Brussels's agreement and local elections in Kosovo and Metohia: Attitudes of Serbs from the central part of the province

This paper represents the result of explorative field research on the theme of the attitudes of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohia on the Brussels's Agreement signed by the official delegations of Belgrade and Pristine on the 19th of April 2013, and the scheduled local elections for the 3rd of November 2013. That Agreement in the moments of the field research realization did not have the impact on the everyday life change, but it evidentially brought unrest among the members of Serbian people in the province. The field research was based on the six focus-grouped discussions realization. The first three discussions were carried out in Kosovska Mitrovica in June 2013. The remained three groups were carried out in the biggest rural areas in the central part of the province - Štrpce, Gračanica and Ranilug in September 2013. For this paper needs attitudes of Serbs from the central part of the province will be indicated. The participants of focus groups expressed their attitudes on the characteristics of Brussels's Agreement, degree of information of Serbs on the agreement detail, and sentiment the sign of the Agreement arises in them. They were also talking on the local elections in Kosovo and Metohia. The set of questions on the elections showed contradictory attitudes on the achievement of politicians belonging to different parties, but the common conclusion consisted of the fact they should go to the elections. The basic characteristic of these discussions is discomfort, fear from the unknown and the feeling of rejection 'from their state' of Serbia.