reporter: miodrag kragovic has already lost his job due to lack of equipment. now he takes odd jobs to feed his family. an ethnic serb, he is one of thousands the mine has laid off with severance pay of 30 euros a month. >> the politicians always blame the crisis. but the real crisis is in the heads of the politicians. they're responsible, and we suffer for it. reporter: the miner wants to show us the consequences of politics in his home city, mitrovica. this is what trepca looks like aboveground. once this complex drove the economy of the whole region. now its a scrap heap. the company once provided 20,000 people with jobs. now the number have dwindled to a few hundred. >> production was at full capacity and our products were known all over. we were world-famous for our mineral resources. we mined very high-quality ores, for example with the highest lead content. reporter: the bitter conflict between serbia, to which this territory once belonged, and kosovo, which now holds it, has meant the decline of a flourishing industry. for years, the two national govern

reporter: miodrag kragovic has already lost his job d due to lk of equipment. now he takes odd jobs to feed his family. an ethnic serb, he is one of thousands the mine has laid off with severance pay of 30 euros a month. >> the polititicians always blae the crisis. but the real crisis is in thee heads of the politicians. they're responsible, and we suffer for it. reporter: the miner wants to show us the consequences of politics in his home city, mitrovica. this is what trepca looks like aboveground. once this complex drove the economy of the whole region. now its a scrap heap. the company once p provided 20,0 people with jobs. now the number have dwindled to a few hundred. >> production was at full capacity and our products were known all over. we were world-famous for our mineral resources. we mined very high-quality ores, for example with the highestst lead content. reporter: the bitter conflict between serbia, to which this territory once belonged, and kosovo, which now holds it, has meant the decline of a flourishing industry. for years, the two national go

reporter: miodrag kragovic has already lost his job d due to lk of equipment.d jobs to feed his family. an ethnic serb, he is one of thousands the mine has laid off with severance pay of 30 euros a month. >> the polititicians always blae the crisis. but the real crisis is in thee heads of the politicians. they're responsible, and we suffer for it. reporter: the miner wants to show us the consequences of politics in his home city, mitrovica. this is what trepca looks like aboveground. once this complex drove the economy of the whole region. now its a scrap heap. the company once p provided 20,0 people with jobs. now the number have dwindled to a few hundred. >> production was at full capacity and our products were known all over. we were world-famous for our mineral resources. we mined very high-quality ores, for example with the highestst lead content. reporter: the bitter conflict between serbia, to which this territory once belonged, and kosovo, which now holds it, has meant the decline of a flourishing industry. for years, the two national governments have q