Kosovo Serbs suffering severe power shortages

A number of Serb villages in Kosovo have been suffering severe electricity restrictions for the last month.

Izvor: Beta

Saturday, 05.01.2008.

10:35

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A number of Serb villages in Kosovo have been suffering severe electricity restrictions for the last month. Some 35,000 Serbs live in the municipalities of Gnjilane, Kosovska Kamenica, Kosovska Vitina and Novo Brdo, and Gniljane Deputy Municipal Speaker Bozidar Peric claims that the power is switched off “only in Serb villages along the Morava river, while at the same time, Albanian villages have electricity, that’s to say, their restrictions aren’t as severe.” Kosovo Serbs suffering severe power shortages “That’s what it was like at New Year, when only Serb villages in Gnjilane were without power for 10 consecutive hours,” Peric told Beta, calling it a form of psychological pressure on the Serbs, as the power was being turned off without any rules or warnings. According to the speaker, in Serb villages, there is power for two hours, and it is turned off for the next four, though sometimes it will be off for five hours and on for only one. “Since 1999, the Serbs along the Morava river have not had a single whole day without a power cut, and when the power’s off, you don’t even get a mobile phone signal, so that isolation is complete,” he complained. Peric added that the majority of homes had small generators which they used during the cuts, and which could power low energy units such as televisions, refrigerators and light-bulbs, but at the cost of EUR 1 or more per hour.

Kosovo Serbs suffering severe power shortages

“That’s what it was like at New Year, when only Serb villages in Gnjilane were without power for 10 consecutive hours,” Perić told Beta, calling it a form of psychological pressure on the Serbs, as the power was being turned off without any rules or warnings.

According to the speaker, in Serb villages, there is power for two hours, and it is turned off for the next four, though sometimes it will be off for five hours and on for only one.

“Since 1999, the Serbs along the Morava river have not had a single whole day without a power cut, and when the power’s off, you don’t even get a mobile phone signal, so that isolation is complete,” he complained.

Perić added that the majority of homes had small generators which they used during the cuts, and which could power low energy units such as televisions, refrigerators and light-bulbs, but at the cost of EUR 1 or more per hour.

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