Kosovo Albanians name central street in Pristina after George W. Bush
The government in Kosovo has named a central street in the capital Pristina after George W. Bush.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, December 25, 2008
The outgoing US President was honoured for his contribution to Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia.
Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci says the move is ‘a sign of the great state and national respect and appreciation' for the United States' support of the republic's independence, which was unilaterally declared back in February 2008.
The decision to change the street name was unanimously backed by Kosovo's cabinet.
The government has also pledged 5,000 euros for a statue honouring another favourite, former U.S. President - Bill Clinton. He is idolised by ethnic Albanians over NATO's 1999 air war against Serbia.
The three-metre (10-foot) tall statue, a project started in 2007, is to stand in a square of Pristina, which already has a Bill Clinton Boulevard graced by a 7.5 metre-high mural of the former US leader.
