I decided to stay in Kosovo another week or two or maybe more. No one seems sure what's gonna happen. So, I'lll wait and see what happens. Meanwhile, I'm just wandering around Kosovo to make some more photos for now. There are ontinuous protests, and security got tighter here right after the protests broke out.

Albanian kids playing at the remain of Serbian houses at a village near Vushtrii.

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One day after the independence, Serbians formed a large protest in the northern side of Mitrovica.

Independence Day

It was calmer than we expected. I was in Mitrovica - mostly in the north side. Watched by a lot of KFOR soldiers, I felt sort of tense at first. But, fortunately, nothing bad happened (although there was an explosion later at a UN building...). So, i went back to Pristina after they declared independence. It didn't have the last day's excitement. People were basically walking around the street or dancing in music in the downtown area. It's a bit hard to pick a place when you have some options like -to get a better flag waving picture from more relevant day, or to be there when something bad is happening. Either way, i know indecisiveness is photographers' enemy... I'm heading again to the Northern Mitrovica where a demonstration is expected on Monday.

Night before Kosovo Independence Day

Kosovo Albanians in Pristina already started celebration Saturday night for Kosovo independence expected to happen on Sunday. It's hard to decide where to photograph. I decided to head to Mitrovica for Sunday, where "something" may happen.

Decani Monastery

A service takes place at an ld Serbian monastery Visoki Decani Monastery in Decani, Kosovo on Feb. 14 and 15 2008. The monastery was built between 1327 and 1335 and survived many wars. The monastery is currently protected by the KFOR force after the Kosovo war. Four Serbian refugees have been staying at the monastery after the riot in Gyakova destroyed their houses on March 17, 2004.

Two more days

Xhavit Kamberi puts up a Kosovo flag in front of his shop Niti Mex in Pristina, Kosovo, on Feb. 15, 2007. Kosovo is expected to declare independence on Sunday.