Opinion: Kosovo’s Heroes Without Guns

August 31 - September 13, 2012 Issue No. 94 www.prishtinainsight.com Price € 1 NEWS Kosovo Dacic to Discuss Gang Stole New Kosovo Talks With Ashton Millions > page 2 NEWS from Kurdish Asylum Seekers Put VIP in Spain Visa Liberalisation at Risk Four Kosovo Albanians > page 3 are accused of stealing BUSINESS almost 2 million euro of Kosovo Crack Down jewels and goods from on Brand Name the Barcelona hotel room of a Kurdish gener- Fraudsters al, the son of the Iraqi > page 6 Kurdish leader Massoud TRAVEL Barzani. Albania’s Stone See Pages 4 - 5 Villages Still Await Albright Phone Buyout Stirs New Lease of Life Competition Concerns in Kosovo Competition commission says it will want to investigate concerns about a mobile phone monopoly if a company chaired by Madeleine Albright buys 75 per cent of the state telecom firm, PTK. > page 14 less 1 per cent. lies, says the government must Mystery over shareholders: By Parim Olluri Five senior members of consult it before signing any deal INSIDE PRISHTINA Albright Stonebridge Group are with Albright Capital IPKO has refused to confirm Women Call for shareholders in IPKO: Madeleine Management for PTK, , the coun- oncerns about competition whether Albright Stonebridge Albright, James O'Brien, Suzanne try’s most profitable public firm. in Kosovo’s mobile phone Group members remain share- Better Facilites at George, Carol Browner and Wendy “The government should ask us Cmarket are growing since it holders. emerged that Albright Capital Sherman. for an interpretation about But, according to the country’s City Mosques Management, chaired by Albright Stonebridge Groups whether a monopoly will created Business Registration Agency, Madeleine Albright, is bidding holds 25 per cent of the shares in in such a case,” Ahmet Krasniqi, ARBK, Albright and colleagues > page 18 alongside Portugal Telecom to buy Albright Capital Management. head of the Competition continue to hold shares in the firm. a 75 per cent of Post and Telecoms There are concerns, therefore, Commission, said. Eight years ago, Albright, a of Kosovo, PTK. that the country’s two mobile “After analysis, the Commission heroine in Kosovo for her support PTK is the only rival in the mar- phone operators will be at least will decide whether this will be of Kosovo’s independence, became ket to IPKO, Kosovo’s sole private partly controlled by the same permitted or should be stopped. advisor to the chairman of the Kosovo’s only English-language mobile phone operator, in which group. “But we need to be consulted board of IPKO Net, Arkan Ismaili, newspaper is available: the former US secretary of state Kosovo’s Competition before the contract is signed since now Kosovo’s US ambassador. and her colleagues owns shares, Commission, an independent body that contract is not valid without Delivered to although their stake now stands at tasked with preventing monopo- our approval,” he concluded. continues page 2 Your Door

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is supported by: 2 August 31 - September 13, 2012 news Albright Phone Buyout Stirs Competition Concerns in Kosovo from page 1 media,” Darinka Pavlic Kamien, head of communications for the At the time, IPKO Net was an Slovenian company, said. internet service provider, “The issue of whether to though it was already drawing reveal [the owners of] the shares up plans to enter the mobile remains under the company’s phone market. discretion,” she added. Four years later, in 2008, IPKO Albright Stonebridge Group Telecommunications won a and ambassador Ismali failed to licence to become the country’s reply to queries sent by email first private mobile phone oper- and phone about their shares in ator. IPKO. Ismaili and Albright were Mehdi Pllashniku, head of the among the shareholders. business registry, said his Telekom Slovenije owned agency made changes to share around 60 per cent of the shares ownership information as soon and the Slovenian state retains a it received such information. controlling stake in the firm. “This is usually done in two to In its latest financial report, three minutes,” he explained, dated November 2011, Telekom adding that the details now Slovenije says it today it holds online are up to date. 93.11 per cent of the shares of Pllashniku added that the IPKO Telecommunications, information regarding share- after buying out a number of holders should be made public. other shareholders. “There is no reason to hide It does not list who owns the names. A company might not remaining stake. share what percentage of shares “The structure of ownership, a shareholder has, but it should the number of shares per share- make the names public,” he PM Thaci meeting former secretary of state Albright in Washington earlier this year holder, as well as ownership said. transactions … are not available Using Kosovo’s Access to Prishtina Insight has, however, Albright in April while visiting Environment, and the last White to the public, including the Official Documents Law, obtained the latest breakdown of the US to hold talks with current House Chief of Staff under share distribution in IPKO, US leaders. President Bill Clinton, John dated in December 2009. Thaci “expressed his gratitude Podesta, were also at the meeting. This confirms that Telekom for the continual engagement Podesta, together with his Slovenia holds 93 per cent of that former secretary Albright brother Tony, founded a lobbying shares, while Factor Banka has has shown and is showing in sup- company, Podesta Associates. He 2.85 per cent and Ismaili 1.3 per porting democratic developments now chairs the Center for cent. in the Republic of Kosovo”, the American Development, a liberal It also shows that five Prime Minister’s website said. think-tank in Washington. Albright Stonebridge Group Albright reportedly congratu- Tony is now chair of Podesta members retain shares in IPKO - lated the Prime Minister on the Group, which has a lobbying con- each holding between 0.06 and deals reached with Serbia in the tract with Kosovo’s Ministry for 0.02 per cent of shares. EU-led dialogue in Brussels and Economic Development. on the announced end in This is the government depart- Thaci’s US meetings: September to the era of Kosovo’s ment managing the sale of shares “supervised” [internationally in PTK. The office of the Prime mentored] independence. Prishtina Insight previously Minister announced earlier this According to the calendar of revealed that Kosovo signed a year that Hashim Thaci had held US official meetings, Robert contract in March with Podesta an unofficial meeting with the Hormats, vice-secretary for Group for a fee of 50,000-dollars a IPKO has attempted to keep its shareholdings secret former Secretary of State Economy, Energy and month. Serbia's Dacic to Discuss New Kosovo Talks With Ashton EU foreign policy chief is to meet Serbia's leader in September, when a new round of Serbia-Kosovo talks with be high on the agenda. topics will be discussed,” a in March 2011 with the aim of diplomatic source in Brussels normalising tense relations said. between Serbia and its former By Gordana Andric “As she already talked with province, whose independence, Thaci, we expect the dialogue to declared in 2008, it does not recog- reopen soon after the meeting nise. with the Serbian Prime So far the two sides have vica Dacic, Serbia's Prime Minister,” the source added. reached deals on freedom of Minister, will travel to Brussels Aleksandar Vulin, director of movement, mutual recognition of Ion September 4 to meet the EU’s High Representative, the Serbian government’s Office university diplomas and on the Catherine Ashton, to discuss for Kosovo, has already representation of Kosovo at resuming Kosovo-Serbia talks, announced one change, which is regional meetings attended by Balkan Insight has learned. that Kosovo Serbs will in future Serbia. Ashton met Kosovo’s Prime be directly represented in the Talks were put on hold follow- Minister, Hashim Thaci, in late Serbian negotiating team. ing the May general elections in July, when she stated that the “No matter on what level the Serbia, which resulted in the dialogue would resume once a dialogue is led, the Serbs [from Democrats, led by Boris Tadic, new government in Serbia was Kosovo] will have their repre- losing power. Serbian PM Dacic is set to meet EU foreign affairs head Ashton in place. sentative on the negotiating A new government, led by the “After the Ashton-Dacic meet- team and their requirements and more nationalistic Progressive Prime Ministers or Presidents, Belgrade has also stated that all ing we will know more about wishes will be respected,” Vulin Party and the Socialists, has since rather than keeping the talks at arrangements reached by the pre- who Serbia's representatives in said on Wednesday. announced that it intends to the level of envoys, as has been vious Democrat-led government the dialogue will be and what The EU launched the dialogue upgrade the process to the level of the case so far. will be fully implemented.

Y M C +381 38 602042, +377 44 243367, +386 49 243367 K news August 31 - September 13, 2012 3 Kosovo Asylum Seekers Put Editor’s Word Visa Liberalisation at Risk What’s wrong with Hope of a speedy entry into the EU’s visa-free zone for Kosovars could be dashed by the Copyright? government’s failure to cut asylum rates to Western Europe fast enough.

By Lawrence Marzouk By Besiana Xharra

ntellectual property doesn’t mean much in Kosovo. From ram- he number of Kosovars shackle shacks to swanky department stores, major newspapers to seeking asylum in the EU is Ithe purveyors of fast food, no one really seems troubled by using Tfalling year on year, but fig- and abusing other people’s work or name for commercial gain. ures remain stubbornly high and a I am no fan of the often heavy-handed tactics taken by record worry to bureaucrats in Brussels. companies and Hollywood when attempting to protect their Just under 10,000 Kosovars huge profits. They are fighting a losing battle as Internet 2.0 sought asylum in 2011 – down from makes it impossible to properly police intellectual property. 14,000 in 2009 – with most looking What we need is a new model which will protect artists and to build a new life in France, innovation, while exploiting the huge potential of opening up Germany and Belgium. information to the world, rather than putting it behind a pay Belgium has become so con- wall. cerned about the flow of asylum I don’t know what this model will look like, but I do know that seekers that it has funded a cam- it doesn’t resemble what goes on at the Minimax market, near paign including a pop video and KFOR’s film city base. music concert to encourage The shop is a temple to mimicry, and is always rammed full of Kosovars to stay at home. NATO troops in uniform picking up bootleg products. It is also Tove Ernst, spokesperson for frequented by many other internationals, happy to buy cheap, the EU Home Affairs fake goods which are not easily available back home because Commissioner Cecilia they are illegal. Malmstrom, told Prishtina Insight It’s excellent news that the first cases involving copyright that Brussels is monitoring infringement are reaching court – as reported in Prishtina Kosovo’s asylum claims closely as Insight on page 6 today. Kosovo needs to crackdown on the black it will play a major part in decid- market if it is to attract foreign investment. ing whether the country will be Kosovo will find it difficult to attract the real McDonald’s – as granted membership of the reported on page 7 – while it has another five fake ones operat- “White Schengen” list. ing. “As the visa liberalisation Much more remains to be done by Kosovo authorities, but us roadmap indicates, the foreigners, many supposedly here to show how we do it better Commission will continue to mon- back home, can also help. itor the total number of asylum We need a concerted effort by the international organisations applications lodged by Kosovo citi- sending their people to Kosovo to stop their employees blatantly zens,” she said. bankrolling businesses which thrive on the theft of intellectual “A substantial decrease in this Eliza Hoxha has released a song calling on Kosovars not to seek asylum property. and their performance indicators will be used as an indicative refer- the whole programme. Kosovo exodus: ence in the Commission’s assess- In late 2010, Albania, officially accepts asylum from us”, tells young people: “Here life ments of the expected migratory Montenegro and Bosnia also Kosovo remains one of the main Kosovars and it has consistently flourishes, there nothing is yours, and security impacts of liberalis- joined the list, leaving Kosovo iso- sources of asylum seekers to received the highest number of your homeland calls.” ing the visa regime for Kosovo cit- lated and leading to talk of Kosovo industrialised countries, official applicants in recent years. In 2009, It adds that “to escape is not an izens.” becoming a “black hole” or “ghet- statistics reveal. 190 of the 335 were granted asylum option, to be here is a mission” and Kosovo’s Prime Minister, to”. According to the latest United in France, in 2010, 350 out of the 450 calls on youngsters not to believe Hashim Thaci, made securing visa But in January this year, a Nations report, published in and in 2011, 720 out of the 910. the “stories” about abroad. liberalisation a key pledge of his “road map” for Kosovo’s progress March, Serbia and Kosovo, which The French embassy in Kosovo successful electoral campaign of towards visa liberalisation was are still classed together by the UN, declined to comment on why it had Government should do 2010. finally handed to Prishtina and was ranked fourth in the world in a different stance to the rest of more: He suggested in a pre-poll inter- the government received its list of terms of asylum seekers. Europe on Kosovo asylum seekers. view with the BBC that the coun- conditions to be met this summer. Some 21,000 people from the two Belgium recently launched a Analysts and opposition politi- try would be “very close” to join- Vlora Citaku, Minister of countries applied from Serbia and campaign aimed at encouraging cians argue that the Kosovo gov- ing the so-called White Schengen European Integration in Kosovo, Kosovo, of whom 41 per cent came Kosovars not to apply for asylum. ernment should create better con- list by the end of 2011. says that the government plans from Kosovo, or 8,600. The Minister of Asylum and ditions for its citizens, rather But the timetable appears opti- an awareness raising campaign This places Kosovo in 11th place Migration, Maggie De Block, visit- than wasting money on raising mistic following a series of delays in September to combat “the globally as a source of asylum ed Prishtina in June to pass on the awareness about the difficulties to the process, including as a biggest obstacle” to visa liberali- seekers. message. of seeking asylum abroad. result of growing concerns among sation. The numbers, however, are She said that Kosovars were “We should not blame Kosovo Western European countries “The biggest obstacles in the falling. According to figures for the among the top ten asylum seekers citizens who want to escape from about the impact of visa liberalisa- liberalisation process are asylum EU in 2009, there were 14,275 asy- in Belgium. tion. seekers,” she said. “Therefore Kosovo,” said Behxhet Shala, lum seekers from Kosovo, in 2010 De Block visited Kosovo as part Following the lifting of restric- our appeal to Kosovo citizens is to head of the NGO Council for the number was 14,310, while in of her country’s campaign against tions on Macedonian and Serbian not take illegal routes to get into Human Rights. “A poor citizen 2011 there were 9,870 applications. illegal migration, which included a citizens, EU countries saw a surge Europe because they will only cannot think straight, the only It is not clear why these statistics music festival in Prizren and a pop of illegal migration from both damage their country and they think on his mind is to live better, differ from those offered by the UN, song by Eliza Hoxha. countries, leading some to rethink will not benefit.” therefore the fault is with our gov- although both sets of figures place She told the crowd at the festival: ernment, which has failed to tack- Kosovars among the most common “I am here today with you, because le the 60 per cent unemployment asylum seekers in the world. I believe that all Kosovars should rate.” The latest EU figures for 2012 be proud to live in Kosovo. Proud to Ahmet Isufi, vice-president of reveal that in the first three months work in Kosovo… above all, proud the Alliance for the future of of 2012, some 1,970 Kosovars to be in Kosovo. Kosovo, AAK, said: “While the applied for asylum. Of those, 29 per “Did you know that there last government fails to create to new cent applied in France, 24 per cent year, 625 Kosovars sought asylum working places and will not fight in Germany, 22 per cent in Belgium, in Belgium and had to return the corruption and crime, the asy- 12 per cent in Sweden, 3 per cent in home?” she added. lum seekers will not be stopped.” Luxembourg and 9 percent else- “Some were forced to leave A better life for Kosovo citizens where. Belgium because they did not pos- in Kosovo is the only way to stop Of these, an increasing number sess appropriate visa or passport. people from leaving their country, have been accepted, with 335 in They tried to get into Belgium with added Naser Osmani, from the 2009, 450 in 2010 and 920 in 2011. false papers. But it does not work.” Democratic League of Kosovo, Kosovars are among the most common asylum seekers to developed countries France is the only country that Hoxha’s pop song, “The future is LDK. 4 August 31 - September 13, 2012 news Kosovo Gang Stole Millions Four Kosovo Albanians are accused of stealing almost 2 million euro of jewels and goods from the Barcelona hotel room of a Kurdish general, the son of the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani. stated, ‘Hopefully we are good,’” the indictment reads. Later in the conversation Ymeri By Lawrence Marzouk told Jelliqi that he would call him the following day and tell him “everything”. He further advised t reads like the script of an Jelliqi “not to worry, all will be action movie – a casino-loving ok”. IKosovo Albanian crime gang According to Spanish police performs an audacious sting on reports, on July 18 Mansour the wealthy son of a controversial Barzani went to the Police Middle Eastern leader in one of Investigative Unit in the Eixample the world’s most luxurious hotels. district of Barcelona to complain But the story is not the work of that a bag containing jewellery fiction, but a case currently on and objects worth 150,000 euro had trial at Prishtina District Court, been stolen from him while he was led by the EU rule-of-law mission in a taxi. The room card of his in Kosovo, EULEX. suite at the Hotel Arts was also Frequented by the likes of Mick stolen. Jagger, Eric Clapton and Cindy Prishtina Insight has confirmed Crawford, Barcelona’s Hotel Arts that the Barzani listed in the has been voted one of the top indictment is the son of Massoud places in the world to spot stars. Barzani, president of Iraq’s But on July 20, 2009, the archi- autonomous Kurdistan Region, tectural wonder of glass and steel, and leader of the Kurdistan which is part of the part of the Democratic Party. Ritz-Carlton chain, hosted a more Two days later, Barzani submit- unusual set of visitors: four ted a second complaint to police in Kosovo Albanians thieves target- The Barzani family -including Mansour (far left) - with President George W Bush at the White House. Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona, ing the son of the president of stating that “unknown persons time – said they had been in the Erhan Brnicanin, Dusan returned to Kosovo on 16 July. Iraq’s Kurdish region, General had broken into his room at the city to gamble in casinos. Kadijevic and Nebojsa Bojovic, all According to phone conversa- Mansour Barzani, Prishtina Hotel Arts, Barcelona, and robbed Afrim Ymeri, Abedin Beka – from Serbia, also face charges of tions between Ymeri and Jelliqi Insight has discovered. jewellery and objects which he val- owner of the Kalaja Hotel in attempting to receive stolen goods. the following day, intercepted as Haki Januzi and Artan Jelliqi ued at approximately 1.9 million Vushtrri - and Saim Januzi, a part of another investigation, the are accused of breaking into the euro.” member of the elite Kosovo Police latter was still in Barcelona. locked hotel room and making off Audacious heist: Surveillance footage from the unit ROSU and brother to Haki, - Jelliqi meanwhile complained with bracelets, rings, earrings, security cameras of the Hotel Arts are charged with helping the per- to Ymeri that it was very difficult necklaces, watches and expensive On July 15, 2009, Ymeri contact- revealed that five people had been petrators after the heist. to steal in Barcelona because there mobile phones worth between ed Jelliqi to say he was in involved in the break-in into room At a hearing at Prishtina were already so many thieves in 1.3million and 1.9 million euro. Barcelona with “Sami”, “Shemi” 3009. District Court in July, a judge the city, according to the indict- Sami Makolli and Shemsidin and “Haki”, adding that Shemi Jelliqi and Januzi were in the found that the evidence supported ment. Benarba allegedly guarded access had been just been released from corridor outside 3009 and forced the charges in the indictment. A He explained that various to the corridor and distracted the prison, according to the indict- the door open while Makolli and trial is expected in the autumn. groups were waiting to steal bags reception staff. ment. Benarba and another unidentified The charges against Makolli from “stupid people”. Makolli and Benarba travelled Ymeri added that he would be at person controlled access to the cor- have been separated from those of “Afrim Ymeri counselled Artan to Barcelona with fake passports, Prishtina airport the next day. ridor via the elevator and distract- the co-accused because he was not Xhaferi-Jelliqi, ‘Exactly when you and all – apart from Januzi who Airport logs show that Ymeri had ed the hotel staff at the reception. present at the hearing. do not expect it, it shows up’ and says he was not in Spain at the been in Barcelona from July 6 but Jelliqi, Makolli and Benarba

