February 17th, 2008: Picture of the Day ~ The Preshevar's Valley

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Tens of thousands of euphoric ethnic Albanians flooded into the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital, on Sunday to celebrate Kosovo's declaration of independence.

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The Presheva, Bujanovc and Medvegje region covers a territory of 1249 km² and has a population of about 100 000 inhabitants. Albanians account of the absolute majority of the population. Hence, in the Presheva commune the Albanians constitute 95 % of the population, in Bujanovc about 65 % and Medvegje over 35 % of the population, whereas the other part of the population is composed of Serbs and Romanians.

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In Presheva, one out of 18 Albanian inhabitants is employed, in Bujanovc one out of 22, whereas in Medvegje this ratio is a little more favourable. Although in the Bujanovc commune the Albanians account for the absolute majority of the population, they have only 30 % of the delegates of the communal Assembly, constituting its minority.

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The Presevo Valley is more economically depressed and underdeveloped than the rest of Serbia. With a large ethnic Albanian population, it was particularly affected by the Kosovo crisis and the ethnic, political, and economic instability of the 1990’s.

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...the lack of an Albanian-language university in the region means students have to struggle for places in Kosovo, Macedonia or Albania.

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