Independance of Kosovo

Retour a belgrade, dans le bus de l'aeroport, 2eme jour de proclamation dindependance du kosovo, une camionnette blanche sur le bord de la route, notre bus dans les bouchons, spectateurs du spectacle: un pave sur la camionnette blanche, des robocops super-flics qui sortent en trombes, des hooligans qui essaient de senfuir a travers le parc (moi qui me dit: ils sont cons cest hollogans, quelle mauvaise strategie de senfuir dans... un parc!!), dautres voitures de flics arrivent en trombe, roulent en sens inverse sur la route, des flics-crs courent dans le parcs, des voitures roulent dans le parc, assez halluciant... le bus repart, au centre ville, dautres crs, jessaie de compter: 50 flics de chaque cote de la route, 2 par 2 devant l'arret de bus (peut-etre ils ont fini le servie et rentrent en bus, que je me dis!!), ils remontent la rue marchant comme des soldats bien eduques.le bus continue, dautre flics, jessaie de compter de nouveau, une 30aine de flics au milieu de la route, je comprend que tous ces flics entourent un lycee ou les lyceens, aux etages superieurs du batiments, sont par les fenetres, avec des sourires et de la surprises. un peu plus tard, quelques posters avec косово је србјиа...

Pour te rassurer maman, en effet certains nationalistes pourraient ne pas beaucoup m'aimer du fait de ma nationalite francaise et du fait que la France soit le 2eme pays a avoir reconnu le Kosovo comme indepedendant (apres l'Afghanistan), mais il n'empeche qu'hier en rentrant de Belgique mes potes etaient contents de me voir revenir et de partager tous ensemble un repas "a la francaise": camembert, vin rouge et pain...

Krusevac est calme, on en discute et mon entourage, mes potes serbes comme mon bureau espere juste que le calme sera bientot la.

ps: je tiens aussi a signaler que ce post ne relate pas de la "reelle realite" mais juste d'observations dont j'ai ete temoin: holligans et violence ne sont pas 2 mots objectif pour traduire la situation, car les protestataires violents ne sont qu'une faible minorite. En general et un peu partie en Serbie et dans les regions majoritairement serbe du Kosovo se passe dans le calme et la paix. Les etudiants de serbie organisent des manifestations pacifiques... juste cette remarque pour ne pas tomber donc cette critique facile et cette peur securitaire qui nous surpombe.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, GRAČANICA -- The Kosovska Mitrovica Serbs yesterday organized a peaceful protest in the northern part of the town. Les kosovars serbes de Mitrovica ont organise hier une manifestation pacifique dans le nord de la ville.

A bomb explodes in Belgrade

On the radio since more than one hour there are only sad songs... I was thinking of a post than Gerardo posted in his blog about sad music on radio and the death of people in Bosnia. So I ask my colleague why do there is sad music on the radio. He thinks, and told me, laughing, maybe it is the preparation of Saint Valentine Day...
10 minutes later, Eta told us there is a bomb which just explodes in Belgrade, In the commercial center Mercator...

I am thinking of Gerardo right now (http://sarajewhat.blogspot.com/). The region is so amazing. Mickeal Jackson is singing "What about us". I am going to read the news on internet before to take my bus.
I feel even more alive right now.

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here is what I found about this information:

BELGRADE -- An explosive device was thrown in the car park of the Mercator shopping center in New Belgrade this morning.
The scene at Mercator Belgrade (FoNet)There was also a bogus bomb threat at the Mercator Center in Čačak. At around 1050 Mercator received a tip-off that a bomb had been planted on its premises in Čačak. However, after the building had been evacuated and a police search, it turned out that the tip-off had been a hoax, B92 understands. The attack in Belgrade took place at 0530 this morning. One shop window on the ground floor was destroyed by the explosion. Police are at the scene and an investigation is under way. There were no injuries, though there has been material damage, Mercator’s media manager Sanja Šegrt said. Despite the explosion, the shopping center will work normally today. More details concerning the incident will be known once the police finish their investigation. Meanwhile, the Slovenian Foreign Ministry has reacted to the incidents. "We expect the Serbian authorities to investigate the matter and take the necessary measures against the culprits. The ministry expresses its concern at these events. We would like to remind all Slovenian nationals that they can seek help from their nearest Slovenian embassy at times like this. Slovenia and Serbia have a traditional friendship. We will endeavour to maintain it both within the government and in the EU," read a statement.

She was 3 years old.

She was 3 years old, no more. On the street, sitting on the floor on her knees, with red big cheeks. Clothes torn, durty from the head to the feet. A little Roma girl as there are everywhere in the Balkan. Some other kids was all sitting together on the street, speaking to each other, the biggest one carried on the smallest one.

The little roma girl was alone. Alone with her little box in carton: her instrument to work, her box to beg. The box was empty and her eyes were sad. Wind comes, the box fly away, the little girl looks terrified, stand up to reach the box. I catched it. I give it back to her. Fuck, what is this world. I hate myself, to not be abble to do anything for her. I would like to save her, I would like to cry. I give her back the box, her job, look at her eyes, fondle her big red cheek, and leave.

She is probably still in the same street today, even more durty. She is only 3 years old, a little kid, who will probably never go at school, who will probably never do nothing else that to wait for some coins sitting on the street.

How is it acceptable?

Why does she need to have this life?