers from Croatia. In Gjakova, you can't even put you foot there due to massacres done by local Serbs. As far as monasteries concern? Not Serb bc you became Christian only in XI century. Those are all built by Albanian Catholics which we all were...
@@blerimimodaable thats Albanian propaganda
@@Wolverine-ky9gk How's a propaganda where world history says that you came to Europe in VIII century AD and embraced Christianity in X century. No churches before then?
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Watch where you're walking for sure. Try setting that monastery name 5 times fast! Keep your trousers on. Amazing history provided as usual! Slow it down on those winding roads. This is not the Autobahn 😂. Hope the cows didn't kick your car! Lovely sheep parade. Beautiful story telling. We really enjoyed how you covered this topic.
Thanks!! I keep thinking I'm driving the Ferrari when I'm not! 😂. It was an enjoyable day even though I was covering some dark history and terrible times. I'm not sure how I would explain that the damage to my rental car was caused by a sheep! I had my fingers crossed throughout.
Intersting video,but next time you need to inform much more about history at this region,and about the war of course.You need to hear both sides and to set some simple question about all of that.
In one you are right,it is very sad to see what was happend to all people here..
Thanks for the feedback, Milos. I'll keep it in mind.
The first youtuber in kosovo who shows what happened 20 years ago in that country. Bravo!
Thank you Adriano, I was fascinated by the Kosovo War and found it incredible that just a couple of decades ago this beautiful area of Europe was a war zone. How times change. I'm glad I got to discuss some of the history and see a few of the signs of war. Thanks for watching!
What is the nationality of these troops guarding monastery?
KFOR. There are People from different nationalities from Nato countries. Many if then from religious Countries like Italy. They are very respective for the monasteries and their visitors
on Decan Gjakova town they are Italian but not many they have Nato airport in Gjakova town , Prishtina is British and Gurkha, on South East is US Army they made biggest base in Balkan, on South West Kosovo town Prizren is German Army with Turkish Army, north Kosovo is Polish Albania from Albania and some Italian, In Peja town you dont find much Nato Troops most of the town is all Albanians, but they cant go out on towns only if Local police or local army will call for help, when Nato solders have free time they can go to Albania or Macedonia to relax, they cant spend time on Kosovo streets
this houses got built with out license they got stopped by council, they get 90 day to remove, if not council will clear them out, Serbian church was attacked when they hid Serbs they did war crimes in 1999, since Serbs got removed illegally to Serbia no one attack the church
I see, thanks for the information.