Early August when I arrived in Europe again - during the trip with my parents - I was struck for the first time by the diversity of the population. Here in Kosovo the population is for 90% Albanian, 8% Serbian and 2% RAE. This latter minority consists of Roma, Ashakali (a Roma split-off) and Egyptians (they also do not know where they came from). The majority of the minorities live in enclaves. Mainly in the country side. That means Pristina is mono ethnic (= 100% Albanian). If you do not count the expat community ofcourse...
Europe is different nowadays. The personnel behind the counter in my hotel in Vienna was one day Colombian, one day Indian and one day Serbian. In the hotel in Alpnach the waiters were Spanish, Korean and "Ossie-German".
I couldn't refrain from asking an English waiter where the Swiss were. He replied that they were behind the curtains in the back. Counting money...
That sums it all up: it is the result of simple supply and demand. Most Europeans have become too rich to be willing to do low skilled labour. They don't care too much since they have cheap Polish plumbers and kebab snackbars that are open 24/7. The immigrants are better off too. The money they make balances off their inconveniences. The only losers are the unskilled European workers.
The picture shows what some locals in Alpnach think about this development. As if the 'jugos' didn't have enough to cope with lately...
