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November 9 - 22, 2012 Issue No. 99 www.prishtinainsight.com Price € 1 NEWS Kosovo Law Disputes ‘Backing Away’ Raise Questions From Closing Over PTK Buyers Polluting Plant > page 3 A conference to lure NEWS donors to fund renew- Kosovo Returnees able energy projects in Still Face Obstacles, Kosovo has been post- Says OSCE poned because two organisers, the European > page 4 Commission and the NEWS World Bank, believe that PM’s Relative to the government is trying Head Diaspora to extend the life of the country’s oldest and dirt- Commission iest coal power plant, a > page 6 top European ... PROFILE See Page 7 Serbia’s Clowning PM Keeps Close Eye on Power Kosovo Govt Paid For > page 9 President’s US Meetings Atifete Jahjaga’s office denies paying a lobbying firm to help set up meetings in the US - but the company’s disclosure to the US Justice Department reveals that Kosovo’s government paid it to do just that. CULTURE Patton Boggs reported to the US and assisted in arranging meetings Patton Poggs signed with the Jobless Ethnic By Parim Olluri Justice Department that it earned with governmental officials.” Kosovo’s Foreign Affairs Ministry 191,753 US dollars (150,017 euro) Jahjaga visited the US twice in in 2011. Albanians “Let from the government of Kosovo for 2011, in September and December. This was for “advisory services ystery remains over its efforts over six months, ending She met President Obama and on legal and advocacy issues to be Down by the State” whether the government Mof Kosovo paid a December 31, 2011. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, used for expansion of bilateral > pages 10-11 Washington lobby firm to help The firm reported contacting among other senior officials. and multilateral relations”. President Atifete Jahjaga meet top U.S officials and Congressional Patton Boggs did not reply to The Foreign Ministry did not US officials, including Barack staffers about bilateral relations Prishtina Insight’s request for respond to an inquiry from Obama, in 2011. between Kosovo and the United more information about the lobby- Prishtina Insight. While the Kosovo President’s States. ing activities disclosed in the Menderes Ibra, a spokesman for office says it didn’t spend money to The two-sentence report, which report, so it is unclear which meet- the minister, Bedri Hamza, said Kosovo’s only English-language secure the US meetings, a compa- is routine and required by ings it helped arrange. only the office of the President newspaper is available: ny disclosure filed with the US gov- American law, noted that the firm It is also unclear whether the could release such information. ernment suggests that the Kosovo “supported the visit of the report is connected with a 600,000 Delivered to government did. President of Kosovo in Washington US dollar a year contract that continues page 2 Your Door

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is supported by: 2 November 9 - 22, 2012 news Kosovo Govt Paid For President’s US Meetings from page 1 Foreign Ministry asked the Agency of Public Procurement to The President’s office denied allow a one-source tender. The spending any money on US lobby- ministry justified this by saying ing. that the contract required confi- “We haven’t paid any company dentiality. to arrange any meetings for During Jahjaga’s December President Jahjaga during her vis- 2011 visit, in addition to meeting its to the US,” Arber Vllahiu, a Clinton, she also met the then spokesman for President Jahjaga, Undersecretary of Defense, said. Michele Flournoy, Attorney Vllahiu added that presidential General Eric Holder and FBI visits are held according to the Director Robert Mueller. official protocol in which the She also met Senators Mark respective embassies are engaged. Kirk and Ross Johnson, and for- The Kosovo embassy in mer Secretary of State Madeleine Washington did not respond when Albright, whose company is also asked about Patton Boggs report. seeking to buy a stake in Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo, Troubled contract: PTK. Earlier, in September, Jahjaga The Kosovo government initial- met President Obama at a recep- ly hired Patton Boggs in tion for world leaders held at the September 2010. UN General Assembly. She also The government canceled the met former US President Bill deal in November that year after Clinton at his Clinton Global Prishtina Insight revealed that it Initiative conference. Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga met US President Barack Obama in September 2011. appeared to violate Kosovo’s law During the same visit in on public procurement, as no bid- September, Jahjaga also met in Kosovo. He was the US special According to the President’s expand diplomatic relations with ding process had occurred. Frank Wisner, Patton Boggs’ for- representative on talks about the office, Jahjaga invited Wisner to countries with which Kosovo has But the deal was quietly eign affairs adviser. status of Kosovo before it join an initiative called “Friends no official relations. Wisner revived in July 2011, when the Wisner has long been involved declared independence in 2008. of Kosovo” whose stated goal is to reportedly signed on. Brussels Lauds 'Honest' Kosovo-Serbia Talks Ashton praises Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic for agreeing to continue Kosovo-Serbia talks and implement deals agreed earlier. So far, the two sides have reached deals on freedom of move- ment, university diplomas, region- By Bojana Barlovac al representation and on trade. But not all the deals have been imple- mented. Under the terms of the IBM osovo and Serbian leaders agreement, Kosovo and Serbian held “open and honest” customs and police officers will Ktalks, focusing on different stand under one roof once the ways of normalizing relations agreement is put into operation. between the two sides, the EU According to the press release Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine from Brussels, both sides also Ashton, said on Wednesday. agreed to form a joint technical “We agreed to continue our working group that will prepare a work on full implementation of all feasibility study for the construc- agreements and welcomed results tion of a highway from Nis in of a joint working group on the Serbia to the Kosovo capital, integrated crossings management Prishtina. [IBM] that took place on November Talks also focused on the 5-6,” Ashton said after the two Serbian-run northern sector of leaders met in Brussels on Kosovo. Wednesday. Thaci said after the meeting that EU-mediated talks in Belgium Another meeting between Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic. Kosovo had insisted that Serbia started in March 2011, three years make it’s financing of Serbian-run Kosovo Serbs want to know what health authorities, post offices and where 18 police officers and 10 after Kosovo declared its inde- “parallel institutions” in the north Serbia is financing,” Dacic told the schools. activists from the opposition pendence from Serbia in 2008. transparent. Serbian broadcaster B92. This was only the second time Vetevendosje movement were Serbia has vowed never to recog- Dacic said this was not a prob- According to him, this did not that Dacic and Thaci had sat at the injured in clashes. nise Kosovo as a state, but says it is lem as Serbia itself wanted to mean abolition of the so-called same table following a historic According to Dacic, the next open to deals that improve daily make its financial aid to Kosovo parallel institutions in the north encounter on October 19 in meeting with Thaci will be in lives on both sides of the [from Serbs transparent. of Kosovo. Brussels. December, possibly before Serbia's point of view unrecog- “Serbia has nothing to hide. The The parallel institutions in The first meeting prompted December 10, when the European nised] border. international community and question include town councils, nationalist protests in Prishtina, Council meets for a session.

Y M C +381 38 602042, +377 44 243367, +386 49 243367 K news November 9 - 22, 2012 3 Law Disputes Raise Questions Over Editor’s Word Kosovo Telecom Buyers The Gentler Three of five pre-approved bidders competing to buy PTK are linked to cases that include accusations of bribery, fraud or conspiracy. Giant

By Nate Tabak By Parim Olluri

hree of the five compa- eople out and about in Prishtina on nies vying to purchase the eve of the US presidential elec- TKosovo’s state telecom Ptions could have gotten their pictures company are involved in legal taken with Barack Obama and Mitt disputes that raise questions Romney. about whether they have the It was all thanks to the American right to buy a stake in the coun- Embassy, which took around cardboard try’s most profitable public cutouts of the now-former candidates to enterprise. Prishtina’s familiar sites, including Mother In December, the govern- Teresa Boulevard and the National Library. ment is expected to announce Naturally, the embassy posted a photo- the winning buyer of Post and graphic chronicle of the affair on Telecommunications of Facebook. The 43 pictures portray a largely Kosovo, PTK, following the enthusiastic collection of Prishtina largest sale of a state-owned denizens posing with Obama and Romney. enterprise in Kosovo’s history. Older women took a particular liking to the The sale of 75 per cent of the cutouts. shares in PTK is expected to At first glance, it seemed a fun and likely fetch hundreds of millions of inexpensive way for the Americans to euro. remind Kosovars that the United States of The Ministry of Economic America exists and holds democratic presi- Development did not respond dential elections every four years. Perhaps an inquiry from Prishtina those having their pictures taken might Insight about whether it had The sale of PTK is expected to fetch hundreds of million of euro. have been dumbfounded — if not appalled checked the histories of all — if they understood how America elects five bidders when it pre- its presidents: through an antiquated, indi- approved them for the tender. MTN. in prison for illegal use of the London headquarters of Turkey’s largest mobile bank to fund a holding compa- Avicenna about the status of rect process that makes it possible for the The bidders are: Albright candidate with the most votes to lose. It Capital Management with phone provider, Turkcell, has ny, Cukurova. An appeals the case but did not receive a accused MTN of giving bribes court in Turkey threw out the response. happened to Al Gore in 2000. Telecom of Portugal; Turkcell; This silly episode, though, was about M1 International Limited; to obtain a telecom license in verdict and ordered a new Iran in a $4.2 billion lawsuit in trial. Pardew vs Albright: America sending a different kind of mes- Twelve Hornbeams and sage to Kosovo. For years, America has rep- Avicenna Capital in coopera- a US federal court. For years, Karamehmet, Turkcell won a license to through Cukurova, has been in Meanwhile, James Pardew, a resented power. America has loomed large tion with Sofrecom; and from 1999 onwards. In recent years, it’s Columbia Capital and ACP operate in Iran in 2004 but the financial disputes with former US diplomat who Iranian government pulled the TeliaSonera and Altimo. served in the Balkans in been said that any major government posi- Axos Capital in cooperation tions has to go through The Americans. But with British Telecom. agreement in 2005 and granted Two separate court rulings President Bill Clinton’s admin- a license to MTN. in 2011 ordered Cukurova to istration, met Kosovo leaders now America is walking a little bit softer Article 65 of Kosovo’s Law here in Kosovo. on Public Procurement from The company claims that pay a total of more than 2.3 bil- on behalf of Avicenna in MTN bribed Iranian officials lion US dollars to the two other October. When Tracey Ann Jacobson took over as 2011 obliges The Ministry of US ambassador earlier this year, she did Economic Development to to get the license, and, as part shareholders. The Prishtina daily Zeri of the deal, lobbied the South reported on October 18 that something that no American envoy to check the backgrounds of bid- Kosovo has done. She recorded an introduc- ding companies. African government to support Avicenna also in dispute: Pardew also met Prime Iran’s nuclear programme. Minister Hashim Thaci. tory video that was almost entirely in Companies convicted of cor- Albanian — with little bit of Serbian for rupt practices, money launder- MTN denies the accusations. Avicenna Capital, owned by Zeri released a leaked docu- The lawsuit is on hold pending Huseyin Gun, a Turkish busi- ment summarizing the report- good measure — and posted it on Youtube. ing, bribery, taking kickbacks The video suggested a different kind of or fraud within the past 10 an unrelated US Supreme nessman with British citizen- ed meeting, in which it said Court case concerning with ship, headquartered in London that Thaci had told Pardew America. One that sought to earn trust years - or which have officers instead of simply asserting itself. It seemed or board members convicted of whether foreign corporations and Istanbul, is also involved in that it would be difficult to can be sued in American a legal dispute. choose between Pardew and a calculated decision at a time of increas- the same offences - are not ing skepticism of Kosovo’s foreign min- allowed to compete a public courts. Two years ago a US oil com- former US Secretary of State pany, RA Global Services, sued Albright in the PTK sale. ders. tenders, the law says. These days, the US as a whole could care But accusations raised in Turkcell’s troubles: an entity of the company based Albright chairs Albright in the British Virgin Islands, Capital Management, which is less about what happens in the Balkans, let multiple civil and criminal alone Kosovo. The region was quite literal- court cases, if proven, could Turkcell itself is involved in Avicenna Overseas, naming also vying to buy PTK, as well an ownership dispute. Gun among others. as owning shares in IPKO, the ly a non-issue during the presidential cam- yet make Turkcell, M1 and paign — even if TV stations in Kosovo Avicenna ineligible to buy A decade ago its founder, According to the lawsuit, only private telecom in Kosovo. Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, Avicenna loaned RA Global In October, Prishtina Insight devoted hours of coverage to the American PTK. election. Among the talking heads, the con- Former US Secretary of was worth around 8 billion US 750,000 US dollars in 2006 for oil- reported that if Albright’s dollars, according to the drilling operations. group won the PTK tender, the sensus was that Obama would be better for State Madeline Albright’s own- Kosovo because he is linked with the ership of shares in Kosovo’s London-based Financial Afterward, RA Global signed Kosovo Competition Times. a memorandum of understand- Commission might decide it Clintons. sole private telecom, IPKO, has Kosovo still gets its doses of American also raised questions about But his wealth has since ing with all its creditors. Based was violating monopoly laws. declined to 2.9 billion US dol- on this agreement, Avicenna Zeri also reported that Thaci assertiveness. Secretary of State Hillary whether Albright Capital Clinton just paid a visit to Kosovo on Management has a right to lars, and he faces a fraud trial also had the right to appoint a had expressed doubts that in Turkey. board member in RA Global M1would win the tender, October 31. She, the embodiment of the own PTK without infringing benevolent bulldog version of America, anti-monopoly legislation. Karamehmet is fighting to Services. because of its “unclear connec- hold onto his controlling stake But RA Global alleged that tions” to the Middle East. voiced the US’s steadfast support for M1 accused of bribery: in Turkcell in an ongoing dis- people in Avicenna were acting The report said Thaci had Kosovo and its borders, and probably pute with shareholders in collusion other creditors and also expressed doubts that kicked a few people in the pants behind the TeliaSonera, a Nordic phone were seeking to appropriate the Axos would win, either, scenes. M1 International is part of But as America’s ground operation does the M1 Group, owned by the operator, and Altimo, part of company, and it accused the because of its “dubious the Russian Alfa Group. directors of conspiracy. Albanian shareholders.” things like staging amusing photo ops, it Prime Minister of Lebanon, remains to be seen whether Kosovars will Najib Mikati and by his broth- Karamehmet sold shares to A 2011 judgment in the US The Kosovo government the two companies in 2002 to dropped the case concerning declined to explain Thaci’s embrace the changing face of the United er, Taha Mikati. States here. M1 Group is largest single raise cash after the Turkish one of the directors and it is reported claim about Axos to authorities closed his bank, unclear where the case stands this newspaper. Axos also shareholder in the South Nate Tabak is English editor of African telecom company, Pamukbank. now. declined to comment when He was sentenced to 12 years Prishtina Insight asked the contacted by Prishtina Insight. Prishtina Insight. 4 November 9 - 22, 2012 news Returnees to Kosovo Still Face Obstacles, Says OSCE A lack of funds, and the failure to resolve both war crimes and missing persons cases, remain obstacles to the return to Kosovo of some 235,000 peo- ple displaced by the 1998-1999 war, says OSCE.

