Electricity cut off to Serb radio station

albanians should one day pay for all this garbage. Bunch of cowards.
(Ratko, 17 November 2010 13:10)

Bring it on tough guy.

Business as usual in the independent dream of Kosovo :)
(Top, 17 November 2010 13:13)
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Very true statement, I bet in Serbia yesterday there were businesses that had electricity cut because of lack of payment.
I know it happened in other countries such as US and UK.

albanians should one day pay for all this garbage. Bunch of cowards.

Business as usual in the independent dream of Kosovo :)

Well, the article seems a little biased. Only KEK is to be blamed and the poor Radio KIM is the victim of some workers who wouldn't listen of refuse to speak in Serbian. I think this is a bunch of lies with recurring attempts to show how independent serbian telecom and media are jeopardized in all possible ways. Read the article carefully and analyse before you reach conclusions!

"Workers of the company, KEK, said they cut off power because of unpaid bills, even though the radio has been paying its bills on time since KEK started charging for electric energy, the radio's website said."

-- Hmm. Either KEK needs a larger KEKback (times are hard you know? The government collapsed), or the radio station is broadcasting messages Pristina doesn't approve of.

Either way, time to whip out the generators again.

Why do some K-Serbs consider themself to be above the majority population, is it so hard to pay your bills? How about coming down from the sky and start learning a few Albanian words, is that too much to ask, perhaps a better communication will end the missunderstanding among us, lets be fair for once shall we?

When will Serbs learn that they have to pay for electricity??

Hey Ben,

How far down can you bury your head in the sand? They say practice makes perfect. How do you breath down there?

Another crime against the Serbian population in Kosovo. This, and other event like it, proves that there can be no compromise with criminals.

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.

Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)

And you are the proud stock of the Balkans? How exactly by locking people up in pizza shops including woman and children and throwing granades inside to kill them? Or by digging mass graves of civilians.

Give me a break. Apparently this KEK employee (if he did it) wanted to stick it to this Serbian guy, but going from an unpaid electrical bill to a mass murder is a very very long road.

You have already been and reached any kind of extreme limit that a human being can experience in the Balkans...

When will Serbs learn that they have to pay for electricity??
(Poster, 17 November 2010 17:52)
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They just proved that they HAD paid all the bills. Do you have problem with comprehension?

Now, in any civilized society you get bills like "overdue" or "pay immediately" before anything is done. You get a warning that your utility will be cut off if you don't pay but you also get a chance to pay your bills in stages if you are having financial difficulties.
It seems that in paradise called "Kosova" you don't get any of that if you are Serbian.
I work in debt recovery and I know how all this works so what happened there was criminal, unless the law itself works in a very weird way there.

Even if the bill was late in getting paid there should've been an overdue notice sent prior to anything being done. It obviously wasn't so there is NO EXCUSE for this and all you Albanians out there trying to excuse it is only making you look like you are people with mob mentality.

Again, no bill was outstanding in this case. So all this was just intimidation.

I am having a hard time understanding how this supposedly worked. The poor serbian radio station people couldn't get an explanation because they couldn't communicate with the evil workers from "a Prishtina-based electrical company" because the workers wouldn't speak serbian. And then afterwards (while they still were apparently unable to communicate) they couldn't get the KEK workers to agree to wait until their boss came with proof of payment, and then the KEK workers changed their explanation from their original explanation. Wait... I thought they couldn't get an explanation, and it sounds like there was a lot of communication going on for not being able to communicate. Draw your own conclusions...

Like I have stated before, Ben, and most of his pr-Albanian group here, do have their heads buried, but it's somewhere else besides sand. They will condone every single KiM Albanian action - whether it's the desecration of Serbian graves, digging up remains and strewing them about the cemetery, or cutting off power to a KiM radio station for suppossed non payment of funds for a monor amount - and when the delinquent fees are questioned, the KEK employees change the date of the delinquency. This is an obvious attempt to disrupt the functioning of an radio station, which many people depend on for important news. What's next, will the Albanians put on their Brown Shirts again?

