DOME CROSS STOLEN FROM SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN KOSOVO CAPITAL
BBC Monitoring International Reports - January 17, 2005

Text of report in English by Belgrade-based Radio B92 text web site on 17 January

Pristina, 17 January: The cross on the main dome of the Sveti Nikola Orthodox Church in Pristina has been removed and stolen.

The same church was set on fire during the March riots in Kosovo (in 2004). According to the Beta news agency, a part of the metal fence surrounding the church was also taken.

During the riots of 17 and 18 March 2004, a total of 37 churches were set on fire, some of which date back to the fourteenth century.
 

Source: Radio B92 text web site, Belgrade, in English 1357 gmt 17 Jan 05

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