"UNMIK mission in Kosovo – failure"

"UNMIK mission in Kosovo – failure"

Well, duh.

albanians were in power for 8 years now and look what they have achieved...

Funcakes,

Albania is 3.6 million + 1.8 million ALBANIANS from Kosovo (there's no such thing as Kosovars!). . .there's your independent country. If you can't be loyal citizens of Serbia or respect its sovereignity. . .you should really go back to Albania. . .it's as simple as that.

VRatko,

Depsite the fact that your comment merits no repsone whatsoever , i'll do it anyway.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44) "

Really nikshala, are you sure about that? Did you read the unemployment figures? As well as the economic ones?

I didn't mean the drug/people trade, because we all know that business is booming sky high.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44)

nikshala, thats a comment only based on emotion and nothing much else. Like your independance, far from reality.

Ha-8 years of crime under the watch of KFOR and UMNIK,and only yesterday we were reading about the richest men in Kosovo.
If they could only start to think about working and not fighting they would propobly be worth something,but i`ts easier to blame Serbs for not getting free ride anymore.

Nikshala, please, but please consider what you wrote... you are saying that Kosmet right now is better off than back in 1996 or 1997? That is a hillarious joke. Just compared many basic figures, such as GDP, income, unemployment and you will see that Kosmet was better off for almost everyone there prior to the KLA violence that started in 1998. One must be blind to claim that Kosmet is better off today. It's not, and there is nothing that suggest that it is better. Kosmet has become the poorest region of europe and is for the most part a black hole, a failure. The west's goal is to make it is base/colony.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44)

Oh really? Why, cause you, the invader(s) pushed out the Serbs hoping for a little help from someone? Drug/Human business as well as monetary corruption (I added that one) don't register on the radar - just like Ratko said!

Ratko,

Depsite the fact that your comment merits no repsone whatsoever , i'll do it anyway.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.

Lazar,

read about stuff and use critical thinking when analyzing things.

there was a war in kosovo and everything war distroyed did you know that: it took as eight years to rebuild what was burned.

Kosovo is and has been the poorest country in the Europe for very long time almost forever.

I advise you my friend to read more and not just watch your goverments news on tv and come and talk anc act like you know sum......
"Short History Of Kosovo" read it...

maybe when u said it was better in 1997 you mean for serbs and not the mejority of people there: that's true for serbs it was better they had the best jobs and ruled the mojority of people.

now is pretty bad for them compare to 1997, but for the mejority of people on kosovo i mean 90% today is way better........
thank you..........

ECONOMY, bravo. I couldn't have said it better. Serbs refuse to understand how milosevic was bringing refugees all from yugoslavia and dumping them into Kosova --- all of this to ETHNICALLY CLEANSE Kosova, to change the ethnical makeup.

How many Kosovars lost jobs to some montengrian or serbian just because under slobodan regime anyone BUT an albanian could work in Kosova?

Kiss colonial time goodbye, 5% will never rule 95%.

Gligorov says unemployment rate is 35-45 %. During the Serbian rule it was 95 %

Gligorov says 3% growth is ridiculous! But this 3% growth comes mainly from the private SME sector, which grew 10% in 2006, even though international help was substantially reduced, prooving that Kosovo can very well survive on its own.

During the Serbian rule, there was no economy in Kosovo, no emplyoment, NADA! Comparing the situation now and the one in the 90-ties is ridiculous.

I completely agree that UNMIK has failed to use the economic potentials in Kosovo, but the situation now is incomaparably better than during Serbian rule. Actually, there was no such thing like "economic situation" during the Serbian rule, as complete Kosovo was a prison and a torture camp. The only people working in the 90ties were Kosovar Serbs who took over administrative offices after Albanians were expelled from their jobs.

If you're not an independent country, if you're a discriminated province, and if you've got a mission to run a place of 2 million...of course there's gonna be hardship.

Montenegro is 600,000 and they have a country.

Macedonia is 2 million and they have a country.

But Kosovo is 2.2 million and it's being run by a "mission".

What do they expect, miracles from the hat?

Independence is needed in order to allow the Kosovar population to FULLY govern itself.

albanians were in power for 8 years now and look what they have achieved...
(Ratko, 19. October 2007 16:14)

Are you saying Albanians can't rule themselves or ...? I don't understand what you are trying to say. But if you want to talk about achievement, I can think of a dozen off the top of my head (NATO, no serb military, independent institutions, etc).

