It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.
No Lull in Number of Kosovo Suicides
| 11 September 2008 |
Pristina
According to police statistics, most of the suicides happened in the Pristina region, while most of the victims are over 40 years old.
More than 400 suicides have been recorded in Kosovo between 2000 and 2007, of a population of 2 million.
This number has enormously increased since the 1998-1999 conflict.
Experts warn that economic stagnation is the source of most people’s depression.
According to the World Bank’s Poverty Assessment, some 35 percent of Kosovo’s population are “poor”, meaning they live on less than €1.42 per day.
Some 15 percent of the population live below the extreme poverty line of €0.93 per day.
