Bala
Himara: The appointed mayor by the Municipal Council has resigned, while Beleris remains in prison
In her resignation statement, Blerina Bala cites an inability to fulfill the responsibilities she took on due to “personal reasons”
For Some, Kosovo’s NATO Anniversary Stirs Mixed Emotions
As evening fell, the soldiers of the Western military alliance had yet to reach Bala's neighbourhood, when a group of Serbian paramilitaries burst into her home. "They ordered us all to gather in this living room," Bala told BIRN, 24 years later. Her children were asleep and her husband had left on an errand minutes earlier.