The only achievement that Serbia has accomplished was the October revolution, if you want to call it that. I still read news about war-criminals being protected in Serbia, over 2,000 civilian Kosovars still in Kosova proper (burried).

to lazar and co:

Do you really believe what you write? do you really believe that every thing were as good as you think?then go and read another litterature than your propaganda!
kosovo ,despite all the difficulties and you Do know why,is much much more better than is never has been!Seems you have not been for a long time in kosovo,because even our local serbs do not reconnize the place when they come back.
we have an american university in prishtina and never had so many students abroad in all your serbian time.No more serbian educated albanians.

And this http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1448411102 is how it was under Serbias rule.

'If you can't be loyal citizens of Serbia or respect its sovereignity. . .you should really go back to Albania. . .it's as simple as that.'

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is _the_ most logical and sensible idea articulated since this fiasco started. I support this 110%.

Kosovo is the historical and cultural cradle for serbia...whatever..

One thing for sure is that it defninitely was a cradle for serbian economical prosperity. TREPCA. Trepca accounted for 70% of serbian mineral resources, and 80% of Nazi artillery came from the natural resources of Trepca whilst Germany occupied Yugoslavia. It is one of the wealthiest mining complexes in europe, and Yugoslavias success during Tito's wonderful reign was hugely due to the income from Trepca. Also, Trepca has enough coal to supply the whole of europe for the next 200 years, and enough gold for Vojslav Kostunica to be 'blinging'.

Which end of the border is Trepca? Answer: Kosova's border.

Kosovo is rich in natural resources, what serbia and other balkan countries can only dream of.

I think the contrast with Albania is the most striking: in 1999 Kosovo was richer (as many could Kosovars could see for themselves). Now it is Albania.

For the original article (in German) see here:
http://www.diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/eastconomist/337892/index.do
It has some additional comments about the need for better connections with the neighbouring countries.

oh boy, what news!

that´s the fate of agressors and occupiers, they fail.

but, exept of the faild state and motherland albania, nobody could have expected this! at least nobody in the west!

UNMIK and NATO were not in Kosovo, as we can remember, to first improve the economic situation in the province, but to "protect" the human rights of the Albanian population and secure "borders". Since the NATO bombing the Kosovo population increased because certain Western countries expulsed those "irregulars" from their countries, thus creating the unemployment. Not using till now the "natural resources" of the province, does not mean that it will not be done if the Albanians obtain the independence.

Ratko,

Depsite the fact that your comment merits no repsone whatsoever , i'll do it anyway.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.

albanians were in power for 8 years now and look what they have achieved...
(Ratko, 19. October 2007 16:14)

Are you saying Albanians can't rule themselves or ...? I don't understand what you are trying to say. But if you want to talk about achievement, I can think of a dozen off the top of my head (NATO, no serb military, independent institutions, etc).

The only achievement that Serbia has accomplished was the October revolution, if you want to call it that. I still read news about war-criminals being protected in Serbia, over 2,000 civilian Kosovars still in Kosova proper (burried).

Gligorov says unemployment rate is 35-45 %. During the Serbian rule it was 95 %

Gligorov says 3% growth is ridiculous! But this 3% growth comes mainly from the private SME sector, which grew 10% in 2006, even though international help was substantially reduced, prooving that Kosovo can very well survive on its own.

During the Serbian rule, there was no economy in Kosovo, no emplyoment, NADA! Comparing the situation now and the one in the 90-ties is ridiculous.

I completely agree that UNMIK has failed to use the economic potentials in Kosovo, but the situation now is incomaparably better than during Serbian rule. Actually, there was no such thing like "economic situation" during the Serbian rule, as complete Kosovo was a prison and a torture camp. The only people working in the 90ties were Kosovar Serbs who took over administrative offices after Albanians were expelled from their jobs.

ECONOMY, bravo. I couldn't have said it better. Serbs refuse to understand how milosevic was bringing refugees all from yugoslavia and dumping them into Kosova --- all of this to ETHNICALLY CLEANSE Kosova, to change the ethnical makeup.

How many Kosovars lost jobs to some montengrian or serbian just because under slobodan regime anyone BUT an albanian could work in Kosova?

Kiss colonial time goodbye, 5% will never rule 95%.

And this http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1448411102 is how it was under Serbias rule.

Lazar,

read about stuff and use critical thinking when analyzing things.

there was a war in kosovo and everything war distroyed did you know that: it took as eight years to rebuild what was burned.

Kosovo is and has been the poorest country in the Europe for very long time almost forever.

I advise you my friend to read more and not just watch your goverments news on tv and come and talk anc act like you know sum......
"Short History Of Kosovo" read it...

maybe when u said it was better in 1997 you mean for serbs and not the mejority of people there: that's true for serbs it was better they had the best jobs and ruled the mojority of people.

now is pretty bad for them compare to 1997, but for the mejority of people on kosovo i mean 90% today is way better........
thank you..........