rooted in allegations of unre- solved war crimes or missing per- son’s cases, although exacerbating By Marija Ristic factors such as ongoing property disputes or the overarching politi- cal situation also play a role. espite the fact that the safe “Only 10 municipalities drafted return of internally dis- a municipal returns strategy or Dplaced persons, IDPs, to action plan for 2011/2012, leaving their homes is recognized as a fun- the remaining 24 assessed munici- damental right by Kosovo law, palities without any coherent poli- returnees are still confronted by cy to guide their work on returns serious obstacles to their sustain- and reintegration,” reads the able reintegration, claims the lat- report. est report from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in The report notes that the most Europe, OSCE. successful examples of reintegra- According to the OSCE report tion of returnees where in the presented last week, IDPs still face areas with the adequate financial a limited access to public services, resources and firm political com- property rights and socio-econom- mitment from senior political offi- ic opportunities. cials, as well as international In some areas there are tensions organizations. between the local communities “In municipalities with fewer and returnees which further financial resources and less politi- obstruct the return process. cal will, progress was markedly “Burglaries, looting and damage less significant and efforts to to symbolic sites seriously harm achieve durable solutions for IDPs the returns process and percep- were undermined,” states the tions of security among returnees report, noting that the most prob- and displaced persons,” said the lematic areas are the towns of Head of the OSCE Mission’s Gjilan, Prizren, Peje and Prishtina Human Rights and Communities and the surrounding areas. Department, Eduard Pesendorfer. “The most serious incident “While some municipalities occurred on July 6, 2012, when a have reacted decisively to such Kosovo Serb returnee couple were incidents, expressing their sup- shot to death in their home in the port for affected communities ethnically mixed village of Life isn’t easy for Serbs who return to Kosovo, according to the OSCE. through statements of condemna- Muhadzer Talinovac, in the area of tion and regular outreach activi- the town of Gjilan,” states the Rights Efforts”, the main obstacle an equal access to justice as the ficulties in obtaining the docu- ties, others have failed to take any report. for reintegration of returnees to Kosovo authorities do not recog- ments, such as diplomas, birth cer- action,” Pesendorfer added. For ten regional NGOs from Kosovo is the lack of cooperation nise documents issued by Serbia tificates and pension rights In most cases these frictions are Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia and between Kosovo and Serbia. and vice versa which leaves IDPs because there is no postal service Serbia, gathered around the proj- Their report, issued in October, in a legal gap. between the two countries and ect called “Fostering NGO Human notes that IDPs in Kosovo still lack The NGOs also point out the dif- their institutions.

www.prishtinainsight.com Montenegro and Kosovo Start Publisher: BIRN Balkan Investigative Reporting Network Demarcation Process Mensa e Studenteve, first floor Kosovo and Montenegro have started consultations aimed at signing the international agreement on border demarca- 10000, Prishtina tion, a legacy of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Kosovo signing of the international agree- Phone: +381 (0) 38 24 33 58 ment on state border will con- Fax: +381 (0) 38 22 44 98 tribute to the development of good neighbourly relations, regional Editor-in-Chief: By Milena Milosevic stability, respect of territorial Artan Mustafa integrity and sovereignty of both states“, Montenegro's Ministry of [email protected] he commissions in charge of Interior stated after the meeting. Editorial Team: demarcating the borders Tbetween Montenegro and Montenegro recognized Kosovo Jeta Xharra, Marcus Tanner, Kosovo met last Wednesday in the independence in 2008 which pro- Nate Tabak, Petrit Collaku, Gresa Montenegrin capital, Podgorica. voked fierce reactions from Musliu, Parim Olluri, Jeton Musliu and They agreed on further activi- Belgrade. Montenegrin ambassa- ties necessary for signing the dor to Serbia was asked to leave Donjeta Demolli. international agreement on bor- and it took a year before the diplo- der demarcation. matic relations between the two Marketing, Sales & Distribution: The first step will be preparation countries normalised. [email protected] of the Rules of the Procedure for The most recent European the work of two respective com- Commission's progress report on Kosovo and Montenegro’s leaders are discussing borders. Design & Layout: “Rrjeti” missions. The guide for the joint Montenegro, issued on October 10, Arben Grajqevci working body, tasked with identifi- praised the country’s good rela- of the most important unresolved is the most advanced. In June, Y cation of the border lines and tions with its neighbours. issues between Montenegro and Filip Vujanovic, Montenegro's preparation of the boundary docu- its neighbours. head of state stated that that the M Printing: Lindi Printing Center It highlighted the pending bor- C ments, also needs to be prepared. der demarcation with Serbia, So far, Montenegro's border border agreement between the two Copyright © BIRN K “Both sides agreed that (...) the Bosnia, Kosovo and Croatia, as one demarcation process with Bosnia countries was being finalized. news November 9 - 22, 2012 5

Thaci: No Autonomy for Northern Croatia Offers to Help Kosovo osovo’s PM Hashim Thaci has ruled out any possibility of autonomy for the Serb-run Knorthern Kosovo. Kosovo-Serbia Talks The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said that the autonomy for Northern Kosovo was “just an

Ahead of a second meeting of Kosovo and Serbian prime ministers in Brussels, Croatian leader in brief News old dream of Serbia’s that will never come true”. Zoran Milanovic has offered to help ease the dialogue. “The idea that has been presented in the Serbian states. Trade, and Besim Beqaj, Economic media will not come true in independent and sover- The meeting in Zagreb came a day eign Kosovo that has an extremely big support of the ahead of Thaci's second meeting with US and the EU,” Thaci told reporters on Saturday. By Prishtina Insight Serbian leader Ivica Dacic in Brussels. He is convinced that the political talks between The EU-mediated talks, aimed at Belgrade and Prishtina will end with a mutual recog- normalising relations between Kosovo nition. roatian Prime Minister Zoran and Serbia, started last March. The EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia Milanovic has expressed sup- So far, the two sides have reached started in March 2011, three years after Kosovo Cport for the continuation of the deals on freedom of movement, uni- declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Belgrade-Prishtina dialogue and has versity diplomas and regional repre- However, the Deputy Director of the Serbian gov- offered his help, saying that Croatia sentation. However, not all the deals ernment’s Office for Kosovo, Mirko Ilic, has stated has good relations with both coun- have been implemented. that twinning of towns and municipalities in Kosovo tries. At the meeting in Zagreb, Thaci with towns from central Serbia proves that his coun- "I believe that the Belgrade govern- thanked Croatia for having recognised try has not given up on its former southern province. ment will be reasonable and pragmat- Kosovo and expressed hope that The ceremony of twinning was held in the village ic in its talks with Prishtina," Croatia and Kosovo will improve eco- of Leposavic in northern Kosovo last Sunday. Milanovic said after meeting his nomic cooperation. Northern Kosovo has long been prone to violence. Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, "We are a young country and are Its population, almost entirely comprised of Serbs, last Tuesday. open to Croatian investments," Thaci does not recognise Kosovo's independence or the eth- Croatia recognized Kosovo in March said after the meeting on Tuesday. nic Albanian-led government in Prishtina. 2008, a month after Kosovo proclaimed Milanovic says he wants to help. Thaci also attended the Kosovo- independence. So far, the Serbian for- Croatia Business Forum last Serbia Prepares Platform for mer province has been recognised by Wednesday. Development Minister, are to sign a 92 out of 193 UN member states includ- Kosovo Talks Mimoza Kusari, Kosovo's deputy contract on economic cooperation ing the US and 22 out of 27 EU member premier and Minister for Industry and between Kosovo and Croatia. erbia believes talks with Kosovo on energy will be fruitful, the country's energy minister has Ssaid ahead of expected negotiations between the two countries. The outline of the Serbian platform for dialogue Kosovo to Recognize Montenegrin with Kosovo will be announced in the coming weeks, Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlovic told news agency Tanjug. Minority Mihajlovic said the government in Belgrade expect- Kosovo President pledges Montenegrins ethnic minority status, so opening the door for the open- ed to have scenarios for solving energy and telecom- ing of embassies, on hold since 2008. munications issues ready by the end of the year. Kosovo and Serbia began EU-sponsored talks to the Kosovo constitution," Jahjaga Serbia in February 2008. In October aimed at normalising relations in March 2011. So far, told the Montenegrin public service 2008, Montenegro recognized the coun- the two sides have reached deals on freedom of move- broadcaster, RTCG. try. ment, university diplomas and regional representa- By Prishtina Insight According to her, this should pave However, Montengro has resisted tion. However, not all the deals have been implement- the way to the establishment of full opening embassies until ed. diplomatic relations between Kosovo Montenegrins obtain minority status When it comes to negotiations on energy, he President of Kosovo, Atifete and Montenegro. and thus obtain right to minority rep- Mihajlovic told Tanjug that she expected Belgrade Jahjaga, has announced that "This will create conditions for resentation in the Kosovo parliament. and Prishtina to come to an agreement about "the use TKosovo has agreed to recognize opening embassies and improving So far, Kosovo has been recognized of coal in Kosovo in the next 10, 20 or 50 years." a Montenegrin ethnic minority as a intergovernmental cooperation," the by 92 out of 193 UN member states “A negotiating team still has not been assembled, constitutional category. President said. including the US, and 22 of the 27 EU but the ministries of energy and telecommunications "We will do it with new amendments Kosovo declared independence from countries. - in charge of the issues which will be among the first on the agenda - are working to prepare data, conduct analyses and develop scenarios for possible approach- Photo News: Firewood to warm Osojane’s pupils es to solving these issues,” Mihajlovic said. Role of JNA in the 1990s Wars Still Remains Unclear

ne of the main reasons why the role of the Yugoslav People’s Army, JNA, in the breakup Oof Yugoslavia remains unclear after nearly 20 years since the wars is that archives of the army are still kept secret, experts say. Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the federal army, the JNA, was often used and abused for politi- cal gain by the ex-Yugoslav states, agreed experts at the round table discussion, “The role of the JNA in the dissolution of Yugoslavia,” held Tuesday at Belgrade’s Center for Cultural Decontamination. The university professor and former army officer, Miroslav Hadzic, says that the role of the JNA cannot be interpreted as long as the archives of the army remain a state secret. “All the countries of the former Yugoslavia are silent about the JNA – Serbia because of its role in the wars, and other countries because the JNA enabled them to create their own states,” says Hadzic. Lazar Stojanovic, a Belgrade based film director and commentator, agrees that the secret JNA files are one of the main reasons why its members were not prosecuted for war crimes in front of national courts. Workers unload firewood at a school in the village of Osojane in Istog. The Serbian government “That army has never been charged with war provided the wood to the primary and secondary school, which has around 100 students. Since crimes, right up to the present just because we cannot get at their documents. It’s not just us who can’t get at Y 2011, about 2,300 Kosovo Serbs have returned to Osojane and surrounding villages. the files, even the Hague Tribunal cannot get hold of M (ARMENIJA ZAJMI BESEVIC/BETA) the files of the meetings between senior army officers C and state government,” notes Stojanovic. K 6 November 9 - 22, 2012 news

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As husband of Hashim Thaci’s niece is put in charge of new commission, he says merit, not family ties, was behind his appointment.

