{"id":184493,"date":"2026-02-28T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president-ksgov.net\/?p=184493"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:00:14","slug":"president-osmani-the-blood-of-the-fallen-of-likoshan-and-qirez-became-a-call-for-resistance-dignity-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president-ksgov.net\/en\/president-osmani-the-blood-of-the-fallen-of-likoshan-and-qirez-became-a-call-for-resistance-dignity-and-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"President Osmani: The blood of the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez became a call for resistance, dignity and freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, 1998, the genocidal regime of Serbia committed one of the gravest acts of state terror in Kosovo, brutally killing 24 residents of Likoshan and Qirez, of whom 20 civilians who were martyred and 4 KLA fighters who fell heroically in defence of the civilian population.<\/p>\n<p>This was a brutal attempt to break the spirit of freedom that was growing in Drenica and throughout Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>The blood of the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez became a call for resistance, dignity and freedom. They became part of the foundation on which our journey towards liberation and state-building was built.<\/p>\n<p>The memory of the martyrs of Likoshan and Qirez is a testament to justice and to preserving freedom at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>Eternal glory to the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, 1998, the genocidal regime of Serbia committed one of the gravest acts of state terror in Kosovo, brutally killing 24 residents of Likoshan and Qirez, of whom 20 civilians who were martyred and 4 KLA fighters who fell heroically in defence of the civilian population. This was a brutal attempt to break the spirit of freedom that was growing in Drenica and throughout Kosovo. The blood of the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez became a call for resistance, dignity and freedom. They became part of the foundation on which our journey towards liberation and state-building was built. The memory of the martyrs of Likoshan and Qirez is a testament to justice and to preserving freedom at all costs. Eternal glory to the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":184485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Osmani: The blood of the fallen of Likoshan and Qirez became a call for resistance, dignity and freedom - President of the Republic of Kosovo - DR. 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