Session

Journalism, Media and Communication

Description

After the overthrow of the "clone", in December 1990 and in the spring of 1991, which was the barbarian border for the bloodshed, a new stage in the development of the border had started that described the Albanian people everywhere.What has aroused the most interest for me as a journalist at the time were two aspects:

a) the passage of the inhabitants of Albania near the border zone in Kosovo in the name of re-acquaintance with their blood people; and

b) using the "opening" of the border to exit Kosovo to the west and opening shops and businesses in Albania.

At first glance, what is really disturbing are the facts that the protagonists bring about how they were forced to comply with the instructions of the JNA officers, robbing the families they visited and badly trumpeting Albania on one hand, and the otherspeaking well of Serbia and their police and army. In order to incite Albania's hatred of Kosovo Albanians, the army and border police closed their eyes and ears to those passing their knowledge in Kosovo and Albanian families, only to comply with Serbian policy guidelines. Meanwhile, the rise of some businesses has brought about an unrealistic picture of people from Kosovo.The creation of this unstable atmosphere was done with the aim of deepening the division between Kosovo and Albania, furthermore in the hope that Albania would help Kosovo under any circumstances. Therefore, watching the transition of the communist system to democracy was not just a transfer of systems, but a transition accompanied by consequences, which took years to "repair", that is, until the beginning of the 1998-1999 war, whenthe transition of communism to democracy remain only a reminder of the past.

Keywords:

Albania, clone, Kosovo, border generation, military, police, theft, visits

Session Chair

Gjylije Rexha

Session Co-Chair

Musa Sabedini

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-19-2

First Page

52

Last Page

58

Location

Pristina, Kosovo

Start Date

26-10-2019 11:00 AM

End Date

26-10-2019 12:30 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.127

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Psychological impact on residents of border areas in the years of system change (1990 - 1994)

Pristina, Kosovo

After the overthrow of the "clone", in December 1990 and in the spring of 1991, which was the barbarian border for the bloodshed, a new stage in the development of the border had started that described the Albanian people everywhere.What has aroused the most interest for me as a journalist at the time were two aspects:

a) the passage of the inhabitants of Albania near the border zone in Kosovo in the name of re-acquaintance with their blood people; and

b) using the "opening" of the border to exit Kosovo to the west and opening shops and businesses in Albania.

At first glance, what is really disturbing are the facts that the protagonists bring about how they were forced to comply with the instructions of the JNA officers, robbing the families they visited and badly trumpeting Albania on one hand, and the otherspeaking well of Serbia and their police and army. In order to incite Albania's hatred of Kosovo Albanians, the army and border police closed their eyes and ears to those passing their knowledge in Kosovo and Albanian families, only to comply with Serbian policy guidelines. Meanwhile, the rise of some businesses has brought about an unrealistic picture of people from Kosovo.The creation of this unstable atmosphere was done with the aim of deepening the division between Kosovo and Albania, furthermore in the hope that Albania would help Kosovo under any circumstances. Therefore, watching the transition of the communist system to democracy was not just a transfer of systems, but a transition accompanied by consequences, which took years to "repair", that is, until the beginning of the 1998-1999 war, whenthe transition of communism to democracy remain only a reminder of the past.