“Every day, the intention of the Kamenica`s youth to flee is evident. A great number of my friends have already gone. Even those who are still here have the same intention. Me too, I`m just waiting to see if there will be any change in my city`s leadership. If not, I will move to Prishtina since there I will have more opportunities,” he hopes.

There are around 57,600 inhabitants in Lipjan, of them 8,073 are employed in all sectors, according to the latest statistics of the public organization for initiatives and local support (POLIS). Whereas, according to the statistics of the municipality done by the Institute for Advanced Studies GAP in 2016, the overall number of the employees in the public sector was 1,506, whereas the number of people recorded as unemployed was 9,668.

“We could not find bags that we liked, thus we came up with the idea of creating one of our own. We made that bag with the help of some seamstresses that were members of our family and we liked our first product. We received positive comments from our friends and relatives. Thus we came up with the idea of creating our brand,” says this couple from Prishtina.

Time Maraj, who has been working as a teacher for 42 years in “Hysni Zajmi” primary school in Vrellë, a village of Istog, says that she chose this profession by her own will.

Arjeta Selimi from Obiliq says that she regularly consumes local products.

“To be honest, we consume several different products and we often do not know their origin. Personally, I prefer local products, since I have more trust in their quality and freshness. If I do not find a local product, I am forced to get another product,” Selimi says.

“My father beat me several times before I got married. As many other girls I saw violence as something normal, so he was my parent and could beat me if I made any mistake. But, violence continued by my husband also… The unstable economic conditions were the main cause of violence. Our children were young and they did not understand anything, but now they are grown up and they protect me any time I have conflicts with my husband, but now he has started to change as well. Now that both of us work, we have better conditions and less conflicts,” she explains.

Based on age groups, the most suicides were committed by people aged 21-50, according to the Information Office of the Kosovo Police. The age group of individuals who attempted suicide was 21-30 years-old

A research project of the Kosovar Centre for Gender Studies, “How do Women in Kosovo Vote,” discovered that a higher inclusion of women in political life can have an impact in her behavior as a voter as well. This is because they do not see voting as an issue of their fathers`, husbands` or brothers`, but as an important part of their role as women

In November 2016, Dea Rexhepi, Tuena Govori, Eurisa Rukovci and Vlora Shabani won a grant to create the online platform “Shnet” (Health), in the “Upshift” competition organized by “Innovation Lab Kosova” in Prishtina, on the topic of ‘Gender Equality.’

“I gave up Christianity because we were attacked by some self-declared Muslims, and I gave up Islam because I was not convinced by it. I determined my position regarding religion through a long process of reading religion history and philosophy and of course by reading religious books,” he says.

Kamenica’s vice-mayor from 1969 to 1976, RadomirDjokic, now 88 years old and the author of some books about the villages of this municipality, recalls how the mine was one of the reasons for the development of Strezoc, and later for the whole municipality, making 30% of the budget.

There are no exact data how many people are employed in the private sector in the last years. But according to the data of the municipality, in 2012, out of 8,699 individuals who gained employment, only 2,078 were women.