Edition 8 • July 28 2008 1.00 • WEEKLY NEWSPAPER NEWS Gypsy refugees from toxic UNMIK camp face deportation from Germany Activists fear they will be sent back to the camp and believe they will die, should that happen

t h e k o s o v @ p o s t has learned that one of the Gypsy families that was rescued from LEGAL EAGLES a toxic UNMIK camp in north Mitrovica Pg 4 by the German newspaper Bild Zeitung in 2005 is facing a deportation hearing in Hamburg. OPINION Bild Zeitung paid for birth certificates, passports, plane fares and medical treatment - including 3,000 euros per child body scans for the eight member family - after running a feature length report on the tragedy that continues in the camp where 77 have died from lead poisoning. Residents of the camp - most of whom have been living on top of tailings piles from a nearby lead and zinc mine for nine years – have registered extremely KARADZIC BUST: dangerous levels of lead in their blood. GOOD FOR One child registered the highest levels of lead poisoning ever recorded. Could the Mustafa family – shown here with Dr. Klaus Runow and Pg 6 Dr. Rohko Kim, a Harvard trained medical Paul Polansky and Dija Gidzic of Society for Threatened Peoples – be doctor, has been advising the UN on the returned to the toxic UNMIK camp in north Mitrovica that almost killed lead poisoning in their camps in . them once? In a speech delivered in 2005 to WHO, EYEWITNESS UNMIK and the Kosovo Ministry of Health, Dr. Kim said: “The present situation in the Roma community who are now living in the camps is extremely, extremely serious. I have personally researched lead poisoning since 1991 but I have never seen in the literature a population with such a high level of lead in their blood. I believe that the lead poisoning in north Mitrovica is unique, which has never been known before in history. This is one of the biggest catastrophes connected with lead in the MITROVICA PROTEST world and in history.” Pg 8 After the Mustafas arrived in Germany, Bild Zeitung set them up in an apartment on the outskirts of Hamburg, where they have lived ever since. The total bill paid FOOD by the newspaper for its humanitarian efforts was close to, or slightly in excess of, 50,000 euros. Activists who have been working to save the 500 – 600 Gypsies who remain in the camp fear the family will be returned to the camp should the Mustafas lose their extradition hearing. The family of a girl who was removed from the camp when she was two years old was told by doctors that if she retuned to the camp she would HIGH CLASS DINING die, just like her four year old sister had. Pg 11

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2 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 NEWS Is the Serbian Knight in north Kosovo? by Paul Polansky supposedly in bad health with a dicey There is no doubt that Mladic is popular rumors continue to point towards more heart condition. But two years ago I among the Serbs in Kosovo. His portrait violence connected with the past. Most With the recent arrest of Radovan heard something similar from a French hangs in many public places throughout bridge watchers claim Serbia will get Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb intelligence officer who claimed to the enclaves. I have yet to see one of back Kosovo even if it takes another leader, in a Belgrade suburb looking have been hunting with Mladic near the Karadzic. 500 years. Maybe that’s why some very much like an Orthodox priest, believe Mladic will go down fighting - all attention has now turned to the to be the myth, the legend, that rouses whereabouts of his infamous general, the troops five centuries from now. Ratko Mladic, also wanted by the MINORITY REPORT Arresting Mladic will not be a popular International Criminal Court (ICC) in move for the new Serbian government. The Hague for suspected war crimes. But letting him commit “suicide” in Mladic is rumored to be hiding out in Kosovo would be an easy way out for many places, even in Russia. But if Bosnian-Serbian border while Carla War talk serves no one in these tense them. Then elements in the Serb army Serbian paramilitaries now flooding del Ponte, the chief investigator for the times. But in north Kosovo and and the nationalists wouldn’t have to into north Kosovo are to be believed, ICC, insisted the general was hiding out especially in north Mitrovica, the rescue him from a Belgrade prison. the so called butcher of Srebrenica will in Belgrade. soon lead them on hit and run raids The French intel officer told me that against KFOR/NATO forces in northern Mladic would never be taken alive. Kosovo. “He’s planning to kill himself rather “He’s on a suicide mission,” one north than be captured. It is only a question Mitrovica bridge watcher told me, who of negotiating a deal with the Serbian refused to give his name. “He knows government to give the men guarding the net is closing in around him and him handsome pay outs. Then he will do he wants to go out fighting. He’s our himself in.” Serbian Knight.” Playing the part of the Serbian Knight Several other bridge watchers agreed. who goes down fighting rather than Rent a car with driver “We haven’t had a hero in Kosovo since committing suicide does fit in more with Lazar,” said a paramilitary who called Mladic’s personality. But whatever the www.limoprishtina.com himself Nebosha. He was referring truth, there are many in north Mitrovica to the Serbian King who led his army who have declared to me that they too tel. 049 479 478 against a Turkish invasion force north of will die fighting to defend their Kosovo. Pristina in 1389 and died on the battle One Serbian who used to live in south 10000 Pristina, Kosovo field. His death inspired legends and Kosovo but now lives in the north said myths and an epic poem recited over the he has nowhere else to go. “The blood centuries by Serbian students about one will be ankle deep,” he predicted, day retaking Kosovo from the infidel. “especially if KFOR tries to re-establish Personally, I don’t believe Mladic the customs posts in the north. We won’t is in Kosovo or is preparing to lead allow it. I think that’s when Mladic will troops in battle. Mladic is 66 years old, arrive to lead us.” Man arrested for fraudulently raising funds for KLA martyr Jashari’s www.KosovaBiz.com surviving family A man who has been attempting to the battle which raged for 27 hours. fraudulently obtain money from Kosovar Jashari and other KLA fighters had been citizens and businesses by claiming it was attacking police, killing a number of needed for the family of the martyred them, for the previous two years before founder of the , the authorities launched a series of deadly , was arrested by the Kosova raids on village strongholds of the KLA. Police Service on July 24. The official report on the March 5, 2008 Agron Qehaja, born 1985, contacted attack stated that the “terrorists” had targets by phone and asked them to make prevented women and children from donations of between 500 and 5000 euros surrendering, further accusing Jashari of into a bank account he had set up. At the shooting his nephew to prevent him from time of the arrest police report that Qehaja surrendering. had succeeded in conning at least one A Human Rights Watch investigation individual or company into depositing into the incident reported, “Although it 500 euros into the account. appears that some Albanian villagers in Jashari’s image can be seen all over Donji Prekaz were armed and defending Kosovo ten years after Serbian police themselves against the police, the surrounded the Jashari family farm evidence is overwhelming that the police outside the village of Donji Prekaz and used excessive and indiscriminate force, slaughtered 20 members of the family, and that the police executed at least three including Adem and up to as many as 38 people after they had been detained or more. Two police officers were killed in had surrendered.”

EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 3 NEWS American lawyer praises Kosovo’s legal eagles th e r e s i d e n t l e g a l advisor at the US instructor at the clinic. I had a chance to Embassy says he is very proud of the work with the students and the faculty work being done by those employed in advisors who were doing the work.” the Kosovar judiciary. Jonathon Haub, Haub praised the work of instructors and an Assistant US Attorney from Portland, especially the students. “They are to be Oregon, told the Kosov@ Post, “I’ve had congratulated because I found them to be a chance to be in the court rooms and to extremely competent and very amenable meet with members of the Kosovo public to suggestions and coaching.” prosecutor’s office. I’ve seen, first hand, Students had a chance to get real life the high integrity of the people in the experience with people who have legal judiciary and I am quit impressed with the problems and gain their trust. Haub said, skills, talents and most of all the courage “They saw, first hand, what it is to get of the people working in the judicial clients to share their confidences and system.” Haub added, “They should be to develop the skills needed to get their paid more and be better protected. They clients to share their problems and confide Jonathon Haub, resident legal advisor U.S. Embassy do the best they can with what they have the truth, which is very difficult to do.” and I am very proud of them.” One of the tools employed in that effort with their new communication skills.” the there were only enough chairs for one Haub presided over a certification is the confidentiality agreement and Haub Every trial lawyer must be mentally classroom, so students had to wait for a ceremony for eight says the ones used by the students were nimble and orally articulate and the class to finish before they could bring the law students who graduated the first ever very carefully worded. American emphasized that fact to his chairs in and start their own class. At that ‘live client clinic’ program on July 24. Students also got a chance to hone their students, “Oral advocacy skills are very time we had to photocopy chapters of The two semester course was established courtroom skills and Haub is happy to difficult to refine. Speaking in public is legal text books.” to provide advocacy skills to Kosovo law report that they excelled. “They became the greatest fear in the world. One of the The school has come a long way since students in criminal and civil cases and more persuasive. They made better greatest skills lawyers can have is to speak then, and Haub is confident it will to provide them with the opportunity to eye contact, used more hand gestures, and think on their feet, as these students continue to make great strides in the effort provide legal representation to clients employed more body language. They did during this class.” to reform and improve Kosovo’s judicial under the direct supervision of licensed became far more expressive instead of Haub said the University of Pristina’s law system and advance towards a society that Kosovo Chamber of Advocates attorneys. just reading notes and reciting scripted program has come a long way since he embraces, with confidence, the ideal of Haub said he was, “privileged to be an arguments. They were drawing people in was last here. “I was here in 2001 when the rule of law. Highly respected Kosovo Express editor fined by ICTY for contempt of court b a t o n h a x h i u , editor of Pristina based daily Kosovo Express, a lack of evidence. question was principally about the tribunal’s investigation was convicted of contempt of court in the International Presiding judge Alfons Orie stated that Haxhiu’s actions, into allegations that Kosovo’s Minister of Sport and Criminal Tribunal for the former (ICTY) for “undermine confidence in the effectiveness of the tribunal’s Culture, Astrit Haraqija, along with another individual publishing the name of a witness who testified against protective measures,” and could dissuade witnesses from named Bajrush Morina, pressured the witness. “Given former Kosovo Prime Minister when cooperating with the tribunal. that Mr Haraqija and Morina were under investigation he was tried for alleged war crimes by the same court. The witness was supposed to be testifying under the in this matter, I thought that the whole affair had become The court ruled that the editor had endangered the life of the guise of anonymity. Prosecuting attorneys argued that public, which, in a way, gave me the right to write about it witness and his family. Haxhiu was fined 7000 euros. The Haxhiu had shown “reckless indifference” by publishing publicly,” Haxhiu told the court. conviction came down on July 24. Maximum penalties for the name. The Associated Press reports that Haxhiu is well a conviction were seven years in jail and a 100,000 euro Haxhiu defended himself by saying that the man’s name respected in the field of journalism, “In 1999, Haxhiu fine. Prosecutors had asked the court to impose a 15,000 was already widely known long before he published it. was honored with an International Press Freedom Award euro fine. Haxhiu told the court that he knew the name of the by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, The witness in question gave testimony at the trials witness four months prior to the trial. “Quite a few people for his impartial reporting of the crisis in Kosovo and for of Ramush Haradinaj, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj. knew his name.... Kosovo is a small country, secrets do publishing the independent Pristina daily Koha Ditore, Haradinaj, the former Prime Minister of Kosovo, was not last long, especially when they concern the leaders of despite harassment and death threats. The paper’s offices acquitted on April 3 of charges relating to the murder, an armed struggle against the Serbs during the Kosovo were torched in 1999 and a guard killed. NATO reported rape, torture and deportation of Serb civilians during the war.” Why, then, the editor asked the court, would he have that Haxhiu had been killed, but he had fled to Macedonia. 1998-99 conflict. The final judgment noted that a “high waited until the trial itself to publish the name if his intent Later he recalled sitting in a basement hideout and watching proportion” of witnesses felt that it was unsafe to give was to dissuade the witness and others from testifying? international news reports of his own death.” testimony and the acquittal was handed down because of Lawyers for the defendant contended that the article in

4 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 ECONOMY ECLO announces Kosova Steel showing positive signs after economic privatization privatization – but what about other ex-SOEs? and regional development funding competition? Are they going to stick to Nowadays Kosova Steel is undergoing The European Commission Liaison their core business or are they shifting a total restructuring, headed by Culaj, their activities in other new directions? which strives to revitalize the factory Office (ECLO) announced that it will Some of the ex SOEs are located in the with technological updates while continue to financially support the simultaneously overhauling the company’s suburbs of Kosovo’s main towns. They privatization of Kosovar enterprises were built there some two or three decades human resources development. The under state control with a 6.5 M euro ago. Due to the growth of towns, they company is in the process of establishing are now surrounded by residential and reliable railway contracts for the contribution to the Privatization Agency commercial areas. What will happen now? transportation of the goods it manufactures of Kosovo (PAK). “The purpose of the Will they be moved to make room for new in Peja for customers in northern Italy. grant is to provide institutional support residential and commercial buildings? Of A large warehouse will be built for the course, this is up to the owners, the central raw materials needed by Kosova Steel. to the Privatization Agency in order government and local governments where This is going to be a new business utilizing to support the continuous process of by Ejup Qerimi they are located and licensed. They have existing facilities that are equipped with privatization and to start effectively with to decide based on current legislation and a direct railway connection and loading/ the liquidation process,” ECLO stated in Only a few of Kosovo’s Socially Owned the interests of the owners and society. unloading equipment. a press release. The announcement was Enterprises (SOEs) that have been Do NewCos need to be restructured? If A business incubator for a number of privatized are fully functioning and so, are they able to do that by themselves? new small enterprises is about to start. made on July 25. successfully coping A technology transfer and Up until recently the privatization training center are two other with market conditions process was handled by UNMIK Pillar IV, and competition. new initiatives which have which has now been disbanded. Most ex SOEs are in BUSINESS MATTERS emerged in Kosova Steel’s private hands now, metamorphosis. ECLO Chargé d’Affaires, Kjartan as a result of the The company has started Björnsson, stated, “with this substantial To whom do they really belong? To the an ambitious program to become an privatization process headed by UNMIK support, the European Commission Pillar IV, managed by the European private investors, workers, society, state, industry leader in metalworking in Kosovo is hoping that the privatization and Union and implemented by Kosovo Trust municipality? To all of the above? In and the whole neighbouring region. Since Agency (KTA). Privatization efforts have reality they are owned by private owners the domestic market accounts for but a liquidation process of Kosovo could be now been taken over by the European but practically they belong to Kosovar small share of the company’s revenues, completed within the next few years and society. Kosova Steel is hungrily eying export Commission. thus give a strong impetus to economic KTA has managed to privatize more Who should be providing support for markets. Exporting to regional markets growth and employment creation in than 60% of Kosovo’s SOEs up to now, restructuring, diversification, training and and EU member countries is something with another 200 or so to go. As of June soft loans to finance these businesses? The new for the company and its early success Kosovo.” 2007, the KTA had tendered around 300 Central government should be responsible in landing customers in northern Italy The day prior to that announcement through the Ministry of Trade and bodes well for future forays into the SOEs. KTA sometimes used to split these ECLO met with regional leaders within SOEs into more than one new company Industry (MTI), or through specialized open markets. Opening of a permanent Kosovo to discuss economic development and this has created around 500 NewCos. agencies like the Small and Medium size marketing office in Pristina with Spin offs from ex SOEs are registered Enterprises Support Agency or Investment experienced staff is the next step. priorities. ECLO announced to Kosovar as NewCo’s and 100% of shares are and Export Promotion Agency (IPA). Import of new technologies, such media that it had allocated 6.6 M euros Kosova Steel - a NewCo in Peja, (ex SOE as smart electronic circuits for the sold to private investors. In this way the to establish up to five regional economic companies take on new management Zastava - Ramiz Sadiku) – is an example revitalization of existing equipment like development agencies. and new ownership structures. Owing to of a successful NewCo. metal presses, are considered qualitative scrupulous due diligence being conducted Established in 1965, the company matured imports by the management of Kosova Björnsson told reporters, “The concept by both sides in privatization negotiations, into one of the biggest automotive steel. They are right because there is no of regional economic development would parts producers in South East Europe. effective and efficient production and red tape and other difficult transactions of help foster socio-economic development this nature, the KTA has not finalized all Manufacturing of automotive parts for export if we do not continually import and reconciliation in the framework of contracts. Some NewCo contracts are still the Serbian Zastava program of passenger new technologies, modern equipment and pending and I hope they will be signed cars and Iveco-Zastava truck chassis was up to date know-how. Kosovo’s European integration process.” shortly for the sake of the investors and the company’s core business. In addition, No company can grow without well Kosovo authorities were represented the factory produced payload long beams trained workers and Kosova Steel plans to Kosovo’s economy. by the Minister of Economy and Finance, The SOEs of Kosovo were not large for Slovenian FAP-Mercedes vehicles and open its own centre where employees and the Minister of Local Governance in number (less than 600) but they played, rear axle housings for Polish passenger prospective employees will be trained. and continue to play, a critical role in the cars. If other NewCos can become as Administration, the Minister for Trade Kosovar economy. SOEs comprised 90% In April 2006 the company was privatized successful as Kosova Steel the counrty and Industry, the Agency for European and is now is owned by Albanian- will be well on its way to enjoying the of Kosovo’s industrial assets and prime Integration, the Association of Kosovo agricultural real estate - including massive American Florin Krasniqi and managed fruits of the free markets of Europe and Municipalities as well as the mayors of parcels of land suitable for large scale by Mark Culaj. beyond. agriculture – as well as 60% of Kosovo’s The company has a 150,000 sqm surface Pristina, Mitrovica, Prizren, and Gjilan/ forests. plot in Peja, including a 56,000 sqm Ejup Qerimi is a former Secretary General Gnjilane. Are NewCos derived from SOEs covered area with all utilities functioning of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce able to cope with local and international and in good condition.

EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 5 OPINION In over a decade on the run Karadzic is their actions, even in times of war, said to have sometimes disguised himself is undoubtedly a major advance for as a priest and hidden in Serbian Orthodox humanity but attempts to do this have Arrest of Karadzic takes often been undermined. monasteries and eastern Bosnian caves. According to Serbian secret service The government in Belgrade will now officials he had lived in Belgrade for hope to be treated with greater respect in Serbia towards brighter, much of the last two years. Many believe European capitals, but it is still likely to that some members of the government come under fresh pressure to engineer the in Belgrade knew of his whereabouts all capture and arrest of its other main alleged along but in a country deeply split over its war criminal, General Mlatko Radic, who more responsible past the authorities had not wanted to stir was Karadzic’s military commander on up old animosities by ordering his arrest. the ground in Bosnia. In fact the Serbian This is no longer the case. After a authorities said they had found Karadzic while searching for Mladic, a far more by Richard Cowper famous political victory in the aftermath European future of this May’s Serbian general election outspoken and brazen personality who, the newly formed coalition government until a few years ago, was said to have of President Boris Tadic has chosen to made regular and daring forays into the go full steam ahead to join the European heart of old Belgrade. Union as soon as is practical. One of the After the arrest Bernard Kouchner, key conditions to securing EU candidate France’s Foreign Minister, said, “There’s status was the arrest of outstanding ex- a long way to go. Okay, Karadzic has been Yugoslav wanted war criminals. arrested. But Ratko Mladic has not.” To show that he meant business, Tadic quickly sacked Rade Bulatovic, the Since 1995, both men had topped the ruthless head of Serbia’s secret police, UN war crime tribunal’s most-wanted list a man loyal to former nationalist Prime and both had a $5 M US State Department Minister Vojislav Kostunica - a change bounty on their heads. Initially they were that officials say was essential to spur the charged together, accused of genocide and country’s secret service into capturing crimes against humanity, for allegedly Karadzic. orchestrating the bloody siege of Sarajevo Serbia’s decision to cast off its hard- during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war and the fought reputation as one of the more slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslim boys and defiant and singular countries in modern men in Srebrenica. During Bosnia’s war, Europe was, however, by no means a Srebrenica wound up being overrun by foregone conclusion. Serbian forces loyal to the late strongman Even three weeks ago no one could even Slobodan Milosevic. have predicted with certainty precisely According to prosecutors, in a violent which parties - radical, nationalist, rampage that lasted almost a week, Serb democrat or socialist - would make up paramilitaries separated men and boys, the country’s new government, let alone forced them to strip, killed them and whether after more than a decade on the bulldozed their bodies into mass graves, run the government would be willing or leading to what many say was the worst able to capture one of the world’s most civilian carnage in Europe since the infamous war suspects. Second World War. Later many of the Just five months ago the country still bodies were said to have been burnt or seemed mired in the past when an angry moved to other hidden graves, which a nationalist mob set fire to the American leading French policeman spent almost embassy in Belgrade after the former a decade tracking down using the latest southern Serb province of Kosovo DNA and other police techniques. declared its independence on February Although the numbers and exact 17, leading to the death of one of the circumstances are contested by some Serb Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic demonstrators. officials more than 3,000 bodies have yet to be found or formally identified. The International columnist Richard Cowper in Srebrenica - a so-called United Nations The possibility that Kosovo - regarded by many Serbs as the country’s religious, Dutch are still taking a tough line. Frans says Serbia’s pragmatic new pro-western “safe haven” for Muslim refugees. Many Timmermans, Dutch European Affairs government has acted quickly and Western diplomats have long been urging cultural and historic heartland – would become a fresh Balkan flashpoint created Minister, said this week that the “rules of forcefully to detain one of the world’s Belgrade to bring him to justice. Not a the game” remained “unchanged”. most wanted war criminal suspects in a few Serbs, however, saw and see him as a consternation throughout the region. The pragmatic and Western oriented “Our original demand was that Belgrade bid to propel the country more speedily hero and feel that the trial of their former cooperate fully with the War Crimes towards EU candidate status leader Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague Democrat-led ruling coalition government of Tadic, whose decision it was to arrest Tribunal in The Hague. That means the The early decision by the new was more than enough to show that the arrest and extradition of four war crimes government in Belgrade to arrest Radovan country was willing to pay a real price to Karadzic last Monday evening, so very nearly failed to come into being altogether. suspects. We now have two. We need Karadzic, one of the world’s most wanted put the past behind it. another two,” he said, referring to Ratko war criminal suspects, means that Serbia Heavily disguised in a great white A right-wing radical nationalist alliance led by Vojislav Kostunica and Tomislav Mladic and to Goran Hadzic, former is at long last making a fresh attempt to beard that made him look like God in a head of the breakaway Serb republic in put nearly two decades of bitterness and Michelangelo fresco, Karadzic had been Nicola – a man notoriously sympathetic to Karadzic - came very close to securing a Croatia. virulent old-style nationalism behind it in hiding since 1998 and was eventually EU foreign ministers said Serbia could and become a good citizen of the “new captured in the country’s capital last triumph in the post-May 11 2008 election bartering process. Surprisingly only the still “accelerate its progress towards the Europe”. Monday. Going under the name Dragan EU.” But in a statement they gave no Just two weeks after it was formed the David Dabic he had been masquerading decision of former dictator Slobodan Milosevic’s Socialist Party to join Tadic’s timeframe for winning candidate status, Serbian administration of Boris Tadic and as an expert in new age medicine. a crucial rung up the EU ladder that Mirko Cvetkovic has taken an important As head of Bosnia’s Serbs at a time of pro-Western coalition made a pro-EU governing coalition possible. Belgrade would very much like to climb and decisive step on the path towards atrocities by most sides across the region, by the end of this year. eventually joining the European Union, Karadzic was seen by Serbs as a leader The arrest of Karadzic was quickly welcomed by Western countries that had Many plaudits will rightly go to Tadic a political change that almost everyone doing his damndest to prevent the break- for this historic decision. But he cannot be agrees would help bring about a greater up of non-sectarian Serb-dominated openly campaigned for Tadic’s coalition during the election. The EU, particularly complacent. Neither can the EU. degree of stability in the once much- Yugoslavia. Often on the front page during It must continue to play its part troubled Balkan region. the 3 1/2-year , which started Holland - whose incompetent soldiers did so little to prevent the Srebrenica by focusing less on the past and the Countries like Montenegro, Bosnia and after Croatia declared independence tricky issue of Kosovo and more on the Kosovo in particular had until recently from the former Yugoslavia in 1992, massacre - had made it clear all along that Karadzic’s arrest would be an essential incentives of accelerating the easing of demonstrated real concern that a staunchly he frequently met with international visa requirements and freeing up trade nationalist Serbia remaining outside negotiators. and vital step if Belgrade were to win EU candidate status. possibilities for Serbia. Then both sides the EU and obsessed with dreams of By the time the Bosnia war ended in late will be the clear winners. regaining Kosovo might spark a fresh bout 1995 with an estimated 250,000 people The capture is not only good news for Serbia’s attempt to join the EU but also of violence in ethnically and strategically dead and more than 1.5 M driven from Richard Cowper is an economist and sensitive areas such as northern Kosovo their homes, Karadzic was regarded - by for international justice in general and the functioning of the International Criminal foreign policy expert who worked for and parts of eastern Bosnia. Bosnians, Croats and the West, at least - as the Financial Times of London for 30 Karadzic, leader of the ethnic Serbs part of an extreme and unsavoury Balkan Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague in particular. The attempt to years. He can be contacted at richard@ in Bosnia during the 1992-5 Bosnia war, past. He was charged twice by the United richardcowper.com stands accused of overseeing or inspiring Nations war crimes tribunal with genocide make politicians, military commanders the execution of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims against Bosnia’s Croats and Muslims. and soldiers legally responsible for

