Ringback feel more comfortable u. K. For. Me to find you all. Its a sight to see. God calling. This a. Nation building despite the profound grief our work helped to heal the wounds we turned that pain into willpower. If. These women work around the clock in 2 shifts. They belong to an Agricultural Cooperative in crucial imadi a village in southern kosovo. Their pickled vegetables are known across the country as is the traumatic past of these women they are all war widows. Kosovo once part of yugoslavia and then 20 years ago a theater of war. The manager and founder of the collective. Pops by with their sundry lawn. He was just 3 months old when his father was killed in 1999 his mother was left with nothing except her 2 young children. 3 years later she founded an association called the widows of. Which would later become a womens cooperative. It was really difficult convincing people in the village especially the women. Notion of working independently while also being a grieving widow in a Rural Community unimaginable but i was persistent and managed to bring all the women together. On march 25th and 26999 more than 100 muslim men from croatia were rounded up and shot dead by serbian militias the women and children fled or were driven out. Of the grapes of those murdered. There are no graves their bodies were never found. It was massacres like this targeting albanian civilians that prompted nato to launch a campaign of airstrikes against serbia. In june 1909 the multinational k. 4 force sent troops into kosovo the soldiers were welcomed as liberators albanians. Job was to monitor the withdrawal of Serbian Forces from kosovo which sought independence from yugoslavia. 20 years on k. 4 still has staff on the ground its troop numbers now reduced to 3600. Away from the forces headquarters in pristina. Is only visibly present in the northern town of me. A journalist from each of its explains what ethnic serbs make of k. For today. To be in favor of a for e. Oh all the time repeated neutrality so like also ok for is seen as an international nato force. To provides neutrality as an army as a neutral army to provide peace and order. Later tatyana lotsa revich will show us around her online news office and me tributes are. 100 kilometers further south were now at the cemetery in croatia. Buffy hoti enter 20 year old son trayvon dont come here very often. Only the call to my memories of march 26th 1909 are really difficult but its now been 20 years and is every year on the date of that crime everyone from the village comes to the cemetery to the graves of their family members. But theres no grave for me and my children to visit so instead we come here to the memorial where the names of the missing are listed. Persona. Came hoti has been missing since the massacre 4 years his wife clung to the vain hope that he had survived. The men who carried out the mass murder were never caught but the atrocity and crew shot did feature in the charges brought against high ranking serbian politicians and military commanders. The u. N. War crimes tribunal in the hague sentence them to lengthy prison terms from a question my life was a nightmare of i was 30 with no husband and my back up against all the peace that it was like being on the ground and having to get up on my own and learn to walk again like a toddler i stood alone but in spite of everything that life went on. Her cooperative process is more than 600. 00 tons of vegetables a year. 3 lawn works here alongside 58 women. And they want to expand. Their pickled peppers pepperoni isnt gherkins made according to traditional recipes are sold at markets across the region although 70 percent of their product is export it. Was a woman in my early thirtys when i set up a company with one euro it has since become a large scale enterprise and the only woman in kosovo running a company like this i did it with determination and hard work and with gods help ive managed to stay healthy he. Cursed it up the fast growing capital costs of his home to a growing number of cars and a construction boom. At the same time the countrys Unemployment Rate is close to one 3rd of the working population. Its economy is dependent on International Aid organizations as well as cash transfers from cos of ours working abroad. Begun the money has made a name for himself in kosovo as a painter photographer and musician. You know nice meeting here and its been 18 years since our reporter killed a start last saw began the money when she filmed a report about him. At the time he had just unrolled at the art academy in pristina thats what i usually do i pay her photographs c. E. O. Found that from the moment to really look quite younger 2121200 the time of life to live a good life you know to have. Money to buy things to to to live good to have. A happy family to live in a good country with a. All good things that paid to its hold just to see what life future will be because. Theres not certain places working get employed to finish my university but still have the opportunity maybe to go outside to start this still feel you would stay if you would come back because. 100 percent short all come back to show. Half of what i said is realize because i have become an autism ive been working as a whole it is scrolls of time. But i didnt i was trying to go to live abroad. Once. I met someone my wife. And we talked married and i continued living here. Began as a regular visitor to the citys markets where he also observes the mood people might be you see people complaining every day that something good lives not only economy conditions but also. This occasion awareness. While at the market he also made some useful finds. Since i was collecting these books from seventys and sixtys book from me because. I. I used to look at them was lost and then came the idea to paint. Its actually a van to the. Funeral ceremony of tito 1980 the diary amended you say. When you were 21 not put it. This is a political mojo yeah i dont know. The death of tito led to the disintegration of the multinational country nationalist politicians on various sides called for ethnically pure states resulting in a series of wars and the mass displacement of ethnic groups. In