MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Branimir Cvetnic likes to remember his hometown of Mitrovica as the lively, multicultural industrial hub it once was, rather than the grim symbol of Kosovo’s ethnic division it has become.

“Back then, Mitrovica was an open city, a city for everybody. And, now … it’s not even possible to compare,” said Cvetnic, 57, whose family has lived here for almost a century. “We used to live together, but can we do it again? I don’t know.”