Kosovo | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:18:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico Kosovo | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 Kosovo gives Trump the highest honour in the country https://www.insideojodu.com/kosovo-gives-trump-the-highest-honour-in-the-country/ https://www.insideojodu.com/kosovo-gives-trump-the-highest-honour-in-the-country/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:18:08 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=16750 Kosovo has given US President Donald Trump, its highest honour on Friday, September 18,…

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Kosovo has given US President Donald Trump, its highest honour on Friday, September 18, for his role in a historic peace deal agreed with Serbia earlier this month.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci awarded Trump the country’s Order of Freedom “for his exceptional contribution for the freedom of Kosovo and the strengthening of peace and reconciliation in the region.

According to the president,  the award is given to those who made significant contributions to defending Kosovo’s freedom.

President Thaci also said he was giving Presidential Medals of Merit to National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and Richard Grenell, who served as intermediaries during the talks.

The award comes after Trump oversaw the signing of the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo earlier this month, which normalizes economic relations between both countries. The deal also sees Kosovo recognizing Israel and Serbia agreeing to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The deal was signed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti in front of Trump in the Oval Office with Trump describing it as a “major breakthrough.”

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Germany arrests Kosovo man accused of supporting IS group https://www.insideojodu.com/germany-arrests-kosovo-man-accused-of-supporting-is-group/ https://www.insideojodu.com/germany-arrests-kosovo-man-accused-of-supporting-is-group/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:11:28 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=5037 By transferring thousands of euros to a fighter and a would-be recruit, German authorities…

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By transferring thousands of euros to a fighter and a would-be recruit, German authorities have arrested a Kosovo national accused of supporting the Islamic State group.

The federal prosecutor’s office reported that the 31-year-old man, who is identified only as Hassan Rejan B. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested on Wednesday in the Pinneberg area, near Hamburg.

He is suspected of 15 counts of supporting IS and 11 of violating German export laws.

Prosecutors report that the man made a total of 11 transfers in 2016 and 2017 to an IS fighter in Syria. They say that, in 2015, he also transferred money to a man from North Macedonia who wanted to join the Islamic State in Syria. In all, they say he transferred about 15,000 euros ($17,000), in most cases as a go-between.

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