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Andi Bushati: Why stones and Molotov cocktails became inevitable

This youth revolt has had a great merit. It made known to the general public the most criminal side of this regime that had until now been preserved in the most secretive recesses. If the extremely peaceful revolution of the flamingos showed us that this government was no longer popular, its radical epilogue, with stones and Molotov cocktails, is serving to bring to light that the autocrat is capable of using any means to stay in power.

11:37 Andi Bushati

Like today 29 years ago/ The Pristina student protest, the revolution of change

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Like today 29 years ago/ The Pristina student protest, the revolution of change

Today marks the 29th anniversary of the Student Movement protests, which are considered one of the greatest historical turning points for Kosovo.

At that time, Slobodan Milosevic's regime had imposed violent measures against Albanians and expelled students and professors from the University, imposing a Serbian curriculum for teaching.

Like today 29 years ago/ The Pristina student protest, the revolution of change

The peaceful student protest on October 1, 1997, led by the now-deceased rector, Ejup Statovci, Bujar Dugolli, Albin Kurti, Driton Lajçi and Muhamet Mavraj, was violently dispersed. 

Serbian police used violence against students and professors to disperse the protest. There were arrests and injuries among the protesters. 

Like today 29 years ago/ The Pristina student protest, the revolution of change

The local and international media have given this event great coverage, almost more than any other political development in Kosovo that had occurred in the pre-protest period. 

The event is considered one of the most important of the Student Movement and it influenced the international factorization of the Kosovo issue.


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Andi Bushati: Why stones and Molotov cocktails became inevitable

This youth revolt has had a great merit. It made known to the general public the most criminal side of this regime that had until now been preserved in the most secretive recesses. If the extremely peaceful revolution of the flamingos showed us that this government was no longer popular, its radical epilogue, with stones and Molotov cocktails, is serving to bring to light that the autocrat is capable of using any means to stay in power.

11:37 Andi Bushati

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