Kosovo Is Serbia Protest 2008 - Kosovo Is Serbia Protest

Kosovo Is Serbia Protest

On February 21, a very large demonstration called Kosovo is Serbia (Косово је Србија, Kosovo je Srbija) was held in Belgrade in front of the Parliament organized by the Serbian government, with up to 2,000,000 people attending.

Speakers at the protest were:

• Vojislav Koštunica, Prime Minister of Serbia (Democratic Party of Serbia)
• Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian opposition leader (Serbian Radical Party)
• Milorad Dodik, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats)
• Andrija Mandić, Serb opposition leader from Montenegro (Serb People's Party)
• Predrag Popović, opposition politician from Montenegro (People's Party)
• Dejan Bodiroga, basketball player
• Emir Kusturica, filmmaker
• Novak Đoković, tennis player (through video link)
• Ivana Žigon, actress
• Nenad Jezdić, actor
• Nataša Tapušković, actress
• Alexander Karađorđević, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, successor to the Serbian throne and head of the House of Karadjordjevic

After the protest, people went to the Temple of Saint Sava for a religious service, where a speech was held by acting head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Archbishop Amfilohije Risto Radović of Montenegro and the Littoral.

The president of Serbia and commander-in-chief of Serbian Armed Forces, Boris Tadic (Democratic Party), did not attend. The rally was not supported by the Liberal Democratic Party nor by the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, both of which are represented in Parliament.