Kosovo Serbs suffering severe power shortages

How would the Albanian supporters here know whether Kosovo Serbs are paying their electricity bills, or not? Do you people work for the utility company there? Besides, in civilized societies, power is never turned off during harsh winter conditions, it's called being humanitarian. In many civilized nations, it's a law. I cannot believe how low Albanians will go to try and expel the few remaining Serbs in Kosovo - and these are mostly immoble elderly. I wonder if Reucker has put this in his UN report?

Do they have these power problems in North Kosovo? If they don't then there can only be two possible explanations for South Kosovo's power problems.

1. The Serbs are much better at running things and that's why the power works in North Kosovo.

2. Kosovo Albanians are deliberately trying to make things bad for Serbs.

Everybody can take their pick.

This is no surprising to me at all. From the rifles Albanians turned to switching of electrcity for Serbs in order to make them leave their homes in Kosovo and move to Serbia.Nothing has trully changed since 1960-80's. They finally got the power and now demonstrate that power in very democratic way. And please dear Albanians spare us of propaganda that Serbs did not pay for electricity and that debt is the reason for switch offs. I just remind you that Albanians did not pay anything while boycotting Serbia and still Serbia has never behaved in such manner, never treated you this way. Just wonder if Ruecker mentioned this in his famous report full of lies.

The electricity in Kosmet belongs to Serbia. We built it, we financed it, we did everything there. At the end of World War two there was not one paved street in Pristina. We built it up. We built it all up. It belongs to us, and it is criminal to take it away from us.

YES, you need to pay to the government in order to have electricity. Kosovo is still internationally and legally Serbia so they are paying it. Ethnic Albanians dont have a right to shut off the energy, but then again they are used to doing illegal things in order to get what they want. And I remember back in the days when ethnic Albanians got their energy shut off back in the days, and I never heard any of them saying "we need to pay", but rather Serbs are terrorizing us. I

SRBS who live in Kosovo should have free electricity

Poor Kosovar - Serbs who experience the same power cuts as everyone....who receive two pensions....who don't pay a dime on their bills.

Maybe the situation will improve, if they pay their electricty bills!
Everyone knows that no serbs have been paying their electricity bills since 2000!!
You get what you pay for is a adequate proverb for this situation!
AD

Electricity is a product as well (just like bread, milk etc.). You must PAY in order to have it. When you pay, you don't waist it.

I tend to agree with a number of the previous comments. I've lived in Kosovo for the last six years - fortunately in Pristina, where the situation for electricity tends to be better for all inhabitants. I visited an Albanian village this time last year and stayed a weekend; we had 15 minutes of power. I've never been so cold in my life! I also stay with friends in a Serbian area just outside Pristina and they are fortunate to have a generator, which as has been commented on, is expensive to run - and dangerous. In any other place I have lived, if the bill is not paid the supply is cut off - I have never understood why this is not done in Kosovo, irrespective of ethnicity, including those internationals who take off without paying the bills at the end of their highly paid missions. Various people have told me cutting off individual households is not possible, but this sounds feeble to a non-technical person such as myself. It smacks of a lack of political will. UNMIK is in charge (nominally) therefore I think they should take responsibility. I hope this post does not offend anyone except perhaps UNMIK. It is outrageous that after eight years the power situation is just about as bad as it ever was. I hope Iraqis are taking notice of what they can expect for the next five years!

This is what happens when in the fall of 99 you kill the electrical engineers in Oblic, burn down their homes and then put the guy that was shoveling coal in charge of the power plants.

Albania is providing energy for Kosova. We don't want a penny of our money going to serbs.

This is a big lie becasue there is power shotiges throughout Kosova. By the way K-Serbs have not paid a dime yet for electricity. If you ask me anybody that does not pay its bills should be disconected, and i don't care whether they are Albaians or any other nationality.

As an international in Kosovo, I experience the same electricity restrictions it is very frustrating but I see no distinction in the Serb municipalities and the outlying Albanian. As far as mobile service I have never seen a correlation between mobile telephone service and electricity restrictions and have traveled extensive througout Kosovo. Unless perhaps it is through one of the carriers not authorized for Kosovo service.

