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Can galvanising moments sway discrimination against minorities? Research assumes that ethnic or racial boundaries may take generations of cohabitation to adapt. But we found that one single gesture by Swiss football players with Kosovo-Albanian heritage was powerful enough to alter discrimination in Switzerland.
Albanian PM Edi Rama introduced official fund to pay for the fines of the Swiss players who made the eagle-hand gesture during the match against Serbia.
A photo gallery of Kosovo's first home match in Shkoder, in which it lost 0-6 to Croatia.
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A photo gallery of celebrations in Kosovo’s capital, where fans gathered to watch the country’s first qualifying game for the World Cup, Russia 2018.