VIDEO: Serbian protesters in Kosovo cheer Viktor Orbán

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Photo: MTI/AP/Bojan Slavkovic

During Monday’s unrest in northern Kosovo, there was a moment when Serbian protesters loudly cheered Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s Prime Minister.

In the video below, from 04:02, you can hear the crowd chanting “Ajmo Orbane”, which means “Go Orbán!”

Hvg.hu mentions that it is hard to decide whether the cheering was due to the Hungarian government’s policy regarding Serbia or to the Hungarian flag on the plexiglass shield of one of the NATO soldiers facing the protesters.

The unrest erupted after several Serb-inhabited areas of Kosovo refused to recognise the results of the April by-elections for local government.

The protests escalated, and after a while, enraged Serbs attacked NATO soldiers, including Hungarians, who were carrying out policing duties. Meanwhile, on the Kosovo-Serbian border, the Serbian army was deployed. The Albanian authorities in Kosovo are pushing for the appointment of Albanian mayors, despite opposition from the EU and the US.

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