Kosovo-Metohija Serb fined for wearing shirt with reference to Serbian Emperor Dusan

PRISTINA - A basic court in Pristina has fined a Serb man from Kosovo-Metohija for wearing a shirt with the inscriptions We Are Not Letting Them Take You, Dusan's Land and Ravna Gora Movement - Ibarski Kolasin, which the prosecutor said were nationalistic, Pristina-based media outlets reported on Monday.

Stefan Spasojevic from the Dren village near Zubin Potok was ordered to pay a 3,000 euro fine for allegedly causing "discord and ethnic intolerance."

The first inscription is a reference to Stefan Uros IV Dusan, a 14th-century Serbian king and subsequently emperor who also ruled in the territory of Kosovo-Metohija.

Spasojevic was seen wearing the shirt in his village in October 2023.

Initially, he was sentenced to six months in prison, but then entered a plea bargain, after which the sentence was converted to the 3,000 euro fine.