www.prishtinainsight.com NATO: No Request to Help Publisher: BIRN Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Kosovo Douse Fires Mensa e Studenteve, first floor There is some confusion over whether the Kosovo authorities have asked KFOR to help put out the fires that have been 10000, Prishtina rampaging in the south and west. Kosovo Phone: +381 (0) 38 24 33 58 SOS requesting assistance,” the and volunteers had been engaged. The Kosovo Security Forces, source said. “Lacking necessary specialized KSF, have been fighting the blazes Fax: +381 (0) 38 22 44 98 According to the media, the tools to fights the blazes, the for a week now, but owing to a lack [email protected] By Fatmir Aliu Kosovo Ministry of Interior asked Ministry of Internal Affairs has of capacities, they have had to pull NATO to help extinguish the wild- requested the assistance of KFOR back in the forests round Dragash Editor-in-Chief: fires several days ago, citing the and of the neighbouring coun- in southern Kosovo. Lawrence Marzouk lack of specialized machinery for tries," it said. On Monday, opposition parties ATO’s peacekeeping force [email protected] such operations. "Because of the landscape, man- criticized the government for not in Kosovo, KFOR, says that Editorial Team: Nit has not received any KFOR’s spokesperson, Colonel aging the fires in certain zones calling an emergency meeting of Ana Petruseva, Gordana Igric, request from the government to Uve Nowitzki confirmed to remains a challenge,” the state- the National Security Council, or Prishtina Insight that by late after- ment on Monday added. sending a formal request for help Jeta Xharra, Marcus Tanner, help fight the blazes that have erupted in western and southern noon, no such call by the central The mountainous area of to NATO. Petrit Collaku, Shengjyl Osmani, areas. government has been sent to the Decani bordering Montenegro and Civil society groups have also Artan Mustafa and Donjeta Demolli. A source in KFOR told Prishtina peacekeeping force. Albania in the west has been burn- reacted, criticizing the authorities Insight on Tuesday that no official “We have not received any ing for a week, mostly owing to for their slow response, which Marketing, Sales & Distribution: request for help had been sent by request from the government,” strong winds that have carried they say has led to huge amounts [email protected] the authorities in Prishtina. Nowitzki said on Tuesday. blazes deep into the forests. of damage. “For security reasons [KFOR In a press statement, the govern- Mayor Rasim Selmanaj has An NGO that monitors the per- Design & Layout: “Rrjeti” commander] General Drews dis- ment said that the Agency for called on the government to help, formance of the central and Arben Grajqevci cussed the fire issue with his staff Emergency Management had saying local fire fighters cannot municipal authorities, the Y this morning and what it means recorded fires in the Prizren, handle the blazes. His municipali- Initiative for Progress, on Tuesday for overall security. But as far as I M Printing: Lindi Printing Center Malisheva, Dragash and Decani ty was first hit three weeks ago by said that the authorities had failed C remember, there was no mention regions, and that hundreds of fire fire, which reduced to ashes hun- to cope with the situation on the Copyright © BIRN K that the government had sent any fighters, Kosovo Security Forces dreds of hectares of forest. ground. news August 31 - September 13, 2012 5 from Kurdish VIP in Spain have admitted to being in Barcelona at the hotel, Saim allegedly intervened, allowing time of the burglary but deny involvement the suspects to leave. in the crime. Benarba and Makolli had been Call lists shows that Saim was in contact travelling on fake passports. with his brother, Haki, at 9.14pm that night, Prior to the theft, Ymeri had already been at the time of the police intervention. in contact with a potential buyer of stolen Hotel owner Beka was arrested about 200 goods in Serbia. metres from Kalaja, which he had fled on According to the indictment, between foot. July 5 and August 16 2009, he liaised with He was found with a bag containing all of various contacts in Serbia and Albania to the stolen jewellery and watches. Haki arrange for Erhan Brnicanin, Dusan Januzi was arrested carrying two highly- Kadijevic and Nebojsa Bojovic to value and priced Vertu mobile phones. Jelliqi was car- buy stolen goods, namely jewellery and rying one. watches, for an unnamed boss in Serbia. Wrongdoing denied: The hotel meeting: Jelliqi insists that he acquired the expen- A meeting with potential buyers from sive items playing poker in Barcelona with Serbia was finally set up for August 16, 2009, an unnamed Arab in July 2009. just under one month after the theft, at the Haki Januzi denies ever going to Spain. Hotel Kalaja in Vushtrri, belonging to He maintains that he was in Kosovo Abedin Beka and another unnamed person, throughout July 2009. He says that on The famous, five-star Arts Hotel, where the audacious crime took place in July 2009 according to the indictment. August 16 he was with Abedin Beka and According to the witness statement of went to Hotel Kalaja to meet Jelliqi. friend. He says he didn’t know that his brother, Remzi Januzi, a hotel receptionist and In the hotel room, Jelliqi opened a bag He says he met Haki Januzi and Jelliqi in Haki, was in the hotel and didn’t communi- nephew of suspects Haki and Saim, Haki containing jewellery, he said. Haki states the hotel casino and saw Sami Makolli there cate with him that evening. and Beka arrived together that he took one Vertu phone from the bag also. He used a Bulgarian passport under When he saw the police, he tried to help at the hotel between 8pm but had bought the other one that the name of Mehmet Hasanov to enter them and never attempted to help the defen- and 9pm. was found on him, earlier, in the Spain. dants escape, he added. The same witness said Czech Republic. Ymeri says that, following a request from that a number of “special According to the Jelliqi, he contacted Brnicanin, Bojovic and The Barzani empire: guests” turned up soon log at Prishtina Kadijevic to evaluate the items. He claims after and were escorted to airport, Januzi that he thought the items had been obtained Massoud Barzani, President of Iraq’s one of the hotel rooms. had left Kosovo legally. Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Brnicanin, Kadijevic on July 4 and Bojovic and Kadijevic said that a friend of Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP, has five and Bojovic were allegedly returned on theirs, known as “Jupi”, had asked them to sons - including Masrour, head of the the special guests, arriving July 20. go to Kosovo to evaluate some gold. Bojovic region’s intelligence agency – Mansour, a to value the stolen goods for Sami said that he was a goldsmith and that his general with the KDP’s special forces, and their boss. Makolli job was to evaluate jewellery. He did not three daughters. ROSU officer Saim Januzi admits being know the items were stolen, he says. According to US diplomatic cables, leaked was present in the in Barcelona Brnicanin said that he joined the trip to WikiLeaks, the KDP “consists of family Hotel Kalaja for “pri- at the time to only to help a friend of his, without know- clans, operating very much like a mafia vate” reasons, he said, gamble at casi- ing the purpose of the meeting. The latter organization. explaining that he came just for a coffee. He nos but says he did not see Haki Januzi or had asked him to accompany Bojovic and “For example, his [Massoud Barzani’s] was dressed in civilian clothes but when Jelliqi and indeed does not know them. He Kadijevic to Kosovo because it was safer for uncle is Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, police arrived as part of the operation, Saim used a Serbian passport under the name of them to travel around Kosovo with a his nephew/son-in-law is KRG [Kurdish presented himself as an investigator in the Bastri Makolli to enter Spain. Muslim. regional Government] Prime Minister case and used his police ID. Benarba admits having been in Barcelona Saim Januzi denies any criminal behav- Nechirvan Barzani and his son Masrur [Sic] When the police tried to prevent people, in June and July 2009. He says he stayed in iour, saying that on the evening of August is Head of KRG's Intelligence Directorate,” including the suspects, from leaving the the Hotel Arts in Barcelona with his girl- 16, he went for a coffee to Hotel Kalaja a cable said. alone. EULEX Accused of Breaking Kosovo’s Legal Procedure Ilir Tolaj’s defence lawyer has accused the EULEX prosecution of violating the Procedural Code of Kosovo while gathering evidence against his client. said during Wednesday’s session police and the Kosovo Police Anti- that the prosecutor of the case had Corruption Task Force in the con- breached the laws of Kosovo, during text of a criminal investigation into By Fatmir Aliu the investigation and evidence gath- tax evasion. ering stage. He was later charged, together “For instance, the prosecutor with the other nine defendants, all ordered a raid on my client’s prison he defence at the trial of Ilir former Ministry of Health officials, cell in Dubrava. There was no court Tolaj and ten other former on 10 counts, ranging from abuse of warrant for it, this was just a verbal Tsenior government officials his official position to taking bribes order,” he said. charged with corruption, have from private companies. “Second, my client’s text mes- accused the EU’s rule of law mission Bukoshi is suspected of abusing sages were intercepted, and some of to Kosovo, EULEX, prosecutors of his public position when he was them were private and had nothing unlawfully obtaining evidence and Minister of Health in 2008. He to do with the charges against Mr. asked the court to rule it inadmissi- resigned last month, after the EU ble. Tolaj...this represents a serious vio- rule of law mission, EULEX, Prishtina’s District Court con- lation of the Procedural Penal Code announced that he was being inves- firmed the indictment last Tuesday of Kosovo,” Tmava added. tigated in connection with the against the former Deputy Prime Over 25,000 documents relating to Minister, Bujar Bukoshi, the Health the case have been gathered by the charges against Ilir Tolaj. Ministry Secretary General Ilir prosecution team. The government said Bukoshi Tolaj and nine other defendants In the previous hearing all eleven stepped down as Deputy Prime charged with abusing their official defendants pleaded not guilty to the Minister out of respect for the legal positions and accepting bribes to charges against them. process and to give the judicial Y award health contracts, in a case Tolaj, the former permanent sec- institutions room to do their work. M known as “Ilir Tolaj et al.” retary at the Ministry of Health, Bukoshi has pleaded not guilty to C Tolaj’s lawyer, Bajram Tmava, was arrested in 2010 by EULEX all charges. Ilir Tolaj is facing corruption charges K 6 August 31 - September 13, 2012 business Kosovo Launches Crack Down on Brand Name Fraudsters Court verdict fining a trader for selling fake Caterpillar shoes is legal landmark – but much to be done before intellectual copyright is secure in Kosovo. The cost of the Chinese shoes was only around 9 euro, whereas the real shoes normally retail for By Liridona Hyseni 70 to 100 euro per pair. The fake footwear travelled to Malta and then Italy before enter- ing Kosovo across the Albanian osovo is awash with coun- border at Lake Vermice. terfeit goods, from ram- Kosovo Police found the shoes in Kshackle shops piled high a warehouse in Ferizaj and issued with bootleg DVDs to large shop- a notice prohibiting a sale until ping centres offering fake high- the courts reached a decision. end brand phones. CAT, which is headquartered in But courts and police are begin- the US, was informed of the ning to crack down on the crimi- seizure and then submitted a com- nals importing and selling such plaint to the Kosovar courts. goods. CAT registered its trademark in Customs claim to have seized 1 Kosovo back in November 2008, million euro of fake goods in the providing it protection until past two years. October 2017. Meanwhile Prishtina Insight The court ruled that the case has obtained a court verdict from held wider implications for the October 14 last year, which country. appears to be one of the first judg- “Lack of respect for obligations ments in the country issued to protect commercial brands is against a shop for selling fake damaging the credibility of the goods. country,” it said. The District Court of Ferizaj However, the judge limited the fined 41-year-old Januz Lamallari fine to 1,000 euro, taking in 1,000 euro for “unauthorized use of Mania NTP in Ferizaj has been fined for selling fake CAT shoes account that Lamallari had no pre- a foreign brand or model”. It also vious offences, and that counter- Dukaj said more than 7,000 of As Apple had not yet registered aggressively to protect their prod- confiscated 1,281 pairs of shoes. these requests are still being its brand in Kosovo, no offence had ucts against fake imports. Llamari, owner of the company feiting “acts of this nature are widespread in our country”. reviewed. been committed. Customs were One of these brands is the NTP Mania, attempted to deceive Luljeta Plakolli, a lawyer spe- obliged to treat the fake goods as Italian shoe brand GEOX, with buyers and illegally use the brand The court asked the Ministry of Trade and Industry to publish its cializing in intellectual property, genuine Apple products and allow which Albi has had a contract Caterpillar, often known as “CAT”, said that one problem was low their import. since 2006. the court ruled. decision on its newsletter and web- site, though this has not happened. public awareness of the issue. Apple registered its brand, or Owing to Kosovo’s tax system, The owner refused to speak to “The owners of commercial trademark, in Kosovo on May 20, the price of these shoes can be up Prishtina Insight about the case Brands go unprotected: brands are not informed of their 2011. to 10 per cent higher in Kosovo but workers at the store said they rights, nor are users of commer- Meanwhile, as Kosovo awaits its than in the European Union, pro- no longer sold “CAT” shoes. cial brands informed of their obli- first true McDonald’s burger bar, viding an even greater incentive According to the court records, Isa Dukaj, head of the Office for Intellectual Property under the gations,” she said. the country already has a number for fraudsters to import and sell which this newspaper obtained, One example of the problem of unofficial outlets borrowing the fake versions. Lamallari said he bought the ministry, says that 21,000 commer- cial brands have submitted occurred early in May 2011, when famous name. But, significantly, an attempt to shoes from China through a 180 fake Apple iPhones 5 arrived at The Agency for Registration of bring fake GEOX products into the requests for registration in Kosovo distributor. Prishtina airport. Businesses in Kosovo lists no less country was thwarted in 2011. Kosovo. than six firms called “Kosovo Customs notified the “McDonald’s” serving burgers, representatives of GEOX and the although none attempts to emulate review of the case immediately the menu of the original. started,” Albi’s fashion manager, One small unit of only 15 square Ardian Canhasi, recalled. metres has been serving food since “We consulted our agreement 1990 under name “McDonald’s”, with this brand and realized that on the corner of the Kemajl the goods weren’t ours and that Hetemi street in Ferizaj. somebody had attempted to bring “Our intention has never been these goods into Kosovo illegally,” to copy the ‘McDonald’s menu,” he said. the owner, Zubini Shefiti, said. Customs then destroyed the “This name hasn’t helped in bring- goods. ing in more customers,” he Kosovo Customs say they seized remarked. more than 230,000 suspected fake “Our fast food is well known in items in 2011, worth over a million Ferizaj on the basis of its own euro. They confiscated almost all commercial activity.” of them and destroyed some Plakolli said that such actions 130,000 items. would only break of the law if the “Most of the goods that are con- McDonald’s brand was registered fiscated are foodstuffs, textiles and in Kosovo. underwear,” Adriatik Stavileci, “The reproduction for commer- customs spokesperson, noted. cial benefits of the name and repu- But Plakolli says the success of tation of a company that is the the fledgling crackdown on coun- owner of a commercial brand terfeit goods depends on much without the permission of the greater investment in specialized owner of the brand is considered a courts. violation,” she noted. “The Economic Court, for exam- Meanwhile some bigger retail ple, works with only three judges,” outlets are already bearing down she remarked. on fraudsters to safeguard rela- “They have all been trained in tions with top brand name clients. intellectual property legislation in The large “Albi” shopping mall Kosovo, but the volume of cases Y on the outskirts of Prishtina col- they receive exceeds their capacity M laborates with around 25 major to handle the indictments in an C international brands and acts appropriate manner,” she added. K Ferizaj’s answer to McDonald’s demonstrates the lack of awareness about copyright in Kosovo business August 31 - September 13, 2012 7 Thaci Lobbyists Push for McDonald’s in Kosovo PM’s office is paying Washington-based Patton Boggs $50,000 a month by PM’s office to lobby for Kosovo – including for the first McDonald’s restau- rant to open.

