Albin Kurti attended the opening of the exhibition “Three Days That Changed History”, organized by the Assembly of Kosovo in honor of the anniversary of the Kosovo Liberation Army Epic of Prekaz.
The exhibition, held inside the Assembly building in Prishtina, commemorates the events of March 1998 in Prekaz and the Drenica region, which became a defining moment in Kosovo’s modern history.
Speaking to the media before the opening, Kurti recalled the dramatic events of March 6, 1998, when the Drenica region was under heavy siege by Serbian forces.
“Twenty-eight years ago, on March 6, 1998, the village of Prekaz and much of Drenica were in the second day of a massive siege by thousands of Serbian police and military troops,” Kurti said.
He noted that in the Prekaz neighborhood of the Jashari family, an armed resistance was taking place despite overwhelming odds.
According to Kurti, members of the family of Shaban Jashari and Zahide Jashari, along with their sons Hamëz Jashari and Adem Jashari, resisted Serbian forces together with other relatives.
Kurti emphasized that despite the brutality and intensity of those days, journalists and photojournalists managed to document the events.
“Fortunately for our history, despite the brutality of those times, local and international journalists and photographers managed to record audiovisual material from those days in March 1998 and preserve it until today,” he said.
The exhibition highlights these historical records, presenting photographs and documentation that capture the dramatic moments of the siege and the resistance in Prekaz, which later became a powerful symbol of Kosovo’s struggle for freedom.
