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| Nagip Arifi while raising the flag in the Municipality of Bujanovac |
The building of the Municipal Assembly and the building of the National Council of Albanians in Bujanovac were decorated with the Albanian national flag on Sunday, the Independence Day of Albania.
The flag in the municipal building was raised by the mayor Nagip Arifi.
"Even this time, although legally prohibited, Albanian national flag will fly in the municipal building to remember our glory and history," he wrote on Facebook.
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| Nagip Arifi and officials of the municipality of Bujanovac saluting after raising the flag |
"With the hope that one day all Albanians will unite around this flag, I cordially wish you Flag Day!", Arifi wrote in his congratulatory message on Facebook.
This act was welcomed with applause by the councilors of the Albanian majority in the Municipal Assembly.
But, in addition to the Albanian national flag, the flag of Serbia and the flag of the European Union are also placed in the municipal assembly building.
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| Nagip Arifi and two teenagers dressed in traditional Albanian clothes where one of them holds the Albanian flag |
The celebration of November 28, the Independence Day of Albania, in Bujanovac is marked by a solemn academy held at the House of Culture.
Earlier this week, MP Shaip Kamberi in the Serbian Parliament said that Albanians will never give up their identity and national symbols.
In recent years, Serbian state authorities have prosecuted Albanians who hoisted the Albanian national flag in public places.