Serbia expels two Swiss, made with eagle hands

This symbol is reference to the two-headed eagle found on the Albanian flag and is also used by Albanians worldwide, including in Kosovo, whose independence Serbia refuses to recognise.

Serbian authorities describe this gesture as nationalist provocation.

B.C. and G.V. It was made after the agreement they reached with the Serbian prosecutor.

“B.C. has committed the criminal act of inciting national, racial and religious hatred and non-tradition by assisting, while photographing G.V., which handmade the two-headed eagle”, was told in the Serbian authorities' announcement.

G.V., he was sentenced to one year in prison, yet B.C. Six months in prison. But after the deal with the prosecution, their sentences have been annulled.

Under the decision, the two citizens of Switzerland will not have the right to go to Serbia for ten years.

Even in the past, Serbia had reacted sharply to making an eagle's symbol.

Swiss football player Granit Jaka, who had descended from Kosovo, had handmade the eagle after the goal scored by his team. His associate, Gerdan Shaqiri, also of origin from Kosovo, had later made this symbol in Swiss sentiment against Serbia at the World Cup in 2018.

They were fined by the world football authority, while celebrating goals in this way by Kosovo-born footballers, had caused great anger in Serbia.