abroad, mostly in Switzerland, responded to Prishtina Insight’s Dragusha’s father-in-law, Gani Germany and the United States. questions, including on whether Appointment on merit: Thaci, is deputy director of the They send home millions of the Prime Minister had consulted Kosovo Insurance Bureau. By Parim Olluri euro in remittances each year, 585 the Anti-Corruption Agency to see Dragusha himself has respond- On October 1, Prishtina Insight million euro in 2011, according to if the appointment breached the ed to Prishtina Insight’s inquiries reported that he had received a Kosovo’s Central Bank. 2011 Law on Prevention of and has defended his appoint- bonus of 10,000 euro for prevent- The International Monetary Conflicts of Interest. ment. ing fraud on the borders, where osovo Prime Minister Fund has credited those remit- Dragusha is currently an advis- “I am the most professionally car insurance is sold. The Hashim Thaci has appoint- tances with sustaining Kosovo eco- er to the Minister for the Diaspora, qualified in the cabinet to lead Insurance Bureau refused to ed the husband of his niece K nomic growth amid a global eco- Ibrahim Makolli, and will not this commission,” he said in a release any details or documenta- to head a government commission nomic downturn. receive any extra pay for heading written response. tion about the bonus. tasked with registering Kosovars However, the government has the commission. He insisted that family ties to The new commission will com- living abroad. yet to make a concerted effort to Hasan Preteni, head of the Anti- Hashim Thaci had played no role. prise nine members, including The government nominated count and identify Kosovars living Corruption Agency, said he wasn’t “I have done excellently in my Dragusha, Mentor Borovci, head Lulzim Dragusha on October 24 to abroad. aware of the appointment until studies, and I must work some- of the Diaspora Ministry’s legal head the new body. Thaci subse- Prishtina Insight asked him about where. This has nothing to do department, Isa Krasniqi, head of quently approved the nomination. Family affair: it. He said the agency will look at with the fact that I married into the Statistics Agency; Blerim Dragusha, who is married to the case, but it will take time to someone’s family,” he wrote. Canaj, head of the Civil Evgjeni Thaci, daughter of the Kosovo government spokes- rule on it. Dragusha said he would pro- Registration Agency; Besim Prime Minister's eldest brother, woman Albulena Sylaj confirmed According to the Law on vide further explanations of his Kajtazi, head of the Prime Gani, told Prishtina Insight that Dragusha’s appointment but Conflicts of Interest, Thaci’s rela- qualifications through Diaspora Minister’s legal office; and the appointment had nothing to do referred questions about it to tionship to Dragusha could be Ministry spokesman Xhevdet Ruzhdi Halili, director of the with family ties. The post is also Thaci’s chef de cabinet, Abelard problematic, as officials are Sfarqa, though this newspaper Prime Minister's office of strate- unpaid. Tahiri. obliged to notify the Anti- did not receive any of this extra gic planning and representatives Unofficial estimates suggest as Neither Tahiri nor Thaci’s Corruption Agency about any information by time of publica- from the Foreign and Finance many as 800,000 Kosovars live spokesman, Arianit Bytyqi, potential issues. tion. ministries. Neighbourhood News in Brief US Election Won't Affect Balkans, Bosnia Revisits Macedonian Ambassador Says President’s Death osnia's aviation authorities have S Ambassador to Serbia Michael promised to look at new evidence Kirby said that Washingon's policy Bfrom Macedonia concerning the 2004 Utowards the Balkans will remain plane crash that killed President unchanged regardless of the outcome of Trajkovski. the November 6 presidential race Sotir Kostov, head of the Macedonian between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. state commission for the investigation of The US is interested in the stability of aviation accidents, confirmed the fresh the region and wants to see a solution to information, which is likely to revive specu- the dispute over Kosovo that both lation that Boris Trajkovski may have been Belgrade and Pristina can accept, he assassinated. says. “We have been saying all the time that we Kirby reiterated that the US considers have evidence, which the Bosnian commis- Kosovo a fully independent country sion that investigated the accident in 2004 which as such should be a member of the did not take in to account," he said. UN. "With this move, our Bosnian colleagues But he also said that the US does not have shown that they trust us,” Kostov believe that Serbia has to recognize added. Kosovo's 2008 independence declaration. He explained that if the Bosnian commis- Serbian analyst Obrad Kesic believes sion that works within Bosnia's Ministry of Y that best indicator of the absence of Transport determines inconsistencies in M potential policy changes is fact that nei- the previous investigation, it will pass the C ther presidential candidate has even case to the Bosnian Prosecution, which may K mentioned the Balkans in his campaign. then decide to reopen the investigation. news November 9 - 22, 2012 7 Kosovo ‘Backing Away’ From Closing Polluting Plant European official says recent upgrades to the aging smokestack Kosovo A raise doubts about Kosovo’s commitment to closing it. the EU, we and the World Bank saw “For us this is an unacceptable this as an inappropriate time to argument since we have agreed By Liridona Hyseni, organise a donors’ conference for that Kosovo A must be closed.” Njomza Salihi and investments in new energy capaci- Other improvements to Kosovo Jeta Xharra ties,” the official said. A include an 8.7 million euro proj- ect for a system to mix ash with Millions spent on filters: water at Kosovo A and pipe it to conference to lure donors to the mine at Mirash to reduce air fund renewable energy The European Union wants pollution; 7 million euro to inte- projects in Kosovo has been A grate the plant’s ash landfill with Kosovo A closed by 2017. The postponed because two organisers, Kosovo government plans to surrounding fields; and 5.2 million the European Commission and the replace it with another coal power euro to remove and treat over World Bank, believe that the gov- 18,000 tons of dangerous chemical ernment is trying to extend the life plant, Kosova e Re, or New Kosovo. of the country’s oldest and dirtiest But in the past year alone, the materials, including tar, benzene, coal power plant, a top European Kosovo Energy Corporation, KEK, phenol, methanol, and petrol com- Commission official told Prishtina has invested nearly 47.5 million ponents. Insight. euro in the 40-year-old power sta- The conference, originally set tion, according to company data. Focus on lignite: for November 13, instead will be The money included more than 25 held sometime next year. million euro to install new electro- The government of Kosovo Liridon Mavriqi, energy adviser static filters at the plant. bases its current energy strategy There’s little clean energy in Kosovo. to the Minster of Economic A 2012 World Bank report partly on lignite, or brown coal. Kosovo blamed Kosovo A’s lack of filters has the world’s fifth largest Development, said the ministry — dirty energy production when the stalled some for years, depriving also an organiser — needs more for Prishtina’s notoriously poor reserve of lignite. The lignite fuels country should be pursuing clean, Kosovo of more than 200 time to prepare. air quality. Kosovo A and the newer Kosovo B, renewable energy, such as wind megawatts of alternative energy. The World Bank and European The European Commission offi- which provide the bulk of and hydroelectric power. Adelina Murtezaj Bajrami, Commission would not comment cial said while the upgrades are Kosovo’s electricity. “The government should direct spokeswoman of the Energy publicly. But a senior European good news for the environment, The government is still in the the country toward the develop- Regulator Office, said the agency Commission official, who spoke on the money could have been better process of pre-qualifying compa- ment of this sector and towards gave final approval for two wind the condition of anonymity, told spent on the newer Kosovo B plant, nies to build the planned New Prishtina Insight that the the planned Kosova e Re or renew- Kosovo plant, which would supply closing the lignite plant, to have a projects and one hydroelectric European Commission and World able energy. 600 megawatts of electricity. The sustainable development of this project. Four other projects are Bank soured on the conference The official said the investments World Bank and the US govern- sector, create new jobs, and pre- pending, two of which will receive because the Kosovo government is suggest Kosovo has long-term ment are backing New Kosovo. serve the environment and health final approval soon, Bajrami said. pouring millions of euro into plans for the aging power plant. Supporters of New Kosovo say it of people in Kosovo,” Nezir Bajrami said the Energy Office Kosovo’s most-polluting power sta- “We are concerned that the ter- will be cleaner and more efficient Sinani, acting director of is committed to “supporting the tion, Kosovo A. rain is being prepared to say after than its predecessors. Prishtina’s INDEP think tank, creation of a competitive energy “Seeing this weak dedication on a few years that the life of Kosova But environmentalists inside said. market by encouraging invest- the part of the Government of A can be extended, since invest- and outside Kosovo are critical of Sinani said the government’s ments and guaranteeing the secu- Kosovo into closing Kosovo A by ments on filters have been made,” the plan, arguing that it commits Energy Regulator Office, which rity and stability of the energy the time that has been decided by the official said. the country to decades more of regulates energy projects, has sector in Kosovo.”

Y M C Kosovo A, a 40-year-old power station, is sometimes called Europe’s single worst source of air pollution. K 8 November 9 - 22, 2012 neighbourhood business Serbia Anxious to Clinch Russian Steel Deal If the sale of the Smederevo mill to Uralvagonzavod, UVZ, goes ahead, it will probably reflect Russia’s political interests in Serbia rather than any economic logic. will help them in optimizing operations in France, the logistics don’t make obvious sense”, said Galikhanov, adding that trans- By Snezana Krivokapic porting raw steel from Smederevo to France can’t be profitable, as it is not a final product but an expensive raw material. “At the same time, it’s even less profitable erbia is in hurry to seal the deal with a to transport steel products from Serbia to Russian public company and sell its Russia for wagon production,” Oleg Stroubled steel mill in Smederevo. Petropavlovskiy said. But negotiations might last longer than The Smederevo plant produced iron at two was planned and yet are not conclusive. blast furnaces then converted blast furnace If the deal comes through, it will also be iron to raw steel. more a sign of renewed political ties with The second part of its business is to use the Russia rather than a reflection of sound raw steel to produce tin-coated steel products business interests, experts say. used in cans for food, paints, chemicals, phar- Since US Steel pulled out of the Smederevo maceuticals and cosmetics. mill at the beginning of the year after incur- Some experts believe that if the company ring annual losses of 200 million US dollars, wants to stop losing money it should focus on Serbia took back the mill to keep the 5,100 the production of tin-coated steel products. workers employed and avoid economic melt- down in Smederevo, a town of 115,000. “If you’re losing money at this stage, it will Currently, two furnaces are closed, while be difficult to recoup that loss at the steel the 5,100 employees are on paid leave, receiv- rolling stage. That’s probably why US Steel sold the plant in the first place,” Galikhanov ing 60 per cent of their salaries. Russia’s interests in Serbia are primarily political. About 1,000 people are occasionally on recalled. duty, engaged on maintenance and security Production in the mill might restart before profit. Both Galikhanov and Petropavlovskiy said of the facilities while others sit at home. an official agreement is signed, they added. Oleg Petropavlovskiy, a senior analyst for that, since steel prices are falling, it is much The state now pays the staff more than a A source familiar with the talks told BIRN metal and mining in Moscow, told BIRN that easier and cheaper to purchase steel from million dollars a month in total while they that the tender was extended because UVZ in a decreasing environment it doesn’t make third parties than have one’s own steelmak- remain on paid leave. “needed permission from the political top [in commercial sense to buy the steel mill, so it ing facilities, while to reduce costs UVZ may The first tender failed in April on the eve of Russia]” to take over the mill, adding that the might be more of a political decision. have to invest heavily in the mill’s facilities. Serbia’s May elections, when it concluded Serbian authorities do not expect new bids. “Politically, UVZ, as a state-owned compa- PM Dacic said that if the Russian partner without any bids from companies that had “We also changed rules so that a sub- ny, may be supporting political decisions does decide to enter the steel mill it may initially expressed interest. sidiary of the company can also apply for a aimed at cementing relations between Serbia invest up to $129 million to renew production The government in Serbia in the mean- tender since previous experience showed and Russia,” he suggested. in the two blast furnaces that have been put time changed, with a new political coalition that companies usually apply in that way,” Dinnur Galikhanov, senior metal and min- into hibernation. taking power led by the Serbian Progressive Dusan Belanovic, spokesman for Serbia’s ing Analyst at Aton, a consulting company in Dacic added that activating one blast fur- Party. Privatisation Agency, told BIRN. Moscow, notes that UVZ “is a government- nace takes almost half a year, which means The new team is more interested in culti- UVZ bought tender documentation just a owned company, so generating a positive that production, might not start before the vating Russian friendship than the last month and a half after Serbian mines minis- return from its investments may not be its second half of 2013. Democrat-led administration was. ter Milan Bacevic met officials in Moscow top priority.” Galikhanov says that even if the socalled In the second tender, launched on October and announced that “a Russian company is Genadij Sisojev, editor of Moscowbased hot end, making iron and steel, is closed, 8th, Russia’s state-owned Uralvagonzavod, interested in the steel mill”, declining to newspaper Komersant, says Russia wants to keeping only the rolling part of the business. UVZ, was the only company to indicate inter- reveal its name. re-establish warm ties with Belgrade and its “That will still mean the government having est. In mid-September PM Dacic then said the new government. to find new jobs for a lot of people from the This prompted Moscow analysts to say matter “will be resolved within the frame- “Russia looks at Serbia as its strategic eco- plant”. that the reasons might be more political than work of good Serbia-Russia relations”. nomic partner in this part of Europe,” One fifth of the total workforce in the steel economic, aimed at cementing Russian influ- On October 11th Oleg Sienko, general man- Sisojev said. mill worked on iron and raw steel production. ence in the region. ager of UVZ, told Russian newspaper Not everybody shares his views. On The Smederevo mill is not the only deal UVZ is one of Russia’s largest builders of Komersant that the company was in talks October 31st Belgrade-based daily Blic quot- Russia might support in Serbia. Belgrade railway carriages, tanks, road vehicles, met- with Serbia, but that no final decision had ed Nikita Bondarev, an analyst at the Russian expects a favourable loan from Russia, worth allurgical products, tools and consumer been made. Institute for Strategic Studies, as stating that a billion US dollars, to support its budget for goods. “Smederevo Steel has the potential to coop- the practical result of the recent high profile 2013. The company is based in Russia’s Nizhny erate with the foreign assets of UVZ,” Sienko meetings between Serbian and Russian politi- It is unclear whether this is a done deal. Tagil, while its only foreign asset is the said. cians, including the meeting of the two presi- While Serbian Finance Minister Mladjan Sambre foundry at Meuse in France. But the business logic of the move is dis- dents, was zero. Dinkic claims that Moscow will grant the After UVZ bought tender documentation, puted by many Russian analysts, mostly Bondarev believes that Serbia has nothing loan, Balkan Magazin has quoted Russian Serbia was forced to extend the deadline for because the company produces an expensive to offer Russia in order to prove its friendship Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying bids from October 26th to December 26th. product whose price is falling on world mar- and political and economic loyalty. that “at the moment, there is no plan to grant Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic and kets. Other analysts also argue that it will be dif- a loan to Serbia.” Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said the tender It is increasingly accepted among most ficult for the Russian company to profit from The South Stream pipeline is also due to was extended to give UVZ more time to pre- steelmakers that making hot steel in Europe, this deal. start, with construction expect to begin by pare its offer. as Smederevo did, may never again turn a “I don’t see how buying an asset in Serbia the end of the year. World Bank Pans Power Privatization in Albania The World Bank's Albania director, Jane Armitage, last Thursday described the outcome of the sale of Albania’s utility company to the Czech firm CEZ in 2009 as 'deeply disappointing'. have increased; they have not million euro and the World Bank the cost of these imports and put been able to increase billing and helped smooth the sale with a $100 its electricity market on a sustain- collection, the situation has got million partial risk guarantee in able basis. By Besar Likmeta worse,” Armitage added. case the Czech company opted “We will be providing support Although the government and out. as best we can to the government CEZ are still negotiating, the com- But CEZ failed to cut losses and both in the immediate few months pany announced on Wednesday stem theft in the grid, forcing the during these negotiations, but we Three and a half years later we share the deep disappoint- that it might withdraw from the government to subsidize costly are also preparing an emergency “ment of Albanian citizens and Albanian electricity market. imports for its state-owned power energy credit to help the govern- the government with the outcomes In 2009, Albania sold 76 per cent corporation, KESH. ment finance electricity imports of this privatization,” Armitage of its shares in Operatori i Last month the government and also continue reforms to put said in Tirana. Sistemit te Shperndarjes, OSSH, a issued €50 million in loan guaran- the sector on a sustainable basis,” The Czech purchasers of the company that manages the elec- tees for KESH to cover the cost of Armitage said. Y company, CEZ, “have not been tricity distribution of up to 1 mil- imports. “We are working on a 100 mil- M able to reduce technical commer- lion consumers, with revenues of Armitage said that the World lion loan to the country for the C cial losses, which were the expec- over 300 million euro per year. Bank was preparing an emer- energy sector on emergency K tation and, on the contrary, they CEZ bought the stake for 102 gency loan for Albania, to cover basis,” she concluded. profile November 9 - 22, 2012 9

