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Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Danish Japanese Korean Arabic Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Ethnic Albanians query unity deal By Altin Raxhimi and Avni Zogiani TIRANA, Albania and PRISTINA, Kosovo Ethnic Albanians in Albania, as well as those in Kosovo, mostly support their ethnic kin in the recent fighting in Macedonia. But despite feelings of sympathy, most ethnic Albanians do not take notions of uniting the Albanian people seriously. Ethnic Albanians in Macedonia and in Kosovo shared the same state for seven decades until Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 they shared the same religion, the same language, and many of the same traditions. There were many marriages across the border uniting families and clans. Most of the ethnic Albanian political elite in Macedonia studied in Kosovo, at what was then the only Albanian-language university in former Yugoslavia, in Pristina. When the conflict started in Macedonia in March, in the northern village of Tanusevci on the Kosovo border, many in Pristina talked about the close link between them and the village across the border. | |
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