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On June 28, Serbs celebrated Vidovdan (St Vitus Day). On this day in 1389, Medieval Serbia lost the Battle of Kosovo to the Ottoman empire, a moment in history that makes Serbs especially attached to Kosovo, which they see as a historical and religious stronghold. Thousands of Serbs gathered at the Gazimestan monument near Pristina to honour the date. On the same day, Kosovo Serbs convened their own parliament in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica, thus defying the authority of the newly-independent Kosovar state.
