{"id":6766,"date":"2026-04-16T00:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/the-exodus-of-kosovo-albanians-during-the-war\/---62283c6a-cea4-456c-9448-318a7f23eda1"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:13:50","slug":"the-exodus-of-kosovo-albanians-during-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2023\/10\/11\/the-exodus-of-kosovo-albanians-during-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The exodus of Kosovo-Albanians during the war."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 16, 1998-1999 <\/strong>is known as the exodus of Kosova Albanians during the war. <strong>About one million Albanians were forced by Serbian paramilitary forces to move to Albania and Macedonia (now North Macedonia). <\/strong>In addition to those displaced in Albania and Macedonia, thousands of Albanians also crossed the border with Montenegro, while hundreds of thousands were displaced from their homes to find shelter in the mountains of Kosova. The violent expulsion of Albanians from their homes reached its peak after the start of the NATO bombings against military and police points in the former Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). April 16 is the date when Exodus Day is marked in Kuk\u00ebs, as a sign of gratitude and respect for all those who opened their doors to welcome their Albanian brothers from Kosova. <i>(In the photo: Moment from the Exodus of Albanians.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/al\/21-vite-nga-eksodi-i-shqiptareve-nga-kosova\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 16, 1998-1999 is known as the exodus of Kosova Albanians during the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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