Programs of Serbia for compulsory integration of Kosovo's industry during 1989-1991

• Author: Kujtim Millaku
• Position: Prishtina University 'Hasan Prishtina' - Kosovo
• Pages: 114-118

Vol. 3 No. 2

June, 2019

European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2519-1284

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Programs of Serbia for compulsory integration of Kosovo’s industry during

1989-1991

PhD (C.) Kujtim Millaku

Prishtina University “ Hasan Prishtina” - Kosovo

Abstract

Although regarded as the richest region of the Yugoslav Federation with large

and various minerals, promising a swi development of Kosovo, it turnout to be

its weakest point due to the others greedy. The 80s marked the economic decline

of Kosovo. Following the death of Yugoslavian leader Tito, many nationalistic

movements claiming separation from the federation took place. Particularly, Republic

of Serbia had pretensions to put under its rule most of the federation’s units. Initially, it

started with Kosovo who was an equal part of the Federation as other republics and it

continued with pretensions to other republics. As such, cruel wars were unavoidable.

Serbia, although known as the initiator of the confl icts, won almost nothing, while

local ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, even though in majority, were denied all the rights.

Serbia was mainly interested for the Kosovo’s economy and therefore started to be

involved slowly in various ways, o en even forcibly by removing Albanian managers

and workers of the Kosovo’s public companies and pu ing them under its rule. Such

developments marked an economical decline throughout Kosovo, especially of the

industry sector. Such a decline took place for a decade and its consequences are

evident even nowadays.

Keywords: Kosovo, Serbia, industry, economy, assets,

Introduction

As part of the economy in Kosovo, the industry itself played a vital role at all the times

by being the region economic development main carrier. The repressive measures

undertaken by Serbia during 1989-1991, infl uenced the economic collapse of Kosovo

as constitutive part of the Yugoslav federation. Almost all the achievements, although

not much in fi gures, slowly began to fade away. Even though o cially with the

highest normative acts (Constitution) of FSRY the rights of each federal republic

and province (nations and nationalities) were clearly predetermined as well as the

equality in enjoying and exercising social and economical independence, the socio-

political units of the federations (republics and provinces) were also given the right

to posses particular means and tools so as to adapt the economic developments

to their own needs and objectives (Shiroka 1997, 75). But, the economic system of

Yugoslavia never gave a chance to Kosovo to exploit its own resources for its internal

development and wealth. Situation got worst at the eve of federation collapse as the

federal authorities kept exploiting Kosovo resources and went silent at the years

when Serbia was preparing to put Kosovo under its full political and economical