1999 Photo Contest, Spot News, 3rd prize
Photographer

Srdjan Ilic

The Associated Press

01 January, 1998

Clashes between ethnic Albanians, seeking independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo, and the Serbian security forces, determined to suppress the movement. These confrontations took place on a civilian as well as a military level. Here, Serbian police and ethnic Albanian rioters clashed during civil disturbances in Pristina, capital of Kosovo. The protests were against increasing ethnic violence.

About the photographer

Srdjan Ilic

Srdjan Ilic was born in Belgrade in 1966. From 1984, he worked for newspapers and magazines published by Politika, the largest printing house in the Balkans. In 1990 he joined th...

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