{"id":92786,"date":"2023-03-24T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president-ksgov.net\/?p=92786"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:31:02","slug":"the-president-the-dukagjin-epopee-is-one-of-the-most-heroic-events-of-the-kosovo-liberation-armys-war-for-the-freedom-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president-ksgov.net\/en\/the-president-the-dukagjin-epopee-is-one-of-the-most-heroic-events-of-the-kosovo-liberation-armys-war-for-the-freedom-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The President: The Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#8217;s war for the freedom of the country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani commemorated today the Dukagjin Epopee.<\/p>\n<p>President Osmani said that the Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#8217;s war for the freedom of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Below is President Osmani&#8217;s statement in full:<\/p>\n<p>The Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#8217;s war for the freedom of the country.<\/p>\n<p>On March 24th, 1998, the forces of the Serbian genocidal regime attacked Gllogjan, where the Haradinaj family demonstrated with heroic resistance that freedom was non-negotiable.<br \/>\nThe martyrs Him\u00eb Haradinaj, Gazmend and Agron Mehmetaj fell on the altar of freedom on this day and now and forever we remember them with respect and all those who fought and fulfilled the generations&#8217; dream for a state.<\/p>\n<p>The Epopee took place on the same day as the NATO bombing commenced against the targets of the Serbian genocidal regime and it represents the budding of freedom, sealed by the military actions of the North-Atlantic Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Eternal respect and memory for all the KLA fighters and for all our friends who backed our fight for freedom and state-building!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani commemorated today the Dukagjin Epopee. President Osmani said that the Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#8217;s war for the freedom of the country. Below is President Osmani&#8217;s statement in full: The Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#8217;s war for the freedom of the country. On March 24th, 1998, the forces of the Serbian genocidal regime attacked Gllogjan, where the Haradinaj family demonstrated with heroic resistance that freedom was non-negotiable. The martyrs Him\u00eb Haradinaj, Gazmend and Agron Mehmetaj fell on the altar of freedom on this day and now and forever we remember them with respect and all those who fought and fulfilled the generations&#8217; dream for a state. The Epopee took place on the same day as the NATO bombing commenced against the targets of the Serbian genocidal regime and it represents the budding of freedom, sealed by the military actions of the North-Atlantic Alliance. Eternal respect and memory for all the KLA fighters and for all our friends who backed our fight for freedom and state-building!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":92722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92786","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>The President: The Dukagjin Epopee is one of the most heroic events of the Kosovo Liberation Army&#039;s war for the freedom of the country - President of the Republic of Kosovo - DR. 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