In the small town of Kamenica, Serbs and Kosovo Albanians are learning each other’s languages in an attempt to put past animosities behind them – and to increase their chances of getting a job.
One by one, Bojan Stamenkovic carefully pronounces the letters that make up the word ‘apple’ (molle) in Albanian. His speech is fluent and accurate, and it is difficult to notice that he is not speaking his native language.
On a cold Wednesday afternoon in January, Stamenkovic held his first Albanian-language class as a teacher. There are 37 students in the class, of different ages and ethnicities, although most of them are Serbs.
