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don't believe if you listen to them don't tell me that you never showed. and the jointer come up in the morning. reveal the symphony's of your heart this comes. from skoda starts october 11th on t w ah. europe's youngest nation and home to its youngest population. its majority ethnic albanian with the serbian minority a country that bears the scars of old conflicts and recent wars. a country and people still looking for justice. will be nice nobody's beating
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ghosts but it is a state. for muslims or. feel more comfortable for. me to find you are all. good some. think it's. fun calling me. a few snowballs and despite the profound grief our work helped to heal the wounds we turned that pain into will power. if.
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these women work around the clock in 2 shifts. they belong to an agricultural cooperative in. a village in southern kosovo. their pickled vegetables are known across the country as is the traumatic past of these women they are all war widows. once part of yugoslavia and then 20 years ago a theater of war. the manager and founder of the collective. pops by with their sundry lawn. he was just 3 months old when his father was killed in 1999 his mother was left with nothing except her 2 young children 3 years later she founded an association called the widows of. which would later become a women's cooperative. it
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was really difficult convincing people in the village especially the women. the notion of working independently while also being a grieving widow in a rural community was unimaginable but i was persistent and managed to bring all the women together. on march 25th and 26th 1999 more than 100 muslim men from croatia were rounded up and shot dead by serbian militias the women and children fled or were driven out these are the graves of those murdered are some there are no graves their bodies were never found. it was massacres like this targeting albanian civilians that prompted nato to launch a campaign of airstrikes against serbia. in june 1909 the multinational k. 4 force sent troops into kosovo the soldiers were welcomed as liberators.
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job was to monitor the withdrawal of serbian forces from kosovo which sought independence from yugoslavia. 20 years on k 4 still has staff on the ground its troop numbers now reduced to 3600 . away from the forces headquarters and. is only visibly present in the northern town of. tatyana lots are a bitch a journalist from explains what ethnic serbs make for today. serves to be in favor of the. older time repeated neutrality. nato forces. do provides. an army as
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a neutral army to provide. later. will show us around her online news office and. 100 kilometers further south we're now at the cemetery in croatia. buffy hoti enter 20 year old son trayvon don't come here very often. in the desert the call to my memories of march 26th 1909 are really difficult it's now been 20 years to his every year on the date of that crime everyone from the village comes to the cemetery to the graves of their family members. but there's no grave for me and my children to visit so instead we come here to the memorial where the names of the missing are listed dari some a persona a. boss came hoti has been missing since the massacre 4 years his wife clung to the vain hope that he had survived. the men who carried out the
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mass murder were never caught but the atrocity and crew shot did feature in the charges brought against high ranking serbian politicians and military commanders. the u.n. war crimes tribunal in the hague sentence them to lengthy prison terms from a question my life was a nightmare of i was 38 with no husband and my back up against all the fuss that it was like being on the ground and having to get up on my own and learn to walk again like a toddler i stood alone but in spite of everything life went on. her cooperative process is more than $600.00 tonnes of vegetables a year. 3 lawn works here alongside 58 women. and they want to expand. their pickled peppers pepperoni isn't gherkins made according to traditional recipes are sold at markets across the region although 70 percent of their product
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is exported. i was a woman in my early thirty's when i set up a company with one euro it has since become a large scale enterprise and the only woman in kosovo running a company like this i did it with determination and hard work and with god's help i've managed to stay healthy. the fast growing capital cost is home to a growing number of cars and a construction boom. at the same time the country's unemployment rate is close to one 3rd of the working population. its economy is dependent on international aid organizations as well as cash transfers from costs of ours working abroad. he got the money has made a name for himself in kosovo as a painter photographer and musician. you know nice meeting here and it's been 18 years since our reporter hilda start
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last saw began the money when she filmed a report about him he's got the time he had just unrolled at the art academy and what i usually do i paid some photographs see if found that. you meant to read i looked quite younger when he was 21 the one time i love to live a good life you know to have. money to buy things to to to live good to have. a happy family to live in a good country with a. all good things that paid to its hold just to see what life future will be because. there's not certain places where working get employed the finish line it was today but no i have opportunity maybe to go outside to
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start just where you feel you would stay if you would come back to cross a. 100 percent sure you'll come back to show. half of what i said is realize because i have become an autism being working is all it is through all the time. but i didn't i was trying to go to live abroad. once. i met someone my wife. and we talked married and i continued living here. began as a regular visitor to the city's markets where he also observes the mood people must be you see people complaining every day and that's something that needs not only economic conditions but also. that you keisha awareness.
