models facing the year of the bible less than nine e.u. countries have downgraded by credit rating agencies and the importance of the continued international worries that the blokes that travelled up on the control. one destination russia is not the great business trade that has landed thank you into the ocean ten months after its launch but it. had landed in the pacific go. round up next stunning depth look at the prospects for a solution to the long standing tensions between kosovo's ethnic albanian and populations that's in our special report right now and. this young serbian came here a couple of weeks ago it's

a well known bridging course of skim it true. it divides the city into two parts serbian and albanian. he thought he was going to fight to defend serbia but for now his only weapon is an axe and keeping his tent up near the barricades is his only combat mission. he's only seen his potential adversary kosovar albanians from a distance there on the other bank of the river. was that it's because. this is serbian land both here and know the other side of the bridge. i am. all of this work and then the choppers coming here every day make

a lot of noise who they keep children away just see now adults can do their jobs properly this unnerves the people here. every hour helicopters make life uncomfortable for us not to georgevitch along with several thousand others living in the village of the pulse of age. however the cost of aussie themselves apology to blame for this situation in the summer of two thousand and eleven they blocked roads in the region's north to hold up traffic carrying international troops and officials from priest and. as a result the only way albanian border guards and customs officials can now reach the base near the border with central serbia is by.

this barricade an impossibility to us build four months ago. that's when albanians special forces. tried to enter this territory. to set up their policemen on customers officials on the border with serbia. music that came through the village activists left their homes in a bid to stop them water though i must say in all fairness that the situation in the north of course a lot resembles the battle of stalingrad. you know an armed serbian people opposing nato forces armed to the teeth. units from the kosovo force known as an international organization established by nato attempted to dismantle the barricades. in the biggest standoff since kosovo's declaration of independence in two thousand and eight. no.

doubt of it whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. oh that's the way i. was there although you know. we. call. her. yvonne as you go on drives through the barricades without a hitch if there's a popular serbian actress and singer who comes to northern kosovo almost every month. i have

a plan to meet people there you need to help people because they fight for the liberty they're they build to the barricades it's called knowledge and they're standing for their city and they're all alone so we people of art have to help as much as we can bring it you know. on her way to the divided city of course of scum attributes are. always visits mount capital nic serbia's highest point. northern kosovo is in full view from an altitude of nearly two kilometers. this was already from here you can see almost all of serbia foreign wind to kosovo is over there. but in the words of a point this is more than just mountains plains and the graves of our ancestors who lost their lives fighting for europe's free don't want to use it or poor.

it wasn't us knows i'm not from costs of us but i feel the need to be here together with the people demonstrate my support these people have lived in a state of siege for twelve years in a fast six months they have been struggling for control of this bridge and i hope they will continue their struggle in achieving their goal being less and people like me or a few and far between here are politicians come here for only two or three days and all they do is make promises. buoyant has kept a diary since the first day of his vigil and spends his free time collecting his thoughts in it horseman list in december the eight each day is like all the others i'm down in the dumps in this tent but i hope to get used to it with time because i hear it because it will force and remove the barricades sinjar it so several times

what are you guys put them up unusable. was. this bridge is the main bridge in route three theories connect to two parts of me to return or completely. divided no off of war and ninety nine. i mean the situation before the war was not like that. this man. strolls along an invisible border it unlike boy and he's kept an eye on the standoff between kosovar albanians and serbs for more than a decade his memories of bitter clashes on this bridge a still fresh. oh member requests of one many thought i'm here on this

bridge the. both of them were told. on both. green. but. the former yugoslav leader you'll see brawls tito laid the foundation for the current conflict by granting autonomous status to kosovo in one thousand nine hundred sixty three the population of mostly ethnic albanians demanded independence off to yugoslavia broke up but open clashes between the kosovo liberation army and serbian troops broke out. in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine to intervene on the side of the course of months of bombardment by allied aircraft compelled then serbian leaders slobodan milosevic to pull troops out of kosovo as

a result of the nato operation around five hundred civilians died. the region declared independence in two thousand and eight but has never been recognized by belgrade around one hundred fifty thousand serbs still live in kosovo. or you're going to this is the house i used to live in. my father built all the necessary papers were in his name all of which are what i can say that this is my house because all in his. driveway of h. assume visits what's left of his former house in a suburb of southern mr viets are in albanian territory only during the day it's safer that way. each visit saddens him both years of emptiness and the albanians living nearby have contributed to the gradual decay of

the house built by his father. and i'm going to i would like to return him but we need the basic life conditions if we don't get them back we will be able to come back with. me you know that is even more upset by the condition of the local cemetery where serbs are buried. there well we're going to we're going to you can see how many tombstones have been destroyed. water or you. know all these of both being destroyed to and. from.

back. at the weekend the marketplace near the bridge in northern mitra turns into a public forum the latest talking point is the situation with the barricades but another subject cropped up in december twenty. fifth. with the follow up with you know how are you good and you thank you i'm fine i'm representing the russo serbian society we're now collecting signatures under applications for russian passports can i ask you to give your signature. of course with all my heart here put down your first name and last name but is it ok there we go. thank you. it.

began collecting signatures from kosovo serbs requesting russian citizenship in november twentieth. he gathered fifty thousand in just a few weeks. of each was among them people living north of the river a pinning their hopes on help from moscow. or from we've decided to seek a russian citizenship mainly because we want to get protection from the russian state. as you know we in course of us have been under pressure immense pressure from the west for the past two years the west wants us to leave this territory it wants to expel serbs from serbian land its ethnic cleansing if we're now witnessing its final phase. simberg eleventh i have heard reports of people in cos of. signing a petition to request a russian citizenship. they say zloty board georgie which collected forty seven

thousand signatures with all of them were sent to russia with and through that was like a bolt from the blue i know that russia received the citizenship requests but it said no in the end we'll be on it and yet. is not giving up he's confident the russians have not said their final word the serb activist continues collecting the signatures of his compatriots seeking russian citizenship and says he'll wait for as long as it takes fellow campaign a boy and contributes in his own way he's determined to stay in his tent until the threat of an albanian invasion disappear his.