6 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 Embassy Row ALBANIAN EMBASSY HUNGARY EMBASSY Address: Hekurudha 1, Qyteza Pejton Address: 24 Maji – Arberia REGION Pristina 10000, Kosovo Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381 (0) 38 248 368, 248 208 Phone: +381(0) 38 247 763 Fax: +381 (0) 38 248 209 Fax: +381(0) 38 247 764 Bulgaria’s future E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] AUSTRIAN EMBASSY ITALY EMBASSY Address: Fan S. Noli 2 – Arberia Address: Abdullah Shabani 3 – Arberia Pristina 10000, Kosovo Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381 (0) 38 249 284, 249 285 Phone: +381(0) 38 244 925 threatened by corruption Fax: +381 (0) 38 549 285 Fax: +381(0) 38 244 929 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] b u l g a r i a r i s k s l o s i n g billions of euros in European Union aid to modernize roads, railways BELGIAN LIAISON OFFICE JAPANESE LIAISON OFFICE and ports as a result of corruption and mismanagement of pre-accession funding under Address: Taslixhe 1, 23/A Address: Rexhep Mala 43 Pristina 10000, Kosovo Pristina 10000, Kosovo its socialist-led coalition government, The Financial Times reports. Phone: +381(0) 38 734 734 Phone: +381(0) 38 245 433, 249 995 The bloc’s poorest member state is already set to lose at least 600 M euros in pre- Fax: +381(0) 38 735 735 Fax: +381(0) 38 245 434 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected], accession transfers after a strongly critical progress report by the European Commission, [email protected] BULGARIAN EMBASSY which is expected to be passed by EU foreign ministers this week. Address: 12 – Arberia Pristina 10000, Kosovo LUXEMBOURG LIAISON OFFICE Delays are also looming in the release of up to 4.5 B euros from the bloc’s structural Phone: +381(0) 38 245 540 Address: Metush Krasniqi 14 – Arberia funds over the next five years intended to upgrade transport links with the west Balkans, Fax: +381(0) 38 245 543 Pristina 10000, Kosovo E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +381(0) 38 226 787 Greece and Turkey. Fax: +381(0) 38 226 787 CHINESE CONSULATE E-mail: [email protected] The transfers would help Bulgaria to sustain high annual growth rates and achieve its Address: Ismail Qemali 47 – Arberia goal of becoming south east Europe’s transport and energy hub by 2015. Pristina 10000, Kosovo MALAYSIA LIAISON OFFICE Phone: +381 (0) 38 248 508 Address: Bedri Shala 48 – Velania Fax: +381(0) 38 249 126 Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 243 467 CROATIAN LIAISON OFFICE Fax: +381(0) 38 243 464 Address: Fehmi Agani 68 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 223 978 NORWEGIAN EMBASSY Croatia copes with fuel Fax: +381(0) 38 223 979 Address: Fidanishtja – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 248 010 CZECH REPUBLIC EMBASSY Fax: +381(0) 38 248 202 Address: Ismail Qemali 31 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] crisis Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 248 776, 225 860 ROMANIAN LIAISON OFFICE Fax: +381(0) 38 248 782 Address: Azem Jashanica 25 – Arberia g a s o l i n e p r i c e s in Croatia have reached 1.30 euros a litre, the highest ever, and threaten E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 246 272 to keep rising but the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), or autogas, is holding EUROPEAN COMMISION Fax: +381(0) 38 246 273 steady at 0.45 euros a litre. Address: Rruga e Kosoves 1, E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo It therefore comes as no surprise that about 30,000 Croatians are choosing to fill their Phone: +381(0) 38 51 31 321, RUSSIAN CHANCERY 51 31 322, 51 31 323 Address: Eduard Liri 20 – Arberia tanks with autogas and that number is steadily increasing, according to the Croatian Fax: +381(0) 38 51 31 305 Pristina 10000, Kosovo Ministry for Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. E-mail: Phone: +381(0) 38 247 112 [email protected] Fax: +381(0) 38 247 113 In its Plan for Protection and Improvement of Air Quality, the ministry provided E-mail: [email protected] EUROPEAN UNION ( ICO / EUSR PT ) projected estimates stating that by 2010, 150,000 Croatian drivers will have switched Address: Ahmet Krasniqi – Arberia Pristina 10000, Kosovo SAUDI ARABIAN LIAISON OFFICE to autogas. Phone: +381(0) 38 20 44 201 Address:Hotel Grand, Pristina Croatians are a part of a worldwide trend as countries as diverse as Pakistan, Australia Fax: +381(0) 38 20 44 210 Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 39 249 203 and Taiwan are reporting an upsurge in interest in LPG systems. EUROPEAN UNION PLANING TEAM FOR KOSOVO Pushed to the wall by the soaring cost of gasoline, more drivers are converting their Address: Mbreteresha Teute 21 SLOVAK LIAISON OFFICE cars to be able to run on autogas and the demand for an LPG system is so high that Pristina 10000, Kosovo Address: Ismail Qemali 63 – Arberia Phone: +381(0) 38 51 39 300 Pristina 10000, Kosovo drivers are waiting weeks for installation. Fax: +381(0)38 51 39 333 Phone: +381(0) 38 240 140 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +381(0) 38 249 499 The LPG system costs approximately 1000 euros, which pays off quickly since the DANISH LIAISON OFFICE SLOVENIAN EMBASSY price of autogas is a fraction of gasoline. Eventually, the autogas system yields about Address: Mother Theresa 2 Address: Anton Ceta 6 – Aktash 60% in fuel savings when compared to a conventional gasoline burning engine. Pristina 10000, Kosovo Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 248 709 Phone: +381(0) 38 246 255 Motorists using the cost efficient autogas system say the investment pays off after Fax: +381(0) 38 246 256 DUTCH EMBASSY E-mail: [email protected], about 20,000km of driving. Address: Ekrem Rexha 17 – Arberia [email protected] There are also significant environmental advantages to autogas. The fuel does not Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 224 610, 224 665 SWEDISH LIAISON OFFICE contain lead or sulfur and the carbon monoxide emission is half that of gasoline, with Fax: +381(0) 38 224 665 Address: Ekrem Rexha 6 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo even less carbon dioxide. As well, the engine life of an autogas powered car is generally Phone: +381(0) 38 245 795 FINNISH LIAISON OFFICE Fax: +381(0) 38 245 791 longer. Address: Eduard Lir 50 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] Currently, there are 90 stations that sell autogas in Croatia. Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 243 098 SWISS EMBASSY -SEE Times Fax: +381(0) 38 232 863 Address: Adrian Krasniqi 11 E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 248 090 FRENCH EMBASSY Fax: +381(0) 38 248 078 Address: Ismail Qemali 67 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] Pristina 10000, Kosovo Romania cracks down on Phone: +381(0) 38 224 588 TURKISH EMBASSY Fax: +381(0) 38 224 588 Address: Imzot Nik Prela – Ulpiana Pristina 10000, Kosovo FYR-MACEDONIA LIAISON OFFICE Phone: +381(0) 38 548 557 Address: 24 Maji 121 – Arberia Fax: +381(0) 38 548 559 fraud Pristina 10000, Kosovo E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +381(0) 38 247 462 Fax: +381(0) 38 247 463 UNITED KINGDOM EMBASSY r o m a n i a l a u n c h e d 95 investigations into suspected fraud cases in 2007, more than any E-mail: [email protected] Address: Ismail Qemali 5 – Arberia Pristina 10000, Kosovo other EU member state, according to the annual report by the European Anti-Fraud Phone: +381(0) 38 249 559, 249 801 GERMAN EMBASSY Fax: +381(0) 38 549 799 Office (OLAF), published July 22. Address: Azem Jashanica 17 – Arberia E-mail: [email protected] The report revealed that 60% of the 666 cases investigated in Europe in 2007 came Pristina 10000, Kosovo Phone: +381(0) 38 254 500 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EMBASSY from five member states, Romania, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria and Belgium. Fax: +381(0) 38 254 536 Address: Nazim Hikmet 30 – Arberia E-mail: info2pris.auswaertiges-amt.de Pristina 10000, Kosovo The OLAF report covered several areas such as agriculture, customs transit, Phone: +381(0) 38 59 59 3000, 549 516 Fax: +381(0) 38 549 890 cigarettes, pre-accession funds and structural funds. A European Commission report GREECE LIAISON OFFICE E-mail: [email protected] on fund management and the judicial system in Romania and Bulgaria is expected on Address: Ismail Qemali 68 – Arberia Pristina 10000, Kosovo soon. Phone: +381(0) 38 243 013, 247 370 Fax: +381(0) 38 245 533 The report, which was leaked to the press, placed Romania second to Bulgaria in E-mail: [email protected], the rankings of most fraud infractions committed per capita. [email protected]

EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 7 EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT Police attack demonstrators July 22, 2008 by Stephen Schwartz could object, in the case of this young clubs, their arms twisted, and rushed man, was argument. off to the trucks. All of this was clearly n Tuesday, July 22, protests That seemed to be a pattern for the day visible and, indeed, was carried out as if in the south Mitrovica – police action in response to free speech. to show the others present what awaited neighborhood of Shupkofc The way had been cleared and the body of them; the group of police opened up so against the placement of a protestors was pushed off into the eastern that all present could watch them beating Osulfuric acid waste dump there were met side of the road, where tussling between the girls. The police on the western side by Kosova Police Service action, including police and protestors began and more of began voicing threats against the cat- 17 arrests. The detentions were carried out the latter were arrested. About 15 minutes calling members of the public. One without adequate warning, and included had passed since the police had come to policeman tapped his helmet with his brutal manhandling, clubbing and kicking the spot. club, indicating they were prepared for of bystanders as well as protestors. Suddenly, two or three KFOR vehicles the same action against those observing I was present at the incident from its flying Greek flags came down the side the events. beginning at 1:45 pm. This is what I road from the hills to the east of the road. Throughout the incident the French saw: They drove through the area and headed KFOR at the scene played no direct role. At approximately 2 pm the protest began Stephen Schwartz north, then stopped. Their role was But when it was clear that active protestors with a handful of people entering the The arrests were brutal; the detained unclear, although one protestor suggested had been removed from the area, the Mitrovica-Pristina roadway. The protest were knocked down with kicks, hit with they would be used as backup for transport French KFOR group crossed the road and had been organized by the Vetevendosje clubs, their arms pulled behind them and of the arrested. met with the KPS commander. The police Self-Determination movement, along with rushed into military trucks parked on At around 2:30 pm the situation had then marched northward, this time in a the Miners’ Union of Trepca (the large the northeast side of the road. The first become static, with the remaining band of disciplined manner. One man who had and famous resource extraction complex three were the only people, among the 17 protestors crowded off the highway and watched the entire incident told me, “the that dominates Mitrovica), the Ecologist seized by police, who could be seen as blocked from approaching it by the police. KPS are afraid to enter the Serbian areas of Party, the local Islamic Community, obstructing the roadway. The protestors, Local residents and other observers, the Mitrovica municipality but are happy student unions and a few more supporting to repeat, had not had time to form a however, lined the western side of the to come down and beat up .” He groups. coherent blockade line when the police road. Then another body of police rushed said the KPS were known to have only The protestors did not have time to showed up. down the road from the eastern hillside, three months’ training, focused on crowd assemble a strong line to block the road. People with cell phone cameras took suggesting that they had been transported control. A group of French KFOR personnel, pictures of the first arrests and police there by the Greek KFOR vehicles. The The location, between the Shupkofc including soldiers and Gendarmerie approached and threatened to arrest them. two police groups had the protestors in local health clinic (on the eastern side of (French national police), identifiable by The next arrest I witnessed was that of a a ‘sandwich,’ as described by another the road) and a petrol station (on the west, their uniform insignia and other markings, well-built young man resembling a boxer protestor with whom I spoke and they overlooking the chemical dump), was now had gathered on the west side of the road or wrestler, who said something inaudible continued to make arrests. quiet. But again, it appeared that only the but appeared to serve only as observers. to one of the police. The next developments came when the first three protestors had been involved in At about 2:03 pm, suddenly, a body of The policeman spoke roughly to police formed up a line on the western blocking the roadway. About an hour and KPS police came marching down the road him and told him to get off the road. side of the road and turned their faces a half had passed. At 3:30 pm I left and (in a southward direction). I noticed that The young man argued passively with toward the spectators there. I was in the returned to Pristina. once they had arrived they broke from a the policeman but still in a low tone of watching group and was able to observe Residents of Shupkofc were outspoken close formation, half-running and waving voice, yet the policeman became visibly the police at close range. Their demeanor in support for the demonstration. Before their clubs. angrier and more threatening. The young was menacing as they appeared ready to the protest began I had talked with two Some kind of announcement was man shrugged and turned away and the attack the bystanders. Shupkofc residents. One was an older audible from the police area but it was policeman continued yelling at him; Then, from the western side of the man who showed me his garden of plum impossible for me to tell whether it was others pulled the young man away to highway, spectators were shocked to see trees, which were blighted by the chemical an order to disperse. It was brief and was the roadside. I watched as the ‘offended’ the police grab and rough up three young residue of the acid dump. A woman came not repeated. policeman methodically called a group of women in the group across the road. The to the gateway of her family compound The police moved on the small group others over, pointed out the young man crowd on the western side of the road and said that the smell of the dump is of protestors in the roadway and arrested and the squad of about five descended, began whistling and shouting. “They a daily problem, making it impossible three of them immediately. I was within kicking the young man’s feet from under should not beat up those young girls,” one for people to sit outside or to open their three meters of the first clash, talking to a him, striking him repeatedly with clubs man said to me. The three young women windows during hot nights. French soldier, when it occurred. and then dragging him away. I had seen were kicked, knocked down, struck with that the only conduct to which the police

Stephen Schwartz is an internationally-published journalist and regular contributor to the American magazine The Weekly Standard. He is the author Kosovo: Background to a War (published in Albanian as Kosova: Prejardhja e Nji Lufte). He first came to the Albanian lands in 1991 and returns frequently. He was long involved in the U.S. trade union movement, with several years’ experience as a railroad worker and labor activist in Richmond, California, USA, a refinery center known for chemical spills and other workplace disasters, as well as for militant strikes. He is the former secretary of the Northern California Media Workers’ Guild, AFL-CIO, and a former member of the San Francisco Labor Council. He was a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle from 1989 to 1999, after which he retired and came to work in Bosnia - Herzegovina and Kosovo, where his employers included IREX Pro-Media and the International Crisis Group. He has contributed to Bosnian and periodicals. He is now executive director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism, a transnational think-tank - www.islamicpluralism.org.

8 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT Trepça miners: fighting for justice since the Spanish Civil War n the worldwide history of trade unions, miners are justifiably known for their militancy. This is understandable: mining is the riskiest of any industrial labor. Further, however, miners were also traditionally skilled in the use of explosives, which gave them a strategic edge in confrontations with corporate power. And finally,I the location of mines, often in socially-marginalized regions like Appalachia in the U.S., Wales, and Asturias in Spain, has turned miners’ unions into movements for broader social progress. In American history, the United Mine Workers (UMW) has long been known as a special element in a fading labor scene. In Spain, the miners of Asturias are legendary for their radical activism; in 1934 they led an unsuccessful uprising of the united left. Those who desire a quick introduction to this history should watch the 1976 documentary film Harlan County USA or the Spanish television miniseries Los jinetes del alba (Dawn Riders). The Miners’ Union (Sindikata e Minatorëve) at the Trepça mining and chemical complex in northern Kosova is equally distinguished, in the Balkan region, as a militant union. Trepça is considered a major economic asset for Kosovo and has been the object of considerable controversy between Serbs and Albanians over its ownership, even though its technology is badly outdated. But even before the of 1998-99, the miners of Trepça were a prominent factor in political and social developments. In addition, the miners’ football club, FK Trepça, is one of the most popular in the republic. Communist organizing of the miners dated back decades and Trepça was known to have mobilized aid for the Spanish Republic during that country’s 1936-39 civil war. The miners were also, of course, a major element in the labor system in Communist Yugoslavia. But in the aftermath of the provocative 1987 visit to Kosovo of Slobodan Milosevic, the Trepça miners led a series of dramatic protests in support of the Tito legacy and national equality within Yugoslavia. A 12-kilometer march by 1,000 miners in 1988 gained world attention and it was followed by a 10-day hunger strike in February 1989 by miners inside the pits. Some 5,000 supporters of the miners were arrested. Serbia then abolished the autonomy of Kosovo. The Los Angeles Times reported on the latter events, on February 25, 1989, “About 40,000 Albanians in the (then) republic of Serbia refused to work on Friday in support of striking miners…. Yugoslav Communist Party leader Stipe Suvar spent three hours 3,000 feet underground in a futile meeting with strikers at the Trepça lead, zinc and silver mine in the autonomous Kosovo province. Although he would not comment on the meeting, sources said he had been told by Aziz Abrasi, the director of the mine, that the strikers said, ‘You can have us out only in our coffins.’ Throughout the province, schools and most businesses closed…. Serbian leaders have asserted that they must have more control in Kosovo to protect the mainly Christian Slav minority allegedly persecuted by predominantly Muslim ethnic Albanians.” A year later, on February 28, 1990, a new Independent Union of Miners was organized at Trepça, but in August of the same year Serbian authorities locked out the miners. A general strike was called and 170,000 Albanian workers were fired. Consistently, however, the Trepça union has advocated for unity of Serbian and Albanian workers. Their support for the Shupkofc protests shows that the militant commitment of the Trepça miners has not diminished. Efforts are underway to bring the Shupkofc case to the attention of the U.S. United Mine Workers and the global International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM), headquartered in Brussels.

