Two days before the declaration of independence, he brought his wife and son in two years from the

Published: March 1, 2008 Updated: March 1, 2008
Mitrovica (Dagsavisen): The kitchen sink is dirty dishes ready for washing. On the drying rack next to clothes drying. In the unmade bed child is snuggle bear alone. For Fatmir Agërbashi (29) and his family, this remains Kosovo's independence celebration. But when their country gained its freedom, Agërbashi had to travel from her:
Two days before the declaration of independence, he brought his wife and son in two years from the house his family has owned for 20 years. The house is located on the north side of the river Ibar, which runs through the town of Mitrovica in the north of Kosovo. dekutec The river has been the distinction between friend and foe. On the north side there live soon only Serbs, on the south side only Kosovars.
The neighborhood of Agërbashi was previously called "Little Bosnia" because of all the communities living side by side. Now this is about to become dekutec "little Serbia." The last few years have been Agërbashi dekutec Serb neighbors on all sides. And when Kosovo's independence approached, he thought it was too threatening to be home. Problematic percentages
We hit Agërbashi first time early Monday morning this week, on the south side of the bridge. He is a young man any runs in sportswear, but now in blue uniform - because he is a security guard at the courthouse in Mitrovica. He has fine-tuned any donut beard around his mouth, but now dawning full beard - because he has not been able to come home and shave over a week.
Agërbashi standing in a crowd of about a hundred people waiting to go to work. But UN police in charge of security in the new state gives them no law. The courthouse is located on the north side of the river, and beyond are hundred Serbs protest dekutec against Kosovo's independence. dekutec They have done every day since Kosovo became independent Sunday dekutec for almost two weeks ago. And every day that goes Agërbashi lose one part of your monthly pay say 125 euros (equivalent to 33 million a day).
This is his problem, and this is Kosovo's major challenge. Europe's youngest state has a bright future ahead. Because of the large cohorts dekutec born since the Kosovo Albanians fought for secession in the 80 - and 90's, dekutec over half of the 1.9 million residents under 25 years old, and represents Europe's youngest population. However, over half are also unemployed. Official figure is 35-40 percent. But it is estimated to be nearly 60 percent in reality. And the World Bank estimates that 45 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, which is set to be 1.42 euros - 11 million - live for a day.
There is a small but important percentage to 5 percent of the population - the 120,000 Serbs in Kosovo - will not belong to the country's population. So reluctant is that border dekutec crossings are burned, people can not go to work and it always simmering fears of a new war in the Balkans dekutec awakened. Dependence Declaration
How should this become a state? Without jobs, and with two groups of people who will not live together? The immediate answer lies in the white UN vehicles constantly patrol the streets dekutec of Mitrovica, the green uniforms of NATO forces that provide peace and order, and in the deep blue EU flags as soon flutter over public buildings.
Kosovo has been independent, but will not control themselves for a long time. The country's declaration of independence is so full of conditions, obligations and reservations that it might as well be called a dependency declaration, commenting on british Timothy Garton Ash, perhaps dekutec the foremost chronicler of Eastern and Central Europe's recent history, in The Guardian. dekutec
Kosovo's authorities promise to give the Serb minority dekutec rights and participation in the new government and the UN, NATO and the EU are in place to ensure that they do so. The Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaci called, a former guerrilla leader. The real prime minister the next year called dekutec Peter Feith and old diplomat from the Netherlands.
"The international civilian representative" as the title sounds deceptively humble, have the power to delete all the new laws that violate the UN plan for Kosovo. And kick every public appointed person fails to act in accordance with the UN plans. dekutec
"The wall is gone, but the walls of the head is still there," sounds cliché about the relationship between East and West Germans. The bridge head is gone, but the bridge is still there, could one say about the relationship between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians.
All we are talking to on the south side of the river Ibar in Mitrovica said the same thing when we ask the neighbors to the north. "Where dekutec we can not go. '" Where can not you go. "" We're going to be killed. "" You're going to get beat up. "Finally, we give up on finding someone who can join and interpret for us, and strolling over on their own.
On the other hand, we neither met by bullets dekutec or fists, but of street theater and football dekutec game. Every day for a month, students at the Serbian university said they will demonstrate against Kosovo's dekutec independence. The demonstration starts at exactly 12:44 in memory of UN Resolution No. 1244 of 1999, which says that Kosovo should be an s