"Now, in any civilized society you get bills like "overdue" or "pay immediately" before anything is done."

Peggy's obviously never lived in Serbia, because I doubt she'd knowingly call it "uncivilized"

Since you've never lived here, Peggy, I'll let you know. In Serbia, you get cut off after 1 month+1day of non payment.

Another crime against the Serbian population in Kosovo. This, and other event like it, proves that there can be no compromise with criminals.
(MikeC, 17 November 2010 17:03)

MikeC
If you don't pay the electricity bill and still have power, then I agree this is criminal act. Electricity is free nowhere in the world. Mine will be cut too, if I don't pay my electricity will be cut too.

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)
The article is clear on 2 parts. 1. They were unable to get an explanation because the workers refused to speak Serbian, 2. The workers changed their story that it was for a bill back in 2009.
Makes me immmediately assume all the other statements are 100% accurate without embellishment, what about you.

No pay, no electricity!

Electricity has been restored to the radio station.

http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=17&nav_category=640&nav_id=472953

Your american protectors will be unable to negotiate for you when you pull stupid stunts like this. Keep shooting yourselves in the feet.

I work in debt recovery...
Peggy

Peggy, now it makes sense to me why all of your comments are filled with ignorance.

Does Winston work with you, too?

Wow! Good to have stirred so many comments! This is pathetic! I don't comment very often but I can guarantee you that I know much more than you do living elsewhere and pretending you know a lot about Kosovo. You, the 'civilized' who are not part of the 'laughing stock from the Balkans'! If somebody pays all bills, there is no chance that one would be disconnected from the grid, unless it is a collective disconnection as it usually happens to all and not just one community. I'm not defending KEK here as I despise the way it functions. The problem is that you guys have nothing smarter to do but bury your heads in placing stupid comments instead of checking the facts. And checking the facts means exactly that B92 should have interviewed KEK and placed that information together with the article. I feel sorry for your tendentious comments instead of trying to be more realistic and help the situation. You're the ones that have buried your heads in very tight wholes. Heads-up!

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)

Winston, cool down… the article may be very clear, but that does not mean the “facts” mentioned in the article are correct or incorrect. We just heard one side of the story. A serious journalist collects the facts from all sides of the story and presents them, so the reader can form an informed opinion.

If the facts are as B92 states in the article, civil and even criminal charges should be filed against KEK employees for acting like that. But unfortunately, B92 did not properly investigate by also trying to ask KEK their side of the story. If B92 contacted KEK to seek comment and did not receive a reply within a reasonable time, it should have stated so in the article, but since it did not, I assume B92 did not even bother to contact the other side to get their version of the events. This is not journalism and it leaves the posters here in doubt about what actually happened. I hope I’m not being unreasonable by asking to have the versions of all parties involved before expressing an informed opinion.

Even if the bill was late in getting paid there should've been an overdue notice sent prior to anything being done. It obviously wasn't so there is NO EXCUSE for this and all you Albanians out there trying to excuse it is only making you look like you are people with mob mentality.

Again, no bill was outstanding in this case. So all this was just intimidation.
(Peggy, 17 November 2010 21:14)
First you are being consistent to your many posts. "If a Serb says it it must be true"
Second, Once I had my electricity disconnected here in the US and my first notice was when I turned the light switch and it did not work.

First you are being consistent to your many posts. "If a Serb says it it must be true"
Second, Once I had my electricity disconnected here in the US and my first notice was when I turned the light switch and it did not work.
(pss, 18 November 2010 21:16)
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And you are being consistent too then? If a Serb says it, it must be a lie.
For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.

Second, I find it very hard to believe that you did not get a bill or an overdue notice before your electricity was cut off unless the whole building lost power due to something going wrong.
It just doesn't happen.

