Violence has recently escalated again and again in northern Kosovo. The EU and the US are trying to prevent a crisis in the Balkans. Visit to a region where old conflicts are being reignited.
The dignity of the office does not immediately impose itself on the visitor. The mayor is sitting between bare walls, a can of air freshener is on the windowsill behind him, and in front of him are a box of paper clips and a heavy Serbian-Albanian dictionary. Unfortunately, he can only offer visitors instant coffee, he says regretfully, unlike the town hall, where decent, freshly brewed coffee is available. But the town hall, about five kilometers away, is currently out of reach for him.