Megatrend Revija (Jan 2022)
Passivity of Kosovo's provisional institutions and the actions of the international community regarding attacks on Serbian cultural and spiritual heritage on KiM and the attempt to appropriate it
Abstract
For the past 20 or so years, we have witnessed continued attacks, in various forms, on Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija. All competent authorities (‚domestic'' in the form of temporary Kosovo institutions and foreign ones - in the form of an international civilian and military mission) go through it, as if nothing is happening. These attacks by Albanians on all Serbian property (arson in monastery complexes, desecration and devastation, devastation of Orthodox graves, etc.) including sanctuaries, many of which date back to the Middle Ages, began in the second half of the 20th century. In fact, right after the end of World War II. For such actions, they had undoubted support and protection of the then Kosovo communists, but also the leadership of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, whose support and protection has been replaced in recent decades by the armed forces of the NATO Pact (which has a geostrategical interest in these areas). The paper looked at these numerous attacks, particularly on Serbian monasteries and lands, and at the same time the albanian side's unhidden intentions to rename the same Serbian cultural heritage, including those Serbian sanctuaries, as well as to declare the so-called "serbian cultural heritage". kosovo cultural heritage. It also pointed to the incomprehensible behaviour of the judicial institutions of the provisional Kosovo authorities, which is reflected in the failure to prosecute perpetrators whose attacks on church buildings have often been accompanied by the destruction or damage of these cultural goods over the years and are motivated by national - religious reasons or rather hate. In the current situation, both internationally and at KiM itself, it is not to be expected to take any more serious steps to bring these perpetrators to justice, encouraging them to continue such and similar activities, which does not induce hope for better days in these areas of both Serbian and non-Albanian life.
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