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while at the market he also made some useful finds. since i was collecting these books from seventy's and sixty's books from new yugoslavia. i used to look at the laws and then came the idea to to paint. it's actually a van to the funeral ceremony of tito in 1980 the diary men did you say. when you were 21 and not put it. this is a political mojo yeah i don't know. the death of tito led to the disintegration of the multinational country nationalist politicians on various sides called for ethnically pure states resulting in
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a series of wars and the mass displacement of ethnic groups. in the north of kosovo is a defacto divided city. the southern part of town is home to kosovar albanians. they still see the us as protector the north is majority serve in between the 2 sides italian k for troops. this is the same place 20 years ago in 1999 it's solved by the clashes between kosovar albanians and serbs who are blocking the roads to northern. cape or soldiers deployed tear gas to keep the 2 ethnic groups apart. today a new bridge across the river connects the ethnic albanian part of nature of it so
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with the serb north the tensions continue to flare up in may cause of our police officers launched anti smuggling raids in serbia jordi towns in the north of the country making 20 arrests in response serbian president aleksander put his military on alert for urge both sides to exercise restraint. i don't think that we have moved. reading much forwards through all of the balkans in comparison to ninety's. i see a huge comeback of ninety's again especially for the past 2 years here a civil. in comparison to the political rhetoric from belgrade. and he also seized the same political leaders. really they haven't changed. we accompany tuckey on a lottery bitch on
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a tour of the serbian northern part of me. without our albanian camera crew who had safety concerns. the journalist has been accused of treason due to her reporting. the serbian president has even called critical media outlets spies controlled by the west the ethnic serbs look to russia for support especially vladimir putin. tatyana lots are a bitch and her team published the online newsletter. here it's funded by the un and has won a range of awards as has its editor. and would. want you to listen. to the newsletters writers want to provide kosovo's serbs with objective information to provide balance against one sided media propaganda. and at the heart of that serbian propaganda is the side of the battle of costs of 0
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and 1389 in which christian orthodox serbs faced an invading ottoman force. in belgrade because of a field is to this day the cradle of serbian identity. the statue celebrates another serbian hero from the battle. years ago. production has risen from an initial 1000 to 2000 liters per month. is happy about that except for problems resulting from political tension between kosovo and its neighbor not least attacks on imports from serbia.
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i suffered from that school so was decision a 100 percent tax because even the beginning we import. baseballs from serbia there is no small to really serve no useful we force a base miles from there. it was cheaper for transportation cost and it's cheaper also. rise after that we thought it important also baseball from belgium. high end ales for discriminating tastes and in varying strengths. the bottles are labeled in cyrillic script for the brands predominantly serbian clientele and in english for the small number of albanian customers. homes from water are still fresh because they are not close to ship the knowledge that they
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were trying stepanek during the war and. not to justify eat as you know john's defames told to come true or just be friends of the people. bucks to say you know goals for me to do crimes have to be responsible. and then me i kind of stuff. we leave here along always peace peace is the only way. rajani monastery per centuries a sacred site for the serbian orthodox church. it's also a unesco world cultural heritage site and as such the tracks both tourists and wedding parties. the serbian flag seems to be an indispensable element of any wedding here. whether it's serb or albanian descent almost everybody in kosovo
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marries within their own ethnic group. and that is good news for those who want to see ethnically homogenous communities and territories among them leading politicians in both kosovo and serbia. have talked openly about land swaps and border adjustments adding to concerns about the future. in 21st century to any normal person it's beyond any kind of logic to think about hate just because you want a long lasting peace even to be believing that even if this will settle down it's against any kind of. a democracy corps european principle to tell people hey goal leave your homes and go back to the other side. kosovo and serbia are currently not talking to each other not officially at least. close to the parliament in pristina is the national museum which also features weaponry used by
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the cost of the liberation army in the war of independence. but some kalay fighters have a far from heroic or glorious past. commanders now hold senior positions in government but some stand accused of being involved in war crimes against ethnic serbs including ramos hari deny who stepped down as prime minister in july he has since appeared before a special court in the hague. 11 years after independence kosovo has now been recognized by more than 100 countries although not by serbia russia or china. their regional euphoria after the war has dissipated. people were very optimistic as to. the optimistic those same that will build the contrary which is strong. work will be independent which we are independent in the way but not
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completely. begun in money has his personal independence at least in addition to establishing himself as an artist he runs his own restaurant. began work here as a student 18 years ago back then it was a cafe and bar run by his father. the café is now a restaurant managed by began together with his wife. actually it was my wife's idea because she was visiting marian and when she came to live here she had she couldn't find places to eat she was my sister and i want to open the place for visitations. people who were interested surprisingly. and. just
