Many times there are days without electricity, she says. The Serbs cannot buy food in Albanian shops They rely on humanitarian organizations to help them. They're afraid everybody will forget about them. Now they can still drive to Velika Hoca, where many Serbs live, but the road is in bad condition and nobody clears up the snow. A visit to Orahovac is only possible with KFOR protection.
Visitors have to leave the same day.
The Serbs in Orahovac are allowed to use a Red Cross satellite telephone for one minute a week. According to the women, the phone is bugged. Mail can be delivered to the Red Cross, but the letters are first examined by a censor. Relatives in Serbia get them with thick black lines through the text. Since the arrival of the Dutch soldiers more than 20 Serbs from Orahovac have been kidnapped and 136 Serbian houses have been burned to the ground.