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Darfur: reality is not for the squeamish Is international justice the enemy of peace? By Aryeh Neier aroused critics, because it came just before Ghanaians were particularly incensed under serious consideration. So what basis the start of the Dayton peace conference. at being asked to make an arrest under is there for suggesting that the indictment it is o n l y a little more than fifteen years Because they faced arrest, Karadzic and such circumstances, and refused to do of al-Bashir is obstructing a settlement? ago that the first of the contemporary Mladic did not go to Dayton. so. Though it is possible to sympathize What settlement is there to obstruct? international courts was created to But, as matters turned out, their absence with the Ghanaians, who were placed in It should be noted that the Darfur prosecute those who commit war crimes, did not hinder the parties from reaching a very awkward position, the indictment case was referred to the ICC by the UN crimes against humanity, and genocide. an agreement. Indeed, it may have helped intensified demands for Taylor’s removal. Security Council. The treaty establishing That court, the International Criminal as the leaders of Bosnia, Croatia, and He fled into exile in August, effectively the ICC empowers the Security Council Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, may Yugoslavia negotiated an end to the war ending the war. Taylor is now being tried to delay a prosecution if this is needed to soon mete out justice to a new defendant, in Bosnia. in The Hague, and, after two decades bring about a peace settlement. So critics following the arrest in Belgrade of In 1999, the ICTY indicted Slobodan of horrendous conflict, Liberia is at of the indictment should at least be made Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of Milosevic, President of Yugoslavia, for peace and rebuilding under a democratic to bear the burden of demonstrating to the Bosnia’s Serbs. crimes committed in Kosovo. Again, government. Security Council that a peace settlement Yet there is already a persistent theme there were denunciations that focused on We cannot rule out the possibility that is likely if they wish the Council to act. in criticism of such tribunals: in their timing. NATO’s intervention in Kosovo doing justice in Darfur will make it more The world embarked on the creation of effort to do justice, they are obstructing was underway, and critics claimed that difficult to achieve peace there. Justice international criminal tribunals a decade achievement of a more important goal, prosecuting Milosevic made the tribunal and peace are independent values. Each is and a half ago in order to end the impunity peace. Such complaints have been an arm of NATO and would prevent a immensely important in its own right. In with which heads of state and leaders of expressed most vociferously when sitting settlement. That prediction was wrong. the long run, doing justice seems a way guerrilla groups commit atrocious crimes. heads of state are accused of crimes. Milosevic capitulated two weeks after he to contribute to peace, but one cannot be As the arrest of Karadzic shows, that effort The charges filed by the prosecutor of was indicted, and the war ended. sure that things will work out that way is gradually succeeding. The indictment the International Criminal Court against The next sitting head of state to be every time. of al-Bashir, who is as entitled to the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al- indicted was Liberian President Charles On the basis of the record so far, presumption of innocence as any other Bashir for crimes against humanity and Taylor. Although the prosecutor for the however, some skepticism seems in order defendant, is another important milestone genocide in Darfur are the latest example. Special Court for Sierra Leone indicted over the claim that justice will obstruct on the long road that must be traveled to Indeed, the denunciations of the justice Taylor in March 2003 for his crimes in peace. After all, the conflict in Darfur has reach the goal that the world set for itself. process this time are more intense and the war that had devastated that country, been underway for five and a half years. more vehement than in the past. the indictment was not disclosed publicly An estimated 300,000 people have been Aryeh Neier, the president of the Open The complaints were also loud in 1995, until three months later. Again, timing killed by forces ultimately controlled by Society Institute and a founder of Human when the ICTY’s prosecutor indicted was a principal factor in sparking outrage. al-Bashir, and an estimated 2.7 million Rights Watch, is the author most recently Karadzic and his military chief, General The indictment was made public in June have been forcibly displaced. Just a week of Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Ratko Mladic, and even louder when they 2003, while Taylor was attending a peace before the indictment, seven African Struggle for Rights. were indicted again later in the same year conference in Ghana that was intended to Union and UN peacekeepers were killed for the massacre at Srebrenica. The timing settle the civil war in his own country. and 22 injured during an ambush by well- © Project Syndicate 2008 of that second indictment especially As hosts of the conference, the armed militiamen. No peace settlement is

10 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 FOOD &DRINK GUIDE

PRISTINA PHOENIX FOOD RESTAURANTS Brigada 044 12 45 84 BISTRO ODYSSEA Perandori Justinian - Peyton PUBLICO 044-556-444 Garibaldi 7 044 62 69 27 CANTINA MEXICAN Qamil Hoxha 7/1 STRIP DEPO High class (yet affordable) 044/ 049/ 038 - 710 710 Rexhep Luci 038-222-888 COUNTRY HOUSE 044-444-710 CLUBS DE RADA FLIRT UCK, No 50 Youth center of Pristina dining on the outskirts 049 646 464 038-222-622 RRON RESTAURANT GORENJE RESTAURANT CUBE Veternik Johan Hahn 2 Pellagonia – Veternik 038-557-700 044-124-584 Pristina GRESA DEPO Fehmi Agani23 UCK 044 347 777 038-245-841 044-246-707 [email protected] HANI I 2 ROBERTEVE SPRAY Luan Haradinaj – Youth Veternik Center of Pristina 044-118-518 By Shannon Rice 044-112 609 / 044- 117 219 FAST FOOD HOME MAXIMUM BURGER w h e n r r o n r e s t a u r a n t Migjeni 27 opened its doors in 044-336-336 Rexhep Luci 20/1 June 2003 it set a new standard for high- MOZAIK ROUTE 66 class dining in Kosovo. The restaurant Sulejman Vokshi, H1 Luan Haradinaj 038-227 225 has a completely unique look both inside 038-247-63 and out as a result of being fashioned MUMTAZ MAHAL Metro Sandwich Shop Indian Restaurant Garibaldi 3/1 by local designer Gezim Puka. The rich Ahmet Krasniqi - Arberi 044-113-000 044 114 726 interior décor features a live fireplace BOSNA 2 PANNE VINO’s Mother Theresa (nice during the cold winter), comfortable Fehmi Agani, No 10 044-375-436 padded chairs with matching table linens 044- 177 899 BOSNA 4 and an impressive ceiling-high modern PINOCCHIO Perandori Justinijan - Peyton 24 Maj, No115 038-245-919 bar. Behind a wall of plate glass windows 044-202 952 that slides open in the summer is a large BAKERIES PISHAT outdoor seating area in the adjoining Qamil Hoxha 11 LUMI 038-245-333 Anton Ceta garden along with a small playground for 044-115 586 a wine buff wonder. A nice gesture on PJATA the kiddies. SHPEND’s Menu Suggestions Gazmend Zajmi, No1 SARANDA the part of the restaurant is the offer of 038 220 739 Nazim Gafurri Rron Restaurant is owned by three Appetizer: Mixed Mushroom Special friends who split the work into morning a complimentary drink at the end of the PURO FERIZAJ – Up to 4 varieties of grilled Kosovar RESTAURANTS meal which can range from small chilled Veternik and evening shifts. Shpend Selimi works mushrooms 044-658-515 the restaurant floor in the evenings and glasses of limoncello to martini glasses of ROMANTIKA Main Course: Pasta with Scampi RINGS 2 290 28 28 3 you’ll find him sitting at the end of the flaming Sambuca con Mosca (sambuca Luan Haradinaj Dessert: Tiramisu 038-244-290 LAUSANE bar nearly every night as his other partner with a few coffee beans). 044 142 397 Despite the stylish interior and the RRON works in the kitchen. Shpend has plenty Shannon’s “Can’t Go Wrong” Veternik TOPILLA excellent food at Rron the prices are 044-347-777 / 044 141-215 044 287 531 of experience as a restaurateur with Suggestions Rron Café Bar in Pristina, which opened quite reasonable. Naturally, being able to SELECT BISTRO NATURAL Appetizer: Fungi Chardonay – Grilled Sojeve – Ferizaj dine in a high-class restaurant and not be Fehmi Agani 1/1 in 1991 and remains open to this day. Mushrooms marinated in wine 044 694 811 044 205 537, 044 323 378 Shpend hopes to open another high class forced to pay an arm and leg makes Rron Main Course: Pfeffer Steak – Fillet TIFFANY’s PEJA RESTAURANTS restaurant with a unique interior design an extremely popular choice with local Fehmi Agani with a sauce of pepper corn, cream and ART DESIGN politicians and high-ranking officials of 044-350-550 by Gezim Puka in the future, possibly brandy Center the various international organizations. TOKYO BAR 039-431496 / 039 144-622 resetting the standard of high-class dining Fish: Calamari Frutti Di Mare – Stuffed Bekim Berisha, No2 – yet again. For that reason, dinner reservations are Arberia CALIFORNIA with seafood, served with a tomato & 044 988 578, 044 373 537 Center highly recommended, even for a couple. 044-348-467 On to the food! The oversized menu is garlic sauce We certainly won’t blame you for VILLA GERMIA full of appetizers, salads, meat, fish, pasta Dessert: Mousse au Chocolat Germia’s Park PRIZEN and even pizza. The steak has frequently forgetting you’re in Kosovo when you 044-517-741 RESTAURANTS been voted as some of the best available step in the door of Rron Restaurant and XIX Shehzade Qebabtore Luan Haradinaj, No2 Shadervan Square around Pristina and the fish arrives fresh the oven” brown bread bruschetta and are magically transported to a high-class 044-300-002 Trattoria Due twice weekly from Albania. A pleasant a basket of warm assorted homemade restaurant that could easily be found in a BARS/CAFES Fratelli: Great Italian dining surprise is finding a baked potato breads with two little cups of ajvar and European metropolis. At Rron, you can Food APARTMENT 195 A. Zurnaxhiu 10 on the side of your steak, however, herbed Philadelphia cream cheese. In expect a rewarding dining experience Garibaldi 044 198 710 disappointingly, they aren’t always served fact it’s easy to fill up on the warm bread with plenty of little gratis extras. 044-410-021 but when it is enjoy it as Rron is one of before the meal starts, so work the self- AVENUE BAR GJAKOVA Fehmi Agani 48 RESTAURANTS the few places where you can find real control and save room for the delicious 04-610-210 RESTAURANT TE JUPAT baked potatoes. The lamb dishes are very appetizers, main dishes and, if there is still LOUNGE 19 Old government Garibaldi 19 044-129-389 popular and the restaurant can run out of room, dessert! 044-208-092 the daily supply early in the evening, so With a sky-high bar, you will find that Hotel & Restaurant LEGERE ROMA if your heart (or a bit lower, stomach) is Rron stocks plenty of the good stuff. Perandori Justinian 2 - 044-602-009 Peyton set on having lamb, best to ask when you There is a nice selection of red and white 044-221-829 make a reservation. wines from Italy, France, Spain and MYC One of the my favourite things comes Kosovo, although the upright storage of Garibaldi 21 044-210-325 on the house in the form of “just out of the bottles above the fireplace does make

EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 11 Health The stressed-out brain by Bruce S. McEwen amygdala, a brain region involved in fear, Hormones associated with stress the rest of our lives – for example, anxiety, and mood, and the prefrontal protect the body and brain in the short abuse and neglect in childhood increase NEW YORK – Stress contributes to cortex, which is important in decision run and promote adaptation, but the our vulnerability to physical and the onset of cardiovascular disease and making, memory, and top-down control of chronic activity of these same hormones mental disorders, including obesity, depression, among other illnesses. And impulsive behavior, as well as regulation brings about changes in the body that cardiovascular disease, depression, it is not only major stressful life events of the autonomic nervous system and cause allostatic overload, along with post-traumatic stress disorder, substance that exact a toll on our bodies; the many stress hormone axis. Repeated stress its potential follow-on diseases. For abuse, and antisocial behavior. conflicts and demands of daily life elevate causes neurons in the hippocampus and example, the immune system is enhanced Among the most potent causes of and sometimes disrupt the workings of the prefrontal cortex to shrink and lose by acute stress but suppressed by chronic stress in adult life are those arising our response systems for stress, causing from competitive interactions between wear and tear on the body and brain. animals of the same species, leading to This burden of chronic stress, called the formation of dominance hierarchies. “allostatic overload,” reflects not only STRESS REDUCTION KIT Psychosocial stress of this type not only the impact of life experiences but also alters cognitive function in lower-ranking our genetic constitution. Moreover, animals, but it can also promote disease individual habits such as diet, exercise, (for example, atherosclerosis) among the quality and quantity of sleep, and those vying for the dominant position. substance abuse also play a major role, as Social ordering in human society is do early life experiences that set life-long associated with gradients of disease, patterns of behavior and physiological with an increasing frequency of mortality reactivity. and morbidity as one descends the scale There are three categories of stress: of socioeconomic status, which reflects * Positive stress, for which a person both income and education. Although the feels rewarded by surmounting a causes of these gradients of health are challenge. BANG very complex, they are likely to reflect, * Tolerable stress, which results from with increasing frequency at the lower serious life events – for example, divorce, end of the scale, the cumulative burden death of a loved one, loss of a job – but of coping with limited resources and where the affected person has good stressors as well as differences in lifestyle, support systems. and the resulting allostatic overload that * Toxic stress, which involves the HEAD this burden places on the physiological same types of serious events, as well as systems involved in adaptation and the accumulation of daily struggles, but coping. without good support systems. The brain’s response to stress does The difference between tolerable and not necessarily constitute “damage” per toxic stress depends on the perceived HERE se and is amenable to reversal as well degree of control that a person as prevention by treatments that include experiences. Moreover, low self-esteem drugs, exercise, diet, and social support. exacerbates a feeling of helplessness and And, because the social environment has lack of control. Social support by friends powerful effects through the brain on the and family is vital to ameliorating the rest of the body, public and private-sector effects of tolerable stress and keeping it DIRECTIONS: policies can have a positive impact on from becoming toxic. 1. PLACE KIT ON FIRM SURFACE. health, providing a top-down benefit to These are all functions of the brain – the brain and body function. key organ in our response to stress. The 2. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN CIRCLE OF KIT. This may occur through policies brain interprets what is threatening and, 3. REPEAT STEP 2 AS NECESSARY, OR UNTIL UNCONSCIOUS. that improve education, provide better therefore, stressful; regulates behavioral 4. IF UNCONSCIOUS, CEASE STRESS REDUCTION ACTIVITY. housing, improve commuting, regulate and physiological stress responses – the working conditions, increase availability latter through the autonomic, immune, of health foods, and provide tax relief for and neuroendocrine systems; and is a those in the lower and middle classes. target of stress, undergoing structural connections with other nerve cells, while stress. By the same token, the brain shows Such policies might well prevent disease, and functional remodeling of its circuits it also causes neurons in the amygdala to enhanced activity during acute stress, with thereby saving money, reducing human that affects its performance. This grow and form new connections. improvement in certain types of memory, suffering, and promoting healthier and remodeling includes limited replacement Because the remodeling of neurons but undergoes structural changes that more meaningful lives. of neurons in the hippocampus, a brain by stress is reversible, researchers now increase anxiety and decrease mental Bruce S. McEwen is a researcher in the region important for spatial memory and believe that chronic anxiety disorders and flexibility and memory capacity as a Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at memory of events in our daily lives. depression represent a lack of resilience, result of chronic stress. Rockefeller University, New York. The recognition of the brain’s or spontaneous recovery, in susceptible Developmental influences involving vulnerability and plasticity under individuals. Such a lack of recovery the quality of parenting and acquisition © Project Syndicate 2008. stress began with investigations of the then requires medication, behavioral of attachment have a powerful influence www.project-syndicate.org hippocampus, and it now includes the interventions, or both. on subsequent stress vulnerability during

12 EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 SPORT Kosovo’s dream football match against Brazil fades to black but coach remains hopeful for the future of the game in the country a d r e a m f o r k o s o v o football fans turned into a recurring political nightmare when the national team’s efforts to play the Olympic team of Brazil was scuttled last week. The hoped for match was to take place in Geneva on July 25 but what looked like a good bet turned into a losing wager when word leaked out to the media before arrangements could be finalized. National team coach Edmond Rugova, told the Kosov@ Post that the game was almost a done deal. “A bunch of messages went back and forth between our federation, the agent, FIFA and the Brazilian federation and we thought we had a deal. We had agreed that we would not make an announcement to the media until we had a confirmation.” But word, somehow, leaked out to the press and that’s when the wheels started to come off.