Serbia’s Clowning PM Dacic's most Keeps Close Eye on Power famous quotes: “I think that for Serbia its better that I sing that Ivica Dacic may like to give an impression of boozy spontaneity - but he is more lament. I’m not making music career, I now avoid singing, but that is something that I do since I was politically calculating than he appears. a child and that [singing] would probably my pro- fession, if I wasn’t politician. After all, Haris Dacic’s improvised policy announce- obtaining EU candidate status - and as Dzinovic [famous Bosnian singer] always calls me a ments and to his well publicised antics the EU began insisting on greater colleague.” and sing-alongs on stage. respect for gay rights as part of human RTS, October 23rd 2012 By Bojana Barlovac But Zoran Stojiljkovic, political sci- rights in general - Dacic helped a gay ence professor at Belgrade University, rights activist, Boris Milicevic, get “Milosevic called me and said that he thinks that who was assistant professor when Dacic elected to the Socialist Party main I’m the only one who could replace him. “ was a student, says Dacic is a clever board. RTS, October 23rd 2012 Kosovo is yours as much as it is politician who knows how to stay on the Dacic then proved surprisingly flex- mine.” So said Serbia’s Prime winning side. ible on the emotive subject of Kosovo, “I have fought against Thaci, and if it weren't for “Minister, Ivica Dacic – who was “Dacic is one of the most talented and a key issue that needs resolving as the international community, of course I would born in Kosovo - addressing his Kosovo inventive politicians in Serbia,” he told part of the country’s EU accession have won.” counterpart, Hashim Thaci, at an unex- Balkan Insight . agenda. RTS, October 23rd 2012 pected meeting in Brussels on October The best political science student of As soon as Serbia and Kosovo began 19. his generation at university, Dacic EU-mediated talks in Brussels in “We should continue dialogue with Pristina on The visit was seen as a historic joined the new Socialist Party of Serbia spring 2011, Dacic shook up the politi- all important topics. After all, it’s better to talk than moment in the Balkans, as Dacic was led by Slobodan Milosevic as a young- cal scene by scorning his party’s for- to wage war.” the first Serbian leader to officially ster and at 24, in 1990, became first pres- mer hardline policy on Kosovo. Tanjug, April 18th 2011 meet a Kosovo Albanian leader since ident of the Young Socialists. “I was in a government that tried to the former province declared inde- In the Nineties, while Milosevic was save Kosovo with weapons and we “Excluding the war as an option would send a pendence from Serbia in 2008 – a move firmly in power and whipping up failed,” he said, referring to wrong message to Thaci, as there has to be a bal- that Serbia strongly contested and Serbian nationalism in a drive to carve a Milosevic’s attempt to crush the ance of fear because of a security in the region. which it has said it will never recog- Greater Serbia from the ruins of Kosovo Albanians with arms – which Thaci has to know that if he attacks Serbs in nise. Yugoslavia, Dacic was an arch-loyalist, spectacularly backfired, triggering Kosovo, he attacks Belgrade. Serbia cannot and will Paradoxically, months before, on the serving as party spokesperson as well as NATO intervention. “The time has not stand still and watch.” eve of May general elections, Dacic being an MP in parliament. come for a final agreement on this Press, October 24th 2011 was playing the populist card on But when Milosevic fell dramatically issue,” he added. Kosovo. in 2000, Dacic rapidly changed his tune. Soon after, in March 2012, Serbia “It is obvious that the solution for Kosovo that At that time he was ordering highly After assuming the Socialist Party obtained the EU candidate status it Albanians are wishing for is not implementable, controversial arrests of Kosovo leadership, following the death of had long sought. nor are the things written in Serbian Constitution. Albanians as Interior Minister in the Milosevic in 2006, he changed policy, But, later that month, with EU can- Politicians should not compete who is the better former, Democrat-led government. dumping the old war-mongering ideolo- didacy in the bag and a general elec- fairy tale writer, but to practice politics in the best “I’m not so religious as to turn the gy and fervently embracing the new pro- tion campaign underway, Dacic interest of the people.” other cheek; the one who hits will get a EU course. changed his rhetoric on Kosovo once Tanjug, September 12th 2011 reponse,” he said then, referring to Jovan Zivkovic, head of the Centre for again, maintaining that Serbia would Kosovo Albanians. Regional Politics, believes Dacic has fight for Kosovo, if necessary. “The idea of partition of Kosovo us the only real- Dacic’s crowd-pleasing words on the always been pragmatic, and that this His favourable attitiude to gay rights istic solution. I don’t know if the Belgrade and widely disliked Albanians were one pragmatism holds the key to his incon- also vanished for the duration of the Pristina would agree with me on that, but I think factor behind the Socialists’ unexpect- sistent-looking moves and statements . general election campaign. that the most realistic is that territory where Serbs edly strong showing in the election, “We do not have a proper prime minis- Earlier this month, ahead of a live remains in Serbia and that Serbia agrees that when they won 16 per cent of the votes, ter acting for the public good but a man planned gay pride march, which in the the territory where Albanians live stay in Kosovo.” up from 7.58 per cent in 2008 elections. who always thinks only of keeping end was cancelled, Dacic said in Blic, March 15th 2011 Dacic went on to become Serbia’s new power,” Zivkovic told Balkan Insight. Belgrade: “Screw the kind of Prime Minister. In 2008, the reformed Socialists [European] Union for which gay pride “Police is oblige, in accordance to the But, while in public, Dacic likes to entered the government with Dacic marches are the entry ticket!” Constitution and the laws, to ensure safety to the give an impression of spontaneity, get- becoming Interior Minister European officials seem ready to put participants of public gathering [Pride parade], not ting drunk, grabbing micro- and a key partner of the up with the twists and turns of their to assess whether someone likes or dislikes the phones and saying controver- then President, Boris quixotic interlocutor in Belgrade. even.” sial things in public, his Tadic, especially in the On October 30, Jelko Kacin, the Tanjug, September 30th 2010 apparent gaffes divide polit- fight against organ- European Parliament Rapporteur for ical observers. ised crime and cor- Serbia, said that a government led by “There will be no cooperation with the Hague tri- While some dismiss his ruption. Dacic had the capacity to address the bunal. We will never agree to extradite our citizens outburst as the result of too In government, most important issues on the to The Hague.” much alcohol, others see Dacid adjusted his European agenda. Kurir, May 12th 2008 his gaffes as part of all part views on other sub- He also said he was impressed by of a well thought-out politi- jects, apart from Dacic’s commitment to Serbia’s work “No matter what we think about that cooperation cal strategy. Serbian nationalism. on the EU and by the historic meeting [with the Hague tribunal], that is Serbian obliga- “You know the saying As Belgrade sought with Thaci in Brussels. tion.” about ‘In vino veritas’,” to improve its human Normalisation of relations with Beta, January 12th 2009 Vladimir Goati told Balkan rights record with a view Kosovo remains a key precondition for Insight, refer- to Serbia’s further EU progress. “If we get enough votes, they [IMF] will not be ring to “It was the right message at the here for very long, because they cannot control life right time," Kacin told Serbian news in Serbia. Thank them very much, but they should agency Tanjug, referring to the his- find some other country for their experiments.” toric meeting in Brussels. Politika, March 26th 2012

“The financial sector is the biggest enemy of our nation whose aim is to loot this nation, but it will not be like that any longer. Have we come to the point that our poor people fund the banks.” Blic, July 11th 2012

“Serbian government will contin- ue talks with the IMF, World Bank and other international financial institutions and organisations in order to achieve macroeconomic stability and sustainable econom- ic development.” Prime Minister’s exposé prime, July 26th 2012. 10 November 9 - 22, 2012 neighbourhood The Minority Report: Jobless Ethnic Frustration unites members of the minority across the region – but hopes of EU entry may have eased tensions in Montenegro.

