Commemoration of WWI Soldiers in Peć

Hungarian and Austrian Peacekeepers Lay Wreaths

07:59 November 7, 2026

On the occasion of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, the personnel of the 35th rotation of the Hungarian Defense Forces KFOR Contingent paid tribute to the soldiers who fell in the First World War at the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery in Peć/Pejë, Kosovo. Prior to the event, Hungarian peacekeepers also tidied up the area around the cemetery to ensure it was orderly and fitting for the November 1 commemoration.

At the ceremony held by the monument—restored in 2014 with financial support from Austria and Hungary—Lieutenant Colonel László Nánai, the contingent's military chaplain, said a prayer for the souls of the Hungarian soldiers who fell on the Balkan theater of operations during the First World War and were buried in the military cemetery of Peć/Pejë (known at the time as Ipek).

At the end of the commemoration, Dr. László Dux, Ambassador of Hungary to Kosovo; Clarissa Castek, Deputy Head of Mission of the Austrian Embassy in Kosovo; Colonel Bernhardt Muhrhammer, Senior National Representative of the Austrian contingent; Colonel Csaba Szabó, Senior Hungarian National Representative; Lieutenant Colonel Tamás Robotka, Commander of Camp Novo Selo; and Lieutenant Colonel Róbert Kiss, Commander of the contingent, laid wreaths of remembrance at the monument.