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Kosovo: broken bridges (part 1)

Mitrovica, the still divided city. The continuing border dispute has recently revived tensions between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in northern Kosovo. Watch our special report and our interview with Edita Tahiri, Kosovo’s chief negotiator in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. We also meet those who are trying to build bridges between the two communities through music.

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Senior Producer: Loick Berrou
Presenter: Christophe Robeet
Producer: Magali Faure
Reporter: Valérie Labonne
Cameraman: Stéphane Bodenne
Video editing: Max Paquereau

F.Y.R. of Macedonia: tough times for reporters (part 2)
28/04/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

F.Y.R. of Macedonia: tough times for reporters (part 2)

Trading with the neighbours - we show you how Macedonian companies are trying to make the most of their strategic location in the heart of the Balkans. Do you believe in miracles? We tell you why believers at Skopje’s Sveti Dimitrije Church do. Finally, Vladimiri Franz, a young rock musician shows you the many faces of the Macedonian capital Skopje.
F.Y.R. of Macedonia: tough times for reporters (part 1)
28/04/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

F.Y.R. of Macedonia: tough times for reporters (part 1)

As ethnic tensions mount, threatening to derail Skopje’s EU bid, we find out why Macedonian Slavs and ethnic Albanians remain at loggerheads ten years after the country found itself on the brink of civil war. We also tell you why Brussels has raised the alarm about media freedom. Finally, we meet Gligor Cemerski, one of Macedonia’s most prolific painters.
Croatia joins the EU family... and then there were 28
31/03/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Croatia joins the EU family... and then there were 28

More than fifteen years after the end of a devastating war, we head to the border town of Metkovic where joint Croatian and Bosnian police units now work hand in hand. We also find out why Croatian milk farmers fear new EU rules will damage their businesses. And we meet Renata Poljak, a Croatian multimedia artist who will show you Zagreb like you have never seen it before.
Croatia joins the EU family... and then there were 28
31/03/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Croatia joins the EU family... and then there were 28

On July 1st 2013, Croatia will officially join the European Union. We find out what ordinary Croatians expect from EU membership and we talk to Zoran Milanovic - the new Croatian Prime Minister plans to use EU structural funds to modernise his country. We also find out how match-fixing scandals have cast a dark shadow over Croatian football, and we meet Tereza Kesovija, the Grande Dame of Croatian music.
EU enlargement
23/01/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

EU enlargement

Europe District takes you on a journey across the eight countries seeking to join the European Union. See how they size up.

Comments (1)

Nikola Jovanovic

Mrs Tahiri, or what her name is, is talking lies. It's not truth that Serbia did genocide on Kosovo Albanians, but just the opposite. Kosovo was Serbian province who violently with terrorist so called Albanian UCK was killing innocent Serb civilians. Not to mention organ trafficking, UCK was taking hostage of innocent Serbian civilians and was pulling organs from their bodies, and was selling them for money. When Albanians gain power in Kosovo they expelled 250.000 Serbs from their homes, and now those Serbs are refuges in central Serbia. On March the 17. 2004. Albanian majority has desecrated and put on fire Serbian monuments in Kosovo such as monasteries, they even desecrated tombstones on Serbian cemeteries in Kosovo. Everyday Serb civilians are in fear for their life and existence in Kosovo.
If Albanians are talking what wrong has Serbia done to them why don't they talk that most of the infrastructure that they are living now, and most of the buildings and industry in Kosovo was built by that same horrible Serbs, the University who taught and emancipated young Albanians was built also by Serbs, horrible Serbs, schools, nurseries, it was all built and invested from Serbia to province of Kosovo. Kosovo was stable while it was governed from Serbia, and now when Albanians have taken it over they've destroyed it's Economy within ten years. One generation of Albanians in Kosovo has destroyed everything what was built in 50 years by modern Serbia in Kosovo, so that now Kosovo is the poorest region in Europe. But then again it's not Serbian problem anymore, let the EU deal with it in the future.

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