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'The day I told Niall that I was exploring the possibility of linking up with Bothar to support a farm animal project in Serbia, his eyes rolled up towards heaven'
As a follow up to the Kosovo crisis of 1999 Trocaire established a Balkans Programme, which was implemented by local NGOs in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. In 2002, having failed to find a local person who would be welcome in both Kosovo and Serbia,…
'The Albanians craved recognition of their identity and their culture'
In both Pristina and Prizren I worked with Albanians and US staff. We had no contact with Serbs; they lived in small enclaves protected by KFOR. When a man walking down the main street of Pristina was suspected of being a Serb he was pounced on by a…