{"id":158040,"date":"2024-12-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=158040"},"modified":"2024-12-19T20:38:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T18:38:15","slug":"a-rare-sight-to-see-fans-of-a-western-european-club-display-the-kosovo-is-serbia-banner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/a-rare-sight-to-see-fans-of-a-western-european-club-display-the-kosovo-is-serbia-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"A RARE SIGHT TO SEE: Fans of a Western European club display the &#8220;Kosovo is Serbia&#8221; banner!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>It&#8217;s not uncommon for fans of European clubs to express support for the Serbian people in <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/tag\/kosovo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kosovo and Metohija<\/a>, but it&#8217;s a real surprise when it comes from the Netherlands.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Thursday, football club Twente visited Piraeus, and at the match against Olympiacos, the visiting fans hung a &#8220;No Surrender&#8221; flag depicting the southern Serbian province in the colors of <a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/category\/serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Serbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such a move by the Dutch fans was met with a greeting from Olympiacos fans, who have a brotherly relationship with their colleagues from Red Star Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN SERBIAN:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\t<figure class='wp-block-newspack-blocks-iframe'>\n\t\t<div class='wp-block-embed__wrapper' style=\"height:600px; width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tid = 'newspack-iframe-9crP798GQBPU'\n\t\t\t\tlayout = 'responsive'\n\t\t\t\theight = '100'\n\t\t\t\twidth = '100'\n\t\t\t\tsrc = 'https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02haxT9rRuagKo5N6XSvwQh6jQfHVtZEzKzaYLVgeK9ZNavxyLv7JUiVxwsFdg9Fb5l'\n\t\t\t\tstyle = 'height: 600px; width: 100%;'\n\t\t\t\tframeborder = '0'\n\t\t\t\tallowfullscreen\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tconst iframe = document.getElementById(\"newspack-iframe-9crP798GQBPU\");\n\t\tconst timerId = setInterval( function() {\n\t\t\t\tiframe.src = iframe.src;\n\t\t\t}, 2000 );\n\n\t\tiframe.onload = function() {\n\t\t\tclearInterval(timerId);\n\t\t}\n\n\t<\/script>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, this is not the first time that fans of the club from Enschede have tried to express their views on the situation in Kosovo and Metohija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They did so for the first time back in 2009, and in 2017, during a Dutch league match, Twente fans unfurled a &#8220;Kosovo is Serbia&#8221; banner, and the club&#8217;s management punished the group that did so by banning them from attending matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Twente fans realized that they could express their views at least during away matches, so in 2022, at a match against \u010cukari\u010dki in Belgrade, a &#8220;No Surrender&#8221; flag was hung in the away section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/appeals-granted-trials-must-restart-ministry-cancels-the-decisions-on-farm-deactivations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">APPEALS GRANTED, TRIALS MUST RESTART: Ministry cancels the decisions on farm deactivations!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/injustice-revealed-former-kla-member-admitts-to-witness-intimidation-in-the-hague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">INJUSTICE REVEALED: Former KLA member admitts to witness intimidation in the Hague!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/vucic-must-talk-to-putin-state-department-comments-on-possible-sanctions-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VU\u010cI\u0106 \u201cMUST TALK\u201d TO PUTIN: State Department comments on possible sanctions! 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