For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.
(peggy, 18 November 2010)

No B92 is not posting "garbage and lies" it's just simply reporting one side of the story. Any respectable media outlet would have asked KEK for its version of the story but apparently B92 is not even trying to look unbiased.
B92 made it sound as if those Albanians know Serbian but refuse to speak. Could it just be that they don't know Serbian at all. It's a little presumptious on your side to think that every Albanian in Kosova speaks Serbian and no Serbian speaks Albanian?

And the rest of you look even more pathetic by clutching at straws trying to make this story tantamount to genocide.

Peggy, now it makes sense to me why all of your comments are filled with ignorance.

Does Winston work with you, too?
(Metrod, 18 November 2010 04:46)
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At the risk of sounding ignorant, please explain.

# No pay, no electricity!
(Prishtine, 17 November 2010 20:02)
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The bills were paid.

The report from KiM Radio a couple of days ago said that some other institutions that are all part of (u sklopu?) the Doma Kultura were cut off at the same time. Could be that the radio paid its bill to its landlord, who didn't pay the entire amount due to KEK because some of the other tenants were late.

For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.
(peggy, 18 November 2010 23:08)

The bills were paid.
(peggy, 20 November 2010 13:15)

Peggy, nobody (beside you) said that B92 is posting garbage and lies, otherwise we wouldn’t even be reading this site. We are just asking B92 that beside providing the Serb side of the story also provide the Albanian side of the story, or at least make an effort to do that and if it does not succeed, state so (for example we tried to contact KEK to seek comment, but nobody returned our calls). That way we can make a comparison to see which side’s explanation looks more plausible. Is this something unreasonable to ask for ?

albanians should one day pay for all this garbage. Bunch of cowards.

albanians should one day pay for all this garbage. Bunch of cowards.
(Ratko, 17 November 2010 13:10)

Bring it on tough guy.

Business as usual in the independent dream of Kosovo :)

Well, the article seems a little biased. Only KEK is to be blamed and the poor Radio KIM is the victim of some workers who wouldn't listen of refuse to speak in Serbian. I think this is a bunch of lies with recurring attempts to show how independent serbian telecom and media are jeopardized in all possible ways. Read the article carefully and analyse before you reach conclusions!

Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)

And you are the proud stock of the Balkans? How exactly by locking people up in pizza shops including woman and children and throwing granades inside to kill them? Or by digging mass graves of civilians.

Give me a break. Apparently this KEK employee (if he did it) wanted to stick it to this Serbian guy, but going from an unpaid electrical bill to a mass murder is a very very long road.

You have already been and reached any kind of extreme limit that a human being can experience in the Balkans...

Business as usual in the independent dream of Kosovo :)
(Top, 17 November 2010 13:13)
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Very true statement, I bet in Serbia yesterday there were businesses that had electricity cut because of lack of payment.
I know it happened in other countries such as US and UK.

Another crime against the Serbian population in Kosovo. This, and other event like it, proves that there can be no compromise with criminals.

Why do some K-Serbs consider themself to be above the majority population, is it so hard to pay your bills? How about coming down from the sky and start learning a few Albanian words, is that too much to ask, perhaps a better communication will end the missunderstanding among us, lets be fair for once shall we?

When will Serbs learn that they have to pay for electricity??

Hey Ben,

How far down can you bury your head in the sand? They say practice makes perfect. How do you breath down there?

"Workers of the company, KEK, said they cut off power because of unpaid bills, even though the radio has been paying its bills on time since KEK started charging for electric energy, the radio's website said."

-- Hmm. Either KEK needs a larger KEKback (times are hard you know? The government collapsed), or the radio station is broadcasting messages Pristina doesn't approve of.

Either way, time to whip out the generators again.

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.

Another crime against the Serbian population in Kosovo. This, and other event like it, proves that there can be no compromise with criminals.
(MikeC, 17 November 2010 17:03)

MikeC
If you don't pay the electricity bill and still have power, then I agree this is criminal act. Electricity is free nowhere in the world. Mine will be cut too, if I don't pay my electricity will be cut too.

