Ministers talk about "planned incident", call for tolerance

Seven things you need to know. Much of the international media coverage of the violence in the Partizan Belgrade stadium has focused on the stunt of a drone flying an Albanian banner, the ensuing brawl and pitch invasion by angry Serb fans. There were additional elements to the violence that are either not being reported by media. Here are some of them: 1. Albanian fans were not allowed to attend the match. 2. The Serb crowd chanted “Ubij, Ubij Siptar” – “Kill, Kill the Albanians,” throughout the 40 minutes the game was played. 3. The stadium was filled with Serb nationalistic political banners, The Serb fans loudly booed the Albanian national anthem. 4. Hard objects and fireworks were thrown on Albanian players well before the drone started flying. 4. Ivan Bogdanovic, the Serb hooligan who served jail time after causing a riot in Italy in 2010 and publicly burning the Albanian flag there, was seen invading the pitch in Belgrade, accompanied by masked supporters. 6. More than half of Albania’s national team has roots in Kosovo, which split from Serbia in the late 90s in a violent conflict in which about 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed or went missing and more than 800,000 were displaced. 7. Despite the harsh political atmosphere in the stadium, the Albanian national team went to play football, and it managed to overcome a shaky first few minutes, moving to gain the upper hand in the field when the interruption happened.

Seven things you need to know. Much of the international media coverage of the violence in the Partizan Belgrade stadium has focused on the stunt of a drone flying an Albanian banner, the ensuing brawl and pitch invasion by angry Serb fans. There were additional elements to the violence that are either not being reported by media. Here are some of them: 1. Albanian fans were not allowed to attend the match. 2. The Serb crowd chanted “Ubij, Ubij Siptar” – “Kill, Kill the Albanians,” throughout the 40 minutes the game was played. 3. The stadium was filled with Serb nationalistic political banners, The Serb fans loudly booed the Albanian national anthem. 4. Hard objects and fireworks were thrown on Albanian players well before the drone started flying. 4. Ivan Bogdanovic, the Serb hooligan who served jail time after causing a riot in Italy in 2010 and publicly burning the Albanian flag there, was seen invading the pitch in Belgrade, accompanied by masked supporters. 6. More than half of Albania’s national team has roots in Kosovo, which split from Serbia in the late 90s in a violent conflict in which about 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed or went missing and more than 800,000 were displaced. 7. Despite the harsh political atmosphere in the stadium, the Albanian national team went to play football, and it managed to overcome a shaky first few minutes, moving to gain the upper hand in the field when the interruption happened.

Seven things you need to know. Much of the international media coverage of the violence in the Partizan Belgrade stadium has focused on the stunt of a drone flying an Albanian banner, the ensuing brawl and pitch invasion by angry Serb fans. There were additional elements to the violence that are either not being reported by media. Here are some of them: 1. Albanian fans were not allowed to attend the match. 2. The Serb crowd chanted “Ubij, Ubij Siptar” – “Kill, Kill the Albanians,” throughout the 40 minutes the game was played. 3. The stadium was filled with Serb nationalistic political banners, The Serb fans loudly booed the Albanian national anthem. 4. Hard objects and fireworks were thrown on Albanian players well before the drone started flying. 4. Ivan Bogdanovic, the Serb hooligan who served jail time after causing a riot in Italy in 2010 and publicly burning the Albanian flag there, was seen invading the pitch in Belgrade, accompanied by masked supporters. 6. More than half of Albania’s national team has roots in Kosovo, which split from Serbia in the late 90s in a violent conflict in which about 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed or went missing and more than 800,000 were displaced. 7. Despite the harsh political atmosphere in the stadium, the Albanian national team went to play football, and it managed to overcome a shaky first few minutes, moving to gain the upper hand in the field when the interruption happened.

Seven things you need to know. Much of the international media coverage of the violence in the Partizan Belgrade stadium has focused on the stunt of a drone flying an Albanian banner, the ensuing brawl and pitch invasion by angry Serb fans. There were additional elements to the violence that are either not being reported by media. Here are some of them: 1. Albanian fans were not allowed to attend the match. 2. The Serb crowd chanted “Ubij, Ubij Siptar” – “Kill, Kill the Albanians,” throughout the 40 minutes the game was played. 3. The stadium was filled with Serb nationalistic political banners, The Serb fans loudly booed the Albanian national anthem. 4. Hard objects and fireworks were thrown on Albanian players well before the drone started flying. 4. Ivan Bogdanovic, the Serb hooligan who served jail time after causing a riot in Italy in 2010 and publicly burning the Albanian flag there, was seen invading the pitch in Belgrade, accompanied by masked supporters. 6. More than half of Albania’s national team has roots in Kosovo, which split from Serbia in the late 90s in a violent conflict in which about 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed or went missing and more than 800,000 were displaced. 7. Despite the harsh political atmosphere in the stadium, the Albanian national team went to play football, and it managed to overcome a shaky first few minutes, moving to gain the upper hand in the field when the interruption happened.