Zhazha and Boletin, 29 April 2025
The acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, together with the First Deputy Prime Minister, Besnik Bislimi, the acting Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, Faton Peci, the Mayor of the Municipality of North Mitrovica, Erden Atiq and members of the Parliament, paid homage today in Zhazha in memory and honor of the Albanian civilians killed in the Zhazha massacre.
26 years ago, police forces executed defenseless and unarmed Albanian civilians, among them a minor, Fidan Peci, who was only 16 years old. Prime Minister Kurti and Minister Peci, accompanied by members of Parliament, laid fresh flowers at the memorial erected in honor of the civilian victims and four martyrs of this area, who fell in the liberation war.
After paying their respects in Zhazha, they continued to the village of Boletin in the Municipality of Zveçan, where they visited the Isa Boletini Towers Complex and laid fresh flowers on the grave of the hero Isa Boletini. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports has launched two programs for this important complex for the Albanian people, the professional curation of the permanent museum exhibition and its functionalization through the management of regular activities.
In the book of impressions, Prime Minister Kurti wrote:
In the Isa Boletini Towers, the history of Albanians was learned and protected, but also in them, history was made and Albanians were exalted. Every generation must return here to learn, protect and do, to move forward.
Glory to Isa Boletini and his warriors.
Albin Kurt
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
29th April 2025
Last modified: April 29, 2025