Serbs leaving central Kosovo village

Serbs from the village of Novo Naselje, near Lipljan in central Kosovo, are selling their property to ethnic Albanians at low prices.

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Sunday, 19.04.2009.

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Serbs from the village of Novo Naselje, near Lipljan in central Kosovo, are selling their property to ethnic Albanians at low prices. Some 25 Serb families moved out in the past two years, because there are no jobs for them, and because it is not safe to go out and work their fields. Serbs leaving central Kosovo village Serbs and Albanians in Novo Naselje do not communicate, except to negotiate sales of Serb homes and land. This talk mainly takes place behind closed doors. The local Serbs are reluctant to talk to reporters about this, but they do not hide that their property goes at unrealistically low prices. Albanians who buy Serb homes put up Albanian insignia on them. None of the young Serbs have been able to find jobs here for the past ten years. There is no school, so Serb children must travel to nearby Suvi Do. Although they say they have lately felt safer in the village itself – they can move there and in Lipljan – the Serbs still cannot go out and farm their land freely for fear of attacks. The locals say that meetings with Kosovo police, KPS, and NATO-led KFOR troops produced no results, as they received no guarantees regarding their security. Until the 1999 war in the province, 140 Serb, and 11 ethnic Albanian families lived here. Now, the Serb families are down to 120, while the number of ethnic Albanian households has reached 60.

Serbs leaving central Kosovo village

Serbs and Albanians in Novo Naselje do not communicate, except to negotiate sales of Serb homes and land.

This talk mainly takes place behind closed doors. The local Serbs are reluctant to talk to reporters about this, but they do not hide that their property goes at unrealistically low prices.

Albanians who buy Serb homes put up Albanian insignia on them.

None of the young Serbs have been able to find jobs here for the past ten years. There is no school, so Serb children must travel to nearby Suvi Do.

Although they say they have lately felt safer in the village itself – they can move there and in Lipljan – the Serbs still cannot go out and farm their land freely for fear of attacks.

The locals say that meetings with Kosovo police, KPS, and NATO-led KFOR troops produced no results, as they received no guarantees regarding their security.

Until the 1999 war in the province, 140 Serb, and 11 ethnic Albanian families lived here. Now, the Serb families are down to 120, while the number of ethnic Albanian households has reached 60.

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