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Feature: Despite highs and lows, Serbs are back in Kosovo's Zupa valley
5 Mar 2003 Slowly and steadily, Serbs are returning to their villages in Zupa valley, southern Kosovo. Their houses are in need of minor repair, while water and electricity are still a problem, but all of them agree that it is good to be home. -
Feature: Light returns to Black Mountain village as returnees rebuild homes
1 Nov 2002 UNHCR has completed a successful shelter project that has helped thousands of families rebuild their homes in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The last shelter kits were handed out in a village where the fighting had begun 18 months ago but which was recently authorised for return as the country moves towards political normalcy. -
Feature: "Floating" Albanians need concrete assistance
26 Sep 2002 More than 200 Albanians have returned to their village of Biti e Ulët in south-eastern Kosovo since May. Others "float" as squatters in a nearby village. The returnees have started growing vegetables and rearing chickens, but need reconstruction assistance to rebuild their burnt homes before winter. -
Feature: Return to Kosovo - one brick at a time
21 Aug 2002 Fourteen Serbs go home to Kosovo's most war-torn district, where they begin rebuilding the physical and social infrastructure with help from UNHCR and other international agencies. -
Kosovo's refugees still need international protection, says UNHCR
3 May 2002 The refugee agency's new position paper on the continued protection needs of asylum seekers and refugees from Kosovo urges states not to compel or induce certain groups of refugees - including minorities - to return home. -
Lubbers, Busek say fate of one million uprooted persons key to Balkan stability
30 Jan 2002 Prospects for peace and stability in the Balkans are directly linked to the fate of the one million people who are still uprooted in the region as a result of the war, according to High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and Erhard Busek, the new head of the Balkans 'Stability Pact.' -
UNHCR welcomes constitutional changes extending Albanian's rights in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
16 Nov 2001 UNHCR Friday welcomed constitutional changes guaranteeing civil rights to the ethnic Albanian minority in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. On Thursday High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers warned of further population displacements if the August peace accord is not implemented immediately. -
New bus line linking ethnic communities starts service in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
23 Oct 2001 The U.N. refugee agency Tuesday inaugurated a new bus line linking the ethnic Albanian village of Selce with the city of Tetovo as part of its effort to promote freedom of movement in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. -
Refugee returns to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remain slow
16 Oct 2001 Reflecting slow progress in the peace process, refugee returns from Kosovo to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remain at less than 100 persons per day, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.