Why doesn't Serbia provide them good generators...seeing how Serbia is telling them to boycott everything Albanian.

Boycott everything and electricity comes with it! :D

And if Serbia goes on with an embargo, electricity will be even more scarse.....and those who don't cooperate, will be put on a lower scale in the preference list.

Serbs don't agree with the Kosovar government but still want to provided services without any pinches? Ha, where have they seen that kind of business?

The Albanians have to pay their bill also. I read that the cut off date is.... Oh yea the day they illegal declair indep. Don't worry about the Serbs the Albanians got them use to it already.

SRBS who live in Kosovo should have free electricity
(marjan_koljenovic, 5 January 2008 16:45)


Marina, it seems to me that they do (or didn’t you read previous comments).
Albanians in Kosovo could do with some free electricity also.
Unfortunately even though they pay their bills they get the same power cuts.
It is funny that Kosovo Serbians are the ones complaining.
Am I missing something here?

Hey Anthony that was the work of the KLA.

TO Brumsila

There is no way in this earth that Kosovo Albanian didn't pay the electricity tax etc in Kosovo.
I mean ask any of your Serb informants and they'll tell what i mean.
As for the current electricity problem in Kosovo it's same for everyone whatever nationality or ethnic group u are. Just Serbs see it as an bargain chip so to spice up a little the whole thing u know.

Well we see how capable of producing power KeK is and now it is Snowing and Freezing in Kosovo. Poor people.

Lazer in your comments you boost of Serbians paving the roads in Kosova and so foreth and so on,but do you seriously think Serbians were the only tax payers in Yugoslavia?? Is that why your people attack Dubrovnik and other tourist destinations so savagely? Or do you call it 'inat' of which you guys are infamous for?Let me quess, you never heard of Kosovar tax payers?So enough with your, we this and we that, in Yugoslavia it was "us" ,got it? Yugoslavia was destroyed because of your we- ness.All the other Republic tax dinars built Belgrade, yet Slovenians, Croatian ,etc aren't whinnying so why are you?

Send me your email and I will send you photos of me from across the province.

You know nothing about me, and it is uncharitable to pretend that you do.

Delije... I am very much aware of the damage the KLA has done as well as the support provided to it by my nations and my military. I was Sergeant with the Civil Affairs contingent out of Camp Bondsteel from Sep 05- Jun 07. After my time on the ground and the work that I did with both parties involved in the province I know that Kosovo should not be independent and that the actions against the Serbian population after the deployment of 50,000 NATO troops was a failure and its shameful. My nation, the US, is not seen as an equal broker because of a vocal endorsement of moves on the part of the ethnic-Albanian political structure in Pristina.

The central gov't in Belgrade is assisting the locals with their power situation. My Civil Affairs team in cooperating with the German crane team in Prizren, and the local Ukrainian Btn. helped install a large electrician transformer from electro Kos-Met. It came down from Serbian proper on an electro Kos-Met flat bed and was installed by local Serbs in Strpce. The Serbs do what they can considered their hands are tied by the intl community.

I spent time up north of the Ibar during my deployment and vested Belgrade and central Serbia as a tourist last summer. And as it was stated on these boards earlier: either Serbs are far more competent people when it comes to the organization of government and executing the duties and services to its citizenry, this is to include the ethnic Albanians in the areas surrounding Presevo, where I have also visited, or the ethnic- Albanian political elite is incapable or unwilling to do the same. At the very least the ethnic – Albanians surrounding BMP have electricity, have paved roads, and are not worried about having a Serb burn down their house or blow up their place of worship. I must say that these thugs that are heavily in the pockets of international Mafioso are a little bit of both.

A Happy Christmas to the people I worked with in Kosovo both Serb and ethnic - Albanian.

Nice try Anthony but the charade is way too obvious.

If they are cold without electricity why dont they move.
And I heard serbia is a good place for serbian refugees.

We wont miss them. :)

Same happened with us Albanians living in Kosova: for the first time in my life, during the New Year Night we had only three hours elec.energy. Disaster. This was present-punish from AAK minister of energy and mines for all KS people, since Thaci minister will have this ministry. Shame on LDK-AAK government.