By Lawrence Marzouk

he fast-food company McDonald’s is the only Tnamed business to have been the subject of lobbying by Patton Boggs in its meetings promoting Kosovo. According to documents that the firm has submitted to the US Justice Department, Patton Boggs emailed, phoned and a held meet- ing with State Department offi- cials about the chain opening in Kosovo. It is not clear what, if any influ- ence, the state department holds over McDonald’s’ commercial decisions on where to place its restaurants but US embassies, which fall under the State Department, are responsible for facilitating American investment in their respective countries. Both Kosovo’s government and McDonald’s’ refused to comment on the nature of lobbying. The Office of the Prime Minister is paying Patton Boggs Lobbyists employed by PM Hashim Thaci are pushing for McDonald’s to open a restaurant in Kosovo for “advisory services on legal and at the State Department. It also “called on Adminis tration tutions”. advocacy issues to be used for Second lobbying firm: Prishtina Insight asked and Congressional officials to sup- Wisner is an old Kosovo hand. expansion of bilateral and multi- McDonald’s whether it had any port the independence and territo- The former US Secretary of State lateral relations”. Thaci’s government signed up plans to open an outlet, but rial integrity of the foreign princi- under George Bush, Condoleezza The company is also paid to “fos- its second Washington-based lob- received no reply. pal, particularly relating to diplo- Rice, appointed him as the US’s ter investments and trade opportu- byist in less than a year also at a The Office of the Prime Minister matic recognition by other nations special representative to the nities for Kosovo, as well as gather- cost of 50,000 dollars a month in also declined to say why and its full sovereignty over ethnic Kosovo Status Talks in 2005. ing funds from foreign aid pro- March this year. McDonald’s was seen as a commer- Serb areas in the northern part of Wisner played a crucial role in grams”. According to the agreement, cial priority for the country. the country”. negotiating Kosovo’s independ- which has been published by the Patton Boggs lists almost 70 dif- The firm also “corresponded ence. US Justice Department, Podesta McDonald’s: We’re not ferent approaches to US officials in with Administration officials to In September 2010 the govern- Group was brought in to “Research Loving it the first six months of the year. discuss opportunities for US invest- ment then voted to employ Patton and analyze issues of concern to Seven relate to McDonald’s, ment in Kosovo,” it said. Boggs for 50,000 dollars a month the principal [Kosovo]”. The world's largest fast food three to general “business” and one [38,000 euro]. The contract also outlines how chain, serving around 68 million connected to a “Refinery in Employed without tender: The cabinet was forced to cancel Podesta will “counsel the princi- customers daily in 119 countries, Kosovo”. McDonald’s is the only the decision in November after pal on US policies of concern, has yet to open an outlet in Kosovo. named business in the list. Kosovo’s government discretely BIRN revealed that the move Skopje, Macedonia, is the nearest Other contacts related mostly to engaged the services of Patton appeared to break Kosovo's law on activities in Congress and the outlet for those in need of a Big new recognitions and pushing Boggs last August, having been public procurement. Executive branch and develop- Mac. Kosovo government’s line on the forced to cancel an identical agree- This was because the cabinet ments on the US political scene But according to the report of need to improve security in the the ment with the firm in the previous had simply selected Patton Boggs generally; and maintain contact, Patton Boggs activities, published troubled Serb-run north of the year as it had broken public pro- rather than allowing a competitive as necessary, with Members of under the Foreign Agents country. curement laws. bidding process to take place. The Congress and their staff, Registration Act, the firm is Countries targeted for lobbying Although the deal with the com- cabinet had also not justified itself Executive branch officials, mem- attempting to ensure that Chicken for recognition of Kosovo’s inde- pany was apparently signed on to the Public Procurement Agency bers of the press, and nongovern- McNuggets go on offer soon in the pendence include Jamaica, Mexico, August 31, 2011, it has never been as to why it went ahead with a sin- mental organizations”. world’s second youngest state. Libya and Tunisia. Since the lobby- published by the government. gle-source tender. Podesta Group’s head, Tony In February, the firm contacted ing, none has established diplomat- Frank Wisner, Patton Boggs for- Government officials later said Podesta, is the brother of John State Department employees seven ic ties. eign affairs advisor, had met Thaci they annulled the deal on legal Podesta, who was Bill Clinton’s times “Regarding McDonald’s in According to Patton Boggs’ sum- in the US shortly before the first advice but denied having broken Chief of Staff at the time of the Kosovo”. mary of its activities, the firm deal was signed. procurement rules. Kosovo conflict. This included discussion with “contacted Congressional officials According to a press release The Foreign Ministry said it had The Podesta brothers originally David Berger, the deputy director to detail the political and security issued by the PM's office, they dis- awarded the second contract with- set up the firm, then called Podesta of the Office of South Central situation in northern Kosovo and cussed “current political develop- out tender in coordination with the Associates. John now chairs the European Affairs, and Wendy advocate for continued U.S. and ments in Kosovo and the achieve- Procurement Agency but had Center for American Progress, a Brafman, Kosovo Desk Officer, both NATO support”. ments up to now of Kosovo’s insti- asked for the deal to be kept secret. liberal think tank in Washington. Albania to Auction Two 3G Licenses Albania’s Electronic and Postal Communications Authority, AKEP, has launched a tender for two 3G mobile licenses with a starting bid of 4 million euro. network, while also providing Mobile Communication, AMC, mobile broadband access to lap- Apart from AMC and Vodafone, tops and smart phones. two other mobile operators, Eagle By Erjona Rusi Vodafone was the first mobile Mobile and Plus operate in operator in Albania to offer 3G Albania. data services, after it won a tender Eagle Mobile is owned by the G, the third-generation stan- issued by AKEP in November 2010 Turkish group Calik Holding, Y dard for mobile phones, for 31.4 million. while Plus Mobile is owned by con- M 3enables simultaneous use of The second 3G license was sortium of local businesses and C speech and data services on a cell awarded in 2011 to Albania’s Kosovo Telecom. K 8 August 31 - September 13, 2012 neighbourhood business

Macedonia Takes Pioneering London FT Fuels Speculation Step in Wind Energy Project onstruction of the first wind farm in Macedonia should begin in the spring C2013 with the first electricity planned to be produced in the second half of the year. About Serbian Bankruptcy Macedonia's state-owned ELEM power com- News in brief News pany has signed a 41 million euro deal with Newspaper's dire predictions about the Serbian economy prompt speculation at home about Belgrade's the Danish and Greek branches of Siemens to ability to repay its growing debts. construction the country's first wind farm. Sixteen windmills will be built with a capacity of 2 to 3 megawatts on the wind farm, which will cover 29 hectares. The total pro- duction power of the park will be 100 By Marija Ristic gigawatts with a capacity of 37 megawatts. The farm will be located in the southeast- ern town of Bogdanci and will be built with financial support from the German develop- ecent warnings by the London- ment bank KfW. based Financial Times concerning Rthe economic situation in Serbia The total cost of the project is estimated at have fuelled speculation at home about 55.5 million euro. KfW will provide 33 million the country's possible bankruptcy. while the rest of the money will come from The Financial Times warns that Serbia ELEM. faces troubled economic times, with a ELEM has plans for further enlargement of large budget deficit, the national curren- the wind park. cy at an historic low, and growing debts. In the recent years there have been several Vladimir Gligorov, a researcher at the announcements by foreign and domestic Vienna Institute for International investors about building wind farms. Economic Studies, agrees that Serbia But nothing has been built so far, leading risks going bankrupt, as it appears some parties to blame the country’s red tape. increasingly unable to repay its domestic Macedonia currently meets the bulk of its and international loans. electricity needs from coal power plants with The country has already requested a some power coming from water power plants. fresh standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund. Albania Treasury Bills Auction According to the IMF representative Attracting New Investors for Serbia, Bogdan Lisovolik, the Fund Fears are growing about the state of Serbia’s economy and the strength of the Dinar will visit Belgrade in September to evalu- he auction early this week of 20.7 mil- However, the authorities in Belgrade According to the National Bank of lion euro of short-term debt, known as ate the economic situation and negotia- dismiss speculation about bankruptcy Serbia the external debt of the country is tions about a loan will start later this Ttreasury bills, saw record participation as nonsense, maintaining that Serbia worth 54.7 per cent of GDP. The inflation year. by individuals alongside financial institu- is well able to continue repaying inter- rate is expected to reach 10 per cent by the tions. Aleksandar Stevanovic, another econo- est on its internal and international end of the year. mist, agrees that bankruptcy is a realistic This was the second auction of euro treas- debts. As a part of its plan to ease the econom- ury bills organised by the Ministry of danger if the state continues to spend The Finance Ministry say that com- ic crisis, the government plans to change Finance this year. The first was on July 24. money and take out more loans irrespon- pared to most Western European coun- tax policy, increasing taxes on the rich In the latest auction on Monday, 15 million sibly. tries, Serbia is relatively lightly indebted. and raising VAT. euro of treasury bills were auctioned, while the market demand was for about 20.7 million euro, of which 9.85 million euro were pur- chased by individuals and the rest by different Macedonia Quashes Talk of investors such as banks and financial institu- tions. The Bank of Albania said the average yield on the 12-month bills was 5.26 per cent. Currency Devaluation This auction saw the highest level of indi- vidual participation of all six treasury bill Macedonia’s denar is not about to be devalued, the Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski said, addressing auctions in euros organized by the Finance Ministry, reflecting growing interest by indi- recent speculation on the subject. vidual investors. The Ministry earlier this year launched a campaign to attract more individual investors in the bond market. The share of individual investors in By Sinisa Jakov Marusic Monday’s auction was twice as large as it was in the treasury bill auction in July, jumping from 4.8 million euro to 9.85 million euro. acedonia's Finance Minister has appealed to people “to maintain Croatia Pushes Forward with Mfaith in the domestic currency and keep their savings in denars”, deny- Troubled Property Tax Plans ing reports that the currency was about to be devalued. roatia has not given up on plans to The Central Bank and the government introduce a new property tax, Finance have maintained a steady exchange rate CMinister Slavko Linic says. for the denar throughout the past decade, Slavko Linic told daily Jutarnji list that the selling 61 for one euro, and minister new tax, which will bring Croatia into line Stavreski said this was not about to with the majority of European countries, will change. be introduced in three phases and will replace He said that the biggest guarantee of local rates. the denar’s stability were the state "We need a year to determine the values of reserves in foreign currency, which are construction and agricultural land, and then we will introduce the new tax in three phas- currently “at an historic high”, amount- es," Linic explained. ing to 2.96 billion euro. Reports the Macedonian Denar could be devalued have been dismissed by Finance Minister Stavreski The finance minister said that the property This was 820 million euro more com- preparing for a devaluation of the denar are close to them,” the ruling party said tax plan is not a 'money collection' scheme, pared to July 2006, when the centre-right appeared in local media during the week- in a press release. but something that is needed for Croatia's VMRO DPMNE party came to power, end. Meanwhile, local banks contacted by development as the country readies to join the Stavreski said. But, according to VMRO DPMNE, the Prishtina Insight say no massive sale of EU. Besides this, Stavreski maintained that reports were “plain lies”, spread by the denars for other currencies is taking Minister Linic pointed out that the new tax the deficit as well as the debt were rela- main opposition Social Democrats. The place. will be based on the "value of the real estate" Y tively low, which further strengthens the opposition has dismissed such claims. “But people are uncertain and are and not "per square meter." Linic also stressed M denar as “the most reliable currency for “It is not the first time that the Social increasingly seeking advice about what that those with unused property would be C keeping savings”. Democrats use schemes to induce panic to do with their Denars," one senior man- most affected. K Speculation that the government was among people, misusing the media that ager at Uni Banka said. neighbourhood news August 31 - September 13, 2012 9

