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On the outskirts of the city there is a glimmer of hope
A German company supplying wires for cars has bought up an old decaying factory and plans to employ more than 1,000 staff later this year.
The Serbian government was so determined to attract the investment, it promised the company 5,000 euros for each employee.
Aleksandar Jelic, a local consultant for the project, is confident the new factory will kick-start the local economy.
“Everybody will see that it’s possible to make a success here,” he says. “This will mark the start of the recovery of this region.”
Back at the widow’s house, she and her daughter pick a handful of flowers to take to her husband’s grave.
It is just a few hundred metres away – an isolated spot off the beaten track – the final resting place for a man who could not see a way out of poverty.
There is a saying that Serbs have about their country: the further south you go, the sadder it becomes.
The widow uses her final matchstick to light a candle next to the grave. Only then does she let the tears fall.