Albania is providing energy for Kosova. We don't want a penny of our money going to serbs.

This is a big lie becasue there is power shotiges throughout Kosova. By the way K-Serbs have not paid a dime yet for electricity. If you ask me anybody that does not pay its bills should be disconected, and i don't care whether they are Albaians or any other nationality.

Poor Kosovar - Serbs who experience the same power cuts as everyone....who receive two pensions....who don't pay a dime on their bills.

Maybe the situation will improve, if they pay their electricty bills!
Everyone knows that no serbs have been paying their electricity bills since 2000!!
You get what you pay for is a adequate proverb for this situation!
AD

Same happened with us Albanians living in Kosova: for the first time in my life, during the New Year Night we had only three hours elec.energy. Disaster. This was present-punish from AAK minister of energy and mines for all KS people, since Thaci minister will have this ministry. Shame on LDK-AAK government.

Why doesn't Serbia provide them good generators...seeing how Serbia is telling them to boycott everything Albanian.

Boycott everything and electricity comes with it! :D

And if Serbia goes on with an embargo, electricity will be even more scarse.....and those who don't cooperate, will be put on a lower scale in the preference list.

Serbs don't agree with the Kosovar government but still want to provided services without any pinches? Ha, where have they seen that kind of business?

As an international in Kosovo, I experience the same electricity restrictions it is very frustrating but I see no distinction in the Serb municipalities and the outlying Albanian. As far as mobile service I have never seen a correlation between mobile telephone service and electricity restrictions and have traveled extensive througout Kosovo. Unless perhaps it is through one of the carriers not authorized for Kosovo service.

Electricity is a product as well (just like bread, milk etc.). You must PAY in order to have it. When you pay, you don't waist it.

Nice try Anthony but the charade is way too obvious.

Lazer in your comments you boost of Serbians paving the roads in Kosova and so foreth and so on,but do you seriously think Serbians were the only tax payers in Yugoslavia?? Is that why your people attack Dubrovnik and other tourist destinations so savagely? Or do you call it 'inat' of which you guys are infamous for?Let me quess, you never heard of Kosovar tax payers?So enough with your, we this and we that, in Yugoslavia it was "us" ,got it? Yugoslavia was destroyed because of your we- ness.All the other Republic tax dinars built Belgrade, yet Slovenians, Croatian ,etc aren't whinnying so why are you?

If they are cold without electricity why dont they move.
And I heard serbia is a good place for serbian refugees.

We wont miss them. :)

SRBS who live in Kosovo should have free electricity

The electricity in Kosmet belongs to Serbia. We built it, we financed it, we did everything there. At the end of World War two there was not one paved street in Pristina. We built it up. We built it all up. It belongs to us, and it is criminal to take it away from us.

SRBS who live in Kosovo should have free electricity
(marjan_koljenovic, 5 January 2008 16:45)


Marina, it seems to me that they do (or didn’t you read previous comments).
Albanians in Kosovo could do with some free electricity also.
Unfortunately even though they pay their bills they get the same power cuts.
It is funny that Kosovo Serbians are the ones complaining.
Am I missing something here?

TO Brumsila

There is no way in this earth that Kosovo Albanian didn't pay the electricity tax etc in Kosovo.
I mean ask any of your Serb informants and they'll tell what i mean.
As for the current electricity problem in Kosovo it's same for everyone whatever nationality or ethnic group u are. Just Serbs see it as an bargain chip so to spice up a little the whole thing u know.

Delije... I am very much aware of the damage the KLA has done as well as the support provided to it by my nations and my military. I was Sergeant with the Civil Affairs contingent out of Camp Bondsteel from Sep 05- Jun 07. After my time on the ground and the work that I did with both parties involved in the province I know that Kosovo should not be independent and that the actions against the Serbian population after the deployment of 50,000 NATO troops was a failure and its shameful. My nation, the US, is not seen as an equal broker because of a vocal endorsement of moves on the part of the ethnic-Albanian political structure in Pristina.