Albania Slashes Waste Sarajevo Gunman Claims Import List to 25 owing to pressure from envi- ronmentalists seeking a Btotal ban, Albania on Civilians Were Not His Target Thursday reduced the range of wastes that can be imported for

At his trial on August 23, Mevlid Jasarevic, who shot at the US embassy in Sarajevo last year, said his aim was to in brief News recycling. shoot US special police 'who were killing Iraqis', not local passers-by. The decision to cut waste imports was “a result of wide con- sultation with civil society groups”, Prime Minister Sali Berisha said, adding that banning By Elvira M. Jukic all imports of waste was impossi- ble while Albania gets closer to EU accession. t the continuation of the trial of Thursday's decision by the gov- Mevlid Jasarevic, 23, and two of his ernment reduces the list of wastes Ahelpers, three men recalled events on that can be imported from 56 mate- October 28, 2011, when Jasarevic shot at the rials to 25. US embassy in Sarajevo and wounded a Arguing that Albania’s nascent police officer. recycling industry could not sur- One witness, Mirsad Velic, the policemen vive on the proceeds of domestic who was injured by Jasarevic during the waste alone, in November 2011 the shooting, said he was still recovering. government approved a bill allow- He said he had not felt sure he could shoot ing for some waste imports that at Jasarevic to stop him because he was too conform to a so-called “green list” far away, and if he had missed, the bullet of 56 materials. could have hit one of the many citizens A group of intellectuals and around at the time. environmental activists then Another policeman who witnessed the joined forces to condemn the events, Miralem Muslic, said he helped the change to the law and demanded a wounded Velic and also helped locals find referendum on the issue, arguing shelter in the nearby shopping centre. that by allowing in such imports Muslic added that according to the way Albania was turning itself into the Jasarevic handled his weapon, he looked well Mevlid Jasarevic (above) has given evidence about his shooting spree, at the US Embassy to Sarajevo garbage can of Europe. trained. The umbrella group, the Dalibor Cato, the police officer who was He is charged with attacking the US rorist group. The prosecution maintains that Alliance Against Waste Imports, guarding the US embassy, said he tried to embassy to Bosnia, shooting 105 bullets in 50 Jasarevic, Ahmetspahic and Fojnica were all AKIP, filed a request for a referen- shoot back at Jasarevic three times, but due minutes from an auto rifle and wounding a members of an organised terrorist group dum after collecting nearly 64,000 to the distance and the type of gun he held, he policemen. that was active in the village of Gornja signatures. missed. Emrah Fojnica and Munib Ahmetspahic, Maoca in northeast Bosnia. The witnesses explained in detail their var- the two alleged helpers, are charged with The indictment says the three men intend- New Bridge Over ious positions to prosecutor Dubravko assisting Jasarevic. ed to express dissatisfaction with the posi- Campara who provided them with photo- More precisely they allegedly hid the DVD tion in Bosnia of the extreme Wahhabi com- Sarajevo's Troubled graphs of the site. message that Jasarevic had recorded before munity, to which they belonged, and avenge Waters Opens The suspect himself on Thursday told the coming to Sarajevo on the day, and destroyed that by violence. court that his target was not civilians but, as ammunition and military equipment that All three have pleaded not guilty to the itizens of Sarajevo gathered he said, US special policemen who kill people had been obtained for terrorist purposes. charges. Jasarevic is also indicted by the US on Wednesday night to cross in Iraq. The trial started on June 15 at Bosnia's Justice Department. Cthe newly opened Festina Jasarevic also complained to the court State Court, when the indictment was read In April it charged him, among other mat- Lente Bridge over the river about conditions in his cell in Sarajevo, say- out. ters, with attempted murder alongside nine Miljacka. ing he could not watch television and adding The defence admits the suspect's action but other counts in connection with the shoot- Locals in the Bosnian capital that he wanted a transfer. insists he was not part of an organized ter- ings. celebrated the opening of another bridge over the city's tiny Miljacka river on Wednesday. Hundreds came to the opening Romania Launches Digital ceremony on August 22 and stayed to try out the pedestrian bridge right away. The new bridge, named Festina Library For Metro Commuters Lente, connects Obala Maka Dizdara, more precisely the People who want to read while commuting can now download extracts from a 'digital library' in a Academy of Fine Arts, to Radiceva street, which runs to the main Bucharest metro station. Marshal Tito street. The bridge was designed by the book. three young artists, Amila “This is cool. I’m interested Hrustic, Bojan Kanlic and Adnan mainly in history and if I find Alagic, who are students of the By Marian Chiriac something interesting for sure I Fine Arts Academy while it was will read it,” Madalin financed by the municipality. Antonescu, 19, said, while on Construction of the pedestrian Romanian private compa- Piata Victoriei subway station in bridge cost around 1 million euro ny on Wednesday downtown Bucharest. with another 250,000 euro going on Alaunched the first digital The Digital Library's broader reconstruction of the Obala Maka library in an underground sta- aim is to encourage reading gen- tion station, with the aim of Dizdara walking area. erally, as most specialists are pes- encouraging more reading The mayor of Sarajevo's Center simistic about the future of read- among young people. municipality, Dzevad Becirevic, ing in Romania. The new project will be avail- said at the opening that bridges In recent years, the number of able for free until the end of were very important to the city, people enjoying literature has October. not only because they were practi- constantly fallen. The digital library contains 49 cally useful. The average number of books books and 10 audiobooks for “Bridges are not just objects. bought per inhabitant in downloading on tablets or on They are more than that. They are Romania is just one a year, while mobile phones in Romanian. pieces of art,” he said. “Sarajevo's in countries like Poland and Romanians do not read books at eracy campaigns and books were Once they are in the digital bridges are ornaments to the city Hungary the average is 8 to 10. all. available in large numbers at library, booklovers need only and they give it charm.” The average price of a book in Another 28 per cent read only cheap prices. scan the QR code of the book, Festina Lente Bridge is made of Romania is of 19 lei, or around "from time to time" while only 5 But over the past 20 years the which is one of the library’s steel, with a glass fence, and is 4.4 euro. per cent read "for at least an hour situation has changed radically, “shelves”, after which they will paved with aluminium plates. It is A recent study by the research a day," the survey showed. with television and Internet be directed to a website from 38 metres long and four to seven centre CURS showed that as During the Communist era, replacing reading as most peo- where they can download part of metres wide. many as 52 per cent of Romania invested heavily in lit- ple's daily habit. 10 August 31 - September 13, 2012 feature Whistleblower on UN Trafficking Eleven years after Kathy Bolkovac was fired for exposing UN involvement in human trafficking in Bosnia, she is still campaigning for private contrac- tors operating globally to be held accountable for their misdeeds.

Many colleagues from all over leadership, but soon realized officials in Bosnia at the time. tional press. the world had not arrived with that no one in the chain of com- “I also had evidence in my Prishtina Insight contacted any obvious skills. mand wanted to “touch these files of other reports that had Bolkovac through Domi, now a By Valerie Hopkins in “You look at the police from cases with a ten-foot pole.” been done, emails, a lot of professor at Columbia Sarajevo Africa or India, some of those Bolkovac then wrote an email incriminating evidence of files University in New York who people have never driven a car to senior UN and Dyncorp staff, that had been turned over, ongo- continues to research on the in their lives, and they are given openly discussing the problem. ing investigations, wires to the Balkans. he mass killings were over car keys and told ‘Here you go Shortly after, she began embassies, names of people. It The situation in Bosnia has in Bosnia in 1999 - but vio- boys,’ so the Americans and receiving veiled threats, such as was a big suitcase full of since improved and sex traffick- Tlence and crime were still some of the other contingents “Accidents happen frequently things.” ing is no longer a pressing endemic when US police officer were actually tasked with teach- Kathy Bolkovac joined the here” and her colleagues She says that the US embassy issue. ing the other members how to International Police Task Force, became worried for her safety. was aware of the situation, had But since its engagement in drive…it was really just ridicu- IPTF, tasked with reconstructing Dyncorp then terminated her read her reports and knew Bosnia, Dyncorp has won US lous,” she says. the country and training person- contract on the grounds that about her sacking. government contracts worth To make an impact, she began nel to establish the rule of law. she had falsified her timesheets. As Bolkovac tried to expose billions of dollars in Iraq and getting involved in human But when she uncovered wide- She left Bosnia, taking with her her former employers’ wrongdo- Afghanistan. rights investigations, and was scale human trafficking in her job, a hefty suitcase full of docu- ing, Dyncorp was being con- In 2003, Bolkovac won £170,000 assigned to Zenica, Bosnia’s she was fired for falsifying time ments describing what she had tracted to work for the UN in in a suit against Dyncorp for fifth largest town, an hour’s sheets. seen. Kosovo. wrongful dismissal, a pittance, drive north of Sarajevo. Her claims that young women “What I brought out from Her friend, Tanya Domi, then she says, and not even a slap on Although she was there to were being brought from Bosnia were case numbers, spokesperson at the OSCE the wrist for the company. teach local police how to deal Moldova, Romania and Ukraine names, synopses of reports that Mission to Bosnia, took some of Dyncorp planned to appeal with domestic violence cases, and sold for sex in brothels with I had turned over to [UN] inter- the files to the Sarajevo newspa- the decision but dropped the Bolkovac said 70 per cent of the the knowledge and sometimes nal affairs and Jacques Paul per Oslobodjenje in June 2001 appeal shortly after winning a cases she handled turned out to assistance of UN employees Klein himself,” Bolkovac said, and broke the story, which came contract from the US State involve human trafficking. were ignored and stifled. referring to one of the top UN out subsequently in interna- Department in May 2003 worth Police started bringing her One exception was Madeleine girls as young as 15 who had Rees, then the representative been trafficked and found in for the UN High Commissioner raids on local nightclubs. “They for Human Rights in Bosnia. didn’t know what to do with She has since told her story in them, so they brought them to a book the Whistleblower, which me,” Bolkovac recalls. was then turned into a film, She said women would starring Rachel Weisz. describe how they were treated Bolkovac felt drawn to Bosnia in bars by their employers and by family roots as her grandfa- clients. ther came from Croatia. She “One woman described her also felt a desire to help rebuild abuse in a bar where she was the shattered Balkan country as forced to dance naked. One of an employee of DynCorp, an the patrons was referred to as international contracting firm. ‘The Doctor,’ because his habit “In 1998 and 1999, Dyncorp was inserting Deutschmark was heavily recruiting police coins into girls’ vaginas as they officers and I decided to go danced,” she said. ahead and apply, thinking this would be a fantastic mission to As she investigated further, be a part of,” she told Prishtina she realized that some of her Insight. colleagues from DynCorp and “I’d never been to Europe, I the UN were not only aware of wanted to see what my roots what was going on but were were, and participate in what I active participants, either as thought was a dynamic and clients of prostitutes or as important democracy-building providers of protection for project.” smugglers. After a year in Zenica, Bolkovac said the first clue Bolkovac was rewarded for her that something was wrong came hard work and named head of before she even set foot in the UN Gender Affairs office in Bosnia. Sarajevo headquarters. At the training course in Fort That’s when she became the Worth, Texas, she said most of contact point for investigators her peers did not seem up to the across the country who had task, and they received minimal unearthed similar information preparation. implicating IPTF employees. “We basically had a five- But when she tried to raise minute psychological exam and the issue through her chain of a ten-minute physical assess- command said she was told to ment - a run downhill. It was stop. just a bunch of garbage that “The problem was that once anybody who wasn’t an active they started to do a proper alcoholic or drug addict could investigation and once an inter- pass. It was a really sad national element was indicated, process,” she said. the brakes were put on by the When she arrived in the capi- higher-ups and those papers tal, Sarajevo, although she were trashed,” she said. praises the work of some of her “The majority of cases at that colleagues, she adds: “It was time involved internationals,” kind of embarrassing because I she added, saying that “both realized that most of them were Dyncorp and UN employees there to do nothing more than were shutting down the investi- collect a paycheck. gations”. “They were more interested She said she would submit Y in what party they were going to information about internation- M go to or what party they were al employees to the dysfunction- C going to throw after they got off al UN internal affairs bureau, K duty that night.” which went for months without Rachel Weisz in the film The Whistleblower feature August 31 - September 13, 2012 11 in Bosnia Fights on