The relative size of these minorities differs. They make up a Samir Kajosevic quarter of Macedonia’s total popu- Podgorica, Skopje lation, and a much smaller percent and Presevo of Serbia’s, concentrated mostly in the south. They have in com- mon a strained relationship with uzi feels like a suburb with- states that are traditionally domi- out a city. Just north of the nated by majority ethnic groups. TAlbanian border, this small That relationship could affect town is struggling to escape the the future of each and every citi- shadow of the Montenegrin capi- zen of Serbia, Montenegro and tal, another ten minutes’ drive to Macedonia. The three countries the north. have applied to join the EU. The Tuzi’s 3,000 inhabitants want to progress of their bids will depend run their own affairs. Instead, heavily on their treatment of their town is administered as an minorities, including the ethnic outlying district of the capital, Albanians. Podgorica. They speak the Of the three, Montenegro is Albanian language, but they must regarded as the strongest candi- follow the laws of Montenegro. date. It could be admitted into the “Nobody cares about us,” says bloc within the next few years. Agron Dushaj, an unemployed While Serbia and Macedonia have man in his twenties. Variations of both applied to join, their entry is his complaint are replayed in neither imminent, nor certain. countless cafes across the town, This story compares discontent where jobless men trade hard-luck among ethnic Albanians in stories and take too long over their Montenegro with the mood among coffee. members of the minority in Greater autonomy for Tuzi was Macedonia and Serbia. meant to have been the solution to It reveals that exclusion from its many woes – securing employ- the public sector job market is a ment for the young, and invest- common complaint across the ment in the crumbling infrastruc- region. But the likelihood of dis- ture. Instead, the denial of munic- content spilling over into civic ipality status has been added to its unrest seems lowest in list of grievances. Montenegro – the country closest Ethnic Albanians make up the to joining the EU. majority in Tuzi and much of According to Genci Nimanbegu, south-western Montenegro. an ethnic Albanian politician, the However, they are a minority in tough criteria for entering the bloc the country as a whole, as well as are pushing Montenegro to in two other ex-Yugoslav improve the way its minorities are republics, Macedonia and Serbia. treated. Nimanbegu’s Forca party is set to join the country’s govern- marketing ing coalition following October’s elections. “Our experience shows that all good things that happened to Albanians arose from external influences,” he told the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN). “This will probably con- tinue during the negotiations with Brussels.” Bujanovac, a largely Albanian city in southern Serbia. ‘Jobs for their own’ The ethnic Albanians believe tries, so in Montenegro, the public But as elsewhere in the region, independence ought to have given sector is bloated and inefficient. there is a widespread belief in them a bigger stake in a smaller Nevertheless, its promise of a Montenegro that the best opportu- An ethnic Albanian insurgency state. But six years on, many still steady salary and benefits are a nities go to those with the best con- brought Macedonia to the brink of complain of being confined to the powerful lure for educated youth – nections. Employment in the pub- civil war in 2001. Calm was sidelines of political and econom- especially in the absence of a lic sector is seen as a means by LED PANELS restored by an internationally bro- ic life. They accuse the govern- strong private sector. Competition which politicians reward – or kered peace deal. Recent violence, ment – in power for more than a is fierce for jobs in the many min- ensure – loyalty. accompanied by nationalist rheto- decade, and recently re-elected – of istries and offshoots of the admin- Ethnic Albanian leaders who for RENT ric from both sides, has made that breaking its promises. istration. are close to the Montenegrin gov- peace look increasingly fraught. Organising a concert? Holding “When they depended on Serbia’s tiny ethnic Albanian Albanian votes, they offered us an event? Need a high-tech population also briefly rose up everything,” says Linda Dushaj, a background for a conference? against the state in 2000, before a MONTENEGRO’S OCTOBER young woman from Tuzi who grad- settlement brought the gunmen BIRN is offering 13 LED flexible uated in politics but can only find into local government. The con- panels, size 2m x 1m, 192 x 96 work as a fitness instructor. “In 2012 ELECTIONS flict in Presevo was intertwined pixels, for rent for such occa- the end, we got nothing.” with that in neighbouring Kosovo, he European Montenegro alliance, comprising the While overall unemployment in sions. where an ethnic Albanian rebel- Democratic Party of Socialists and the Social Democratic Montenegro is around 13 per cent, Including box controller, can be lion – backed by NATO air-strikes TParty, won 39 of 81 seats in the parliament. the figure is closer to 20 per cent in – had culminated with Pristina The opposition coalition, the Democratic Front won 20 seats, used outdoors, moving images. areas such as Tuzi and Ulcinj, that declaring independence from while the Socialist People’s Party and Positive Montenegro in nine Minimum viewing distance: 8 are home to most of the country’s Serbia. and seven seats respectively. meters. ethnic Albanians. Montenegro has always been dif- In order to stay in power, the European Montenegro alliance has The minority accounts for five For more information ferent. Its ethnic Albanians never had to form coalitions with minority parties that have six seats per cent of Montenegro’s overall call +381 38 22 44 98 waged war against the state. Quite between them. Of these, two seats belong to the two main ethnic population. However, it only has the opposite, in fact – the minority Albanian coalitions. 2.8 per cent of the jobs on the is credited with the creation of the Although ethnic Albanian politicians had been included in the state’s payroll, according to a gov- independent republic. In 2006, previous government, they were not elected as MPs. The new ernment report on the state’s Y their votes helped deliver a razor- alliance gives them greater clout. They have already presented a list employment of minorities, pub- M thin victory in the referendum of demands, including more investment in their districts, and more lished in June 2011. C that prised Montenegro out of its jobs in the administration for their community. As in most ex-Yugoslav coun- K union with Serbia. neighbourhood November 9 - 22, 2012 11 Albanians “Let Down by the State”

However, the police service has tions of power has not helped the from both communities periodi- Balkans. As citizens of an EU- one of the lowest records for hir- community’s economic fortunes. cally confront each other in the member country that has pledged ing ethnic Albanians – even The legacy of the previous conflict capital, Skopje. to honour their rights, they rarely though it is one of the largest sin- – and the lingering fear of further The country is effectively parti- complain of discrimination and gle employers in the administra- unrest – have stymied private sec- tioned between the ethnic face no barriers to employment. tion, with more than 4,000 staff on tor growth. Albanians and Macedonian major- Instead, Croatian rights its payroll. Ethnic Albanians “The investors are not coming ity. Estimates suggest nearly a activists speak of the perils of third of the young are unemployed account for only 1.21 per cent of because money is easily scared assimilation. They say that their that figure. And they account for away,” says Nexhat Behluli, a for- – one of the highest records in the language – perhaps the last relic of only 0.72 per cent of the staff of mer guerrilla who now runs sever- Balkans. their culture – is dying a quiet the customs service, another al businesses in the area. “There is And while ethnic Albanian par- death. major employer. no security. The situation could ties are part of the governing The Croats are a tiny minority, The 2011 survey that provided deteriorate at any moment.” coalition, members of the minori- these figures concluded that The public sector also offers lit- ty hold only 17 per cent of the jobs concentrated in Austria’s minorities in general were inade- tle hope to local ethnic Albanian on the state’s payroll. The Ohrid Burgenland province. The descen- quately represented in graduates. Many of them have accord had promised them a quar- dants of refugees from Ottoman Montenegro’s public sector. chosen to complete their educa- ter of all public sector posts – pro- conquests, they have been in the Sabahudin Delic, a counsellor at tion in Kosovo, Macedonia or portionate to their share of the region for more than 500 years. In the Ministry for Human Rights Albania, where university courses population. the past, they have faced pressure and Minorities, acknowledges that are taught in the Albanian lan- Xhabir Deralla, a political ana- to adopt the culture and customs of the figures pointed to a problem – guage. However, Serbia has lyst, says radicals on both sides the people around them. but insists that the shortfall was refused to recognise their qualifi- are playing up the possibility of Today, however, their local asso- not the result of discrimination. cations, until this summer. fresh violence. ciations receive funding from the “This is not because anyone is Coming home to a sluggish econo- “The conflict of 2001 is regarded state. Since 1955, the Burgenland as a match that was interrupted by refusing to employ members of my, the graduates have been locked Croats have also had the right to the international community,” he minorities,” he said. “Simply out of the only viable source of teach their language in schools, says. “On social networking sites, Xhabir Deralla is worried. speaking, in certain areas, we can- employment. and to erect bilingual road signs. not find enough quality candi- “We are completely isolated. It people are saying it is time for the But interest in that language is ernment have also been accused of dates.” feels as if we are second-rate citi- second half.” waning among the young. They allocating jobs to their supporters. Delic’s workplace seems to be zens,” says Valon Arifi, who Xhabir Deralla says he is con- simply feel they have nothing to Many members of their communi- one of the few exceptions to the received a diploma in design in cerned about rising ethnic ten- gain from learning it. ty accept that this form of corrup- rule. Ethnic Albanians make up 43 Kosovo and is struggling to find sions. “The people want to blend in tion affects everyone – not just the per cent of the staff at the well-paid work. However, an official from the minorities. Nevertheless, they Ministry for Human Rights and Despite the disillusionment, governing VMRO-DPMNE party, with the majority because they believe discrimination has made Minorities. there is little appetite for another Vlatko Gjorcev, insists the ten- think they would be better off if matters worse for them. conflict. The unemployed youth of sions have been exaggerated. they spoke German only,” says Dijana Ivanaj, a jobless 26-year- Rising tensions Presevo say they would rather “Sometimes the media presents Gabriela Novak Karall, from the old graduate in the capital, migrate to another country than the situation as being more dra- Croatian Centre in Vienna. Podgorica, says it is “only natural Ethnic Albanians in southern take up arms against the state. matic than it really is,” he said. “They all declare themselves as that state officials wish to keep the Serbia say their region lacks Thousands have already done so – “Macedonia is not Scandinavia – Austrians. Many of them have jobs for their own”. investment. remittances support many house- but even Scandinavia has prob- ceased speaking Croatian, even at “But if they give me a passport, Unemployment also tops the list holds in the region. lems.” home.” regard me as a Montenegrin citi- of grievances in Presevo and An armed uprising in Back in Montenegro, ethnic zen and claim that I have equal Bujanovac, an impoverished Macedonia, to Serbia’s south, was ‘No magic wand’ Albanian politician Nimanbegu rights, then I should be allowed to region of southern Serbia that is also halted by an agreement over says his community is realistic Montenegro has no recent histo- do the work I have been trained home to some 70,000 ethnic ten years ago. The Ohrid accord – about the EU. “Europe has no ry of bloodshed involving ethnic for.” Albanians. named after the lakeside resort magic wand,” he says. “A lot will Having spent two years hunting More than a decade ago, a local where the rival leaders met – was Albanians. The country’s govern- depend on us.” for a job, Ivanaj says she has lost guerrilla force tried to secede from heralded at the time as a blueprint ment even gained some approval Ivanaj, the jobless forensic-sci- track of the rejections. She has Serbia and unite the territory with for a more equitable society. from the minority group during ence graduate, says she is running even failed to get work as a secre- neighbouring Kosovo. The brief Over the last few years however, the late 1990s, when it provided out of patience. If her fortunes do tary, for which she would have rebellion was halted by a peace ethnic Albanians have been com- sanctuary to refugees from neigh- been over-qualified. As a graduate deal that guaranteed the minority plaining that the reforms are bouring Kosovo. not improve, she plans to join the in forensic science, she had origi- more clout in local politics. being reversed. Tension remains Today, the prospect of entering many members of her community nally hoped to join the police. But having more leaders in posi- high, and gangs of young men the EU may be restraining ethnic who have sought employment Albanian resentment. Mitja abroad. Drobnic, the head of the European “I have one life and I cannot Commission’s delegation in spend it waiting for something to Podgorica, said the Montenegrin happen,” she says. government’s treatment of the minority was being monitored Samir Kajosevic is a Podgorica closely. -based journalist. This article was “No country can join the EU edited by Neil Arun. It was pro- before achieving all European standards,” he told BIRN. duced as part of the Balkan However, precedents within the Fellowship for Journalistic EU suggest few minorities are ever Excellence, an initiative of the completely satisfied. Robert Bosch Stiftung and ERSTE The Croat population of Austria Foundation, in cooperation with enjoys far better status than many the Balkan Investigative Reporting ethnic Albanian minorities in the Network. MONTENEGRIN MINORITIES IN PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS ontenegrins comprise 45 per cent of the country’s citizens – and have 79 per cent of the jobs in the administration, Maccording to a government study from 2011. The Serbian minority makes up 28 per cent of the population, and has 8.6 per cent of the jobs on the state’s payroll. Ethnic Albanians account for 5 per cent of the population, and hold 2.8 per cent of the public sector jobs. Bosnians, Roma, Croats and Muslims make up smaller minori- ties – and have smaller shares of the administration’s jobs. (Source: 2011 survey for the government of Montenegro) An Albanian newstand in Presevo, Serbia. 12 November 9 - 22, 2012 neighbourhood Bosnia Two-Party Deal Meets Storm of Criticism While the strongest parties in the two entities say their new agreement will improve the functioning of the econo- my and government, critics say it will undermine Bosnia’s state-level institutions. mer coalition partner, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA, said that for the first time since the 1995 By Elvira M. Jukic Dayton Peace Accords, jurisdic- tion over key issues in the country was being given to the country’s two autonomous entities. ast week’s meeting between “Lagumdzija's new deal is deci- Zlatko Lagumdzija’s Social sive and detailed when it comes to LDemocratic Party, SDP, and decomposing the state, and declar- Milorad Dodik’s Alliance of ative and superficial on concrete Independent Social Democrats, economic measures,” the SDA SNSD, had not even finished claimed. before they were accused of work- “Obviously, Lagumdzija gave ing on the final division of Bosnia away everything... that Dodik and Herzegovina. demanded in order to remain as Bosnia’s strongest parties are working together. Opposition parties and a num- Foreign Minister, and for SDP to ber of analysts accused 16 months after the general elec- the agreement. tages of such changes,” the HJPC remain in government,” the oppo- Lagumdzija of caving in to all the tions in October 2010. said. sition Party for Bosnia and all terms that Dodik put on the The original coalition com- The same institution said it Herzegovina added. Selecting prosecutors: table to keep his top chair in the prised the two main Bosniak par- could not merely accept the expla- Foreign Ministry - allegedly agree- Coalition changes: ties, the SDA and SDP, two Serbian After reaching the deal with nation that parliaments in other ing to steps that could lead to the parties, the SNSD and SDS and the Dodik, the SDP leader announced countries choose their main prose- country’s dissolution. two main Croatian parties, HDZ on Monday changes to the Law on cutors since, the HJPC said, it is The Lagumdzija–Dodik deal fol- Among the changes they agreed BiH and its sister party, HDZ 1990. the High Judicial and not in accordance with the opinion lowed key changes in the state gov- on at state level are changes to the But the SDA and SDP fell out Prosecutorial Council, HJPC of the Venice Commission, the ernment last month, when the electoral law, the functioning of over the adoption of a budget in As a result, the two parties have Council of Europe's advisory body SDA, was expelled from the six- the administration and the elec- May, after which the SDP insisted agreed that the main prosecutors on constitutional matters. This party coalition to make way for the tion of prosecutors. that the SDA had joined the oppo- will be chosen in future by the has said that the process needs to SDP’s new partner, the Alliance The two parties behind the sition. country's parliaments, not only by be de-politicised. for a Better Future, SBB. agreement signed on October 31 In the meanwhile, two events the HJPC. But Lagumdzija said in a TV At the same time, Lagumdzija's insisted that it would improve the related to SDP officials angered Lagumdzija defended the plan interview on Thursday that the own dismissal and that of another functioning of government and the two Serbian parties, prompt- as standard practice in European HJPC would not be less important SDP official were also on parlia- the economy. ing demands for their dismissal. countries and in neighbouring in future in the process of electing ment's agenda. But critics claimed the changes The power struggle was resolved Croatia, but an avalanche of criti- the main prosecutors as only the The main question was which would substantively weaken in the second half of October with cism still followed. final confirmation would be left to change would win the support the Bosnia’s weak central state, and the SDP winning the support of The HJCP told Prishtina Insight legislative bodies. main Serbian and Croatian par- concentrate more power in the the Serbian and Croatian parties. that even if some other countries Another SDP official, Mirza ties. hands of the dominant parties. The new coalition in the state- did follow this system, most were Kusljugic, earlier said that he did Although the SDA thought it Nermin Pecanac, of the Social level government came down to a planning to change it and leave the not agree with the opinion of the had obtained support until the last Democratic Union, a small opposi- deal of the two dominant parties election of prosecutors to inde- Venice Commission, and his party moment, backed by the fact that it tion party, said: “The more the two in the two entities, the SDP in the pendent institutions. would meet representatives of the polled strongly in Bosnia’s recent of them talk, it seems like there is Federation of Bosnia and the “The agreement about the HJPC international community in local elections, the Serbs and less and less of Bosnia and SNSD from Republika Srpska. did not give any reasons for chang- Bosnia to discuss the issue. Croats decided to let the SDA go. Herzegovina.” The four other parties were sim- ing the way that prosecutors are The SDA meanwhile condemned Bosnia’s state government was Freshly kicked out from the ply informed about the terms of chosen - nor can we see the advan- the change as an attempt to put formed on February 10, more than state government, the SDP's for- Developers Ravage Albania’s Albania’s shrinking stock of historic buildings is in danger as owners, real estate developers and mayors conspire to get rid of them, and rebuild on the sites.