The central gov't in Belgrade is assisting the locals with their power situation. My Civil Affairs team in cooperating with the German crane team in Prizren, and the local Ukrainian Btn. helped install a large electrician transformer from electro Kos-Met. It came down from Serbian proper on an electro Kos-Met flat bed and was installed by local Serbs in Strpce. The Serbs do what they can considered their hands are tied by the intl community.

I spent time up north of the Ibar during my deployment and vested Belgrade and central Serbia as a tourist last summer. And as it was stated on these boards earlier: either Serbs are far more competent people when it comes to the organization of government and executing the duties and services to its citizenry, this is to include the ethnic Albanians in the areas surrounding Presevo, where I have also visited, or the ethnic- Albanian political elite is incapable or unwilling to do the same. At the very least the ethnic – Albanians surrounding BMP have electricity, have paved roads, and are not worried about having a Serb burn down their house or blow up their place of worship. I must say that these thugs that are heavily in the pockets of international Mafioso are a little bit of both.

A Happy Christmas to the people I worked with in Kosovo both Serb and ethnic - Albanian.

This is no surprising to me at all. From the rifles Albanians turned to switching of electrcity for Serbs in order to make them leave their homes in Kosovo and move to Serbia.Nothing has trully changed since 1960-80's. They finally got the power and now demonstrate that power in very democratic way. And please dear Albanians spare us of propaganda that Serbs did not pay for electricity and that debt is the reason for switch offs. I just remind you that Albanians did not pay anything while boycotting Serbia and still Serbia has never behaved in such manner, never treated you this way. Just wonder if Ruecker mentioned this in his famous report full of lies.

YES, you need to pay to the government in order to have electricity. Kosovo is still internationally and legally Serbia so they are paying it. Ethnic Albanians dont have a right to shut off the energy, but then again they are used to doing illegal things in order to get what they want. And I remember back in the days when ethnic Albanians got their energy shut off back in the days, and I never heard any of them saying "we need to pay", but rather Serbs are terrorizing us. I

Do they have these power problems in North Kosovo? If they don't then there can only be two possible explanations for South Kosovo's power problems.

1. The Serbs are much better at running things and that's why the power works in North Kosovo.

2. Kosovo Albanians are deliberately trying to make things bad for Serbs.

Everybody can take their pick.

This is what happens when in the fall of 99 you kill the electrical engineers in Oblic, burn down their homes and then put the guy that was shoveling coal in charge of the power plants.

Send me your email and I will send you photos of me from across the province.

You know nothing about me, and it is uncharitable to pretend that you do.

Well we see how capable of producing power KeK is and now it is Snowing and Freezing in Kosovo. Poor people.

How would the Albanian supporters here know whether Kosovo Serbs are paying their electricity bills, or not? Do you people work for the utility company there? Besides, in civilized societies, power is never turned off during harsh winter conditions, it's called being humanitarian. In many civilized nations, it's a law. I cannot believe how low Albanians will go to try and expel the few remaining Serbs in Kosovo - and these are mostly immoble elderly. I wonder if Reucker has put this in his UN report?

I tend to agree with a number of the previous comments. I've lived in Kosovo for the last six years - fortunately in Pristina, where the situation for electricity tends to be better for all inhabitants. I visited an Albanian village this time last year and stayed a weekend; we had 15 minutes of power. I've never been so cold in my life! I also stay with friends in a Serbian area just outside Pristina and they are fortunate to have a generator, which as has been commented on, is expensive to run - and dangerous. In any other place I have lived, if the bill is not paid the supply is cut off - I have never understood why this is not done in Kosovo, irrespective of ethnicity, including those internationals who take off without paying the bills at the end of their highly paid missions. Various people have told me cutting off individual households is not possible, but this sounds feeble to a non-technical person such as myself. It smacks of a lack of political will. UNMIK is in charge (nominally) therefore I think they should take responsibility. I hope this post does not offend anyone except perhaps UNMIK. It is outrageous that after eight years the power situation is just about as bad as it ever was. I hope Iraqis are taking notice of what they can expect for the next five years!

The Albanians have to pay their bill also. I read that the cut off date is.... Oh yea the day they illegal declair indep. Don't worry about the Serbs the Albanians got them use to it already.

Hey Anthony that was the work of the KLA.