Kosovo: Electricity cut off to Serbs in village

"The Kosovo electric company, KEK, cut off electricity to Serbs in a Kosovo village, despite the fact they had paid their bills.

Reports said that this happened because the majority population in the village of Gornji Livoč, who are ethnic Albanians, did not pay their bills."

The Albanians did wrong but the Serbs got punished -- that's "Kosova"'s justice system for you!

All the fault of the Serbs. Why do they refuse to adapt to Kosovo albanian standards by not paying the bills and living without electricity?? :-)

"The Kosovo electric company, KEK, cut off electricity to Serbs in a Kosovo village, despite the fact they had paid their bills."

Ahhh! True democracy at work. When you think this banana republic can't embarrass itself any more the do just that.

So, should this encourage Serbs to pay their bills or not?

First reaction is "WHAAAAT"..
But then we are talking about albanians here.
They would find the way to intimidate Serbs on every mind blowing account.
Another story for Human Rights Watch..

Do I sense DESPERATION coming from Pristina? Another feeble attempt by the temporary Albo government to show some muscle but, those muscles are getting smaller by the day. And BTW, Thaci, be careful what you pack in your luggage from now on. To quote your accomplice, "No one is above the law".

Mr. Q.- most horrible war in years. What planet are you on?

Not only this happened yesterday but 2 Telenor telephone post stations that were cut off yesterday afternoon / evening.

No sign of yesterday's news yet...

"Even though it is a shame, that's the only situation where albanians and serbs are equal in treatment.
(ParTy Time, 20 May 2010 (13:14)"

Well, yes, equal in treatment, but the preconditions are different: Some pay, some don't.

Maybe it's the Kosovarian way of improvement to the previous situations when no one payed the bills and only Serbs (but not Albanians) were cut off from electricity?

No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.
(PRN, 20 May 2010 15:13)

Dreistein-Zweistein-EINSTEIN!!!

Like bad comic book villians, be Pristina elite are running out of ideas to make the lives of others annoying.

Time to fire up the generators again.

No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.

Let's be balanced here. When the Serb villages electricity was cut last year for having 10 years worth of unpaid bills there were also many Albanian households that had no electricity as a result. Not a single person mentioned those Albanians that had no electricity because Serbs have not paid their bills. Now 20 Serb families have no electricity because KEK quite rightly cut off 600-800 Albanian households’ electricity it is such a big deal. Why everything that happens to Serbs in Kosova has to be politicized? Oh I know. It is Belgrade's new approach to the Kosova situation where Vuk Jeremic himself said just before Christmas last year that Serbia's new strategy is going to be focused the situation of Serbs in Kosova and how they are "suffering". Now everything is blown out of proportion just to show that Serbs in Kosova are the victims. The same policy that Republic of Serbia that created Slobodan Millosevic as a result applied towards Kosova's population by inventing non existent problems during the end of 80's and followed until the end of 90's which ended in the most horrible war in years. Serbia needs to change their war initiating and hatred policies towards Albanians. There is no problem in or with Kosova it is simply Serbian academics and the politicians who hate Albanians and that is all that is, which is a shame as forever we are going to be neighbours that have to interact with each other. By heating each other we are going to make our own and our children's lives miserable.

who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?
(krasniq't, 20 May 2010 19:23)
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You got that backwards. Serbs paid their bills. It's the Albanians who didn't.

Any excuse to punish the Serbs. If I pay my bill but my neighbour doesn't he will have the electricity cut off not me. That's how it works in the west. How come they can't target individual houses in Kosovo?

For the one who said that nobody complained when the Albanians were also cut off when Serbs didn't pay, I say, rubbish. It was only the Serbs who got cut off. Show me some evidence of Albanians being cut off as well if they paid the bills.

"No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.
(PRN, 20 May 2010 15:13) "

In case you still don't realize, this article was about non-paying ALBANIANS!I will be squirming with embarassment now if I were you.

"Kosovo: Electricity cut off to Serbs in village"

These K-Albanians sure are a destructive lot.