If you're not an independent country, if you're a discriminated province, and if you've got a mission to run a place of 2 million...of course there's gonna be hardship.

Montenegro is 600,000 and they have a country.

Macedonia is 2 million and they have a country.

But Kosovo is 2.2 million and it's being run by a "mission".

What do they expect, miracles from the hat?

Independence is needed in order to allow the Kosovar population to FULLY govern itself.

Kosovo is the historical and cultural cradle for serbia...whatever..

One thing for sure is that it defninitely was a cradle for serbian economical prosperity. TREPCA. Trepca accounted for 70% of serbian mineral resources, and 80% of Nazi artillery came from the natural resources of Trepca whilst Germany occupied Yugoslavia. It is one of the wealthiest mining complexes in europe, and Yugoslavias success during Tito's wonderful reign was hugely due to the income from Trepca. Also, Trepca has enough coal to supply the whole of europe for the next 200 years, and enough gold for Vojslav Kostunica to be 'blinging'.

Which end of the border is Trepca? Answer: Kosova's border.

Kosovo is rich in natural resources, what serbia and other balkan countries can only dream of.

albanians were in power for 8 years now and look what they have achieved...

Ha-8 years of crime under the watch of KFOR and UMNIK,and only yesterday we were reading about the richest men in Kosovo.
If they could only start to think about working and not fighting they would propobly be worth something,but i`ts easier to blame Serbs for not getting free ride anymore.

Nikshala, please, but please consider what you wrote... you are saying that Kosmet right now is better off than back in 1996 or 1997? That is a hillarious joke. Just compared many basic figures, such as GDP, income, unemployment and you will see that Kosmet was better off for almost everyone there prior to the KLA violence that started in 1998. One must be blind to claim that Kosmet is better off today. It's not, and there is nothing that suggest that it is better. Kosmet has become the poorest region of europe and is for the most part a black hole, a failure. The west's goal is to make it is base/colony.

VRatko,

Depsite the fact that your comment merits no repsone whatsoever , i'll do it anyway.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44) "

Really nikshala, are you sure about that? Did you read the unemployment figures? As well as the economic ones?

I didn't mean the drug/people trade, because we all know that business is booming sky high.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44)

Oh really? Why, cause you, the invader(s) pushed out the Serbs hoping for a little help from someone? Drug/Human business as well as monetary corruption (I added that one) don't register on the radar - just like Ratko said!

"UNMIK mission in Kosovo – failure"

Well, duh.

However bad Kosovo is today, its many many times better than it was when sebrs ruled it... for 95% of population anyway.
(nikshala, 19. October 2007 16:44)

nikshala, thats a comment only based on emotion and nothing much else. Like your independance, far from reality.

Funcakes,

Albania is 3.6 million + 1.8 million ALBANIANS from Kosovo (there's no such thing as Kosovars!). . .there's your independent country. If you can't be loyal citizens of Serbia or respect its sovereignity. . .you should really go back to Albania. . .it's as simple as that.

to lazar and co:

Do you really believe what you write? do you really believe that every thing were as good as you think?then go and read another litterature than your propaganda!
kosovo ,despite all the difficulties and you Do know why,is much much more better than is never has been!Seems you have not been for a long time in kosovo,because even our local serbs do not reconnize the place when they come back.
we have an american university in prishtina and never had so many students abroad in all your serbian time.No more serbian educated albanians.

I think the contrast with Albania is the most striking: in 1999 Kosovo was richer (as many could Kosovars could see for themselves). Now it is Albania.

For the original article (in German) see here:
http://www.diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/eastconomist/337892/index.do
It has some additional comments about the need for better connections with the neighbouring countries.

'If you can't be loyal citizens of Serbia or respect its sovereignity. . .you should really go back to Albania. . .it's as simple as that.'

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is _the_ most logical and sensible idea articulated since this fiasco started. I support this 110%.

oh boy, what news!

that´s the fate of agressors and occupiers, they fail.

but, exept of the faild state and motherland albania, nobody could have expected this! at least nobody in the west!

UNMIK and NATO were not in Kosovo, as we can remember, to first improve the economic situation in the province, but to "protect" the human rights of the Albanian population and secure "borders". Since the NATO bombing the Kosovo population increased because certain Western countries expulsed those "irregulars" from their countries, thus creating the unemployment. Not using till now the "natural resources" of the province, does not mean that it will not be done if the Albanians obtain the independence.