No pay, no electricity!

I am having a hard time understanding how this supposedly worked. The poor serbian radio station people couldn't get an explanation because they couldn't communicate with the evil workers from "a Prishtina-based electrical company" because the workers wouldn't speak serbian. And then afterwards (while they still were apparently unable to communicate) they couldn't get the KEK workers to agree to wait until their boss came with proof of payment, and then the KEK workers changed their explanation from their original explanation. Wait... I thought they couldn't get an explanation, and it sounds like there was a lot of communication going on for not being able to communicate. Draw your own conclusions...

Like I have stated before, Ben, and most of his pr-Albanian group here, do have their heads buried, but it's somewhere else besides sand. They will condone every single KiM Albanian action - whether it's the desecration of Serbian graves, digging up remains and strewing them about the cemetery, or cutting off power to a KiM radio station for suppossed non payment of funds for a monor amount - and when the delinquent fees are questioned, the KEK employees change the date of the delinquency. This is an obvious attempt to disrupt the functioning of an radio station, which many people depend on for important news. What's next, will the Albanians put on their Brown Shirts again?

When will Serbs learn that they have to pay for electricity??
(Poster, 17 November 2010 17:52)
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They just proved that they HAD paid all the bills. Do you have problem with comprehension?

Now, in any civilized society you get bills like "overdue" or "pay immediately" before anything is done. You get a warning that your utility will be cut off if you don't pay but you also get a chance to pay your bills in stages if you are having financial difficulties.
It seems that in paradise called "Kosova" you don't get any of that if you are Serbian.
I work in debt recovery and I know how all this works so what happened there was criminal, unless the law itself works in a very weird way there.

Even if the bill was late in getting paid there should've been an overdue notice sent prior to anything being done. It obviously wasn't so there is NO EXCUSE for this and all you Albanians out there trying to excuse it is only making you look like you are people with mob mentality.

Again, no bill was outstanding in this case. So all this was just intimidation.

I work in debt recovery...
Peggy

Peggy, now it makes sense to me why all of your comments are filled with ignorance.

Does Winston work with you, too?

Your american protectors will be unable to negotiate for you when you pull stupid stunts like this. Keep shooting yourselves in the feet.

Even if the bill was late in getting paid there should've been an overdue notice sent prior to anything being done. It obviously wasn't so there is NO EXCUSE for this and all you Albanians out there trying to excuse it is only making you look like you are people with mob mentality.

Again, no bill was outstanding in this case. So all this was just intimidation.
(Peggy, 17 November 2010 21:14)
First you are being consistent to your many posts. "If a Serb says it it must be true"
Second, Once I had my electricity disconnected here in the US and my first notice was when I turned the light switch and it did not work.

Electricity has been restored to the radio station.

http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2010&mm=11&dd=17&nav_category=640&nav_id=472953

First you are being consistent to your many posts. "If a Serb says it it must be true"
Second, Once I had my electricity disconnected here in the US and my first notice was when I turned the light switch and it did not work.
(pss, 18 November 2010 21:16)
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And you are being consistent too then? If a Serb says it, it must be a lie.
For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.

Second, I find it very hard to believe that you did not get a bill or an overdue notice before your electricity was cut off unless the whole building lost power due to something going wrong.
It just doesn't happen.

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)
The article is clear on 2 parts. 1. They were unable to get an explanation because the workers refused to speak Serbian, 2. The workers changed their story that it was for a bill back in 2009.
Makes me immmediately assume all the other statements are 100% accurate without embellishment, what about you.

"Now, in any civilized society you get bills like "overdue" or "pay immediately" before anything is done."

Peggy's obviously never lived in Serbia, because I doubt she'd knowingly call it "uncivilized"

Since you've never lived here, Peggy, I'll let you know. In Serbia, you get cut off after 1 month+1day of non payment.