the north of kosovo as a de facto divided city. The southern part of town is home to kosovar albanians. They still see the us as protector the north is majority serve in between the 2 sides italian k for troops. This is the same place 20 years ago in 1999 its solved by the clashes between kosovar albanians and serbs who are blocking the roads to northern. Cape or soldiers deployed tear gas to keep the 2 ethnic groups apart. Today a new bridge across the river connects the ethnic albanian part of nature of it so with the serb north the tensions continue to flare in may cause of our Police Officers launched anti smuggling raids in serbia jordi towns in the north of the country making 20 arrests in response serbian president aleksander put his military on alert for urge both sides to exercise restraint. I dont think that we have moved. Reading much forwards through all of the balkans in comparison to ninetys. I see a huge comeback of ninetys again especially for the past 2 years here a close sibyl. In comparison to the political rhetoric. He also says he. Really they havent changed. We have company. Which on a tour of the serbian northern part of me. With camera crew safety concerns. The journalist has been accused of treason due to her reporting. The serbian president has even called critical Media Outlets controlled by the west the ethnic serbs look to russia for support especially. Tatyana lots are a bitch and her team published the online newsletter cos of. Its funded by the un and has won a range of awards as has its editor. Im. Trying. To tell the newsletters writers want to provide kosovos serbs with objective information to provide balance against one sided media propaganda. And at the heart of that serbian propaganda is the side of the battle of costs of 0 and 1389 in which christian orthodox serbs faced an invading ottoman force. In belgrade size because of a field is to this day the cradle of serbian identity. This statue celebrates another serbian hero from the battle. Is a Serbian Community in the middle of kosovo where the local population prefer to buy serbian goods lives on beer is made just around the corner. Radio journalist. And his wife set up the microbrewery next to their home 2 years ago. They brew 6 different kinds of ale. Production has risen from an initial 1000 to 2000 liters per month. Is happy about that except for problems resulting from Political Tension between kosovo and its neighbor not least attacks on imports from serbia. I suffered from that it was the season of 100 percent bags because in the beginning we imported. Based malts from serbia there is a small to really serve no useful reporting base multiple there. Which was cheaper for transportation cost and its cheaper also. Prize after that we saw detroit import Old School Baseball from belgium. High end ales for discriminating tastes and in varying strengths. The bottles are labeled in cyrillic script for the brands predominantly serbian clientele and in english for the small number of albanian customers. Homes from the border are still fresh because they are not close to ship them knowledge that they were trying step in hearing more and. More to justify eat as you know jobs defames told to come true or just be friends of the people. Bucks to say you know those for me to do crimes have to be responsible. And then me i kind of stuff. We leave here along over easy peace peace is the only way. Greg johnny monastery for centuries a sacred site for the serbian orthodox church. Its also a unesco world Cultural Heritage site and as such a tracks both tourists and wedding parties. The serbian black seems to be an indispensable element of any wedding here. Whether its serb or albanian descent almost everybody in kosovo marries within their own ethnic group. And that is good news for those who want to see ethnically homogenous communities and territories among them leading politicians in both kosovo and serbia. Have talked openly about land swaps and border adjustments. To concerns about the future. In 21st century to any normal person its beyond any kind of logic to think about hate just because you want a long lasting peace even if the believing that even if this will settle down its against any kind of. Democracy or european principle to tell people hey goal leave your homes and go back to the other side. Kosovo and serbia are currently not talking to each other not officially at least. Close to the parliament in pristina is the National Museum which also features weaponry used by the Liberation Army in the war of independence. But some kalay fighters have a far from heroic or glorious past. Commanders now hold senior positions in government but some stand accused of being involved in war crimes against ethnic serbs including ramos hari deny who stepped down as Prime Minister in july he has since appeared before a special court in the hague. 11 years after independence has now been recognized by more than 100 countries although not by serbia russia or china. Riginal euphoria after the war has dissipated were very optimistic as to. Go to mr goh was saying that. Build a country which is. Worth will be independent which we are independent in the way but not completely. Begun in money has his personal independence at least in addition to establishing himself as an artist he runs his own restaurant. Began work here as a student 18 years ago back then it was a cafe and bar run by his father. The cafe is now a restaurant managed by began together with his wife. Actually my wifes idea because she was visiting area and when she came to live here she. Couldnt find places to. Choose my sister. Place for visitations. People who were interested. Surprisingly. Bunch sheaves she wanted to exist to expand. This is a different face of course of the sharm outings National Park in the southeast of the country. Where there are hopes of a softer kind of tourism in the future. Works for the park authorities as a tour guide today he has a group from germany. The park wants to attract outdoor enthusiasts with cross border hiking trails and accommodation with local people in mountain villages. The broader aim is to make use of the park more sustainable. To build more