"So cynical. Everyone got cut despite ethnicity. Now those that paid can sue KEK for breach of contract. I didn't hear any of you complain about the Albanians that got cut because the Serbs refused to pay for 10 years. Bias from the Serb camp here maybe? That can't be it. Or can it?
(johny, 20 May 2010 19:37) "

Yes everyone got cut -- those who paid (Serbs) and those who didn't (Albanians). This is your justice system -- equal misery for all, the guilty as well as the innocent.

Anyway that just goes to show how inefficient your electricity company is.

As for your other point about nobody complaining when Albanians' supply got cut, well, you show us the report on that and we will see. I don't recall any recently.

As the electricity supply chain is quite old, they cannot precisely descriminate between the payers and the free riders. That's the biggest problem. One could think of just cutting the house or the apartment that didn't pay but this is unfortunately not possible.

Even though it is a shame, that's the only situation where albanians and serbs are equal in treatment.

The Albanians did wrong but the Serbs got punished -- that's "Kosova"'s justice system for you!
(lowe, 20 May 2010 12:14)

So cynical. Everyone got cut despite ethnicity. Now those that paid can sue KEK for breach of contract. I didn't hear any of you complain about the Albanians that got cut because the Serbs refused to pay for 10 years. Bias from the Serb camp here maybe? That can't be it. Or can it?

"who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?
(krasniq't, 20 May 2010 19:23) "

who in this world expect free electricity you ask? Isn't the answer obvious from this article? Give you a clue -- not the Serbs!

In most cases the serbian minority do not pay the KEK (Electricity Corporate of Kosovo) bill's so what they have expect more than cuting.

who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?

what a joke... straight from the stone age....

For the one who said that nobody complained when the Albanians were also cut off when Serbs didn't pay, I say, rubbish. It was only the Serbs who got cut off. Show me some evidence of Albanians being cut off as well if they paid the bills.
(Peggy, 21 May 2010 00:05)

My mother lives in Shilovo, Gjilan. When the electricity was cut because my Serb neighbors didn't pay, my family had no electricity either. And for the record, yes I paid my electricity in full. I support my family as I live abroad. Would you like my power meter numbers, too? Is that proof enough for you?

You don't get what you don't pay. What does this has to do with ethnicity...plus as far as i know it is possible to cut the energy to only those who don't pay. Also, i thought serbs didn't reckognise KEK, so not to be obliged to pay, also Serbia owes to KEK about 2 or 3 billion euros for the last ten years.

Yes everyone got cut -- those who paid (Serbs) and those who didn't (Albanians). This is your justice system -- equal misery for all, the guilty as well as the innocent.

Anyway that just goes to show how inefficient your electricity company is.

As for your other point about nobody complaining when Albanians' supply got cut, well, you show us the report on that and we will see. I don't recall any recently.
(lowe, 21 May 2010 05:15)

This is no justice system as I don't see any courts getting involved, however your lame attempts to paint it as some sort of ethnic issue comes short. When everyone is treated the same it is not an ethnic issue. Sure its an issue of inefficiency but an ethnic one it is not. As for not recalling when Albanians got cut because Serbs didn't pay, there is a solution for that too. Start getting your information from non-Serb media as well. Hearing more than one side of the story would be a good start.

"This is no justice system as I don't see any courts getting involved, however your lame attempts to paint it as some sort of ethnic issue comes short. When everyone is treated the same it is not an ethnic issue. Sure its an issue of inefficiency but an ethnic one it is not. As for not recalling when Albanians got cut because Serbs didn't pay, there is a solution for that too. Start getting your information from non-Serb media as well. Hearing more than one side of the story would be a good start.
(johny, 21 May 2010 18:03) "

Well, ironically you are right there -- there appears to be no justice system at all in "Kosova"!

And I am glad you admitted that your electricity company is inefficient, intentionally or otherwise.

If you think B92 does not report news correctly, then why are you wasting your time on this site? Better still, why not enlighten all of us by showing us reports on the same subject from those media sources that you claimed to be mroe accurate? Talk is easy, showing us proof is something else.