tens of millions of dollars. The suit he filed was settled Bolkovac now lives in The out of court after Bolkovac Netherlands after meeting her won her case and was sched- husband in Bosnia. Although uled to testify. she works full time for an inter- She says she hears from sev- national auction firm, she still eral people a year who have dedicates time to campaigning left Dyncorp or who were dis- against contractors like her for- missed after they came for- mer employer and to advocating ward to expose wrongdoing. for laws in the US that would She also says her former hold contractors to account as employer has been using new government employees for mis- countries to sign contracts in, conduct abroad. making it much harder for She speaks to students and whistleblowers to come for- non-governmental organiza- ward. tions all over the world and con- She said she was recently tacts the US State Department contacted by a woman whose and Congress. contract had been written in She wants them to include Dubai, for example, which was such contractors in the thus governed by the laws of Military Extraterritorial the United Arab Emirates. Jurisdiction Act and the Bolkovac tries to stay Human Trafficking in Persons abreast of what is happening Act, which currently only apply in the war crimes trials in The to US Defense Department Hague and spoke at the employees. International Criminal “There is all kinds of evi- Tribunal for the former dence in cases that have been Yugoslavia, ICTY, on brought out since I left Bosnia International Women’s Day in that Dyncorp and other contrac- March. tors have been doing the same Meanwhile, she says that the thing over and over again,” she recent push to include more says. women in UN peacekeeping Kathy Bolkovac as a Dyncorps contractor in Bosnia (right) in 1999 and today. She argues that although con- operations may not necessari- tractors may be necessary for The problem in Bosnia, she agency should be established boys danced for local police ly be the best way forward. construction and infrastruc- says, is that was that no one within the UN to conduct such personnel. “It doesn’t matter who the ture, they cannot replace wanted to prosecute. investigations. Bolkovac is also in communi- peacekeepers are, what we trained military personnel. “The UN refused to waive DynCorp meanwhile has cation with several other need are well-trained peace- Moreover, she notes that the immunity but also the UN issued a statement calling Dyncorp whistleblowers like keepers, gender shouldn’t US thinktank Project on could have prosecuted the per- “The Whistleblower” a work of Ben Johnston, who said he saw make a difference,” she says. Government Oversight has petrators themselves, but it fiction and maintaining that a sex ring of middle-aged men “I worked in a police station determined that contractors chose to send them to their the company’s new owners having sex with 12 to 15 year where the gender balance was are more expensive than mili- home countries, and even if have adopted a zero-tolerance old girls in Bosnia. similar to what is was in tary personnel. the home countries wanted to policy towards trafficking. He worked for the company Bosnia… I think it is a mistake Recent reports indicate that prosecute, it was too late. The However, the company was as an aircraft mechanic but that managers make, taking DynCorp receives more than 96 evidence was gone, victims named in cables released by was fired after he said he the easy way out…I say they per cent of its more than $3 were gone, documents lost, so WikiLeaks in December 2010, accused Dyncorp employees of have to try to recruit well- billion in annual revenues what’s the point?” which cited them as hosting having sex with minors and of trained people, not necessarily from the US government. She argues that a special parties at which young Afghan buying girls. women or men.” Serbia to Attend Non-Aligned Meeting in Iran Serbia's Foreign Minister will participate as an observer in the upcoming Non-Aligned summit in September in Teheran, officials said. the Non-Aligned Movement. against Serbia if it partici- "We should wait and see the pates in the Iran meeting. orientation of the new minis- According to Teheran, 100 ter, but as far as I see he will countries already confirmed By Prishtina Insight continue a policy in which the their presence at the meeting. Non-Aligned Movement is It is expected that Russian closer to us than the EU,” President Vladimir Putin will erbia's delegation will be led Stanojlovic said. be present, as well as Turkish by the Foreign Minister, Ivan Ban Ki Moon, Secretary President Abdullah Gul. SMrkic, but it is still uncertain whether President Tomislav General of the United The Non-Aligned Movement Nikolic will join the delegation. Nations, also announced his was founded after the Second Nikolic received an invitation in presence at the meeting, World War as a group of July from the special envoy of the where he aims "to express the states who declined to align Iranian President, Mahmoud concern of the international themselves with either the Ahmadinejad. community over Iran’s Soviet or the US-led blocs. As Seska Stanojlovic, a foreign nuclear programme, about of 2012, the movement had 120 affairs experts, says attending terrorism and the crisis in members and 21 observer the meeting in Teheran marks Syria”. countries. a continuation of the foreign “If the UN Secretary The organization was found- policy of the previous minis- General confirmed his pres- ed in Belgrade in 1961, and ter, Vuk Jeremic, which cen- ence at the meeting, it is also was largely the brainchild of tred on blocking international important for Serbia to be Yugoslavia's president, Josip recognition of the independ- present. But it should be also Broz Tito, India's first prime ence of the former province of seen if the European Union minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Kosovo. will be present,” Ognjen Egypt's second president, “To stop further the recog- Pribicevic, a political analyst, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghana's nition of Kosovo, Jermic said. first president Kwame renewed the relationship that However, he also believes Nkrumah and Indonesia's former Yugoslavia had with that Brussels will not hold it first president,Sukarno. Iranian President Ahmadinejad has invited Serbia to September’s Non-Alliance Meeting 12 August 31 - September 13, 2012 feature Elite Prostitutes Reap Rewards She just turned 30. She is pretty, well-groomed and well paid. Nothing about her fits the image of a typical prostitute pushed into the streets by poverty to sell her body for peanuts. B.V. may not be a typical exam- social and intellectual status of ple of a prostitute in the Balkans sexual workers. It is only natural By Sase Dimovski in but she is representative of a new that more valuable 'goods' are far Skopje, Elvira Jukic in phenomenon – elite prostitution. less abused, they are protected, Sarajevo, Milena Organised in five-star hotels in cared for and provided with com- Milosevic in Podgorica, Skopje, exclusive summer resorts fort.” Evelin Pesevszki in in Greece, on yachts in Subotica and Barbara Montenegro and in pricey Elite women and select Matejcic in Zagreb Sarajevo apartments. clientele Hunger for perfumes, designer clothing and expensive summer The Bosnia and Herzegovina he is neither a Moldavian nor resorts are the guiding stars of Federal Police Administration a Ukrainian whose personal elite prostitutes which include a says it hasn't dealt with a case of Sdocuments were seized by growing number of men. prostitution of a woman who is human traffickers, forcing her Connections with businessmen into prostitution in some night- not a Bosnian citizen for years. and politicians are a guarantee club in the Balkans - as was often Until about ten years ago that the police won’t come knock- the case in the nineties. Moldavian, Ukrainian and ing on their door. She lives in a Vojvodina town in Romanian women were extremely Members of the police - if not the north. Her parents are not popular in these parts and most corrupt or pimping - are more divorced or poor. She receives had procurers. interested in filing misdemeanour clients in a luxurious apartment Procurers still exist, but they charges against street prostitutes, in the town centre. no longer do their job outdoors in many of whom are minors. “Most of them are regular the sea of nightclubs that have BIRN research in Macedonia, clients. Prices are much higher mostly been shut down. Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro than those of street prostitutes, Prostitution now happens in shows the slumped economy has users of my services are mainly apartments for a select clientele. driven many girls and single moth- businessmen, sometimes even for- Police claim it is difficult to arrest ers onto city streets, cheap motels eigners,” B.V. says. people suspected of organising or or motorways to await tourists. “One such meeting with me engaging in prostitution because They charge from 10 to 50 euro costs 500 euro, half of which I give it is disguised and hard to prove. per hour, and sometime as little as to an acquaintance of mine who Although some places are five euro as in Macedonia. This helps me set up the meetings. The known for street prostitution ¬ army of oppressed women con- client comes to the place where I like the Lasva loop near Zenica trolled by pimps are often physi- provide my services solely based and the Stup loop in Sarajevo - cally abused. on a recommendation and is previ- Belma Lepir-Cviko of the PROI No so B.V. “I know I’m in a much ously carefully checked.” Association where sex workers better position than the street She has never wanted children, get medical assistance and coun- prostitutes. They work under is not interested in marriage. She selling says prostitution is rife in incredibly bad circumstances and believes that this business will massage parlours or private they are constantly exposed to all make her enough money for a com- apartments where the girls work kinds of danger. No one has ever Elite prostitution, not streetwalking, is growing in the Balkans fortable old age. on call. tried to hurt me nor has any client “If I could turn back the time I “Elite ladies in Sarajevo make ever insulted me.” she says. exchange for some luxury, for a profiles, even members of the wouldn’t pick a different kind of 100 euro per hour, up to 500 euro Dr. Zlatko Nikolic, an associate night out on the town, smart state leadership, quite a lot of life. I’m not dumb. I began studies per night,” Lepir-Cviko says. of the Belgrade Institute of clothes, perfumes.” politicians. We get information of and I could have finished them but “There is a large number of Criminological and Sociological Lepir-Cviko says clientele of this kind from our girls,” Lepir- with an average occupation I girls, so-called gold-diggers. We Research says: “The most impor- escort agencies are usually upper Cviko claims. would never have been able to earn can freely label this elite prostitu- tant difference between street and class people, often politicians. “These are mostly young ladies, this kind of money,” she says. tion. They do exactly this in elite prostitution stems from the “There are people of different even students, looking for a good Kosovo Opposition Urge Campaign Against Privatisation Plans The Vetevendosje Movement on Monday urged people to mobilise against the government's planned sale of 75 per cent of its shares in the Post-Telecom company, PTK, and Trepca mines we can stop the robbery that is Sofrecom (part of France being hidden behind the name of Telecom). privatization,” Dardan Sejdiu, On Saturday, activists put up By Fatmir Aliu from the movement, said in hundreds of posters in the capital Prishtina. Prishtina, allegedly issued by the The government is planning to Kosovo Police, calling on officers sell 75 per cent of the shares it to arrest Prime Minister Hashim osovo's opposition Self- holds in the Post and Thaci, his deputy Mimoza Kusari- Determination movement Khas urged people to Telecommunications of Kosovo, Lila and the Minister of mobilise against the planned sale four years after it made the Economical Development, Besim of the Post and Telecom Company announcement public. Beqaj. and the Trepca mines. Five companies have prequali- Police later arrested three sus- Vetevendosje says that the pri- fied for the race: Albright Capital pects, believed to be activists of vatisation of the two state-owned Management LLC, in cooperation the Self-Determination Movement, firms, planned for this September, with Portugal Telecom; Columbia for falsifying “the arrest warrant” is designed only to fill the pockets Capital in consortium with ACP since the poster had the logo of the of the government officials, Axos Capital Gmbh, which cooper- Kosovo Police. The messages read that the The vice-president of instead of generating new jobs ate with British Telecom – Poland; On Sunday, media reported that activists of Self-Determination Vetevendosje, Visar Ymeri, on and welfare for citizens. M1 International Limited; senior ministers, including the will use all means to stop the pri- Monday said that instead of priva- “If citizens mobilize and if Turkcell and; Twelve Hornbeams Prime Minister, received hundreds vatisation of state assets by going tizing the Post-Telecom, ministers unions, the opposition, civil socie- in consortium with Avicenna of SMS messages calling them not out on the streets “together with should start selling their own pri- ty and the media join forces, then... Capital LLC, which cooperate with to privatise the Post-Telecom firm. our families”. vate property. feature August 31 - September 13, 2012 13

