Of late, Yugoslav press has been focusing on the plight of the Serbs who are staying in Kosovo. Since Kfor and UN Civil Mission representatives arrived in Kosovo, there have been no activities seen there to create a multinational commonwealth of peoples enjoying equal rights, as was initially announced. It looks like all efforts of the international community in the province have been confined to helping exclusively Albanians to get back on their feet. In the meantime, the Serbs are being left in terrible plight, struggling just to survive, Rada Traikovic, a member of the Serb National Veche (Assembly) in Kosovo, in particular, mentions in an interview to the Politika newspaper. According to her, Serbs in Kosovo can only dream of human rights. There have been virtually no Serbs left in the cities of the province – Albanian extremists kidnap and kill them, as international organizations turn a blind eye to it. Serbs in Kosovo do not dare speak their language, fear of walking the streets, fear to attend theatres and cinemas, turn up in other public places. “It is unveiled genocide and apartheid,” the newspaper concludes.
The Blic newspaper, in turn, publishes a story about ethnic Serbs who live virtually under siege in an individual house located in the Solnechny Kholm (sunny hill) district of the Pristina city. Their house is guarded by British soldiers round the clock. The total of 130 Serbs are now left in Pristina against over 400,000 ethnic Albanians, says Jordan Markovic, the master of the house. “We live in this house without a chance to go into town. We don’t have even telephones. This house is literally a prison,” Mr. Markoviic complains. Olga Blagojevic, 76, says she has not left her apartment for the last 2 years. “I’m on the brink of going mad. I’m thinking of throwing myself out of the window,” the poor old woman exclaims, according to the Blic.
The Glas Javnosti newspaper tells the readers how it feels to live in Priluzhye village encircled by ethnic Albanians. One of the village residents was recently hit a land mine, receiving serious injuries. Now the villagers demand that Kfor would ensure them a safe passage to their plots of land for the agricultural work season.
Compiled using the materials of "Radio Jugoslavija" by
SERGEI STEPHANOV
PRAVDA.Ru
Miroslav Antic,
http://www.antic.org/
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