Let's be balanced here. When the Serb villages electricity was cut last year for having 10 years worth of unpaid bills there were also many Albanian households that had no electricity as a result. Not a single person mentioned those Albanians that had no electricity because Serbs have not paid their bills. Now 20 Serb families have no electricity because KEK quite rightly cut off 600-800 Albanian households’ electricity it is such a big deal. Why everything that happens to Serbs in Kosova has to be politicized? Oh I know. It is Belgrade's new approach to the Kosova situation where Vuk Jeremic himself said just before Christmas last year that Serbia's new strategy is going to be focused the situation of Serbs in Kosova and how they are "suffering". Now everything is blown out of proportion just to show that Serbs in Kosova are the victims. The same policy that Republic of Serbia that created Slobodan Millosevic as a result applied towards Kosova's population by inventing non existent problems during the end of 80's and followed until the end of 90's which ended in the most horrible war in years. Serbia needs to change their war initiating and hatred policies towards Albanians. There is no problem in or with Kosova it is simply Serbian academics and the politicians who hate Albanians and that is all that is, which is a shame as forever we are going to be neighbours that have to interact with each other. By heating each other we are going to make our own and our children's lives miserable.

No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.

As the electricity supply chain is quite old, they cannot precisely descriminate between the payers and the free riders. That's the biggest problem. One could think of just cutting the house or the apartment that didn't pay but this is unfortunately not possible.

Even though it is a shame, that's the only situation where albanians and serbs are equal in treatment.

who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?

In most cases the serbian minority do not pay the KEK (Electricity Corporate of Kosovo) bill's so what they have expect more than cuting.

The Albanians did wrong but the Serbs got punished -- that's "Kosova"'s justice system for you!
(lowe, 20 May 2010 12:14)

So cynical. Everyone got cut despite ethnicity. Now those that paid can sue KEK for breach of contract. I didn't hear any of you complain about the Albanians that got cut because the Serbs refused to pay for 10 years. Bias from the Serb camp here maybe? That can't be it. Or can it?

Not only this happened yesterday but 2 Telenor telephone post stations that were cut off yesterday afternoon / evening.

No sign of yesterday's news yet...

"The Kosovo electric company, KEK, cut off electricity to Serbs in a Kosovo village, despite the fact they had paid their bills.

Reports said that this happened because the majority population in the village of Gornji Livoč, who are ethnic Albanians, did not pay their bills."

The Albanians did wrong but the Serbs got punished -- that's "Kosova"'s justice system for you!

All the fault of the Serbs. Why do they refuse to adapt to Kosovo albanian standards by not paying the bills and living without electricity?? :-)

You don't get what you don't pay. What does this has to do with ethnicity...plus as far as i know it is possible to cut the energy to only those who don't pay. Also, i thought serbs didn't reckognise KEK, so not to be obliged to pay, also Serbia owes to KEK about 2 or 3 billion euros for the last ten years.

"The Kosovo electric company, KEK, cut off electricity to Serbs in a Kosovo village, despite the fact they had paid their bills."

Ahhh! True democracy at work. When you think this banana republic can't embarrass itself any more the do just that.

So, should this encourage Serbs to pay their bills or not?

First reaction is "WHAAAAT"..
But then we are talking about albanians here.
They would find the way to intimidate Serbs on every mind blowing account.
Another story for Human Rights Watch..

No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.
(PRN, 20 May 2010 15:13)

Dreistein-Zweistein-EINSTEIN!!!

Like bad comic book villians, be Pristina elite are running out of ideas to make the lives of others annoying.

Time to fire up the generators again.

"Even though it is a shame, that's the only situation where albanians and serbs are equal in treatment.
(ParTy Time, 20 May 2010 (13:14)"

Well, yes, equal in treatment, but the preconditions are different: Some pay, some don't.

Maybe it's the Kosovarian way of improvement to the previous situations when no one payed the bills and only Serbs (but not Albanians) were cut off from electricity?

Do I sense DESPERATION coming from Pristina? Another feeble attempt by the temporary Albo government to show some muscle but, those muscles are getting smaller by the day. And BTW, Thaci, be careful what you pack in your luggage from now on. To quote your accomplice, "No one is above the law".