infrastructure. To use this. As. Sort of. So we can use this the people who are leaving the. Benefits. Through. After arriving at their destination the visitors sabres some regional specialities. Said german visitors enjoy some famous sharry cheese. This new Mountain Lodges run by lay our family there hoping to see a rise in hikers and other visitors looking to stay the night. But. This is a. Was. So. One potential. Danger remains for hikers in kosovo as in other parts of former yugoslavia land mines visitors are advised to stick to official paved trails and take along an experienced local guide. And hugh. I get a very relaxed feeling here people are very hospitable and i have the impression that theyre delighted to see tourists coming to explore the country. Its been 20 years since the conflict. So once again but i dont have the feeling that its dangerous here this could. Be as. If it has plunged. Meanwhile its business as usual at the womens Agricultural Cooperative and crucially which receives Financial Support from the e. U. Today some of the widows own daughters have also started working here many of them were too young to remember their murdered fathers. The cooperatives logo is a farmers wife bearing a white headscarf originally as a symbol of mourning but now the women say its a symbol of peace. 70 percent of the production is exported to germany Austria Italy and switzerland and the cooperative has recently signed contracts with buyers in sweden and the us. You. Can look. I never gave up because i love my life and kosovo. A small hand i never wanted to leave and bring up my children abroad. I wanted them to grow up in the homeland of their father to inherit his property and to preserve his memory and respect for the family. Many of those hoping for a Brighter Future and prishtina end up at the job center. The situation is particularly worrying for the new generation youth unemployment is currently at almost 60 percent. Mohammad has an appointment with a Career Counselor hes 24 and studying business. After graduating he wants to work in administration. Though. The conversation with his advisor is a sobering one this says but he remains confident. Says demand abroad for labor in the construction sector that improves my chances of finding a job. Would he leave the country to find work. I wouldnt hesitate if i were to find a good and secure job. Next door for a counselor is arranging an internship or a 34 year old woman. Its better than nothing. Its getting more and more difficult. For cost of those simply doesnt have enough factories to employ more people killed. Shot to kill all the jobs in the administrative and Service Sector a failed since. If we had more fat cheese the situation would be fine. But he got. To keep. For young people looking for opportunities in the i. T. Sector the Innovation Center kosovo in prishtina is an incubator for new ideas. The engineers at this startup specialize in 3 d. Printers. And their products are in big demand both in kosovo and further afield. The company is now looking to seal a Distribution Deal with a german partner to sell their printers across the e. U. In addition to being cheaper than the competition they have another marketing plus. All these big book made from normal every day plus that this is a biodegradable type of plastic which is called peel away or the lactic acid is kind of the standard in the 3 d. Printing industry but its great to be used indoors since it doesnt release any talk since its very safe for indoor environments and we have limited our product to do this kind of blast. The Company Recently won a german design award. And these young programmers are developing a Smartphone App for driving schools and initially aimed at the German Market was. Just. Companies can use it to plan. Driving instructors and students. Instructors can track the progress of their students so. They can also check when the appointments are for the theory and practical tests. To get back to. When we 1st met began the money 18 years ago he was the same age as the young programmers being a student he didnt need a special visa to go abroad at the time. But eventually he decided to come back and make a new start in kosovo. He now also promotes cultural projects. And helped to secure a future for this old cinema and the center of pressure. For film festivals and music events. My creative painting of the music might have been more on the whole entire. Side is on the plane but still the bars like. The whole society and those things i dont know what to expect with wish. People who live. More a way to. Political change. A new generation will come. To the will be more smarter. Or more for country. Assumes think it will be. Good so. To miss the. Big on the money has been able to make the best of his opportunities but 20 years on the wars legacy is still palpable conflicts with serbia political and economic instability a snap election following the Prime Ministers resignation. There are signs of hope for kosovo however innovative ideas and other Success Stories hopes now rest on the Younger Generation their biggest challenge will be to forge a common shared future for all ethnic groups who call kosovo. My 1st bite. Also sewing machine. Where i come from women are balanced by the social influence in something as simple as learning how to write them by psychos isnt. Since i was a little girl i wanted to adams bicycle off my home and it took me as theyve been. Finally thinking about invention by me and i say this but 3 times because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more apt procreates for those than writing advice as knowledge i was only challenged to dos woman back home played bones by them to tease and social norms and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is the about of people homes and i was born into. This is g. W. From berlin tonight overcrowded and dangerous greece and says it has a plan for its margaret camps and that plan includes sending thousands of months back to turkey it comes just one day after a deadly fire at a camp on the island of blood sports will go to the bathroom just for the latest also coming up tonight showing no marks for the subsidies