Officials and NGOs on "budget cost of north Kosovo"

really fun to read such an article:nobody knows where the money goes? To albanians may be?

So now the Serbian government is saying that keeping the north will cost a lot of money. If it is expencive to run institutions in the north then how much would it cost to "keep the whole of Kosovo" under Belgrades control? It doesn't add up. By the way I bet runing institutions in Kraljevo, Nis etc also cost money. Seems to me like Tadic and pals want to sell Kosovo off by saying it is to expensive to run. I wonder if they think it will be cheaper to find homes and jobs for the 100.000 Serbs that would leave north Kosovo and come to Serbia if it is handed over to Pristina?

"The total number of employees is around 21,500 on various basis. Add to that number 20,000 more who receive temporary assistance for being unemployed, or exiled from south of the Ibar, and you get an impressive figure which shows that one in three citizens in Kosovo and Metohija are in some way paid from the budget," the Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanović says.

One in three citizens (1/3)? Oh that's right in the eyes of belgrade only Serbs are citizens of Kosovo, all non-Serbs (Albanians, Bosniaks, Roma, Gypsies, Gorani, etc) do not exist.

And you people want to join EU? I never hear Thaci or Kosovan institutions speak in a way in which he would indicate our minorities are not citizens just like the majority.





Thanks,

OK it is obvious that Serbia is just finding a way to dump them. The financial burden is the tool.

Burt does Prishtina want those parasites???

Leave them a black hole as they are in their Ladas and Yugo Koral 45.

the government is saying that they're going to have to find cuts of 250-300 mln euros (well, 25-30 bln dinars) to balance the budget. That 500 mln for Kosovo sure must make a tempting target.

Dear Tank: resettling Serbs from Kosovo in Serbia proper could help to save many, many small towns where houses are going for credit-card types of money (say, a couple of thousand euros). With what someone could get for a house in Kosovo he could buy a house and go into business in one of these towns - say, running a van to the nearest shopping-town for the other returnees. Setting up a barber-shop/cafe/cinema/.... The advantage would be that there would be some income tax paid on money made in Serbia to offset the amount paid to those who are still unemployed after the move. Resettlement wouldn't be all bad.

450,000,000.00/60,000=7,500.00

A subsidy of 7500 per each live serb per year just so you can say "Kosovo je srbija"? Hope it's worth it. Is Serbia "deficit spending?" Perhaps IMF and those hated Germans ought to look at that.

I remember reading this story four years ago when DS came to power. At the time they used it to illustrate the corruption and inefficiency of the former DSS government. The pot calling the kettle black. Oliver has got himself a nice wardrobe though, hasn't he?

About 500 millions a year is a lot for Serbia, and it's even known where this money goes to? Unbelieveable.

On the other hand, it's Kosovo, which got billions of donor money, and it's not known where this money went to, neither. Well, some evil tongues say that it went straight to the pockets of Thaci and his buddies. Which I don't think it's true, it might be only a 'small' part, maybe 5-10%, which still means some 100 millions.

"We have no records on that basis, so I think more careful records would yield results, but so far we do not have that data," Ivanović said. "

The person who should be responsible for the money does not know where the money goes. Maybe he should ask Bogdanovic. This is hilarious. Wait, I was mistaken, he did not say he does not know. He said there are no records, he probably knows very well where it goes.

The real questions are:

1. Who is this NGO?
2. Who is Dragan Popović?
3. Who is the Center for Practical Policy?
4. Who pays their bills?
5. Who formulates it's policy?
6. Why do they care about what it costs to support Kosovo Serbs?
7. Why should they care if it costs ten times more to support Kosovo Serbs?
8. Who's party positions do they support?
9. Who's party positions do they not support?
10.Will they answer the above questions in Serbian, German or English?

Thank you ZZ,

That's why we don't miss UDBA. People like you are always around to investigate people instead of investigating facts.
People like you lost Kosovo and ironically are still pointing fingers instead of hanging their head in shame.

really fun to read such an article:nobody knows where the money goes? To albanians may be?
(lili, 26 August 2011 20:43)

No, more likely to local mafia clans - just like the the donor money for Kosovo going to Albanian mafia clans. In both cases, the average citizen doesn't benefit.

