Tag: returnees

29 Nov

The biological end of Kosovo Serbs

The KFOR commander Lt. Gen. Xavier de Marnhac has exposed his “optimistic” view of the future of Kosovo: no more multiethnic tensions in the province, for the simple reason that one of the causes for that will soon disappear. He said that “the problem of tense relations between Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority and Serb minority would eventually reach a “biological end” as the average age of the Serbs was much older”.
11 May

A Minority Report: The Script

Title: A Minority Report (Kosovo Minorities Eight Years After) Written and directed by: Stefano Giantin Production: Saputnik Film Country: Italy Year: 2007 Length: Approx. 52’ Georgy Kakuk: What to import to Kosovo? A couple of tons of brains, and change it… Narration: Kosovo is a region roughly the size of Cyprus, located in the south of the Balkan peninsula. It has the population of around 2,2 million, 90% of those Albanians.
01 Mar

A Minority Report: the interviews

Joachim Rücker, UNMIK. Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo since September 2006. The actual Head of UNMIK was previously Director of the EU Mission in Kosovo, responsible for economical development.
28 Feb

A Minority Report: the interviews /2

Babljak Rajko Denic, RETURNEE. Mr. Denic initiated and coordinated the return to his village. Bablak/Babljak is presented by UNMIK as a successful return project. Out of 43 families that returned to Bablak/Babljak, only five remained by 2007.
01 Feb

A Minority Report: the background

UN train in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje Kosovo is a region of roughly 11.000 square kilometers located in the south of the Balkan Peninsula. It is inhabited by around 2.2 millions of people, 90 percent of them Albanians. Although technically part of Serbia, Belgrade has no de facto authority on the province since 1999. In that year, NATO [...]