Dua Lipa given Kosovo citizenship by president

President of the Republic of KosovoLipa was greeted by President Vjosa Osmani within the ceremony on FridayPop star Dua Lipa has mentioned it “looks like my two sides at the moment are one” after being granted Kosovo citizenship. The singer was born in London to Kosovan-Albanian mother and father, and he or she lived within the capital Pristina briefly from the age of 11 when her mother and father returned after Kosovo gained independence.President Vjosa Osmani, who hosted the ceremony, mentioned it was an “honour” granting Lipa citizenship, hailing her as “some of the iconic cultural figures in our nation’s historical past”.In a press release, Lipa added: “It completes the duality I’ve at all times had inside. I like this nation and this implies a lot to me and my household.”Sharing pictures of the ceremony on X, Osamni wrote: “Dua and Kosovo have at all times been inseparable. From the world’s largest phases to the hearts of thousands and thousands, she’s carried our story with power, pleasure, and charm…”Our gratitude is limitless for the whole lot Dua has carried out, and continues to do for Kosovo.””Kosovo’s gem – welcome again house,” she added in a separate submit.Lipa is presently in Kosovo for the three-day Sunny Hill Pageant, which she headlined on Friday.Lipa has typically spoken of her love for the nation, and arrange a charity that focuses on serving to susceptible communities in Kosovo. The Radical Optimism singer was greeted on the ceremony by a youngsters’s choir, singing a rendition of her hit Levitating.Additionally in attendance was UK Ambassador to Kosovo, Jonathan Hargreaves.He posted an image smiling alongside Lipa on X, and mentioned the UK and Kosovo had been proud to name the pop star “one in every of our personal”.Lipa now has citizenship for Britain, Albania and Kosovo.She was granted Albanian citizenship in 2022 for selling the nation via her music and fame.President of the Republic of KosovoLipa was additionally awarded the title of Honorary Ambassador of Kosovo by the president in 2022.She mentioned it was an “honour and a privilege to have the ability to characterize my nation all around the world and to proceed my work and efforts globally”.After her efficiency on the Sunny Hill Pageant on Friday, she wrote on Instagram: “Sharing this night time with you all, within the metropolis that formed me, surrounded by a lot power, pleasure, and pleasure… it is onerous to place into phrases what it means.”Lipa established the music occasion in her mother and father’ hometown together with her father in 2018.The competition, she defined final yr, was arrange “to alter the rhetoric of what folks take into consideration Kosovo and it being war-torn”.Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, after years of strained relations between its Serb and primarily Albanian inhabitants. It has been recognised by the UK, US and the opposite G7 nations and most EU states, though not Spain or Greece. However Serbia refuses to recognise Kosovo, as do most ethnic Serbs inside Kosovo. Russia, China and a number of other African and Latin American nations additionally don’t recognise its independence.