OK it is obvious that Serbia is just finding a way to dump them. The financial burden is the tool.

Burt does Prishtina want those parasites???

Leave them a black hole as they are in their Ladas and Yugo Koral 45.

"The total number of employees is around 21,500 on various basis. Add to that number 20,000 more who receive temporary assistance for being unemployed, or exiled from south of the Ibar, and you get an impressive figure which shows that one in three citizens in Kosovo and Metohija are in some way paid from the budget," the Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanović says.

One in three citizens (1/3)? Oh that's right in the eyes of belgrade only Serbs are citizens of Kosovo, all non-Serbs (Albanians, Bosniaks, Roma, Gypsies, Gorani, etc) do not exist.

And you people want to join EU? I never hear Thaci or Kosovan institutions speak in a way in which he would indicate our minorities are not citizens just like the majority.





Thanks,

really fun to read such an article:nobody knows where the money goes? To albanians may be?

The real questions are:

1. Who is this NGO?
2. Who is Dragan Popović?
3. Who is the Center for Practical Policy?
4. Who pays their bills?
5. Who formulates it's policy?
6. Why do they care about what it costs to support Kosovo Serbs?
7. Why should they care if it costs ten times more to support Kosovo Serbs?
8. Who's party positions do they support?
9. Who's party positions do they not support?
10.Will they answer the above questions in Serbian, German or English?

the government is saying that they're going to have to find cuts of 250-300 mln euros (well, 25-30 bln dinars) to balance the budget. That 500 mln for Kosovo sure must make a tempting target.

Dear Tank: resettling Serbs from Kosovo in Serbia proper could help to save many, many small towns where houses are going for credit-card types of money (say, a couple of thousand euros). With what someone could get for a house in Kosovo he could buy a house and go into business in one of these towns - say, running a van to the nearest shopping-town for the other returnees. Setting up a barber-shop/cafe/cinema/.... The advantage would be that there would be some income tax paid on money made in Serbia to offset the amount paid to those who are still unemployed after the move. Resettlement wouldn't be all bad.

450,000,000.00/60,000=7,500.00

A subsidy of 7500 per each live serb per year just so you can say "Kosovo je srbija"? Hope it's worth it. Is Serbia "deficit spending?" Perhaps IMF and those hated Germans ought to look at that.

I remember reading this story four years ago when DS came to power. At the time they used it to illustrate the corruption and inefficiency of the former DSS government. The pot calling the kettle black. Oliver has got himself a nice wardrobe though, hasn't he?

really fun to read such an article:nobody knows where the money goes? To albanians may be?
(lili, 26 August 2011 20:43)

No, more likely to local mafia clans - just like the the donor money for Kosovo going to Albanian mafia clans. In both cases, the average citizen doesn't benefit.

So now the Serbian government is saying that keeping the north will cost a lot of money. If it is expencive to run institutions in the north then how much would it cost to "keep the whole of Kosovo" under Belgrades control? It doesn't add up. By the way I bet runing institutions in Kraljevo, Nis etc also cost money. Seems to me like Tadic and pals want to sell Kosovo off by saying it is to expensive to run. I wonder if they think it will be cheaper to find homes and jobs for the 100.000 Serbs that would leave north Kosovo and come to Serbia if it is handed over to Pristina?

"We have no records on that basis, so I think more careful records would yield results, but so far we do not have that data," Ivanović said. "

The person who should be responsible for the money does not know where the money goes. Maybe he should ask Bogdanovic. This is hilarious. Wait, I was mistaken, he did not say he does not know. He said there are no records, he probably knows very well where it goes.

About 500 millions a year is a lot for Serbia, and it's even known where this money goes to? Unbelieveable.

On the other hand, it's Kosovo, which got billions of donor money, and it's not known where this money went to, neither. Well, some evil tongues say that it went straight to the pockets of Thaci and his buddies. Which I don't think it's true, it might be only a 'small' part, maybe 5-10%, which still means some 100 millions.

Thank you ZZ,

That's why we don't miss UDBA. People like you are always around to investigate people instead of investigating facts.
People like you lost Kosovo and ironically are still pointing fingers instead of hanging their head in shame.