Under the auspices of the French military According to the Institute of Monuments, weak state institutions, a lack of funds for who at the time occupied the area, the small Albania has lost hundreds of historic sites conservation and corruption, threaten to self-styled republic would endure until 1920. and monuments in the last decade to a real overwhelm halting efforts to protect cultur- By Fatmira Nikolli In mid-September two other historic estate boom. al heritage. buildings in Korca were illegally torn down. From 1997 to 2006, the Institute estimates Pirro Thomo, an expert on Albania’s ver- Police are still investigating the actions. But that 17 per cent of the country’s 2,564 listed nacular architecture, says that historic n August 16, the people of the south- some suspect that the owners of the build- monuments were totally destroyed and town centres, like Korca’s, are being ern Albanian town of Korca woke up ings demolished them in order to deprive another 37 per cent were damaged or besieged by new builds, which have a nega- Oto an unpleasant surprise. them of their heritage status, so opening up ruined. tive impact on the older buildings’ historic Overnight, one of the city’s most impor- a path to redevelop the site and build new In the latter case, owners either entirely and architectural value. tant landmarks, a villa known as the “Flag apartments. abandoned the properties, or carried out “Albania’s landscape is being polluted by House,” had been flattened. Jorida Namcka, head of the Institute of renovation without reference to the integri- new construction close to cultural monu- In the same house in 1916, while Albania Monuments in Korca, says that despite their ty of the original architecture. ments or architectural ensembles, which do was being fought over by competing foreign dilapidated condition the three houses did In many other cases, unsympathetic not respect the value and character of the armies, a group of local patriots declared not crumble away on their own, but were development has destroyed the sites’ overall protected buildings,” Thomo said. the autonomous region of Korca, also torn down illegally. architectural milieu. “The new builds threaten the stylistic and known as the “Republic of Korca”. Experts warn growing pressure to devel- Although Albania’s property boom has architectural unity not only of the tradi- The goal of the declaration of independ- op historic town centres has already dis- slowed in recent years, due to the knock-on tional ensembles but also of the landscape,” ence was to counter the threat of annexa- patched many local landmarks to oblivion. effect of the European debt crisis, demand he added. tion by Greece, which laid claim to the They say too little is being done to con- for construction in city centres remains The destruction of cultural monuments is region as part of what it called “Northern serve what remains of Albania’s architec- high. not a phenomenon confined to Korca. Epirus”. tural heritage. Pressure from developers, coupled with Two years ago, a historic building in the neighbourhood November 9 - 22, 2012 13 prosecutors under closer political control. “This was agreed exclusively in order to achieve absolute political control over prosecutors and to protect criminality,” the SDA said. “With this new deal we are step- ping far backwards,” it added, dis- Report Corruption missing “any kind of comparison to EU countries as inappropriate”. Closed voting lists:

Another much-criticized issue from the agreement is the proposal to change the electoral law in the country by imposing closed vot- ing list in elections and transfer- ring the ballot-counting process from the centre to local level. Bosnia’s constitution places the electoral process under the overall jurisdiction of state-level authorities and the Central Electoral Commission is current- ly in charge of the job. Vedran Hadzovic, member of the Bosnian Central Electoral Commission, told the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje that the changes would place the process of election counts under the clos- er control of political parties. “The local election committees are the weakest link in the elec- toral process,” he said. “Now we have a reverse propos- al to abolish the central counting Sulejman Tihic, the leader of Bosnia’s SDA party. centre, which is exactly where cases of election frauds have ballots for parties; the parties effectively be owned by parties, as well as on the export of prod- to incur unforeseeable conse- been discovered,” Hadzovic will then choose who it’s in par- undermining the democratic cul- ucts for which Bosnia provides quences.” added. liament according to the level of ture of the country. subsidies. He added that the Foreign The SDP-SNSD proposal for support each party obtained. “That will be a serious step But Duljko Hasic, an expert in Trade Chamber had proposed closed voting lists has also drawn The current system allows citi- backwards because voters will Bosnia’s Foreign Trade Chamber, measures to protect domestic pro- criticism as intending to concen- zens to vote for a party, or to sup- lose the possibility of choosing told Prishtina Insight that such a ducers but politicians had trate more power in the hands of port individual candidates only, if their representatives in the par- move could not be made easily, ignored them. parties. they want so. liaments, transferring that to the owing to Bosnia’s obligations as Another issue from the agree- Closed voting lists mean that Hadzovic said that all the man- direct responsibility of the par- part of international agreements ment that worried him is their voters will only be able to cast dates in parliament would now ties,” he said. it has signed. proposal to change the method of “This means that they don't financing the Foreign Trade Foreign Trade Chamber know the terms of the agree- Chamber. and Agriculture: ments such as CEFTA or the “In practice that would mean Ill in Studio: SAA,” Duljic said, referring to that we would get about 15 to 20 Central European Free Trade times less money from member- As Lagumdzija was explaining the agreement in an interview on Part of the deal concerns Agreement and the Stabilization ship fees,” Hasic said, adding it Federation TV, FTV, referring to a question about closed voting lists improvements to agriculture and Association Agreement with would bring the institution to its he just said that the change would contribute to “better representa- where the two parties said they the EU, which assures free trade knees. tion”. would take measures to protect among member countries. “This is because they want to He was unable to speak further as he fell ill in the studio and, domestic production. “We have no right to take such abolish another state-level insti- after asking for a glass of water, stood up and walked away from the The two announced a ban on measures,” Hasic said, “We do tution,” he claimed. “It’s an camera. Media later reported he was taken to hospital suffering the import of seasonal fruits and have to protect our domestic pro- attack on another state-level insti- from exhaustion. vegetables grown in the country ducers but not in such as way as tution,” he concluded. Historic Landmarks northern city of Shkodra, known as the tor of Albania’s Institute of Monuments, a “Pioneers’ House” was demolished and the lack of investment by the government in the culprits where never arrested. After it was preservation of historic homes and monu- flattened, the house was de-listed as a pro- ments has led many people to believe that tected cultural monument. they are of no value and might as well be In 2008, two historic buildings in the capi- flattened. tal, Tirana, were destroyed after being “We are losing some of the most impor- engulfed by fire. Few heritage experts tant architectural heritage sites in our believe that a malfunctioning electrical cir- towns because nobody bothers to protect cuit caused the fire, as was claimed at the them,” Shreli said. time. Instead of just blaming the property own- Emin Riza, one of Albania’s top heritage ers, Shkreli points the finger at municipali- experts, who helped draw proposals for the ties that have allowed conditions to deterio- inclusion of the cities of Berat and rate. Gjirokstra in the UNSECO list of World “In the last three years there is not one Heritage Sites, says Albania is losing some small or large town in Albania that hasn’t its best cultural landmarks to greedy devel- seen such buildings ending up destroyed,” opers. he asserted. “The damage done to many buildings of “But no one is ever convicted because the extraordinary heritage value is difficult to main people responsible for their demoli- fathom,” he said. tion are the local mayors,” Shkreli conclud- “Developers are the reason why so many ed. old buildings are being burned or demol- This article is funded under the BICCED Y ished, because they want to build new apart- project, supported by the Swiss Cultural M ment blocks,” he added. Programme. C According to Artan Shkreli, former direc- K 14 November 9 - 22, 2012 culture KosovoKosovo MullsMulls FateFate ofof Milosevic-eraMilosevic-era CathedralCathedral

The outlook is unclear for the unfinished Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Christ the Saviour in Prishtina, a relic of the turbulent 1990s.

Belgrade that Prishtina was to get the University, recalls. the Visoki Decani monastery, the Kosovo government’s list of a new Serbian Orthodox cathe- The Cathedral of the Christ the says. protected sites, which is main- dral. Saviour was never finished, let The Cathedral would be fitting, tained by the Ministry of Culture, By Donjeta Demolli Albanians saw this illegal inva- alone used, by the time that Serbia standing near the mosque and Youth and Sports. sion of university property and as lost control of Kosovo in the 1999 Catholic cathedral, he adds. But Shkelzen Dragaj, an advi- yet another move by Slobodan war. Once finished, the church “will sor to the minister, said the min- Milosevic’s nationalist govern- In the aftermath of the war the be one of the most magnificent istry is not competent to decide n 1995, University of Prishtina ment in Serbia to marginalize church was bombed by unknown buildings in Prishtina,” the church’s fate. “We are of the students woke up to find build- them. attackers and put under the pro- Archimandrite Sava continues. view that it is better for the build- Iing work going on next to the “The church was not based … on tection of NATO peacekeepers for “Architecturally it is a very ing to be functional than to col- main library. But it wasn’t a new any need for spiritual devotion as some years. interesting mixture of tradition- lapse,” he says. faculty, dormitory or even a new much as on a need for physical and library. Now it remains one of the most al and modern architecture that The University of Prishtina, institutional aggression,” Shemsi Orders had arrived from prominent buildings in the capital shows that one must respect tra- meanwhile, has no immediate Krasniqi, a sociology lecturer at of Kosovo, a country whose popu- dition, but also look into the plans to do anything with it the lation is overwhelmingly future.” site. But that could change as part Albanian and Muslim and where The Serbian Church plans to of a larger effort to improve the the Serbs comprise only a few per finish the cathedral as soon as it university's infrastructure, says cent. has the funding to do so, the Ardian Kastrati, an advisor to the But as construction begins on a Archimandrite notes. But it’s rector. new big mosque for the city, and as unclear when that may happen. Archimandrite Sava bristles at work on a nearby Catholic the possibility of the cathedral’s Cathedral nears completion, inter- Symbol of Serbian rule: destruction. est in the fate of the unfinished “The idea that in the 21st centu- Orthodox cathedral has renewed. But most Albanians don't want ry someone should destroy a Whether it should be demol- any more reminders of the era Christian temple in the centre of ished, completed, or even convert- when they were ruled by Serbia. the city is absurd,” he says. ed into something else, like a Architect Sali Shoshi, of “In our Church, we deeply museum, remains a moot point. Cultural Heritage without believe that it is not the will of the Borders, says the church serves as majority of Albanians in Kosovo, Question of ownership: a reminder for Albanians of a because nobody from the dark period when “the [Serbian] Government of Kosovo has sup- The Municipality of Prishtina state used urban planning for ported this, nor has the new rec- views the space as “property and political purposes, to express its tor of the university,” he adds. responsibility of the University domination of the population Krasniqi, the sociologist, says of Prishtina” that has the power through religious objects. the best option would be to reach to issue a license to build there, “The church is evidence of the an agreement with the Serbian Asdren Osaj, an adviser to Mayor history of the 1990s. That evi- Orthodox Church and find a more Isa Mustafa, says. dence is valuable, but as an object suitable location for the cathe- However, the Serbian Orthodox it doesn’t have any value,” he dral. Church maintains that the unfin- says. He believes that tearing it down ished building is its own proper- “It doesn’t have any architec- now would be a mistake. “Revenge ty, citing permits and documenta- tural values and is not among … is something that would dam- tion secured in the early 1990s. [listed] cultural heritage objects age the credibility of the [Kosovo] “Our wish is that this church since it is not an old building,” he state more than the building,” he Y becomes an adornment for all cit- continues. Shoshi says the church warns. M izens, no matter what their should be demolished or given This article is funded under the C national or religious origin is,” another function. BICCED project, supported by the K The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour remains unfinished. Archimandrite Sava Janjic, of The cathedral is not indeed on Swiss Cultural Programme. international November 9 - 22, 2012 15 Investigators track Mubarak’s wealth Tales of corrupt dictators enjoying opulent lifestyles whilst citizens struggled to make ends meet fuelled the anger of protesters throughout the Arab Spring. While Muammar Gaddafi’s residences were decked out with baby grand pianos and show jumping circuits, his Tunisian counterpart Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was wealthy enough to entertain banquet guests with a pet tiger that dined on four live chickens a day.