Mr. Q.- most horrible war in years. What planet are you on?

who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?
(krasniq't, 20 May 2010 19:23)
===================

You got that backwards. Serbs paid their bills. It's the Albanians who didn't.

Any excuse to punish the Serbs. If I pay my bill but my neighbour doesn't he will have the electricity cut off not me. That's how it works in the west. How come they can't target individual houses in Kosovo?

For the one who said that nobody complained when the Albanians were also cut off when Serbs didn't pay, I say, rubbish. It was only the Serbs who got cut off. Show me some evidence of Albanians being cut off as well if they paid the bills.

Yes everyone got cut -- those who paid (Serbs) and those who didn't (Albanians). This is your justice system -- equal misery for all, the guilty as well as the innocent.

Anyway that just goes to show how inefficient your electricity company is.

As for your other point about nobody complaining when Albanians' supply got cut, well, you show us the report on that and we will see. I don't recall any recently.
(lowe, 21 May 2010 05:15)

This is no justice system as I don't see any courts getting involved, however your lame attempts to paint it as some sort of ethnic issue comes short. When everyone is treated the same it is not an ethnic issue. Sure its an issue of inefficiency but an ethnic one it is not. As for not recalling when Albanians got cut because Serbs didn't pay, there is a solution for that too. Start getting your information from non-Serb media as well. Hearing more than one side of the story would be a good start.

"Kosovo: Electricity cut off to Serbs in village"

These K-Albanians sure are a destructive lot.

what a joke... straight from the stone age....

"So cynical. Everyone got cut despite ethnicity. Now those that paid can sue KEK for breach of contract. I didn't hear any of you complain about the Albanians that got cut because the Serbs refused to pay for 10 years. Bias from the Serb camp here maybe? That can't be it. Or can it?
(johny, 20 May 2010 19:37) "

Yes everyone got cut -- those who paid (Serbs) and those who didn't (Albanians). This is your justice system -- equal misery for all, the guilty as well as the innocent.

Anyway that just goes to show how inefficient your electricity company is.

As for your other point about nobody complaining when Albanians' supply got cut, well, you show us the report on that and we will see. I don't recall any recently.

"No joke with electricity. Pay or live in dark. No more spoiling minority Serbs. They never pay....or when they say they pay they pay about 10% OF THE TOTAL amount.
(PRN, 20 May 2010 15:13) "

In case you still don't realize, this article was about non-paying ALBANIANS!I will be squirming with embarassment now if I were you.

"who in the world expects to recive free electicity, apart from the Kosova-serbs?
(krasniq't, 20 May 2010 19:23) "

who in this world expect free electricity you ask? Isn't the answer obvious from this article? Give you a clue -- not the Serbs!

"This is no justice system as I don't see any courts getting involved, however your lame attempts to paint it as some sort of ethnic issue comes short. When everyone is treated the same it is not an ethnic issue. Sure its an issue of inefficiency but an ethnic one it is not. As for not recalling when Albanians got cut because Serbs didn't pay, there is a solution for that too. Start getting your information from non-Serb media as well. Hearing more than one side of the story would be a good start.
(johny, 21 May 2010 18:03) "

Well, ironically you are right there -- there appears to be no justice system at all in "Kosova"!

And I am glad you admitted that your electricity company is inefficient, intentionally or otherwise.

If you think B92 does not report news correctly, then why are you wasting your time on this site? Better still, why not enlighten all of us by showing us reports on the same subject from those media sources that you claimed to be mroe accurate? Talk is easy, showing us proof is something else.

For the one who said that nobody complained when the Albanians were also cut off when Serbs didn't pay, I say, rubbish. It was only the Serbs who got cut off. Show me some evidence of Albanians being cut off as well if they paid the bills.
(Peggy, 21 May 2010 00:05)

My mother lives in Shilovo, Gjilan. When the electricity was cut because my Serb neighbors didn't pay, my family had no electricity either. And for the record, yes I paid my electricity in full. I support my family as I live abroad. Would you like my power meter numbers, too? Is that proof enough for you?