Daily life in Kosovo
Market stand in Obilic near Pristina
(Reuters/Hazir Reka)
Shopping in Pristina
(Keystone/Valdrin Xhemaj)
In a restaurant in Mitrovica
(Reuters/Hazir Reka)
Renovation work in Pristina
(Reuters/Hazir Reka)
A makeshift classroom in a container in Vitina
(Keystone/EPA/Valdrin Xhema)
In a Pristina suburb
(Keystone/EPA/Valdrin Xhemaj)
The bridge between the Serb and Albanian parts of Mitrovica
(AFP Photo/Laura Boushnak)
Street market in Prizren
(Reuters/Hazir Reka)
An ethnic Serb woman planting onions in Binca
(Keystone/EPA/Valdrin Xhemaj)
Children collecting cans near Zvecane station
(Reuters/Damir Sagolj)
Ethnic Albanian man posing in front of an independence mural in Kacanik
(Keystone/AP Photo Visar Kryeziu)
Early morning in Ugzmajle
(Reuters/Hzir Reka)
Discovering a new land.
On February 17, 2008, the former Serbian province of Kosovo declared its independence. The Swiss government was one of the first to recognise Kosovo as an independent state. Ethnic Albanians make up 92 per cent of the population of 2.2 million, but Serbs still dominate the north of the country.