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a bunch she she wanted to do expand. this is a different face of kosovo the sharm outings national park in the southeast of the country. where there are hopes of a softer kind of tourism in the future. but to achieve works for the park authorities as a tour guide today he has a group from germany. the park wants to attract outdoor enthusiasts with cross border hiking trails and accommodation with local people in mountain villages. the broader aim is to make use of the park more. sustainable. you know we don't want to build more the prospects are both soft tourism with a tourism to use this. but also religious around the block but this could
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actually sort of. so we can use this the people who are leaving other part of the benefits. of her income from the tourism or through. after arriving at their destination the visitors sabre's some regional specialities. forced. into german visitors enjoy some famous sharry cheese. this new mountain lodge is run by les arcs movie as family they're hoping to see a rise in hikers and other visitors looking to stay the night. but. this is. the most of those solar cells so through. one potential danger remains for hikers in kosovo
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as in other parts of former yugoslavia landmines visitors are advised to stick to official paved trails and take along an experienced local guide. the hugh. i get a very relaxed feeling here people are very hospitable and i have the impression that they're delighted to see tourists coming to explore the country. dislike it's been 20 years since the conflict of. sponsorship but i don't have the feeling that it's dangerous sam's club in this discussion to see you be this hopeless martis or dogfish askance because. meanwhile it's business as usual at the women's agricultural co-operative and cruise ship which receives financial support from the e.u. . today some of the widows own daughters have also started working here many of them were too young to remember their murdered fathers. the co-operatives logo is
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a farmer's wife bearing a white head scarf originally as a symbol of mourning but now the women say it's a symbol of peace. 70 percent of the production is exported to germany austria italy and switzerland and the cooperative has recently signed contracts with buyers in sweden and the us. you. know. i never gave up because i love my life and kosovo. us no harm and i never wanted to leave and bring up my children abroad. i wanted them to grow up in the homeland of their father to inherit his property and to preserve his memory and respect for the family. many of those hoping for a brighter future and pushed into end up at the job center. the situation is particularly worrying for the new generation youth unemployment is currently at
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almost 60 percent. mohammad has an appointment with a career counselor he's 24 and studying business. after graduating he wants to work in administration. goes this. the conversation with his advisor is a sobering one. but he remains confident. says demand abroad for labor in the construction sector that improves my chances of finding a job. would he leave the country to find work sure i wouldn't hesitate if i were to find a good and secure job. where. next door a counselor is arranging an internship or a 34 year old woman. it's better than nothing. it's
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getting more and more difficult. so simply doesn't have enough factories to employ more people. trying to get all the jobs in the administrative and service sector a failed social. media something if we had more factories the situation would be far better. to kitchen should work. for young people looking for opportunities in the i.t. sector the innovation center kosovo in prishtina is an incubator for new ideas. the engineers at this startup specialize in 3 d. printers. and their products are in big demand both in kosovo and further afield. the company is now looking to seal a distribution deal with a german partner to sell their printers across the e.u. in addition to being cheaper than the competition they have another marketing plus . yeah well these are big book made from normal everyday plastic this is
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a bio degradable type of plastic which is called peel away or the lactic acid is kind of the standard in the 3 d. printing industry but it's great to be used indoors since it doesn't release any talk since kids are very safe for indoor environments and we have limited or product of this kind of plastic. the company recently won a german design award. and these young programmers are developing a smartphone app for driving schools and initially aimed at the german market was. first searched. your p.r. companies can use it to plan shared chilling for driving instructors and students. good instructors can track the progress of their students so. they can also check when the appointments are for the theory and practical tends. to get back into. when we 1st met began the money 18 years ago he was the same age as the young
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programmers being a student he didn't need a special visa to go abroad at the time. but eventually he decided to come back and make a new start with kosovo. he now also promotes cultural projects. and help to secure a future for this old cinema in the center of pressure. for film festivals and music events. my creative painting of the music might have been. world. service on them but still the bars like the. whole society those things i don't know what to expect it was always. people who lived. more away or a. political change. the new generation will come
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and. shoot the will be more smarter. or more for country. i still think it will be a. good time so. to miss the. big on the money has been able to make the best of his opportunities but 20 years on the war's legacy is still palpable conflicts with serbia political and economic instability a snap election following the prime minister's resignation. there are signs of hope for kosovo however innovative ideas and other success stories hopes now rest on the younger generation their biggest challenge will be to forge a common shared future for all ethnic groups who call kosovo.
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