Southern Serbia Fears Next 'Kosovan Scenario'

BELGRADE - The residents of southern Serbia are worried about history repeating itself amid reports that Kosovan Albanians are buying up large amounts of property in towns and villages there, Sputnik Serbia reported.

Ethnic Albanians from Kosovo are taking advantage of the impoverishment of Serbs in the south of the country, buying swathes of agricultural land and accommodation from them in what some Serbs fear is a repeat of the "Kosovan scenario," Sputnik Serbia reported on Tuesday.

A string of towns in southern Serbia have seen an influx of Kosovan Albanians, who since 2010 have bought large amounts of land, houses and apartments in southern Serbia, close to the country's administrative border with Kosovo.

The Serbian towns most affected by the influx include Nis, Leskovac, Vranje, Kursumlija, Prokuplje and Novi Pazar. By offering inflated prices for property,...