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leave. that even alone. at the. very decent people. do you want to give up the roots and history. the backbone of all land. of course i'm in no position to give them some advise. but each day's like all the others we hear the albanians are on the other side of the bridge but today something interesting happened our singer vanno she gone came here nobody but politicians had visited does before you give a speech at first we are in my favorite song about. after ivana's performance boy and heads back to his tent for

a late supper. this time he will eat a serbian pike. as he slices it the young server discusses the fate of his long suffering homeland. though one of the plan to think of this by the yugoslavia twenty years ago. by this . flies here is the republic of slovenia it was the first to fall away you were. so this is slowing both of. them of the republic of croatia followed suit. but i. would worry a slice of macedonia we come back it was the third republic to seat. the fourth republic. and herzegovina broke away in the wake of

a hard fought war we. had a poor record of the same fate. the only remaining state here is serbia together with castle foreigners would dearly like to take it away to where is this slice it's a tiny but inseparable part of serbia. the next morning a convoy of twenty trucks carrying supplies of russian humanitarian aid retraced the journey to northern kosovo the supplies include basic necessities from clothes and medicine to an electric generator. so far the forward trucks have been duly processed they have crossed the administrative line. and are now in the regions territory of the might expect the other trucks to be allowed through checkpoint has come through in the glory in that case we will arrive in

course of skies. in a few hours. however any hope that the convoy would reach maturity to any time soon was dashed. the convoy of russian humanitarian aid became hostage to a long running territorial dispute the checkpoint that halted the trucks is the only pristina controlled place in the region the serbs don't recognize it they use alternative roads to bypass the checkpoint. like the albanians living in the southern sector of often come to the bridge as they look across the river they hope that sooner or later all of kosovo will be united under pristina. if you would. solve for three. and i mean ten years ago seven years to go when the same with same no but after they saw. the opportunity. of being accommodating to the cause of the sidehill then they accept it and they know

i mean percentage of participation to be cause for elections among the higher them even with a percentage of the albanians. back it was in charge of a television channel in southern the. he created this small t.v. and radio station immediately after the declaration of course of those independents . this is the first studio new i mean here we are for children program here for news. here for debate i think this is the smallest. haven't seen in the world so the studio is rather sterile appearance is broken only by the anti said caricature those that confront guests as soon as they enter. this is the most rich.

time thing. just hiding. destroying the bridge on a mystery. most of disciplines if you will by the spectacle in the palace will be like him. do you think. there is a lot of people. i mean someone who really did notice you would be doing. kosovo's declaration of independence in february two thousand and eight was symbolized by the structure built in pristina bearing the word newborn in giant block letters the problems of the regions north broke the back of course of our minds at the time it didn't occur to them that the local serbs would never agreed to be ruled by kosovo's or forties. kosovo's deputy premier i redeem coochie is one of the so-called new born politicians in pristina he takes an optimistic view of what's happening in northern

kosovo his unshakable belief is that several years from now the serbs will realize that they need to look to pristina in the south rather than belgrade in the north main problem is that people in northern part of their incentives can get up if they are forced by building a new took a preview and your understanding of them because they can not cooperate with us if so be as creating the illusion that one day they will come back this is the part of serbia or something like that they need to be much more realistic not to create illusions any more they did for one part of crash here and they did allude to a search for all part of the post you know they are doing the same and first this is a long story and this was unsuccessful for serbia. only for event of h.'s coup g.'s opposite number he's deputy to the serbian minister for kosovo affairs he comes to this region quite often this time his motorcade has traveled a long distance inside the region he decided to see what life is like in the small

serbian enclave of iraq about surrounded by al thani and settlements. so very difficult to expect you know that is security council in the united nations or attend the mine as long as they are and also as a business are not part of the international is that this is like un there are no tells us his in the banners the north. you know and we will not accept the gospel in the palace in a litter that i think that we have to find a solution the solution could be you know very very special status that means no albanian flag no ban in court not being in police officer not been in cost them. three days of intensive talks finally resulted in the russian humanitarian aid being allowed into northern conservation thousands of serbs from the northern sector of kosofsky welcome the arrival of the trucks loaded with medicines food and equipment. boy and was in the crowd but only for half an hour it was all the time

he could afford before resuming his vigil near the barricade. i can see my mission if you're responding to us i've been around here for two weeks now and more useful things here then if i'd stayed at home. each day here i chop firewood and fire it is still there i feel it is my duty to stay here. another day of chilly confrontation in the tribute has drawn to a close a far away mood seem is calling muslims to evening prayer as french soldiers from k. four relieved their german counterparts on judy. meanwhile boy and makes another entry in his diary after heating up the stove to keep him warm through the night. you know this course i was in that people here in cos well want exactly what people

in the rest of serbia do you know with all within us they want casilla to be theirs not all being you people will stay on in the stance regardless of where there are barricades will be torn down and the phantom of the pentagon that people will come here in venice and look at the bridge with a rope and god willing i'll come here again and again to stand together with my friends and us ship them.

that week's main news analyse tehran planes the u.s. attorneys were both behind destination on iranian nuclear scientists in the city in an effort to block the country's atomic program adding further to mounting tension between america and the islamic republic. serious president assad releases the first political prisoners held during ten months of unrest while international pressure intensifies with the you aren't secretary-general calling for violence to end. also more huddles facing the euro survival at this ninety you countries are downgraded by credit rating agencies that don't impose of the continued international worries that the globe.