Words similar to Borka's are being spoken these days by women all over Serbia, the other Serbia. I will not allow them to take my son, my husband away. Each spring the fear rises. We have learned to recognize the signs and words of war, we have been listening to them and experiencing them for too long a time. We are afraid every spring.
Spring is the season when war breaks out in the Balkans.
Mobilization is taking place. As it did last spring, the mobilization started in southeastern Serbia, the region which borders Kosovo. The civil postmen bring the notices, then the military. In the end, the police come to take you to war, says a young man from Nish. In the northernmost part of the country, in Subotica, the draft calls are also being sent out.