“So long as I am here any player with the talent to compete for a place in the side of National team coaching staff, Genc Hoxha, Edmond Rugova and Bahri Berisha we are here, in Kosovo and the difficulties national side, once we are recognized by A lack of sound infrastructure is an the national team will we face, it was very exciting news. For at the UN and FIFA. And they have been impediment to the growth of football least 20 years now the youth of Kosovo declaring that it would be an honour to in Kosovo but Rugova explained that have a chance to do have never had a chance to compete play for the national side of Kosovo.” Kosovars managed to keep playing footie so, whether they are of internationally,” lamented Rugova. Furthermore, said the coach, “When you through the worst of times. “We have Rugova said his team will soldier on consider that 63% of Kosovo’s population managed to survive and live under the Serb, Turk, or Bosnian despite the disappointment. “I love these is under the age of 30 you can understand most brutal conditions here. Our kids ethnicity.” kids. But they are used to being rejected that we have a bright future.” went out and played games in the woods and they told me not to be disappointed. Rugova managed to convince Kosovo’s because we had no access to proper Coach Rugova I told them I will do everything I possibly football diaspora to return to Pristina to playing fields. They would have to hide can to get them to where they deserve to be. play a match against the Kosovo Selects their uniforms or risk being beaten up. But All we need is a little bit of understanding in June and Rugova liked what he saw, they kept playing and we will survive and and support and the rest we can do.” move forward with our dream.” Rugova believes, as does everyone, that Should the match against Saudi Arabia Part of that dream are retrofits of the Serbian football federation applied come to be it will be a chance for the Kosovo’s two major stadiums in Pristina pressure on both FIFA and the Brazilian Saudis to avenge last year’s loss to Kosovo Rugova told the and Mitrovica. As is, the Pristina stadium federation. Rugova thinks that the Serbs in Ankara, Turkey. That match took place Kosov@ Post that does not even have functioning toilets and will also attempt to derail matches against mostly because word of it did not leak out. that’s a problem for thirsty football fans. the national teams of Benin and Saudi “We got three days notice ourselves, so Turkey has agreed to But where there is a will to play there will Arabia that are tentatively scheduled for there was no time for anyone to stop the play his side in Pristina be found a way to play and Rugova told August 19 and 22, also in Switzerland. match, if they wanted to.” the Kosov@ Post that Turkey has agreed “The Serbs are going to do whatever they Last year’s Saudi game came six months in the near future. to play his side in Pristina in the near are going to do but I have to say that it prior to Kosovo’s February 17 declaration future. No date has been set for that match is naive and foolish and a testament to of independence and it was a coup, no and it may take a little longer than Rugova the world of the hatred they hold in their matter the result. Rugova recalls, “They “There was a lot of talent on that field.” would like because the head of the Turkish hearts. I am really, really disappointed but sent us there saying ‘this is great, just As can be expected, a shortage of football federation died of a heart attack we will do what we deem to be right,” said don’t embarrass us. Just don’t get killed money hinders Rugova’s quest. The coach shortly after his national team’s remarkable, Rugova. over there.’” Rugova fielded a team of would like to have a big enough budget breath taking run at the recently concluded Coach Rugova made a point of kids anchored by two Kosovars who play to travel to Europe to scout Kosovo’s European Championships in Austria and expressing his gratitude for the kindness club football in Belgium and Switzerland diaspora in club matches and bring them Switzerland. Kosovars have found in Switzerland, and they did not disappoint the faithful. home to train with those who have yet to No matter what shape the Pristina “We very much appreciate Switzerland’s Rugova smiles as he remembers, “They sign contracts abroad. stadium is in for the hoped for match support and with the large number of put their hearts and souls into that game Ethnic tensions and hostilities may also against the Turks, Rugova says it will, Kosovars living in Switzerland we are and we pulled off a shocker by winning prevent Rugova from ever fielding the eventually, be refurbished, as will confident the stadium will be filled.” If the 1 – 0.” best squad available to him. The coach the Mitrovica grounds. Looking onto matches go ahead. The coach is confident that Kosovo extended invitations to two Kosovar Serbs his crystal ball Rugova envisages the The aborted match against Brazil has a very bight future in international – one plays for Lazio in Italy’s Serie A, bulldozing of the current Pristina stadium was being arranged by Marc Biolley of football. Perhaps a little overly confident, the other for Dynamo in Moscow – but and a new, state of the art facility being Matchworld Football. Biolley was evasive in fact, “If we get the opportunity to play both players declined the invitations. built, perhaps on the outskirts of the city. about how, exactly, the match came to on the international stage we will be no However, Rugova says, “So long as I am For the time being, however, Rugova naught, saying only that FIFA did not give less than one of the most advanced teams here any player with the talent to compete says he has plenty of work to do and he its approval in time for all arrangements in Europe and the world, as well.” for a place in the side of the national team will mostly leave the politicking to his to be made. The call came from FIFA on However, contrary to what most would will have a chance to do so, whether they federation’s officials. “My job is to build July 18, while Rugova was taking care of believe, Kosovo does have a fair deal of are of Serb, Turk, or Bosnian ethnicity.” a national team that will be competitive travel arrangements. football talent. Rugova says of his boast, And, strange as it may seem at this point when we finally get a chance to enter “You can imagine how disappointed our “I say that with the idea that a bunch of our in history, that may well, one day, happen. international competitions.” kids were. We were very excited. We are kids have left Kosovo and that they will Rugova points to the fact that Kosovar talking about playing a five time champion return from England, Germany, Holland, Serbs have competed with and against Good luck to you, coach. of the world (Brazil). Considering where Italy, France, Switzerland to play for the Kosovar Albanians in basketball.

EDITION 8 THE KOSOV@ POST JULY 28 2008 13 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON We need a space for books – immediately by trinity little the taxes that every bookshop has to pay Lastly, my friend and I discussed the for books that are imported from abroad. amount of attention paid to books by our A room without books is like a body If you want a country filled with alliterates media. No Kosovar media organ reviews without a soul. and illiterates, tax books heavily. I would books. Not the daily or weekly newspapers Cicero really like to know where the tax money and certainly not the TV stations. The imposed on and collected from books least the media should do is make people t h e b e s t p l a c e to wait to meet a friend - goes. We are a poor country and need aware of the new titles and editions that not that anyone ever wants to wait but money for many things but should part are available. I have never seen a TV sometimes friends can be that way - is of it come at the price of discouraging program dedicated to our writers and at the book tables near the Hotel Grand. people from reading? poets and there is no space for readers to The time you will spend while waiting Next, my friend and I concluded that debate. This is what is happening! Our will not be wasted time because you will the younger generations do not pay as media should dedicate air time and page have an opportunity to check out the much attention to books as they do to space for books and they should do so new books available at this eclectic little other things. Another reason for creeping IMMEDIATELY! marketplace. Albanian alliteracy, we decided, is the poor The next day, while I was having my A few days ago, while I was waiting taste of readers. Who can blame people morning café, I was fascinated by the for a friend near that book market, I found Salman Rushdie for not wanting to read when what they waiter. He is a student of psychology. some very good, old books that cannot be found in the bookshops. They were trading their books in for newer editions published in the 1980s, with splendid that they cannot afford. translations into Albanian. Not surprisingly, when my friend I asked the bookseller where he got arrived and we found our way to a café those books from. Compassionately, he we were discussing, you guessed it, replied, “People have started to sell their books! We pondered who is to blame for personal libraries. They are selling old the fact that people here don’t read much? editions and I’m buying them for a good Is it really necessary to market books like price.” dresses or laundry soap? It made me sad that people are being The conversation revealed to us many forced to sell their personal libraries. problems. Understanding that books are That feeling of sadness came upon me too expensive, given our living standards, instantly… viscerally. I love books. The the poor state of Kosovo’s economy must idea that people have to sell their cherished be blamed for our country’s troubling trend books seems… well, wrong is the best toward alliteracy (no, that is not a spelling word. However, my mood lightened mistake or a typo – I mean alliteracy, not quickly when the bookseller informed me illiteracy but if you don’t know what I Nazi book burning, 1933 that many of those who have been selling mean think of asexuality). Book prices are their personal libraries have mostly been higher than we can afford due, largely, to read is not worth reading? Then, perhaps We were having a discussion about the in an effort to exonerate them, we decided book Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, that a poor selection of quality literature which has also been made into a movie. was to blame for people’s disinterest in We spoke to each other about our private books. libraries. He told me about his room, so I had asked the bookseller who are the filled with books that he only has space most peddled authors and he mentioned for a bed and nothing more in it. I sadly lots of ‘nonsense authors’ like Danielle told him about my father’s and brother’s Steel, Scot Peak, Paulo Coelho, etc, etc. library, which was burned during the last I was wondering why people read the war. Telling him that, he cited Almansor works of such authors, in which I don’t see by Heinrich Heine, “Wherever they burn anything artistic, philosophic, of literary books they will also, in the end, burn value or anything else worthy. Why don’t human beings.” And, sure enough, they they read more of Salman Rushdie, Orhan did. According to Heine’s quote my whole Pamuk, Herman Hesse, or classic authors family was burned. Sad but true. like Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Virginia Wolf, But this is no reason for us to forget Jane Austen etc.? And don’t they risk about the books, for in their loss we have some sort of brain damage by reading gained a greater love and passion for pulp trash the same way a person risks a them. But must others try to destroy your heart attack and other serious ailments by dreams in order for you to have greater eating unhealthy food? dreams? I explained to my friend that I am I will end this by quoting Salman amazed with older editions of books Rushdie, “I grew up kissing books and because they were translated better. In old bread.” We need to attempt to instill a love E-mail: [email protected] | [email protected] translations the language used was pure; of reading in our young people by making Address: Mother Theresa, 10000 Prishtina, Kosova Tel: +381 38 220-210 / 220-211 / Ext: 359 Fax: +381 38 248-138 they didn’t include foreign slangs like them aware of Rushdie’s sentiment. Let it today’s translators do. be a quote of your morning day.

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Sudoku #5 - Challenging Sudoku #6 - Challenging 10 30 31 28 32 26 18 11 1 27

53 33 45 46 47 17 39 55 17 48 2 8 39 36

48 11 49 40 50 34 56 10 38 33 37 7 57 49

51 52 1 3 2 12 4 50 40 42 34

4 12 20 13 21 35 36 3 41 15 13 51

6 23 5 16 7 19 20 29 6 43 52

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43 44 9 38 29 23 24 25 53 54

Sudoku #7 - Tough Sudoku #8 - Super Tough 42 19 1 14 32 5 41 36 40 16 13 4

43 12 20 33 35 27 12 37

44 45 34 7 23 24 11 35 14 39 21 42 49 38 50

51 46 36 25 21 30 10 2 20 22 29 28

47 48 37 2 3 13 38 23 6 18 34 33 19

39 4 26 15 27 45 32 46 24 3 7 31

49 50 28 10 16 8 5 29 43 8 44 51 25 47 48

40 18 6 30 17 15 1 11

41 31 22 9 17 53 9 56 54 55 52 26

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