Famous Kosovo Actor Emigrates To Albania

Kosovo actor Enver Petrovci, one of the most prominent actors of the former Yugoslavia, said he would be moving to Albania for a better life as he doesn’t see any future for himself in Kosovo.

Petrovci lived in Belgrade for most of his life, acting in numerous plays and films. Towards the end of his career he returned to Pristina to found Dodona Theatre and teach at the Art Faculty of the University of Pristina. After the end of the 1998-99 Kosovo conflict, he founded Teatrin e Babes (Daddy’s Theater), but today is largely unemployed.

“The situation in our cultural environment is my primary reason which pursued me to take this step. I don’t see any perspective in Kosovo and I hope I will make use of my ambitions in Albania”, Petrovci told reporters.

Petrovci said he has been offered to work in a play at the National Theater of Tirana. He also asked the Art Academy of Tirana about work there as a professor.

A senior official from the Ministry of Culture told Balkan Insight that the decision to leave the country is a personal choice.

“The ministry cannot prohibit anybody from leaving the country. I don’t know why this issue is getting blown up, as Petrovci will still be within the Albanian community”, said the official who wanted to remain anonymous.