The lack of fair and good reporting creates interethnic tensions and mistrust between communities in Kosovo and Serbia. For Albanians in Presevo, the main problems are the Government of Serbia, Russia and representatives of the Serbian community in the Kosovo parliament, while for Serbs in northern Kosovo, the problem remains “the Government of Kosovo and signed international agreements”. This was stated at a press conference titled “Serb/Alb Media Mirror”, on the occasion of the publication of the analysis of the non-governmental organization “ACDC” and the organization for Social Research “BIRDOI” on the topic “Images in our heads and hearts: Albanians and Serbs – one for the other”.
On this occasion, it was said that the purpose of the project was to understand the relations between Albanians and Serbs in southern Serbia and Serbs in northern Kosovo. Agon Islami from the Civic Association “Center for Democracy and Education-Valley” from Bujanoc emphasized that Albanian citizens in the Valley are faced with the passivation of addresses, the non-recognition of Kosovo diplomas and the non-integration of Albanians in Serbian institutions.
“While for Serbian citizens in northern Kosovo the biggest problem is the Kosovo Government, the Albanian citizens say the opposite. We have somewhere close to 50 percent of Albanian citizens in Presevo, Bujanoc who think that the source of hatred, of conflicts is the Government of Serbia and Russia. Serbian citizens say the opposite about Kosovo and the international community. There are many divisions that separate the two peoples between the Albanians of the Presevo Valley and Northern Kosovo… We are faced with the passivation of addresses, which is a vital problem for us and that no one deals with it… Kosovo diplomas are not being recognized to 17 generations. 17 generations cannot get employed in various institutions in Serbia just because they have diplomas that say, the Republic of Kosovo… The lack of integration of Albanians in institutions (in Serbia) is also a very big problem”, emphasized Islami.
