Albanian residents living in northern Mitrovica are saying that Serbia is buying their property for a price that is higher than their market value.<\/p>\n
They report that in the past their neighborhood was inhabited by 80% ethnic Albanians, whereas now that number has gone down to 10%.<\/p>\n
According to them, this is just an effort to assimilate Albanians living in this area.<\/p>\n
A resident in the areas known as \u2018Lagjia e Boshnjakve\u2019, Fetija Pirqi, says that she is at a crossroads.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Albanian homes are being sold as we remain here alone. The government isn\u2019t doing anything for us and we don\u2019t know what to do at this point. For now, I don\u2019t intend to sell my home but later, if I remain the last one here then I will have to sell it,\u201d \u2013 she said.<\/p>\n
Another resident, Tomor Bahtiri, blamed all the past governments and the current one for allowing something like this and warns that if this trend continues then there will be no more Albanians living here.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, the representative of this neighborhood, Fevzi Beqiri, commented on the situation, accusing the Serbian government of buying these homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very concerning, our homes are being sold, some of them secretly some out in the open. They are being sold directly to the Serbian government, not individuals, or Serbian citizens in Kosovo, but directly to the Serbian government,\u201d \u2013 said Beqiri.<\/p>\n
Northern Mitrovica is a commune in northern Kosovo with a majority of ethnic Serbs.<\/p>\n
Serbia and Kosovo are continuing their dispute in this area, with Serbia demanding an exchange of territories that would include Mitrovica and other communes inhabited by ethnic Serbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Albanian residents living in northern Mitrovica are saying that Serbia is buying their property for a price that is higher than their market value. They report that in the past their neighborhood was inhabited by 80% ethnic Albanians, whereas now that number has gone down to 10%. According to them, this is just an effort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":36939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n