Ghost towns litter Serbian countryside FEATURE 06/21/2011

Ghost towns litter Serbian countryside

FEATURE

06/21/2011
BINICI — Like many of its Balkan neighbors, Serbia is reeling from an inexorable rural exodus, with hundreds of small villages turning into ghost towns as the young move to the cities in search of a better life.

And the authorities in Belgrade are powerless to reverse the trend.

Take Binici, a small village perched on southwestern Serbia’s scenic Golija mountain and now home to only dozens of mostly elderly inhabitants.

The young have been gradually leaving for the towns, in search of jobs or a soulmate..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110621com3.html