{"id":158105,"date":"2024-12-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=158105"},"modified":"2024-12-20T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T15:03:42","slug":"they-are-fighters-thats-why-we-survived-nemanja-vidic-sends-a-powerful-message-to-serbs-in-kosovo-and-metohija-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/they-are-fighters-thats-why-we-survived-nemanja-vidic-sends-a-powerful-message-to-serbs-in-kosovo-and-metohija-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;THEY ARE FIGHTERS, THAT&#8217;S WHY WE SURVIVED&#8221;: Nemanja Vidi\u0107 sends a powerful message to Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Nemanja Vidi\u0107, a celebrated footballer, had a message for the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. After receiving the &#8220;Knight&#8217;s Call&#8221; award, Vidi\u0107 said:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I know that my fellow citizens in Kosovo are fighters, and that&#8217;s why we are where we are and why we have survived these difficult times.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in a statement to KoSSev, he added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Of course, the award I received is one of the most important awards in my life, and it&#8217;s not just related to my sports career, but to what I do outside of sports.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nemanja Vidi\u0107 o Srbima sa Kosova: Moji sugra\u0111ani su borci, zato smo opstali u te\u0161kim trenucima\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/goiEijTG8bE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also described this honor as a great obligation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To promote all the values and values that this society and people who are free-minded and want this society to be better, in the future,&#8221; said Vidi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement for Nova.rs, Vidi\u0107 also expressed support for the students in blockades across Serbia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I must say that I definitely support our students and highly educated youth who are supposed to lead this society tomorrow. The future should be based on such children. What kind of father would I be if I didn&#8217;t support the students,&#8221; the celebrated footballer said at the time.<\/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\/blagojevic-on-joe-rogans-podcast-nato-forced-serbia-to-give-up-kosovo-by-bombing-it-in-1999-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BLAGOJEVI\u0106 ON JOE ROGAN\u2019S PODCAST: NATO forced Serbia to give up Kosovo by bombing it in 1999! 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