Voices from the borderlands
Living in areas rumored to be considered for ‘territory exchange.’
|17.02.2019
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Little attention has been paid to those who actually live in the two areas that are the subject of so much debate.
"Politicians have basically trodden us down, so we are beaten and we are at the point where we will accept anything just for this to finally be over."
Milica Andrić Rakić"People here are too tired of staged political incidents — I’m afraid that if there's any whiff of violence people would simply just pack up and leave."
"I can’t say that the idea of border correction is the most appropriate and most suitable for Kosovo and Albanians in general, but currently it is the most reasonable."
Liburn Mustafa"There is no single ethnically pure state. Why should we be an example of one? Instead of being a good example of economic development."
Suzana Stojković"Neither Serbs nor Albanians decide their own fate for more than two decades, partly because they do not communicate with one another."
Miljana Dunđerin"For me, it is most important to have freedom of education in Presheva and to use books in the Albanian language, whether Presheva were to be in Kosovo or in Serbia."
Fitim Salihu
Fitim Salihu is a former K2.0 staff journalist, covering mainly politics and governance. Fitim has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Prishtina.
This story was originally written in English.