{"id":27064,"date":"2021-12-10T16:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27064"},"modified":"2021-12-10T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:35:47","slug":"eu-recak-massacre-cant-be-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-recak-massacre-cant-be-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"EU: Racak massacre can\u2019t be denied, atrocities are well documented"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>The Racak Massacre cannot be denied. What happened at the Kosovo village in 1999 cannot be changed, said the spokesperson of EU\u2019s foreign policy and security chief, Peter Stano.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>His remarks came after Serbian interior minister Aleksandar Vulin called the brutal murder of ethnic Albanian citizens \u201ca big lie and terrible fabrication\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cWhat happened in Recak and the atrocities committed there in January 1999 are well documented\u201d, Stano said.<\/p>\r\n<p>Vulin visited on Friday the set of a docuseries that aims to reveal what truly happened the tragic event that is denied by many Serbian authorities.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe NATO aggression ensued after a terrible lie on Racak. At the time, we weren\u2019t even able, nor smart enough, to tell the world what a terrible lie that was\u201d, Vulin was stated as saying.<\/p>\r\n<p>Stano noted that the denial over the brutal murder of 45 Kosovo Albanians runs counter to EU values.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWe reiterate that there is no room to deny or underestimate what happened in Racak\u201d, Stano said.<\/p>\r\n<p>EU\u2019s spokesperson also called on authorities from the region to work on facing the past, as the Western Balkans need reconciliation, stability, and normalized neighborly ties.<\/p>\r\n<p>On 15 January 1999, Serbian paramilitary forces killed 45 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo in Racak.<\/p>\r\n<p>The atrocities committed in the village were documented by\u00a0the\u00a0American\u00a0head of the international observer mission to Kosovo, William Walker.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is not the first time that Vulin denies what happened in Racak, referring to the massacre as a \u201cfabrication\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/01\/15\/kosovo-commemorates-the-22-year-anniversary-of-the-recak-massacre-political-leaders-denounce-serbian-genocide\/\">Kosovo commemorates the 22-year anniversary of the Re\u00e7ak Massacre, political leaders denounce Serbian genocide<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2020\/11\/11\/exclusive-ambassador-walker-on-kla-war-crimes-charges-kosovo-and-serbia-are-not-being-treated-equally\/\">Exclusive | Former head of OSCE on KLA war crimes charges: Kosovo and Serbia are not being treated equally<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Racak Massacre cannot be denied. What happened at the Kosovo village in 1999 cannot be changed, said the spokesperson of EU\u2019s foreign policy and security chief, Peter Stano. His remarks came after Serbian interior minister Aleksandar Vulin called the brutal murder of ethnic Albanian citizens \u201ca big lie and terrible fabrication\u201d. \u201cWhat happened in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU: Racak massacre can\u2019t be denied, atrocities are well documented - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-recak-massacre-cant-be-denied\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU: Racak massacre can\u2019t be denied, atrocities are well documented - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Racak Massacre cannot be denied. 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