“One such meeting with me costs 500 euro, half of which I give to an acquaintance of mine who helps me set up the meetings. The client Report Corruption comes to the place where I provide my services solely based on a recommendation and is previously carefully checked.” nightlife, luxury and glamour, while single mothers and women in difficult situations do this dis- creetly because they have chil- dren.” Coordinator of the Belgrade Counselling Against Family Violence, Vesna Stanojevic says it is unbelievable how many women in Belgrade are prostitutes Porto Montengro is attracting big yachts, but also high-class hookers, it is claimed despite having technical school diplomas, university degrees, yachts arouse suspicion that a a centre for female sexual work- from 500 to 1000 euro per night, A BIRN journalist from Zagreb speaking foreign languages and sophisticated kind of prostitu- ers, there were several hundred or two thousand euro for a week- a year ago researched male pros- sometimes with other work. They tion is behind the trend. prostitutes in Montenegro last end in Greece. titution by posting an ad on two mainly received their clients in Porto Montenegro, a new December. For example, Dragan, a foot- web sites in Croatia. In two days luxury hotel rooms or in rented marina for mega yachts which Half of them from Montenegro ball player from Macedonia, holi- 50 men offered her sexual servic- apartments, she said. opened in Tivat last year, with were Roma women. The remain- daying in his country, wanted to es, and new offers continued for She blames Serbia's disastrous affordable mooring prices, has der were mostly from countries spend a weekend with a famous weeks. financial situation for this phe- not only become an attraction in the region – Serbia, Bosnia Macedonian TV presenter. The offers included lists of nomenon: “Let’s be objective for foreign millionaires but also and Herzegovina and Albania. “I got her phone number, we rates, photos, physical descrip- here: how can she support herself, for beauties in search of deep Their number and their profile made a deal and went to tions, phone numbers and her child or children if she is a pockets. drastically changes in summer- Thessaloniki for a weekend. I detailed descriptions of the serv- single mother with an average Local media and public specu- time. gave her two thousand euro, ices. monthly salary of 30 to 40 thou- late that the girls are often Non-governmental organisa- which is how much she asked for, This business included stu- sand dinars? If a person has the engaged through certain fashion tions in Macedonia assess that I paid the travel and accommoda- dents from small cities and stomach for it they will seize agencies charging about 500 there are about three thousand tion expenses and I got her a per- towns, married men, both every chance and opportunity Euro for their services. prostitutes in the country, half of fume in the free shop at the bor- employed and unemployed peo- they get to make some extra It has been claimed that this whom work in Skopje, while hun- der,” Dragan says. ple, and tour guides. money.” form of prostitution takes place dreds of them are minors. One of 10 men who agreed to But she also believes some on yachts anchored in Porto At night they congregate in The Balkan gigolo an interview, “Mario”, began his women sell their bodies for per- Montenegro, in the Budva mari- the city centre near the state tel- gigolo career in 2007 after being fumes and expensive clothing na or in private booths of the evision building, offering their Male prostitution, rarely spo- left money by a Slovene woman rather than survival and blames a popular Top Hill Budva disco services for 15 to 50 euro, and ken about in Balkans traditional he had spent two days with, “deformed” and moral free club. sometimes five. society, is growing and increas- instead of a farewell note. He was Serbian society. A student from Serbia said she Police raids usually target ingly expensive - services that surprised but not insulted and Almost 2,500 Belgrade men and made 25,000 euro in the five days them, but they avoid five-star usually hide behind escort agen- began his second job. His live in women are prostitutes according she spent on a yacht owned by a hotels and the VIP parties organ- cies’ Internet offers. girlfriend knows nothing of his to unofficial data. Half of them Russian during evidence at a ised by businessmen where sexu- “It’s not just the women who regular clients. ply their services on the streets trial last year of a group al services are contracted at are in this business. It seems to In Croatia non-governmental and the remainder find clients in charged with procurement of much higher prices with celebri- me that the trend now is for men organisations estimate that the clubs or through ads. Between prostitutions, human trafficking ties. to do this as well. Regardless of sex industry has an annual five and 10,000 are believed to and criminal enterprise. Most of BIRN sources from several whether they are offered as turnover of about 40 million work in Serbia. the girls were from Serbia. five-star hotels in Skopje claim to escort services for rich women or euro. The Podgorica police depart- have lists of elite prostitutes men, they are very popular,” a But men aren’t the ones bring- “Invisible” yachting prosti- ment still maintains that there is ready for their clients. Names Skopje source says. ing in the money. In spite of male tution no elite prostitution, so we can are secret, but sources say that In Croatia a gigolo's services prostitution increasing, police only speculate about its extent. they are sometimes famous mod- cost 200 euro per hour, or 1,000 estimates show that 99 per cent of Images of scantily dressed According to Juventas, a non- els or television presenters. euro per day. Half of the money sexual workers in the Balkans girls on the decks of expensive governmental organisation with The elite ladies’ prices range goes to the agency. are still women. ICTY: Haradinaj’s Verdict Due in November The Hague Tribunal, ICTY, is expected to deliver its final verdict in the retrial of the former KLA commander, Ramush Haradinaj, in November. dered by November 2012,” the were returned to the ICTY for a ICTY’s press office told Prishtina partial retrial after the prosecu- Insight. tion convinced an appeals judge The former Kosovo Liberation that it had not been given suffi- By Fatmir Aliu Army, KLA, commander for the cient time to hear the evidence Dukagjini zone, Haradinaj has from two key witnesses. been released provisionally in The trio in the case, known as he Hague Tribunal charged mid-July pending the final ver- Haradinaj et al, were previously Haradinaj, who briefly Tserved as prime minister of dict in his retrial at the Hague indicted on charges related to Kosovo, and his two KLA com- Tribunal, after the court fin- the murder, kidnap, torture and rades, Lahi Brahimaj and Idriz ished hearings in Haradinaj et rape of Serbs, Roma and Balaj, in 2005 with participating al, case on June 27. Albanians between March and in a joint criminal enterprise, In 2008, Haradinaj and Balaj September 1998. the purpose of which was to take were acquitted of all charges of Haradinaj, 43, was indicted in control of Kosovo, and with war crimes and crimes against 2004 while serving as Kosovo’s inhumane acts against Serb humanity following a three-year Prime Minister and voluntarily civilians in the Jablanica deten- trial at the ICTY. Brahimaj was surrendered to the Tribunal. The tion camp. sentenced to six years of impris- leader of the Alliance for the Y “The exact date of the judg- onment for cruel treatment and Future of Kosovo, AAK, enjoys M ment has not been announced yet torture. widespread political support in C but...it was expected to be ren- Haradinaj, Brahimaj and Balaj Kosovo. A verdict on the Ramush Haradinaj case at the ICTY is expected soon K 14 August 31 - September 13, 2012 travel Albania’s Last Stone Villages Still Await New Lease of Life Two projects financed by the World Bank aim to preserve the vernacular architecture of the villages of Albania’s Rivera - though locals doubt that such projects can rebuild a long-lost sense of community. remain. Most of those who roof repair works and preserva- remained after the war, or were tion of the facades. relocated to the village during the “Organically integrated in the By Besar Likmeta Communist era, migrated to landscape, the traditional villages neighbouring Greece after the fall of the region form a unique the Enver Hoxha’s Stalinist expression of vernacular archi- he village of Vuno was built regime in search of work. tecture, distinctive for their loca- in the form of an amphithe- Ironically, because of the scars tions and the use of local building Tater on the slopes of the that war, migration and politics materials,” the project’s presenta- Cika Mountain on the highway left on Vuno as a community, a tion says. that connects Dhermi with the good part of its vernacular archi- “The visual features of these town of Himara, standing as a nat- tectural legacy remains intact, as villages are an essential part of ural belvedere on hills filled with little has been built in the village the attractive landscape of the olive groves overlooking the for decades. area, but they are in danger of Ionian Sea. Similar stone houses are also being ruined if local building tra- Set up 176 meters above sea level found in the villages of Dhermi, ditions and materials are aban- the village is a collection of stone Qeparo, Piqeras, Ilias and the old doned in favor of universal styles houses, and narrow cobble stone part of the town of Himara. and modern construction materi- streets that resemble a labyrinth Now two projects from Albania’s als,” it warns. on the slope of the mountain. Ministry of Public Works, Not all the houses in Vuno The cobblestoned alleys extend financed by the World Bank, aim remain as they once were. Some under crafty stone vaults that con- to invest in reconstructing these houses have been rebuilt using The village of Vuno is a labyrinth of coble stone streets | Photo by Besar Likmeta nect the two or three-storey hous- houses in order to preserve their modern construction materials, es, which the 19th century British architectural legacy and trans- which are far cheaper to use than Mirdita. individual act but a communal poet and traveler Edward Lear form a part of them into Bed & the traditional stonework used to Imprisoned in 1972 for treason endeavor that involved everyone described as having the “feeling of Breakfasts, which would give an erect them. after he tried to escape to Greece, in the village, who would help Venetian palazzi” authentic feel to the local tourism Viro Andoni, whose family has he was released in 1987 and with anything from putting in The houses in the village are sector. had its roots in Vuno for hundreds returned home to start a family. free labour to transporting con- nearly 200 years old, with some The Roofs and Façades project of years, says that if he could Andoni, who lost a leg due to his struction materials. dating back to 1783. is expected to finance part of the afford to, he would have renovated backbreaking work in the Spac “One day you work in your Arqile Varfi, the local postman exterior construction cost of 75 his house in the old way, but could copper mines, says it pains him to home and the next day on the until a few months ago, before the houses, while 25 others will also not master it alone. see his village crumbling away. house of your neighbour,” office closed, says legends hold be renovated internally through “If I’d received help from the “This village has the best infra- Andoni said, adding that “what that the village was built after the the Bed& Breakfast project. state I would have rebuilt using structure on the [southern] coast, pains him most is that this sense death of Albania’s national hero Specialized architectural firms stone work,” says the 63-year-old, but it’s deteriorating because no of community has been lost forev- Skenderbeg, who fought the invad- contracted by the Ministry of who spent 15 years as a political one is left to maintain it,” he er.” ing Ottomans Turks in the 15th Public Works will draw up the prisoner in the notorious Spac laments. This article is funded under the century and remains the pillar of projects, in order to assist in the prison in the northern region of He recalls that in the olden BICCED project, supported by the the country’s national mythology. days, building a house was not an Swiss Cultural Programme. Varfi, whose family moved to Vuno in the early Sixties, during Albania’s own version of the Maoist Cultural Revolution, takes pride in underlining that from the early 20th century the village had an intricate sewer system that is still used to this day. “The village was built through communal work often organized with extended families and only the master masons got paid,” he says. Vuno’s houses of thick stone walls and tall windows are some of the finest examples of the vernac- ular style of the villages of the Albanian Riviera. Burned by the Nazi occupying forces during World War Two, good parts of the houses in the vil- lage lie abandoned and have not been occupied for more than a half-century. Because most of village’s youth fought with the Partisan resist- ance, when the war ended they were schooled in the Eastern bloc and the village produced a large number of writers, poets, journal- ists and high level Communist bureaucrats, who relocated and Y did not return to their homes. M Varfi recalls that before the war the village had more than 2,000 C souls, but now less than 200 K Most of Vuno's houses lay abandoned awaiting restoration | Photo by Besar Likmeta culture August 31 - September 13, 2012 15 Serbia’s ‘Rebuilt’ Library Needs Makeover Already Fate of landmark book collection hangs in balance after botched reconstruction failed to address key problems of storage and environmental conditions. funding for new compact book- was sacked. shelves, which could double the His offence was to have publicly library's capacity for coming supported a Montenegrin writer, years. Andrej Nikolaidis, accused of By Nemanja Cabric The National library of Serbia insulting senior Serbian state receives each year about 20,000 officials by claiming that they run mandatory copies of books from hegemonistic politics towards econstruction work on publishers, which then need to be Montenegro. Serbia’s National Library, stored in the underground ware- After historian Dejan Ristic Rwhich lasted for four years, houses. was named acting manager, the finished a year ago at a cost of 4.3 fact that had been previously hid- million euro. den from the public - that only But not everyone is impressed Space runs out: 6,000 square metres (one quarter with the results – mainly because The National Library was built of the library) had been recon- only part of the library, the area in 1973, when it was assessed that structed – emerged into the spot- Serbia’s national library used mostly for users – has actual- its underground storage capacity light. ly been renovated. She said that the ventilation scripts,” Ristic said. would last for the next 30 or 40 The rest of the Serbia's largest system in some places pumped He believes that the library will years. and oldest national institution Old books in danger: grime back into the building, so collect enough money to buy at Even then its equipment was remains untouched, looking much that the staff had to move some least a part of the new equipment not a technical wonder for the Today the space for storing new as it did 40 years ago, when the valuable manuscripts, such as they need. time, though it served its purpose. books is fast running out and the building was erected. those by Vuk Karadzic and Laza Problems with insufficient stor- equipment for preserving the “We have around 80 kilometres Meanwhile more than 6 million Lazarevic, to the middle of the age space emerged in 2005 when existing collection is outdated. of bookshelves and one set of books, newspapers, and other room to prevent damage. the plan was to solve the problem Employees have to improvise to compact shelves, about 500 metres publications, tightly packed on Milisav Vulovic, in charge of by writing off some books. keep moisture and temperature long, costs about 25-30,000 euro, some 80 kilometres of shelves in security and technical tasks, said underground storage areas, However, in a badly managed levels acceptable in the storage the storage area needed to be and we need about 160 of them,” remain in poor conditions, with procedure, some 15,000 books areas, with no real control over divided into smaller, fire-protect- Ristic explained. no space left for new additions. ended up in a trash container in conditions. ed sectors. New compact shelves would front of the library, among which Because of this, parameters in There is neither acclimatisa- “We’ve received this suggestion increase the library’s storage were valuable tomes that once the storage areas vary vastly, tion nor equipment to measure from the police,” he noted, adding space by about 50 per cent, and belonged to the royal library. endangering the collection. and regulate moisture, and the that the installation of a modern buy up to 10 or even 20 years’ When the authorities then allo- The head of the library’s pro- ventilation and acclimatization fire-protection system is outdat- extra storage time. ed, posing further dangers to the cated 4.3 million euro to recon- tection and conservation depart- system was equally urgent. However, Ristic accepts that collection. struct the library, expansion of ment, Zeljko Mladicevic, says that “However, this would mean Experts says it is unlikely that storage capacity was somehow only a crude ventilation system is moving out all of the books, this is only a temporary solution. the state will come up with any left off the library's must-do list. in use in the underground stor- which would pose huge prob- “A possible permanent solution more money to finance perma- Instead, the money went on age. lems,” Vulovic said. would be to build new external nent solutions to the problems, reconstructing the infrastructure “But that is not enough,” said The most endangered items of warehouses, but those are expen- which would involve complete of the reading room, including Mladicevic. “We need a constant national heritage are stored in the sive, so cannot even consider this buying costly chairs and carpets. temperature of 16 to 18 degrees reconstruction of the vault and vault, which is home to 12,000 idea in the current crisis,” he said. new underground storage areas Work also lasted four years, celsius, especially for rare books books defined as cultural heritage instead of the planned nine and old manuscripts.” as well as new external warehous- and protected by law and 300 man- Wrong priorities: es. months. When the reconstruction Olivera Stefanovic, head of the uscripts. Because of this, the library has finished last year, the library was special funds department, said Atmospheric conditions in this Former manager Sreten Ugricic set up its own foundation to raise officially reopened, billed as a she felt ashamed because of the part of the library are regulated funds from donors and sponsors. modern cultural institution. state of the storage areas. solely by the equipment used to denies responsibility for the cur- Their goal is to at least obtain In the meantime, last year, the “Our storage is the worst place preserve the “Miroslavljevo rent woes of the library, although library manager, Sreten Ugicic, in the library,” she said. jevandjelje” - Miroslav's Gospel - he participated in drafting the one of the oldest surviving docu- reconstruction project. ments in Old Church Slavonic, “Ask the employees why no one listed on UNESCO’s Memory of insisted that storage became a the World Register. part of the project; I don’t work The head of the department for there anymore,” Ugricic said. old manuscripts, Tatjana Subotin Employees say one problem was Golubovic, said the conditions on that the reconstruction priorities the vault are highly unsatisfacto- ry. were wrongly set. “The equipment that preserves Experts from the library the Miroslavljevo jevandjelje weren’t consulted, according to keeps the parameters constant in the head of the department for one corner of the vault but only a development of the library sys- single meter away the conditions tem, Vladimir Sekularac. vary from Sahara desert to tropi- The decision to focus on recon- cal jungle, depending on the out- structing the users’ area was side conditions,” she said. made without them, he added. Foundation may help: “The board of the library has the jurisdiction over decisions. The staff mostly agree with the We can suggest and give advice, manager that the best solution for but it’s up to them what the prior- the library’s many problems is ities are,” Sekularac continued. new compact shelves, as well as Meanwhile, Serbia’s national obtaining state and other funds book heritage seeks a permanent for new equipment. solution. Acting manager Dejan Ristic Asked for worst possible out- recalls that the library has estab- come, Tatjana Subotin Golubovic lished a foundation since June to replies succinctly: “If these attract sponsors and donors. “We’ve already secured two unique items get destroyed, that's donations, from a commercial it, that is the end.” Y bank and the US embassy, from This article is funded under the M which we will get the equipment BICCED project, supported by the C Serbia’s new national library already needs renovation work - despite reopening in late 2011 to conserve and restore old manu- Swiss Cultural Programme. K 16 August 31 - September 13, 2012 Prishtina Insight

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A taste of Napoli in Prishtina. Hotel Prishtina Prishtina Insight has After ten years of Hotel Prishtina’s teamed up with these making pizza in 43 charming guest excellent venues to Napoli, and with rooms and suites are only love to blame, reminiscent of a offer a limited num- Fatmir, the head small hotel in the chef, returned to European tradition. ber of complimentary Prishtina. His piz- You'll immediately copies of Kosovo’s zas, made in a feel at home in our woodburn stove, living room, sipping a only English-lan- are definitely gen- glass of wine in our guage newspaper. uine napolitanas. fine restaurant sur- Fatmir also has sev- rounded by a gallery Grab a copy of the eral delicious pas- of paintings by local publication and settle tas on offer, a true artists. joy for the taste The hotel offers free, down with a drink or buds. Napoli has an excellent selection of red and white wines or, for fast wifi internet, com- a meal to read it. the more ambitious, one of the region's best quince raki. Napoli plimentary breakfast, makes for delicious lunch, dinner or even after-theatre time out in the conference room, centre of Prishtina. swimming pool, sauna and laundry service. Pizzeria Napoli Hotel Prishtina, off Luan Haradinaj, opposite Newborn St. Vaso Pasha nr. 20 044/409-402402 +381 38 / 22 32 84

Hotel AFA Te Komiteti Located in a quiet neighbourhood just Te Komiteti’s large trees and a beauti- outside the city centre, Hotel Afa can fully garden, which surround the small guarantee guests a peaceful night while outdoor terrace, give you an impression being within walking distance of all the of an exclusive place for ordinary peo- action. The venue has won a host of ple. And this is exactly what it is. From awards for its excellent service to cus- brunch to lunch-time snacks and special tomers and offers a good range of facili- evening meals, this restaurant offers ties, from an exclusive restaurant and dishes comprising quality, varied ingredi- VIP bar to pretty, tranquil gardens. ents, combined to perfection. Alongside Rooms start at 45 euro for a single, and one of Prishtina’s best ‘modern luxury rooms and apartments are avail- European’ style menus, you’ll also find a able. The hotel’s rooms are well appoint- good selection of wine, and great san- ed and comfortable. gria and cocktails . 15, Rr Ali Kelmendi, Te Komiteti Sunny Hill, Prishtina Qamil Hoxha Street +381 38/225 226 Prishtina www. hotelafa. com +381 38 24 96 63

Restorant Brasserie Lura Paddy O’Brien’s Papillon Bistro Bar At 450-metres squared Restaurant Lura is as spacious as The staff at This newly reopened bar in Prishtina, you get in Prishtina. It’s also surrounded by the towering Paddy O’Brien’s Papillon, offers more than 60 types of wines trees of Germia and offers a pleasant garden where, in the have a saying: “It’s from France, Italy, Spain, and Kosovo with summer, this eatery prepares food al fresco. It’s large meet- easy to walk in, but great prices and delicious dishes. ing room is also ideal for that private lunch or dinner. very hard to leave.” They serve pasta, sandwiches, salads and The combined style of classical and modern interior And with its different appetizers. leaves you with an impression of refined taste. warm atmosphere, You can also try different types of local or The newly opened restaurant is already famous for its fantastic range of international beers. Mediterranean specialties, exquisite seafood and fine drinks and excel- The bar, with it’s stunning new design, is selections of Italian, French and local wines. But that’s not lent food, it is easy located in the centre of Prishtina, near all, for music lovers, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to see why. ProCredit Bank headquarter, RTK radio night dinners are accompanied by jazz, whereas on There have been centre, and the Mother Teresa cathedral. Saturdays local patriots can enjoy live traditional many attempts to Albanian music. establish a proper Papillon Lura Restaurant Irish pub in Mother Teresa Str. Nr. 51 A Str. Nazmi Gaffuri • 10 000 Prishtina • +381 (0)38 763 763 ; Prishtina, but this [email protected] +386 (0)49 763 763 • www.lurarestaurant.com is the only one to 044 103 310 [email protected] hit the spot. From classic coffees to cocktails, via, of course, Guinness, you really wont find it difficult to select the perfect drink. A mouth-watering menu of Irish specialties is also on offer, spanning from all-day breakfasts to Irish stews at night. Options include shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, fish ‘n chips, and whopping great burgers. Thursday is pub quiz night, but there is always something going on at the pub, whether it is sport screenings or just a good shindig. Paddy O’Brien’s Y Tringe Smajli Street, by the Illyria Hotel M Prishtina: 045-420900 C K By Shengjyl Osmani August 31 - September 13, 2012 17 in Prishtina Timeout Contact Prishtina Insight if you would like your event to feature or to advertise your venue. Email [email protected]