The article is very clear, Ben. The KEK workers acted like thugs - which is the only way they know how to act. Do they think they will put KiM radio out of business, and intimidate the Serbs because of some bogus electricity bill - and for some paltry hundred Euros? Can you imagine what Pristina would do to the Serbian minority in KiM,if it was given complete control in KiM? Another day, another embarrassing petty and childish display by KiM Albanians - the laughing stock of the Balkans.
(winston, 17 November 2010 18:07)

Winston, cool down… the article may be very clear, but that does not mean the “facts” mentioned in the article are correct or incorrect. We just heard one side of the story. A serious journalist collects the facts from all sides of the story and presents them, so the reader can form an informed opinion.

If the facts are as B92 states in the article, civil and even criminal charges should be filed against KEK employees for acting like that. But unfortunately, B92 did not properly investigate by also trying to ask KEK their side of the story. If B92 contacted KEK to seek comment and did not receive a reply within a reasonable time, it should have stated so in the article, but since it did not, I assume B92 did not even bother to contact the other side to get their version of the events. This is not journalism and it leaves the posters here in doubt about what actually happened. I hope I’m not being unreasonable by asking to have the versions of all parties involved before expressing an informed opinion.

Wow! Good to have stirred so many comments! This is pathetic! I don't comment very often but I can guarantee you that I know much more than you do living elsewhere and pretending you know a lot about Kosovo. You, the 'civilized' who are not part of the 'laughing stock from the Balkans'! If somebody pays all bills, there is no chance that one would be disconnected from the grid, unless it is a collective disconnection as it usually happens to all and not just one community. I'm not defending KEK here as I despise the way it functions. The problem is that you guys have nothing smarter to do but bury your heads in placing stupid comments instead of checking the facts. And checking the facts means exactly that B92 should have interviewed KEK and placed that information together with the article. I feel sorry for your tendentious comments instead of trying to be more realistic and help the situation. You're the ones that have buried your heads in very tight wholes. Heads-up!

For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.
(peggy, 18 November 2010)

No B92 is not posting "garbage and lies" it's just simply reporting one side of the story. Any respectable media outlet would have asked KEK for its version of the story but apparently B92 is not even trying to look unbiased.
B92 made it sound as if those Albanians know Serbian but refuse to speak. Could it just be that they don't know Serbian at all. It's a little presumptious on your side to think that every Albanian in Kosova speaks Serbian and no Serbian speaks Albanian?

And the rest of you look even more pathetic by clutching at straws trying to make this story tantamount to genocide.

Peggy, now it makes sense to me why all of your comments are filled with ignorance.

Does Winston work with you, too?
(Metrod, 18 November 2010 04:46)
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At the risk of sounding ignorant, please explain.

# No pay, no electricity!
(Prishtine, 17 November 2010 20:02)
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The bills were paid.

For your information it is B92 that reported the story and said that the representative produced proof of payment so if you think that B92 is posting garbage and lies then feel free to go to one of your "accurate and honest" Albanian sites where you won't get disappointed.
(peggy, 18 November 2010 23:08)

The bills were paid.
(peggy, 20 November 2010 13:15)

Peggy, nobody (beside you) said that B92 is posting garbage and lies, otherwise we wouldn’t even be reading this site. We are just asking B92 that beside providing the Serb side of the story also provide the Albanian side of the story, or at least make an effort to do that and if it does not succeed, state so (for example we tried to contact KEK to seek comment, but nobody returned our calls). That way we can make a comparison to see which side’s explanation looks more plausible. Is this something unreasonable to ask for ?

The report from KiM Radio a couple of days ago said that some other institutions that are all part of (u sklopu?) the Doma Kultura were cut off at the same time. Could be that the radio paid its bill to its landlord, who didn't pay the entire amount due to KEK because some of the other tenants were late.