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“KILL ALL SERBS. And when you finish come here, to the Church, and I will confess you and free you from sin.” — Father Srecko Peric of the Gorica Monastery
Catholic priests ran half of the death camps in the clerical fascist state of Croatia.
Road works within the Special Protective Zone have been halted, the 2020 IMC arrangement remains the basis for a lawful and lasting solution
1 August 2026
Intensive road works recently carried out within the legally established Special Protective Zone of the Visoki Dečani Monastery have been halted following the formal intervention of the Monastery and the Diocese, as well as the prompt engagement of international representatives. We express our gratitude to all those who recognised the seriousness of the situation and contributed to preventing further unilateral activity until the full legal and technical circumstances of the works can be clarified.
On 29 July, the Abbot of Visoki Dečani, Fr Sava Janjić, addressed a formal letter to the Mayor of Dečani, Mr. Bashkim Ramosaj, requesting the immediate suspension of the works and full compliance with Law No. 03/L-039 on Special Protective Zones. The Monastery had not been informed or consulted in advance, nor had it received any project documentation, legal authorisation, technical explanation or information concerning the scope and intended purpose of the works.
The Mayor subsequently described the activities as ordinary road maintenance and stated that asphalt surfacing was not planned and said that the works will be stopped. The Monastery appreciates the Mayor’s prompt reply and the subsequent cessation of the works. Nevertheless, the explanation provided does not correspond to the nature and scale of the activities documented on the ground. Heavy trucks delivered substantial quantities of crushed-stone aggregate, while heavy construction machinery spread, graded and levelled the material along a considerable and apparently continuous section of the road. By their scope, continuity and technical character, these works clearly exceeded the repair of isolated potholes or other minor and routine maintenance.
Visoki Dečani Monastery has regularly cooperated with the Municipality regarding genuinely necessary minor repairs to local roads, whenever such activities were announced in advance and coordinated with the Monastery and KFOR. Our concern is therefore not directed against ordinary road maintenance or the legitimate needs of the local population. It concerns substantial infrastructure works conducted within a legally protected area without prior notification, consultation, agreement or consideration by the competent joint mechanism established under the law.
The legal distinction is clear. The construction or development of an international transit road through the rural Special Protective Zone of Visoki Dečani is prohibited under Article 5 of the Law on Special Protective Zones. Such a project cannot be authorised by the Municipality, even if the Monastery would agree, or implemented through unilateral activity on the ground.
At the same time, road construction, maintanance and significant repair works within the Special Protective Zone constitute restricted activities under Article 6 of the Law. They require prior coordination and agreement with the Serbian Orthodox Church. Where agreement cannot be reached, the matter must be referred to the Implementation and Monitoring Council, the IMC, for consideration. Neither procedure was followed before the most recent works began.
It is also important to recall that the question of the Dečani-Plav transit road was not left without a solution. A lawful and carefully balanced compromise was reached at the meeting of the Implementation and Monitoring Council on 9 November 2020 (continued)👉
#Kosovo #SerbianOrthodoxChurch #DecaniMonastery
Another example of the wilful disregard for rule of law by the #Kosovo Albanian separatists. Illegal land clearing and road works in the "Special Protective Zone" belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Dečani monastery. And silence (yet again) from the US and EU.
21st century. #Europe.
The authorities of the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo are demolishing buildings belonging to Serbs 🇷🇸.
Even though the legal proceedings are still ongoing, they are carrying out the demolitions without a Court order.
European democratic values. 🤡
URGENT‼️ Renewed works within the Special Protective Zone of the Visoki Dečani Monastery give rise to serious concern
Statement of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raška and Prizren
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(1/2) The Diocese of Raška and Prizren has been informed that road works have once again commenced within the legally established Special Protective Zone of Visoki Dečani Monastery, approximately two kilometres west of the Monastery, along the existing alignment associated with the long-disputed project for the Dečani-Plav international transit road.

Monks of Visoki Dečani Monastery visited the site where the works are being carried out. Heavy trucks were observed delivering substantial quantities of crushed stone, while construction machinery was spreading and levelling the material along the existing road alignment. By their nature and scale, the activities observed go beyond ordinary and limited road maintenance and bear the characteristics of construction, reconstruction or significant upgrading of road infrastructure within the protected area.
Neither Visoki Dečani Monastery nor the Diocese of Raška and Prizren was informed of these works in advance, nor were they provided with project documentation or an explanation of the purpose, scope and legal basis of the works. The agreement of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as required under the Law on Special Protective Zones, was not sought. Nor are we aware that the procedure prescribed by law has been initiated before the Implementation and Monitoring Council, in which, alongside two Kosovo ministers and Metropolitan Teodosije, the Heads of the EU and OSCE Missions in Kosovo also participate.

Law No. 03/L-039 on Special Protective Zones constitutes the specific and binding legal framework for the protection of Visoki Dečani Monastery. Article 7 of the Law expressly establishes the Special Protective Zone of the Monastery. Article 5 explicitly prohibits the construction of transit roads through rural Special Protective Zones, such as that of Visoki Dečani Monastery, while Article 6 provides that any road construction or reconstruction works constitute restricted activities for which the competent authorities must first seek the agreement of the Serbian Orthodox Church. If agreement is not reached, the matter must be considered within the legally established implementation and monitoring mechanism.