tered companies. Foreign asset recovery has proved to be a By Louisa Loveluck painfully slow process, leading to accusa- tions that the jurisdictions involved are dragging their feet. In September, The Guardian revealed n Egypt’s Tahrir Square, the vast fortune that one member of Mubarak’s inner circle of Hosni Mubarak and his inner circle ‘has even been permitted to set up a UK- Iwas also a focal point of resentment. based business in recent months, despite Previous estimates of the Mubarak family being named on a British Treasury sanc- wealth placed the figure at between $40bn tions list of Egyptians who are linked to and $70bn. misappropriated assets and subject to an A report by The National last week, asset-freeze.’ looked at official investigations into the for- Foreign Secretary William Hague has mer dictator’s wealth. It reveals that since sent a lawyer to work with Egyptian Mubarak held very little in his own name, prosecutors seeking to track down the funds. but much of the wealth was spread between Yesterday, it was reported that the his family and inner circle. British government has since formed a Official documents obtained by The team from several government depart- National suggest that investigators have ments in an effort to speed up the fund- found $300m in cash. Further assets of freezing process. undetermined value have been identified in However, the recovery process is still the form of properties, company stakes and expected to be long and painful. Identifying ‘additional’ funds. the location of assets, whether acquired The confidential five-page report, dating legally or plundered from the state, is only back to October 2011, was prepared for pros- Hosni Mubarak’s family had a vast fortune. the first step in a long-winded legal process ecutors by investigators working for the spanning multiple jurisdictions. Egyptian Ministry of Justice. decade of the Mubarak era, growing have now asked the UK, US, France, Talking to The National, asset recovery The majority of assets identified in the increasingly wealthy as their aggressive Switzerland and Liechtenstein to freeze the expert Eric Lewis said that the action need- report were held by Mubarak’s two sons, neoliberal reforms pushed millions deeper bank accounts of former government offi- ed to be spearheaded by a ‘powerful and Alaa and Gamal. The pair and their wives into poverty. cials and businessmen with close links to focused executive branch.’ were found to have at least 34 properties The Mubarak brothers are now standing the former regime. Meanwhile, the Egyptian economy con- scattered across Cairo, as well as Swiss trial on charges of violating stock market According to Ahmed Saad, a senior coun- tinues to struggle, with the Egyptian pound bank accounts holding approximately and central bank rules to make unlawful selor at Egypt’s Illicit Gains Authority, the weakening to an almost 8-year low on $300m and multi-million dollar stakes in profits. The legal process has been dogged total held in these accounts could amount Wednesday. Egyptian and international real estate and by delays and after repeated re-adjourn- to about $1.2bn. As Lewis concludes of the asset repatria- securities firms. ments, the next stage is scheduled for A six-month investigation conducted by tion process, ‘focus, speed and coordination Gamal in particular had been the focus of November 12. BBC Arabic also identified many valuable are essential.’ Now more so than ever, it corruption allegations throughout much of Further questions remain about assets linked to the Mubarak inner circle would seem. the past decade. Mubarak’s youngest son Mubarak family assets which were chan- that remained unfrozen. These included and his business associates wielded signifi- nelled overseas throughout their three luxury houses in Chelsea and This story is published courtesy of Pro cant political influence during the final decades at the top. Egyptian investigators Knightsbridge, as well as London-regis- Publica, under Creative Commons license.

Photo News: Kosovo Catches Election Fever

Kosovo President Atifete

Jahjaga poses with

cutouts of President

Barack Obama and former

challenger Mitt Romney

during a party held by the

U.S. Embassy in honor of

the American presidential

election on November 6.

The event at Sheshi 21 in

Prishtina included an

unofficial ballot. Attendees

reportedly favored Obama Y by a large margin. M C K 16 November 9 - 22, 2012 Guide

Here is Prishtina Insight’s guide to the best places in town to eat, drink, shop and be merry. We’ll keep this section updated with the newest and coolest places

Hard Rockers Club Fastfood: opening in Kosovo. Road Ilaz Kodra, contact: vraja_fatos@ hot- mail.com. It's one of the few places in Prishtina where you can catch regular live Bel Ami Restaurants: Stylishly designed and smoke-free, Le Siam acts and the only place which caters for Rr Luan Haradinaj, Tel: +377 (0)44 133 848, has become a real hit for the international those who like their rock served up heavy, or +386 49 133 848. The ideal town-centre stop community of Kosovo. If you are acquaint- hard. On a quiet night, it's quite a comfort- for a quick lunch or takeaway snack, Bel Liburnia 1 and 2 ed with Thai food, you're not in for any sur- able venue to grab a beer, even if you are not Ami unceremoniously serves some of the Rr Meto Bajraktar, tel. +381 (0)38 222 719. prises here, with the typical assortment of being entertained by hirsute musicians . best chicken doner in Prishtina in a surpris- There are actually two Liburnias opposite curries, salads and deep fried treats, deliv- ingly un-greasy, smoke-free environment. each other, both very similar in style and ered to decent standards. At 7 or 8 euro for a The Cuban Ask for a “komplet” to get the classic doner food. Housed in a fine Ottoman abode and main course, it's relatively pricey compared Road Luan Haradinaj Tel: +377(0) 45 620 620. packed with salad and sauces and wrapped surrounded by pleasant walled gardens, to its neighbours. Open Monday-Thursday This is a decent addition to the city's drink- in tin foil. Monday-Friday 9 am - 7.30 pm; Liburnia oozes atmosphere, whether in win- 11:00-14:00 and 17:45-22:30; Friday-Sunday ing scene, even if the place can be full of Saturday 9 am - 8 pm. ter or summer. The food is a roll call of 11:00-23:00. spivs and tarts who aren't going to a fancy- decent traditional Albanian food, including dress party. The Cuban-themed décor is the usual stews (tave) and grilled meat. It’s Clubs: Renaissance II decadent Havana, the food is average, and not the best place in town to sample local Rr. George Bush (behind the Pro Credit Bank not very Caribbean, but the cocktails are delicacies, but a good choice given the set- P1 HQ), tel. +377 (0)44 118 796. Renaissance good. 8 am - 1 am. ting. Open 8 am - 11 pm Fehmi Agani, +377 (0)44 608 669. If you’re offers arguably the best overall dining expe- looking for cool, then P1 is probably not rience in Prishtina. It's quite an experience Xhoni’s Bar Country House the spot for you. The decor is pretty unin- just to find the place. Tucked away along a Rexhep Mala, Pristina, tel. +377 (0)44 750 720. Off road to Podujevo from Pristina, right spiring, the music is bog standard and the tiny alleyway, you enter the homely, stone Xhoni’s is, without doubt, a Prishtina insti- after the Muciqi Mercedes-Benz garage, tel. atmosphere reminiscent of a cattle mar- building through heavy wooden doors. It's tution. It’s small, friendly and smoky, plays +377 (0)44 656 054. This rustic restaurant is ket. But if your thing is scantily clad 15 euro per head, and for that you will be excellent soul, disco and classic rock music a 15-minute drive outside Pristina (on a young women or packs of amorous boys, kept fed, watered and supplied with booze from vinyl and is open until the last man or good day) and provides glorious views than it’s an excellent choice. And, in the for at least a three course meal, including a woman staggers out. Arrive by 11pm at the across rolling, verdant hills and is especial- venue’s defence, it does have a pleasant wonderful meze starter and a delicious weekend to secure a corner, or even better a ly pleasant place in the summer to watch outdoor area for summer dancing. main course cooked on embers. Open 11 am seat, if you intend to make a night of it. Next the sunset. The overall food quality is - 11 pm. to A&A restaurant and has round windows. Working hours Wednesday, Friday, decent, with special marks for the fresh Opens: 8pm-to late. Shut on Sundays. Saturday from 9 pm to 3 am. bread, straight from the wood stove, and speca me maze (peppers in cream). 10 am - 11 pm. Bars:

Princesha Gresa Crème de la Crème 23 Rr. Fehmi Agani, tel. +381 (0) 38 24 58 41. If Rr Robert Doll, tel. +377(0)44259912. Crème you have a horse-size hole in your stomach is probably the best all-round bar in the city. to fill, this is the place to come. The meal It's run for the amusement of the young, starts with some free bread and dips and is arty owners and not for profit, which followed by gargantuan portions of salad, explains the more-than-generous pricing meat, fish, or anything else on this varied arrangements, especially for the perfectly menu. The food is sometimes great, some- executed cocktails. Its five tiny floors heave times average but always served in massive on Fridays and Sundays with Pristina's cool portions. Open 10 am - 11 pm. to the variety of beats. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8pm to 3am. Hemingway Rr Ilaz Kodra, tel. +386 (0)49 145 637. Yes, you Filikaqa can get fresh sea fish in landlocked Kosovo. Rr Mujo Ulqinaku BL 4/1, Pejton, website Hemingway is tucked away in an unappeal- www.filikaqa.com; 038 244 288. Whistle, as it ing end of the city but worth a trip if you translates from Albanian, offers a dizzying are craving food of the piscine variety. It's a array of televisions on which to watch your pretty basic sort of set-up and relatively sport of choice and eat the best burgers in expensive for the setting, but undoubtedly town. Select a booth, ask the amiable staff to one of the best places in town for fish. Open tune into your match and grab a 'double 9 am - 11 pm decker' or 'triple burger', which look like American fast-food classics but taste better. Le Siam Thai Friday night Karaoke is a must-see, must- Rr Fehmi Agani, tel. +377 (0)45 243 588. sing event.

Hot Food: NOMNOM, Rr Rexhep Luci, Prishtina. A superb edition to Prishtina’s dining scene. Its London chef serves up food fit for a high-end eatery in the Big Smoke. The excel- lent variety of ingredients on offer is particularly pleasing, as is the extensive wine list. The outdoor area is also great for people watching while you sup a cocktail or two.

PAPIRUN(LEFT). Tel. 045 26 23 23. Papirun has seating at two perpendicular coun- ters in what’s basically a hole-in-the-wall just off Mother Teresa Boulevard, near the Grand Hotel. The menu has 13 options: 6 pizzas and seven sandwiches. The sandwich- es are the stars, though. Every component is handled with care. The bread alone is good enough to make just about any sandwich into a glorious feast. It’s freshly baked and seasoned with rosemary.

Hot Shop: SACRO(ABOVE), Rruga Garibaldi, Behind Metro Caffe, Prishtina, tel. +377 44 234 Y 499, www.sacrobio.com Where in Pristina can you buy dried Kamenica mushrooms? M Lentils to help with a vegetarian/ vegan diet? Marshmallow root? Sacro, the newly- C opened shop in central Prishtina, is an education and a delight. K November 9 - 22, 2012 17 Guide Contact Prishtina Insight if you would like your event to feature or to advertise your venue. Email [email protected]

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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

Paddy O’Brien’s Papillon Bistro Bar

The staff at This newly reopened bar in Prishtina, If you live in Kosovo and would like to Paddy O’Brien’s Papillon, offers more than 60 types of wines receive the hardcopy of the newspaper have a saying: “It’s from France, Italy, Spain, and Kosovo with easy to walk in, but great prices and delicious dishes. delivered to your door, you can also sub- very hard to leave.” They serve pasta, sandwiches, salads and And with its different appetizers. scribe for 13 editions, the equivalent of warm atmosphere, You can also try different types of local or six months, for 13 euro, including deliv- fantastic range of international beers. drinks and excel- The bar, with it’s stunning new design, is ery, or for 26 euro for the whole year. lent food, it is easy located in the centre of Prishtina, near Please note, deliveries outside of to see why. ProCredit Bank headquarter, RTK radio There have been centre, and the Mother Teresa cathedral. Prishtina may be refused due to trans- many attempts to port costs. establish a proper Papillon Irish pub in Mother Teresa Str. Nr. 51 A You can pay through an international Prishtina, but this [email protected] bank transfer or in cash at a Kosovo is the only one to 044 103 310 hit the spot. branch of Raiffeisen bank. From classic coffees to cocktails, via, of course, Guinness, you really wont find it difficult to select the perfect drink. If you are interested in subscribing please A mouth-watering menu of Irish specialties is also on offer, spanning from all-day breakfasts to Irish stews at night. email us at [email protected] Options include shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, fish ‘n with the subject "subscription", listing chips, and whopping great burgers. Thursday is pub quiz night, but there is always something what type of subscription you require. We going on at the pub, whether it is sport screenings or just a good will then provide you with an invoice and shindig. Paddy O’Brien’s bank details. Tringe Smajli Street, by the Illyria Hotel Y Prishtina: 045-420900 M C K 18 November 9 - 22, 2012 timeout