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The film will be screened everyday at 11am and 2pm. Kino ABC is continuing to screen this movie. The beloved trio - of world cinema to Prishtina and to Meni, Diego and Music Festival PriFilm Fest promote the best of Kosovar film to an Sid – experience international audience. For more the greatest ‘Bunker Fest Tirana’ Prishtina International Film information, see the next edition of adventure of Festival will kick off a new year of Prishtina Insight. their life. On great films from September 24 to their way they 8-9 September 2012 September 29. It seeks to bring the best meet exotic sea creatures and face a new world. Exhibition of painter This festival will take place in the Starring: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Albanian capital city – Tirana. Buses Leary, Alan Tudyk, Wanda Sykes, Jeremy Renner, will leave Prishtina on Saturday, at Altin Etemi Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifa etc. 10am from Youth Sport Center and we The opening ceremony will be held will be back on Sunday at 2pm. Tickets on September 3, at 7pm, at the Gallery are on sale at Gegë bar, costing 30 euro of the Ministry of Culture, “Qafa” per person. It includes the transport complex, Prishtina. The exhibition from Prishtina to Tirana and one will be open until September 15, 2012. Total Recall night in a hostel. The performers for Saturday: Everyday at Ansambli i Tiranes, Papa Marriti, Blla Red Hot Chili Pepper 10.30pm Blla Blla, Jericho, Alien155, Undo&Redo, DJ Nino, Dj Inspektra, Total Recall is a Iron Van der Maiden, Dj Indripendent – Concert in 2012 American FX, Roots Raid. science fiction Bulgaria, Sofia action film remake of the 9/11 Dedication What better reason to visit 1990 film of the Bulgaria’s capital than to see one of same name, in Festival the world’s best bands? Saturday, turn loosely based September 1, 2012, venue Georgi on the 1966 short The film festival that commemo- Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia story "We Can rates the 9/11 attacks takes place arou- Remember It for und September 11 at Prishtina’s You Wholesale" by National Theatre. It features short Comedy festival Philip K. Dick. films (5-30 minutes) by locals directors, Unlike the origi- all with English subtitles. For more ‘Komedia Fest’ – nal film and short information contact at +381 38 50 07 23, story, the plot does not include a trip to Mars and [email protected] Gjakova September 17 to 23, 2012 exhibits more political overtones. The film blends The festival will be include music, Western and Eastern influences, most notably in performances and exhibitions. the settings and dominant populations of the two nation states in the story: the United Federation of Britain, and the Colony. Oda Theatre Prishtina Diary

On Thursday, September 6 - the film premiere Every Tuesday at 8 pm Sokoli e Mirusha – Tre Gjermanët e Trashë II “The Watch” (Three Fat Germans II) Monday, September 3, at Kino ABC They are back, not in Kosovo but in the north 2012 Live Music with Fatos will be screened. of the country. Not as UNMIK but as the EU. Hoxha dhe Vedat Maxhuni During the play you will understand “What Zone Club – Next level Four friends, did Brigel say when he asked for a drink?”, “Why once a week, Hans didn’t let him drink Mojito?”, “How did presents its Sixth anniver- organise a meet- Gani experience his 21 snow?”, “Is Vukashin sary. Thursday, September 6 ing to escape the really Ukshin?”, “How does Hekuran cooked 2012, 10pm, and Friday, city life. They eggs in the middle of the North Pole?” September 7, 2012, 5pm. randomly real- Author: Lirak Celaj; Producer: Florent ize that their Merhmeti; Cast: Naser Rafuna, Adrian Morina, Kushtrim Sheremeti, Lirak Celaj, city is in danger Fisnik Ademi, Ard Islami, Arta Selmi, Florent Mehmeti of being invaded Paddy O’Brien’s Irish by aliens, who If It Was a Play - Every Thursday 8pm Pub – look like ordi- The play is based on the drama by Almir Imshireviq. Director: Agon Myftari. nary citizens. Every Thursday at 7.30pm They decide to During the war time, on bus number 4 in Prishtina, near Hotel Union there was there is Paddy’s Pub save their city a 26 year-old guy wearing jeans and a black T-shirt. Sniper bullets break the win- and the entire dow and shoot the youngster in the neck. A lady who was next to him starts to Trivia/Quiz Night – Info: world from scream. When she sees the blood in her shirt she faints. 038 221 070 & 038 221 077 or extinction. Starring: Rebeka Qena, Adrian Morina, Armend Ismajli, Besnik Krapi. write to Y [email protected] For any further questions or reservations call at 038 243 For more information call +381 (0)38 246 555 or write M 238 or visit them at www.kinoabc.com [email protected]. C K 18 August 31 - September 13, 2012 community focus Albania’s Greens Rediscover Joy of Voluntering A small group of activists using social networks is reviving a long-lost enthusiasm for voluntarism to tackle the growing environmental crisis on Albania’s once idyllic coast. Albania has still a negative conno- tation, because during the Communist era it was associated By Besar Likmeta with the forced labour used to build infrastructure in the coun- try, from bridges, railroads and odon is a rocky cape on factories to tunnels, prisons and Albania’s Adriatic coast bunkers. Rnorth of the city of Durres However, two decades after the that sinks like a dagger into the regime collapsed, and with the sea, dividing the Lazit bay to the south from the bay of Rodon to the growing impact of the consumer north. society on the environment, a new On the northern slope of the generation of Albanians is taking cape sits the Franciscan church of action, finding a new sense of Saint Anthony, revered by local community while discovering that pilgrims for its powers of fertility, change is possible. while on its stern lie the remains According to a study from the of a medieval fort built by United Nations Development Albania’s national hero, Program in 2009, a good portion of Skanderbeg. young people in Albania remain Rubbish being collected during the clean-up operation burdened by the stereotypes that During the Communist regime from the rivers, which collect synonymous with Albania’s as she could from the shores. volunteer activities had in the of the dictator Enver Hoxha, the urban waste from the regions of underground art-scene. “It’s an empowering feeling and past and remain hesitant to cape was declared a military area Mat and Tirana and flow them Klajdi Kruja, one the founders of all of us who have come here have and a small pier, several tunnels engage. downstream,” Brahaj explained. Tirana Express, says that few peo- discovered a spirit of solidarity and pillbox bunkers were added to In a survey conducted for the “All of this waste is then ple in Albania understand the dan- that we should hold on to,” she guard against a Western invasion study, called Voluntarism in washed in by the tide and both gers of plastic, considering that said. that Albanians were often told Albania, 69 per cent of respon- shores of the cape are dotted by the older generations grew up in a “Being part of a community was eminent. dents mentioned among various plastic or even clinical waste that society where there were no con- that shares the same ideals and The attack never came. Instead, reasons for being embarrassed is very dangerous,” she added. sumer goods and most things were mindset is beautiful,” Laci added. two decades after the fall of the when approaching the subject of Brahaj said that the idea to set not packaged as they are today. Brahaj notes that voluntarism is regime, the cape has been invaded being a volunteer. up the clean-up camp came after a “Albania has 360 kilometres of a process in which you cannot pull by piles of trash washed ashore by The survey found that impeding series of reports on its waste prob- coast and today in six hours we people along by their sleeves; the rivers Mat and Ishem. factors that prevented them from lem were sent to her institute cleaned a kilometre of it, suddenly rather, it requires critical thinking The Albanian army has long volunteering include lack of infor- through a project that uses social realizing that despite all this plas- and sensitization - for which the abandoned the cape. However, last mation on volunteer opportuni- media and crowd sourcing to col- tic horror there is a solution,” social media can be very helpful. weekend, a group calling itself the ties and a lack of organization of lect citizens’ reports on coastal Kruja said. “If the social media was used in Cape Guards returned to reclaim suitable volunteer activities. pollution during the tourist sea- “Although voluntarism is not yet the ‘Arab Spring’ to overthrow dic- it. Aranita Brahaj, executive direc- son. very well understood you can tators, here it’s being used to Nearly two dozen activists who tor of Albania’s Science Institute After the photographs of the almost feel in the air a great desire engage young people to take action organized and fundraised through and one of the organizers of the pollution were published online, to contribute to a cause that is and clean up the environment,” Facebook camped out there and, clean-up camp in Rodon, says the discussion brewed on ways to take real,” he added. she said. braving the summer heat, collect- cape is an area that has received action, organize and clean up the Vasilika Laci, a Tirana human “I don’t believe that we are ed nearly 1.2 tons of waste, which little attention, despite its natural cape. rights activist who joined the plagued by apathy in Albania, but were then safely trucked away to a and cultural heritage value. Brahaj teamed up with activists movement to clean up the cape, people need to be made aware that recycling facility in Tirana. “Although the area is unspoiled from Tirana Express Center, a cul- agrees, saying she felt pulled by a problems can be solved,” Brahaj The idea of voluntarism in by construction, pollution comes tural hub that has become almost strong desire to clean up as much added. Women of Fushe Kosove Unveil Stunning Handicraft Display

and other items of clothing. “It was the first time I got any work and I had the opportunity to learn. My By Mihane Mustafa work can be seen in the exhibition and it has been very good for me," Berisha told Prishtina Insight. LRK invited all young women from arments and jewellery made of Fushe Kosove to be part of the exhibi- embroidery, lace and beads – and tion, which was supported by UNICEF Gcreated by women of the Roma, Innovations Lab Kosovo and Terre des Ashkali and Egyptian community of Hommes. Fushe Kosove – went on display last week The exhibition is part of the “Youth in Prishtina. Micro-Projects” by UNICEF and aims to Elife Berisha, 19, of Fushe Kosove, said promote the work and talents of young she had been unemployed and had not women from Roma, Ashkali and pursued education after high school. Egyptian communities. Jewellery handmade in Fushe Kosove But in February this year she joined Officials from Fushe Kosove munici- the recently formed NGO “Levizja nity in the Republic of Kosovo, there is no pality and the police attended the event. Rinore e Komuniteteve”, LRK, which lack of culture and tradition. Laila Omar Gad, new head of UNICEF translates as "Community Youth “We are a community that can organize Kosovo, told the participants: “Continue Movement", and began to learn new events and promote them, as with this to work because you have the capacity, Y skills. exhibition.” and your future is in your hands.” She says she has already learned many For more information visit the M Ibrahim Qerimi, director of LRK said: new talents, including spinning Facebook page of “Levizja Rinore e C “Even though we are a minority commu- K sweaters, hats, traditional vest with lace Komuniteteve”. inside prishtina August 31 - September 13, 2012 19 Photo News Women Call for Better Facilites at City Mosques Women are an increasingly regular visitors to Prishtina’s mosques, but just five of the city’s 25 religious build- ings provide facilities for the fairer sex.

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avdie Selimi from Gjilan works as teacher at a Prishtina kindergarten. LEvery day she visits her local mosque in Sunny Hill at midday to pray. “The mosque is near my working place and it has decent conditions”, Selimi told Prishtina Insight. “I come here because very few mosques in Prishtina have space where women can perform the ablution,” she said. Just four other mosques in town provide space reserved for women - Muhaxheret, Kater Llullat, Zenel Hajdini and Bunari i Hajratit. Calls are now being made by the women Wells Dug Deeper to Beat Drought in Islamic Union of Kosovo, BIK, to make new facilities available as demand increas- Women praying at the mosque in Sunny Hill, Prishtina es. This year’s drought has led to an Fadil Sogojeva, imam of the mosque in ger presence of women during Ramadan, home, my work place or in mosques that Sunny Hill, says that the mosque has all the but they come rarely during other offer this possibility,” Podvorica told increase in the number of people necessary facilities and space for women. months.” Prishtina Insight. digging wells in Prishtina. “Women can perform ablution separate- Many Muslim women that live far from She said that she raised this topic at BIK. These workers were caught on cam- ly, they have a separate space for prayer as such mosques carry out their ablution at “This issue has been raised for some time their homes, before visiting their nearest now at BIK, especially after the liberation era on August 26, drilling a new well well as space for children,” said Sogojeva. Baki Imeri , imam of the mosque at mosques, Prishtina Insight has learnt. of Kosovo where Muslim women have in central Prishtina to a depth of up Muhaxheret, says that his mosque was Vaxhide Podvorica, head of women returned and are more visible, in the to 15 meetings in order to find built in 2007 with and meets the needs of department at BIK, says that in Kosovo’s mosques,” said Podvorica. mosques, and particularly in the mosques The city of Prishtina, according to last water. the male and female faithful, “There is a separate entrance for women of Prishtina, there is insufficient space for census, has around 180,000 inhabitants and in this mosque and special space for ablu- ablution. 25 mosques, while another two mosques tion for women,” said Imeri. “There is big- “Me, personally, I perform ablution at are under construction. Software Freedom Podvorica says that officials at BIK promise that new, bigger mosques will Conference Next Week have better facilities for women. he fourth “Software Freedom Kosova” Bahri Sejdiu, president of BIK’s leading will be held in Prishtina next week, council, and responsible for mosques in Tdiscussing free and open source soft- Prishtina, says that mosques with special ware. space for women are a new addition, and It is the largest conference of its kind in were only built after the war. the region. The conference is being organ- “In old mosques, we cannot intervene ised by Free/Libre Open Source Software and fix them because they are protected Kosova (FLOSSK), Kosovo Association of under the department of cultural her- Information and Communication itage,” said Sejdiu. Technology, Ipko Foundation and Faculty of Beside the ablution areas, women say Electrical and Computer Engineering of the that there is a lack of adequate space for University of Prishtina. lectures and lessons on religion, libraries Workshops will be held at the UNICEF and space for children. Innovations Lab Kosovo between September But Sejdiu says that the construction of 7 and 10 a cultural centre for Women has started. The Conference will be at the Technical “A Cultural Centre for Women will offer Faculty of the University of Prishtina on greater space for them. They can attend Sept 8. foreign language and computer courses. For more information visit Such space hasn’t existed before,” Sejdiu http://www.flossk.org/ The area for ablutions at the mosque in Sunny Hill, Prishtina said. Alexander Zahn Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ

What surprised you most about for the day what would you Prishtina? change? That many people speak German Buy new electro buses for public transportation What’s your favorite hangout? How many macchiatos do you Dafidofi for sunset and Gege bar drink a day? Zero Do you do anything cultural? Ethnographic museum and green What's the tastiest Kosovar drinks food? Fresh bread, Sharri white cheese, What is the most annoying ajvar and fresh vegetables thing about Prishtina? Exhaust gases from cars and power What landmark do you use to plants tell taxi drivers where you live/? Hotel Ambassador If you were mayor of Prishtina Prishtina through the Eyes of: the Eyes through Prishtina 20 August 31 - September 13, 2012 opinion Home is Where Outside In the Heart is Kosovo’s Heroes Without The first lunch I ate in Kosovo, six years ago, was at Home restaurant. Of course, it didn’t feel like home Guns then – this country of unpronounceable nouns and unfamiliar mouthfuls. But the food was great, and I have returned frequently. By Kreshnik Hoxha

hose traces of hope that By Elizabeth Gowing Kosovar Albanians had of Tbuilding a state of equal rights and opportunities in the aftermath of the institutional oppression from s always (sigh) when I order in restaurants here I ask Serbia in 1990s have pretty much dis- for Kosovan wine and Kosovan water with my meal, solved. Living in today’s Kosovo, Aand there was a time when the waiters would look above all, has become a major bur- apologetic and shuffle, and I would tut, and we would discuss den. Being a citizen of this country is traumatic. Working in this jungle of the importance of local products for Kosovo’s economic and corruption requires one to have a environmental sustainability in the same ritual way that peo- thick skin and flexible dignity in ple here ask you whether you are tired, without really lis- order to comply with the system. tening to the answer, and I would end up having a fruit tea It would be unfair to claim that we (at least that way I know the water is locally produced). are a masochist society, but owing to But when I visited the restaurant earlier this month, the a poor education system, we nonethe- waiter came up to me proudly and asked whether I would less inflict pain on ourselves with our be coming to their next local products evening. apathy, jealousy and stinginess. And These designated evenings have been held every week in an attempt to soothe the pain, we over the summer, and will continue into September. collectively do one thing: lick the All the food is local, with a traditional menu building froth of our macchiatos while on local specialities (fli, pite, cornbread with spinach and lamenting our national tragedy in cheese, peppers, suxhuk local sausage along with other Kosovo’s cafes. meats, and pogaqe or pitalka breads). Our history allegedly starts from Accompanying drinks (yes, that means the water and 1999 and is filled with lots of national the fruit juices as well as Peja beer, wine and a fine range heroes. Our leaders have been paying of rakis – including not only grape but my favourite, tributes to our fallen for 13 years. quince) are also all locally produced. And the evening is However, our collective social memo- accompanied by traditional music. ry has forgotten about all those Home is an established (for 10 years) classy restaurant, exceptional individuals of national importance who contributed to this with freshly prepared food (their tomato sauce on my society before 1999. We don’t even favourite pasta doesn’t just taste ‘red’; you can tell that acknowledge the fact that they exist- very recently these were growing on the vine) and modern ed, never mind remembering their approaches to presentation and service. It is located in a legacy. Why is this so? little oasis of a garden in central Pristina - a few doors Because, apart from being a short- down from the former OSCE building. Their local produce sighted society, Kosovo’s post-war evenings are therefore the perfect fusion for anyone want- leadership has already set the eligi- ing to experience the best of Kosovan food without actual- bility criteria as to who qualifies to ly taking a Kosovan wife. be a national hero with honourary But don’t let your enjoyment of local products stay at orders. Such eligibility criteria is Home; take it home. grotesque, bizarre and irritating. It Do you know where your bottled water comes from? Do transpires that in order to qualify as you choose fruit juice produced in Kosovo? Local honey? a national hero in today’s Kosovo you Seasonal fruit and vegetables? Vita milk? have to have been a warrior against Do you know how to say ‘is this produced in Kosovo’ in Serbia and have been subsequently killed in a battlefield. All others who Serbian or Albanian (in Albanian ‘A është produkt ven- Not all heroes had guns, writes our columnists Kreshnik Hoxha do not meet this criterion simply do dor?’ - phonetically ‘ah ursht proDUKT venDOR’ - or in not deserve a mention. became the youngest Doctor of had stranded the rectors of former Serbian ‘Da li je ovo proizvedeno na Kosovu?‘; phonetical- The fact that Kosovo’s armed Philosophy in Yugoslavia after grad- Yugoslav universities. A piano at ly ‘da lee yeh ov-oh pro-iz-ved-en-oh nah Kosovoo?’) when resistance in 1997-1999 and its fallen uating in biological sciences in the the terminal had caught the atten- you’re shopping, so you can choose something that has warriors should be remembered is former Soviet Union at the age of 24 tion of Prof. Zajmi, a lawyer. During travelled less far, that is supporting farmers and produc- not even a matter of discussion. back in 1959. Two very important a mini-concert he performed ers in this country? Their legacy is sacred and should be names for Kosovo are Qamil Batalli Europe’s classics, attracting the When your workplace organizes meetings, conferences, honoured with street names, and and Mehmet Gjevori, co-authors of attention of the rector and pro-rec- lunches or other hospitality, do you check with those even airports. However, these are the primary school books on the tor of Univeristy of Sarajevo, organising the catering that it is Kosovan products being not our only heroes. alphabet and the orthography of the Edhem Camo and Zdravko Pujic. used? There is a terrible irony in the conferences held to There are many other names who Albanian language. This book has Camo and Pujic regularly told the support Kosovo’s economy but which start with everyone are not with us anymore, but whose taught many generations over 28 story as to how an Albanian from taking a sip of a glass of Italian or Slovenian water. When contribution to Kosovo has been piv- years and was even published at the Kosovo had entertained them and you are at a restaurant, do you specify that you would like otal in our national emancipation. time when education in Albanian made the eight hours pass by like Kosovan water, fruit juice, beer or wine? These people did not fight with was deemed illegal by Belgrade. eight minutes. If you’re at Home restaurant, of course, you don’t need weapons. Neither did they fight on Two other indispensable names These names deserve to be hon- to worry! Here’s hoping that other restaurants will take a battlefields across Kosovo’s moun- are Prof. Dr Qamile Jaka, Kosovo’s oured because each and every one of first orthodontist, and Prof. Dr them made major contributions to tip from the initiative, and that they will all find diners to tainous landscape. Some fought with their academic merits, others Anton Cetta, who tasked himself this society in their own way. Maybe support them. with science, some fought for the with ending blood feuds among we as a society also need eight hours You can find out more about the local products national awakening and some for Albanians back in 1990s. to reflect and analyse as to how we evenings at Home - and how to make a reservation - ending blood feuds. While I apolo- Finally, the third rector of got to this situation with leaders through their Facebook page gise for not being able to include all University of Prishtina, Prof. Dr that barely know the alphabet of www.facebook.com/HomeRestaurant. those names, I will mention six key Gazmend Zajmi whose skills and Batalli and Gjevori, and MPs that names, whose work was central to legacy can be explained by an anec- cannot tell the difference between Elizabeth Gowing is a founder of The Ideas the national illumination of dote dating back to 1980. While theatres and cinemas. Partnership, a Kosovan NGO working on educational, cul- Albanians in Kosovo, at a time when returning from the Conference of It transpires that owing to this Y tural and environmental projects. She is also the author of our collective extinction had Rectors of European Universities in collective ignorance, we forgot the M the recently-published, Travels in Blood and Honey; become a state policy. Strasburg, there had been an eight- merits of our intellectuals - precisely C becoming a beekeeper in Kosovo. She can be reached at The first Rector of University of hour delay at the airport due to how those that oppressed us for K [email protected] Prishtina, Prof. Dr Dervish Rozhaja severe weather conditions, which decades would wish. opinion August 31 - September 13, 2012 21 Time to Look Beyond Macedonia’s Ohrid Agreement More than a decade after its adoption, the Ohrid Framework has become a part of history and it is time now to start a debate on the future. istrative matters. And the fact that population and actually opens the the two guarantee powers of the way for strengthening existing dis- agreement, the EU and the US, will tinct collective identities, or form- By Harald Schenker continue to play their role is an ing new ones. For examples of this, insurance policy that these admin- look at the way that some istrative matters will receive appro- Macedonian Muslims are striving priate attention. The political to become an ethnic community. hen the Ohrid work, however, is done. There is no To make things worse, the aca- Framework Agreement more to achieve there. demic debate on the abovemen- Wwas adopted under tioned issues is marred by an Now Macedonia faces other extremely delicate and difficult essential problems, which need to almost Babylonian confusion of ter- circumstances, the international minology. Terms like multicultural- community hailed a victory of be solved this decade, if possible. A ism, multi-ethnicity, multilingual- international diplomacy. provisional list would include: ism, etc. are thrown around without Local communities in reflection, adding to the confusion. Macedonia were more down to Identity: When media and politicians pick up earth. For many among the major- the phrases and build them into ity Macedonians, the agreement From the onset of Macedonia’s their discourses, the damage is diffi- imposed a limit beyond which it independence, a paradox has exist- cult to undo. was impossible to make more con- ed between the need of ethnic The unsolved conflict with cessions. Macedonians to canonise their eth- Greece about the name of the coun- Many in the ethnic Albanian nic identity and the need to find a The Macedonian flag flies at Ohrid try, the dormant conflict with community considered the deal an formula of citizenship that attracts Bulgaria about the Macedonian lan- range of rights and freedoms. The ety. acknowledgment of their struggle all the country’s inhabitants. guage and with Serbia about the debates on the anti-discrimination This list is by no means compre- for more rights and equal treat- The constitution and legislation recognition of an independent law and on the de-criminalisation of hensive, I simply touched some of ment and a necessary step. try to combine the concepts of indi- church also do their part to keep the libel have shown political limita- the more visibly burning subjects. The other, smaller communities vidual-based citizenship and group- identity issue in limbo. tions but have also started process- Others, to which I shall come back felt they got something out of it, based ethnic identity with elements es that will eventually lead to later, include arts and culture, econ- but were wary of being margin- of power sharing, such as the dou- results that are in sync with omy, regional integration, and, of alised by the ethnic Albanians ble majority principle, or so-called Administrative reforms: European reality. course, EU accession. when it came to the issue of minor- “Badinter majority”, which means A hurried process of decentrali- Nevertheless, the social and polit- These issues all need to be talked ity rights. that a majority among ethnic com- sation and a variety of administra- ical developments of the last two about across society. The results of Today, more than a decade later, munity MPs is needed in addition to tive reforms have failed to produce decades have produced at least two dealing publicly with them are diffi- much has changed and much has the parliamentary majority for leg- a sustainable model, balancing the remained the same. The statements islation impacting on ethnic com- parallel societies with little interac- cult to predict. On the other hand it central level and a variety of above can remain almost unal- munities. While this may function tion and high levels of segregation. is safe to say that the lack of public regional and local levels of interest. tered, although the reality has at the level of day-to-day business, it Ethnic distance is growing and tol- discourse as well as their taboo sta- These processes have produced a evolved. does not solve the paradox. erance towards non-mainstream tus will not have a positive effect on large number of municipalities Some eulogised the agreement The multi-ethnic setup as defined groups, be they religious, based on the wellbeing of the society. that are not going to be able to raise on its tenth anniversary one year by the constitution has received lit- sexual orientation, etc. is decreas- By keeping these issues out of the the resources to sustain them- ago and I will not repeat that now, tle more than the lip service ing. public realm, political elites nurture selves. It is only natural that as they beyond saying that it has fulfilled required by protocol. Political and This in itself is a worrying devel- an illusion that these processes can cease to try and find funds that will its purpose. It stopped a conflict. intellectual elites, which are too lit- opment, which, combined with a be controlled and steered. It never be sufficient at the central It changed the face of tle distinct from each other, have not crisis in the education system, remains an illusion. Policy plan- Macedonia, turning it legally into a invested intellectual or political cap- level, they will start gravitating offers a platform for the manipula- ning has to take into account the multi-ethnic state, governed with ital in seeking a distinct around the larger urban centres. tion of generations of young people opinion, interest and wellbeing of elements of power sharing. And it Macedonian (cross-) national identi- This process is ongoing and pooling entering society. Critical thinking the sovereign people. The times of impacted on its citizens’ reality. ty that transgresses the narrowness of resources and expertise is some- is not on the agenda, and young peo- “cabinet policies” have long passed Most state institutions reflect to a of ethnic definitions and the thing that every donor will encour- ple are educated to obey rather than and it is time for Macedonia’s policy large extent this multi-ethnic reali- mythology surrounding them. age. use their reasoning. makers to take this reality into ty and the monopoly of only one On the contrary, the national dis- All this is unproblematic - until With ethnic and social gaps account. language has gone. courses have been accentuated. The the realisation comes that a de facto widening, there is a need for struc- Party politicians and strategic regionalisation is under way, which A lot of questions about imple- powerful process of creating a new, tured communication among citi- thinkers need to understand that may give rise to discussions about a mentation of the agreement distinct and antique Macedonian zens, whatever their background. debate does not pose a threat to poli- different administrative setup that There is need to create a social glue cy-making. On the contrary, it dem- remain. The one with most impact identity is in full flow. It calls for a would take into account the differ- as well as a philosophical and possi- ocratically legitimises decision- is the political postulate of quanti- total change of paradigms. Its suc- cess can be measured in opinion ent and differing interests of the bly even ideological one, to help making, when both the process and ty before quality. Following this polls and partially relates to the respective regions. This poses two bridge these gaps and avoid further the contents of public debate are logic, it seems better to fill up num- immense financial means and polit- threats to the central level: one is separation. taken into account by policy mak- bers of party-affiliated persons in ical capital invested in pushing this the loss of political leverage and the The only feasible path Macedonia ers. the administration in order to process forward, as well as the col- other is the partially ethno-linguis- can take is towards an open and This is the moment also for the reach the quota of “equitable eth- lective subjective need to address tic dimension of these processes. inclusive society. But for that to hap- intellectual elites to step up and get nic representation” rather than to the identity question. In a general context, in which pen, the culture of talking and lis- beyond narrow personal or group uphold professional and education- While pursuing this process, the there is a clear push among the eth- tening to each other has to be nur- interests and show the real grandez- al standards. political and intellectual elites driv- nic Albanians to establish Albanian tured. This culture has to take into za of intellectual work: to look Macedonia’s administration is ing it must be aware that it is not as a second, fully equal official lan- account that we are living in the 21st beyond the day-to-day administra- paying the price for this policy; the countering the strong group identi- guage, and if this push succeeds, it century, in a period of urban con- tion of reality and realise the need absorption capacity of EU funds ty of the Albanians, who define would be naïve to think that this centration. It is not enough to know for a vision for Macedonia as a being still at a very low level. But themselves as part of a larger, cul- would have no political implica- each other’s folklore and history. whole: a joint narrative that takes the higher goal of short-term tural nation. Little is on offer for the tions for the whole of Macedonian In order to co-exist, it is necessary into account all particularities but ethno-social pacification is at least ethnic Albanian group or the other, society. to know each other’s modern reality. integrates them for a common aim. achieved for now. smaller minorities to add a layer of The only way to achieve this is In this respect, the Ohrid The agreement is undergoing yet collective Macedonian patriotism to A more open society: through communication, not spon- Agreement was a first, necessary another review, pushed by the EU, the catalogue of multiple individual taneous encounter, left to hazard, step. Treating it like the Holy Grail and the conclusions from this are identities. Macedonia’s constitutional and but structured communication, is ignoring the fact that the work likely to be included into future Thus, Macedonia’s nation-build- legal frameworks stipulate inclu- which has as its target the construc- has just begun. Or rather, it is about planning. But these remain admin- ing process does not cover the entire siveness and guarantee a wide tion of a joint narrative for this soci- to begin. If you would like your NGO to appear in our Making a Difference feature, please email [email protected] 22 August 31 - September 13, 2012 Life in Focus Goranis Struggle As Milk Runs Dry

The summer-long drought which has gripped the Balkans is affecting the mountainous Gorani people, inhabi- tants of the Dragash region of southern Kosovo. As a result of the lack of rain, Sheep, which the Gorani are famous for shepparding, have had less to graze on, affecting the production of milk and cheese. Farmer Negjip Gjefce (see photos) has warned that there has been a “drastic reduction in the production” of milk and that many of the animals may struggle to survive the winter. The Gorani are believed to have sheep flocks totalling around 4,000 animals.

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