The legal position is therefore clear, irrespective of how the works may formally be described. If their purpose is to continue the construction of the Dečani-Plav transit route through the Special Protective Zone, they concern an activity prohibited by law. If the works are presented as the repair or improvement of the existing local road, they nevertheless remain subject to the requirement of prior consultation and agreement with the Church, as well as consideration by the competent joint mechanism if no agreement is reached. According to the facts currently available, none of these procedures has been followed, while the scale of the works exceeds ordinary seasonal repairs.
It is particularly concerning that this is not the first attempt to carry out works along the same or a connected route without full compliance with the law. Similar works within the Special Protective Zone commenced in 2018 and again in 2020, but were suspended following a decisive response by international representatives. 👇
#SerbianOrthodoxChurch in #Kosovo
At this very moment, acting on the orders of Faruk Mujka, Director of Ibar-Lepenac, the unlawful demolition of Hotel Jezero is under way. It is the only hotel on Gazivode Lake and includes the Zubin Potok’s only public beach, built with EU funds.
https://t.co/8d5Q0FIhav
Belgrade was first part of Serbia in 1284 and our capital in 1403, well before you took it in 1521.
No inferiority complex:
1️⃣ We had a kingdom before the birth of Osman I and an empire during the reign of Orhan Gazi
2️⃣ We fought close to 40 battles against the Ottomans 1312-1479, had up to 15 anti-Ottoman uprisings 1526-1878 and waged 4 wars against the Ottomans 1876-1918, dealing you decisive blows at Kumanovo, Prilep, Bitolj, Scutari and Adrianople 1912/3 in our European reconquista.
3️⃣ Following that (just as prior to it), we gad cordial diplomatic relations with 🇹🇷, establishing the Balkan Entente in 1934
UŽIVO: RADNICI "IBRA LEPENCA" IZNOSE STVARI IZ MOTELA "JEZERO", POSED OGRAĐEN TRAKOM
Radnici kompanije "Ibar Lepenac" u pratnji Kosovske policije stigli su jutros oko sedam sati na jezero Gazivode, kod motela i plažnog bara "Jezero".
Radnici Ibra Lepenca iznose stvari u ovim trenucima iz objekta, a čitav posed ograđen je trakom.
Radnici KEK-a isključili su struju.
Na putu ka motelu "Jezero", u blizini brane, nalazi se vozilo Kosovske policije.
Policija je legitimisala novinare, a nakon višeminutne provere, pušteni smo dalje ka brani, gde je izvršena još jedna kontrola.
Podsetimo, juče je istekao rok koji je kompanija "Ibar-Lepenac" dala vlasnicima motela i plažnog bara "Jezero" da "oslobode imovinu" za koju ovo preduzeće tvrdi da im je uzurpirana.
Na adresu plažnog bara i motela "Jezero", "zahtev za oslobađanje imovine" od Ibra-Lepenca stigao je 14. jula. U međuvremenu, porodica koja posluje plažnim barom u ime vlasnika podnela je krivičnu prijavu protiv direktora "Ibra-Lepenca" Faruka Mujke, a pokrenut i građanski postupak, uz zahtev da sud privremenom merom zabrani bilo kakvo rušenje ili promenu postojećeg stanja dok se ne okonča spor o imovini.
Izvor: Zubin Potok INFO
Kosovo authorities just rolled heavy machinery into the Special Protective Zone of Visoki Dečani- a 14th-century UNESCO Serbian Orthodox monastery- in open violation of Articles 5 and 6 of Law No. 03/L-039.
Article 5 bans transit roads in rural SPZs.
Article 6 requires prior agreement from the Serbian Orthodox Church for any road works.
Neither happened. No consent. No notification. No procedure before the Implementation and Monitoring Council.
This is not “maintenance.”
This is deliberate aggression by Pristina and local Dečani authorities against Serbian Christian heritage, trying to create irreversible facts on the ground.
The Diocese demands an immediate halt and investigation into who ordered this.
The world should demand accountability.
How much longer will this lawlessness be tolerated?
#VisokiDecani #StopTheAggression
The contrast between the reception received by Nazi troops in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, compared to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, could not be more different.
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https://t.co/zIWGTPN6yF
Two different realities in the 🇽🇰 Gov'ts treatment of Serbs in Zubin Potok. In just 15 days, authorities unlawfully demolished homes along Lake Gazivode, yet they have failed to extinguish a carcinogenic landfill fire burning for over 15 months. Priorities speak for themselves
#Kosovo#Serbia | #UNCONFIRMED Local sources report that members of so-called Kosovo Police special units, including ROSU personnel, were deployed today in the vicinity of the Monastery of the Holy Archangels near Prizren during celebrations marking the monastery’s patron saint’s day.
Images circulating on social media appear to show armed personnel positioned on elevated ground overlooking Dušan’s Fortress, with what appear to be “sniper rifles covering the surrounding area”.
#Kosovo #Serbia #KiM #Prizren #ROSU #KosovoPolice #Security #Orthodox #MilitaryNews
None of the homes were found to be illegal yet. In fact, the cases were being litigated in court still. There was no court order ordering them to be demolished hence why the international community is sharply criticising the government's actions.
The European Union Office "expressed regret" about the Albanian separatists demolishing Serbian houses in #Kosovo . This cowardly response reflects the moral bankruptcy of the EU which has consistently turned a blind eye to the systematic persecution of the Serb community.