K. Serbs give up on idea to return home

About twenty Serb returnees, who several days ago arrived in the village of Zociste near Orahovac in Kosovo, will go back to central Serbia. The Serbs, driven out of their homes by ethnic Albanians, said there were no basic living conditions in the houses that were restored for them in Kosovo. K. Serbs give up on idea to return home There was no electricity and water in the returnees' homes, and the majority of the houses were demolished again after they were built, Tanjug was told by coordinator for internally displaced persons in the Orahovac municipality Dejan Baljosevic. The 13th anniversary of the killing of 47 Serbs and Roma, who died at the hands of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), was not marked in Orahovac on Monday. Over 5,000 Serbs used to live in Orahovac, and there are less than 500 of them now, whereas about 1,000 Serbs live in the neighboring Velika Hoca village. Baljosevic pointed out that the biggest problem of Serbs in Metohija was unemployment, adding that, unlike before, there were not many incidents, "if one does not count verbal provocations of local ethnic Albanians".

K. Serbs give up on idea to return home

There was no electricity and water in the returnees' homes, and the majority of the houses were demolished again after they were built, Tanjug was told by coordinator for internally displaced persons in the Orahovac municipality Dejan Baljošević.

The 13th anniversary of the killing of 47 Serbs and Roma, who died at the hands of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), was not marked in Orahovac on Monday.

Over 5,000 Serbs used to live in Orahovac, and there are less than 500 of them now, whereas about 1,000 Serbs live in the neighboring Velika Hoča village.

Baljošević pointed out that the biggest problem of Serbs in Metohija was unemployment, adding that, unlike before, there were not many incidents, "if one does not count verbal provocations of local ethnic Albanians".