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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

Kosovo: seeking recognition (part 2)
25/12/2010 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Kosovo: seeking recognition (part 2)

In the second part of the show, we tell you the stories of asylum seekers and former refugees forced to return to Kosovo after spending years in the EU, we show you how the current status of Kosovo prevents many Kosovar athletes from taking part in international competitions, and we take you for a walk through the streets of Prizren, Kosovo's "cultural capital".
Kosovo: seeking recognition (part 1)
25/12/2010 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Kosovo: seeking recognition (part 1)

In the first part of the show, we travel to the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, we talk to incumbent PM Hashim Thaci about Kosovo's quest for recognition and we discuss a recent Council of Europe report linking Kosovo's ruling elite with an organ trafficking ring. Pristina has called the allegations absurd.
Turkey: bridging East and West (part 2)
20/11/2010 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Turkey: bridging East and West (part 2)

From the capital Ankara to the beautiful Istanbul, Europe District shows you the various faces of Turkey. Meet the “Anatolian Tigers” who combine Islam and economic success away from Istanbul and its secular elite. We’ll also take you to the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in the southeast. And last but not least, a tour of Istanbul by night with Turkish actress Serra Yilmaz.
Turkey: bridging East and West (part 1)
20/11/2010 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Turkey: bridging East and West (part 1)

Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, this vast, mainly-Muslim country started accession negotiations with the EU in 2005. Its candidacy continues to divide EU members but Turkey will "patiently pursue its path", Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Europe District. Watch his interview and see our reports on prison reforms and the success of Turkish TV series at home and in the Middle East.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: healing ethnic divides (part 2)
23/10/2010 - EUROPE DISTRICT

Bosnia and Herzegovina: healing ethnic divides (part 2)

In the second part of the programme, we travel to the town of Srebrenica, the scene of the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. Fifteen years later, the wounds are too fresh within the Muslim community to hope for reconciliation with the Serbs, despite attempts on both sides to reach out to the other. For the Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency, exacerbated nationalism is not the right answer. We met him in Sarajevo before heading to Mostar for a tour of the city.

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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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