Reconstructed cemetery is again a dignified place of rest for 160 deceased soldiers of various nationalities within Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, 8 of them Czechs, and at the same time for 41 Russians, 2 Montenegrins, 1 Turkish and 4 unknown.

An initiative to rehabilitate the Military Cemetery in Peja was generated by a joint effort of the Embassy of Hungary and the Austrian Embassy in Pristina. In cooperation with the Viennese Department of the Museum of Military History access to the war archives was possible and available documentation and records were examined. The plan of the rehabilitation of the cemetery was implemented thanks to a close cooperation among the Hungarian Foreign Ministry and the Austrian Schwarzes Kreuz, the Hungarian and Austrian KFOR contingents, the Ministry of the Kosovo Security Force and the office of the Mayor of Peja.

Lórant Balla, Hungarian Ambassador to Pristina, said at the ceremony: “May God give us peace so that no new graves and graveyards need our remembrance in the times coming, but that we always find domains, opportunities and niches to develop cooperation and joint projects in service of trust, stability and well-being.”

Johann Brieger, Austrian Ambassador to Pristina, concluded : “It was only after immense destruction and loss of life again that very courageous people stood up and took an alternative path, not the “easy path of hatred and revenge” …  Today I consider the European Union the most successful peace project to date and, in spite of some weaknesses, a bastion against the dramatic aberrations of the 20^th century.”

The ceremony was attended by the Minister of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), the Deputy Commander of the KFOR, the Mayor of Peja, and representatives of the OSCE and UNMIK, and was followed by the uncovering of a memorial plaque and a religious service. A book, which will include the names of the 208 fallen soldiers, will be made accessible to the public for viewing at the nearby Catholic church.