Laibach: We Come in Peace early example of this ambiguity would be National Theatre 8pm Friday, November 16 the woodcut entitled 'The Thrower,' also Saturday, November 17, Venue: Big Hall at the Palace of Culture, known as Metalec ("The Metal Worker"). 8 pm Youth and Sports “Boro and Ramizi” This work features a monochrome silhou- “A tomb for mayor of the ette of a figure with a clenched fist holding “SKYFALL” King” THERE IS NO NEWS LIKE BAD a hammer. The work could be seen by its every day at 8pm and by Haqif Mulliqi NEWS – EXCEPT WHEN IT'S LAIBACH original Slovene viewers as a poster pro- 10:30pm NEWS! moting industrial protest, but the poster Sunday, November 18, could have also been interpreted as a sym- Daniel Craig is back as 8 pm Stacion - Center for Contemporary art bol of industrial pride. Another aspect of lan Fleming’s James Bond “The Skanderbeg” Prishtina presents the first concert of this woodcut is the large typefaced word 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd by Xhevat Limani Laibach in Kosova. Laibach was invited to 'LAIBACH', evoking memories of the Nazi adventure in the longest- perform and be part of the project ‘Identity occupation of Slovenia (when the capital running film franchise of Thursday, November Restoration Reloaded’ a project by Stacion - city was briefly known as Laibach). This all time. In Skyfall, Bond’s 22, 8 pm Center for Contemporary art Prishtina. piece was featured prominently during a loyalty to M is tested as her ballet “The wedding” The band, whose recent European tour TV interview of Laibach in 1983, during past comes back to haunt cerography by Mehmet included the Monumental Retro-Avant which the interviewer Jure Pengov called her. As MI6 comes under Ballkan Garde performance at the Tate Modern in Laibach "enemies of the people." attack, 007 must track London, and the Berghain in Berlin, will Laibach has frequently been accused of down and destroy the threat, no matter how person- Friday, November 23, soon return to the studio to start work on a both far left and far right political stances al the cost. 8 pm box set to be released on Mute. due to their use of uniforms and totalitari- Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier solo concert During 2012 Laibach released Iron Sky an-style aesthetics. They were also accused Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Helen Inva Mula0 OST, the original sound track to Iron Sky of being members of the neo-nationalism McCrory. Directed by: Sam Mendes (directed by Timo Vuorensola), the dark movement, which reincarnates modern Saturday, November 24 science fiction comedy about Nazis invad- ideas of nationalism. When confronted “AGNUS DEI” 8 pm ing earth in 2018, after escaping to the Dark with such accusations, Laibach are quoted Movie will be shown at “Lisistrata” Side of the Moon in 1945. as replying with the ambiguous response 17:00, 19:00 and 21:30 by Aristofani, directed by Laibach was formed on June 1, 1980 in "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a Elmaze Nura Trbovlje, a mining-industry town, taking painter". Agnus Dei is a kind of the name used during the World War II The members of Laibach are notorious Oedipus of our days. A Monday, November 26 , occupation of Yugoslavia for the city of for rarely stepping out of character. Some young man Peter, who is 8 pm Ljubljana. At the time, the group collabo- releases feature artwork by the Communist around thirties, lives a des- ethno-musical show rated with art groups Irwin (painting) and and early Dada artist/satirist, John perate life with his mother from Ulqinji Crveni Pilot (theatre). Since its formation, Heartfield. Laibach concerts have some- Maria and her husband the group had been preparing their first times aesthetically appeared as political Stojan in one village of Tuesday, November 27, multimedia project "Rde i revirji" ("Red rallies. When interviewed, they answer in Serbia. Peter is born in 8 pm District"), aiming to provoke the current wry manifestos, showing a paradoxical lust Kosova from a forbidden “Lisistrata” political structures in Trbovje. The per- for, and condemnation of, authority. love between his mother by Aristofani, directed by formance was banned before its opening Richard Wolfson wrote of the group: Maria and the young Albanian man, but for this he Elmaze Nura due to its "improper and irresponsible" Laibach's method is extremely simple, is not aware Is the period of time when the relations usage of Malevich's black crosses as sym- effective and horribly opens to misinter- between Serbs and Albanians are inimical, exactly Wednesday, November bols on the posters, causing a lot of nega- pretation. First of all, they absorb the man- is the time of the beginning of war. Peter is forced 28, 8 pm tive reactions in the media and public. The nerisms of the enemy, adopting all the by his mother and the others to go to the war. He “Twelfth night” group's visual style at this earliest stage seductive trappings and symbols of state intends to escape the war and goes to the West. He is by William Shakespeare, focused mainly on miners iconography, but power, and then they exaggerate every- mobilized forcefully in one paramilitary unit in directed by Ilir Bokshi in time, they included other symbols as thing to the edge of parody... Next they turn Kosova’s war. In one action prepared as revenge, he well: Triglav, deer horns and the Malevich's their focus to highly charged issues — the kills his father Dini whom he never had the chance Thursday, November black cross rounded with a gear. West's fear of immigrants from Eastern to meet. Being not able to bear the arbitrary crimes, 29, 8 pm The visual imagery of Laibach's art (or Europe, the power games of the EU, the Peter, deserts from the army. He takes Dini’s daugh- Ballet “The flight toward 'Laibach Kunst', as it calls itself) has been analogies between Western democracy and ter Maria and together they escape to the moun- the light” described as 'radically ambiguous', An totalitarianism. tains. During their dangerous trip they are followed cerography by Silvia from both sides of enemies, Serbs and Albanians. Tomova Peter and Maria fell in love. They reach to come back in Peter’s home in Serbia. As soon as they Friday, November 30, Oda Theatre returned home, Peter realizes that he had killed his 8 pm biologic father and he had fall in love with his sister. “The house in auction” “The last station” Not being able to stand this spiritual condition he by Fadil Hysaj. Drama commits a suicide. Written by: Lirak Çelaj I was born from the ones that I shouldn’t , I lived Directed by: Lirak Çelaj & Florent Mehmeti with those that I mustn’t, and I killed the one that I Music by: Labinot Sponca shouldn’t. Prishtina Diary Costumes: Rudina Xhaferi Editing: Agron Vula The cast: Besnik Krapi, Liridona Shehu, Ilire Çelaj, Costumes designer: Samka Ferri Hamam Jazz Bar Adrian Morina, Eshref Durmishi, Kushtrim Sheremeti Art designer: Afrim Gora Blues Night The story is situated in the year 2015. Nowadays and past Dramaturges: Petrit Imami Thursday, problems are carried in the year of 2015. Burim is the main Composer: Mendi Mengjiqi November 8 character who is looking for the truth, for his family and Second units director: Arsim Haliti his fiancé, which are still missing since the war of KLA Producer: Milazim Salihu, Agim Sopi OSCAR SALAS&JAZZ ended. After many attempts he finds out that his neighbour is still alive and that he Director of photography: Menduh Nushi TRIO knows more about his family. Burim can’t live in the present; he is always going back to Screenplay and director: Agim Sopi Blues Bands the past, in the memories of his family and Behare, his fiancé. Halfway he meets a young Saturday, girl called Shpresa who reminds him of Behare and finally gets part of Burim’s life. The “TAKEN 2 November 10 author of this play is inspired from the novel “Birds fly on their own” by Ibrahim Kadriu. every day at 6pm CROSSROAD

Bryan Mills is the retired CIA agent with a Paddy O’Brien’s “particular set of skills” Irish Pub – who stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim Live Sport - GAA, from kidnappers. When the Rugby, American father of one of the vil- Football and more. All lains Bryan killed swears Football - Champions revenge, and takes Bryan League, Premiership, and his wife hostage in La Liga, Serie A. Istanbul, Bryan enlists Every Thursday at Kim to help them escape. 7.30pm there is organ- Behxhet Avdullahu Personal Exhibition Exhibition Personal Bryan then employs his unique tactics to get his ized Quiz Night. family to safety and systematically take out the kid- For more informa- nappers, one by one. tion: 038 221 070 & 038 On Y November 221 077 or write at M For any further questions or reservations call at 038 243 9, 2012 [email protected] C 238 or visit them at www.kinoabc.com Time 18:00 om K inside prishtina November 9 - 22, 2012 19 Qeshu: American-Quality Dentistry in the Heart of Prishtina

by Douglas E. Morris

f you have been searching for top quality dental clinic in Pristina, Iyour quest is over. The state-of-the art, ultra-professional Qeshu-Smile Dental Clinic opened only five months ago. It’s staffed by the US-trained,

Kosovar-American, Dr. Vesa Mita, and of: the Eyes through Prishtina Prishtina’s only US-certified Dental Hygienist Ariana Bytyci. Both of these women did their under- graduate and graduate work in the US, and Mita, while receiving her Doctorate in Dental Surgery from the University of Southern California, served as the dentist for the USC Trojan football team. This honor is commemo- rated with an American football, signed Top-notch care for your teeth at Qeshu-Smile. by the team, displayed in the lobby of the clinic. everything else offered at a clinic in the world, I would recommend this clin- “It was very rewarding to have these Western Europe or the United States. ic without reservation. Recently I had huge athletes sit quietly in my dental Then there is the delightful dental my teeth cleaned there, and my smile chair, and treat me as part of their hygienist, Bytyci, who specializes in has never been brighter. team,” Mita said with a smile. preventive dentistry, keeping your The Qeshu-Smile Dental Clinic is Asked why she returned to open a teeth and mouth as clean and healthy located at Agim Ramadani 22/94 A1-A3, Joan de dental practice in Prishtina, instead of as possible. If that was not enough, she right next to and behind the popular joining a practice in the US, Mita and Mita have also applied for a grant Lumi bakery. Their website is replied, “After spending over nine with USAID to develop a dental educa- www.qeshu-smile.com. Contact either years in the US, I wanted to return tion program in Prishtina’s elementary Dr. Vesa Mita ([email protected], home to my roots. At the same time,” schools to increase awareness and +381-38-224-811, +377-45-299-000) or Boer she continued, “Kosovo has many tal- emphasize the importance of preven- Ariana Bytyci (arianabyty- ented people who are accomplishing tive dentistry. [email protected], +377-44-215-205, +381-38- Partner at SPRIGS, an international much all around the world. If we were “Oral hygiene is incredibly impor- 224-811) for an appointment. to all return and share our knowledge, I tant,” Bytyci explains, “however, right Kosovar IT company. believe it would help move our country now, there is not much understanding Douglas E Morris is a travel writer forward.” about its necessity here in Kosovo. We who has lived over 20 years in 10 coun- Mita is prepared to meet all your den- hope to be able to help remedy that.” tries on three continents, and now he 1.What surprised you most about Prishtina? tal needs here in Prishtina, including As a long-term expat American who happily finds himself savoring the café cosmetic and restorative work, and has had dental work done all around culture of Prishtina. The inventiveness of people to deal problems and come up with solutions, as a northerner, I like the South European way of dealing with things. Roundabout in the Making Photo News: 2. What's your favorite hangout? One of Prishtina's many terraces. There are many places to sit outside and enjoy the day

3. Do you do anything cultural? In Tetris, I saw recently a great exhibition about Article One.

4. What is the most annoying thing about Prishtina? I am looking forward to the highway connection to Tirana. It would be great to drive somewhere eas- ily, but a lot of work has been done for that.

5. If you were mayor of Prishtina for the day, what would you change? It should be able to cycle here more easily. It’s pretty easy to go across Prishtina on a bicycle and there should be free lanes for that.

6. How many macchiatos do you drink a day? Two in the morning. I had Kosovar friends over in the Netherlands and they complained about the coffee there. They were right: Coffee here is great.

7. What's the tastiest Kosovar food? It’s a home dish actually of yogurt, aubergine, walnuts and parsley. It was at a friend’s house and absolutely the best dish ever. Home cooking here is great.

The municipality of Prishtina and the Ministry of Infrastructure have started building a 8. What landmark do you use to tell taxi driv- roundabout at city’s southern entrance. The 5.5 million euro project is aimed easing traffic. But until ers where you live? Fitness Flori in Dragodan. They all know it. its planned completion in the summer, authorities say drivers should expect additional congestion. 20 November 9 - 22, 2012 opinion Buy Local: Normalising a Rotten Relationship quently? spent the night in Prishtina rather than Kosovan Filigree The answers to these questions have in Belgrade. This gesture might seem been purposefully left unclear and trivial, but it has the tendency to spread By Kreshnik Hoxha vague in order to embark on a compli- the message that Kosovars should not cated process, which would enable both be concerned and scared of negotia- Thaci and Dacic to declare their his- tions with Serbia. It also aims to build he excitement from the visit of U.S. By Elizabeth Gowing toric victory. trust by insinuating that the US and the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton A very well-thought calculation came EU will ensure that the damaged party and EU foreign policy chief T last week from Prime Minister Hashim will not be damaged once again. Catherine Ashton to Kosovo and the It starts with a rod of silver as thick as your Thaci, whose opening words in the It should be stressed that there should Serbian indifference to their Belgrade thumb. It ends in a lacy scribble: a bracelet or a press conference with Clinton and be neither fear nor concern when it tour represents old news with little rele- ring, a wedding waistcoat decoration. This week Ashton referred to the bitterness of comes to entering the dialog with vance today. However, the same cannot be I’ve been lucky enough to spend my days watching said for the political gravity of this visit 1999, when Clinton visited the expelled Serbia. The dialogue must take place, the process of transformation from one to another. and its strategic agenda. This is especial- Kosovars in refugee camps. It is a well- but not in the format of the “technical” Filigree is an ancient art, for which Kosovo – ly true considering that both Kosovo and thought calculation because this state- dialogue and certainly not without the and in particular Prizren - was well-known across Serbia are rolling up their sleeves for an ment of Thaci paved the way for Clinton conditions that Kosovo should impose the former Ottoman Empire. Bashkim Tejeci, one adventure. to shower Thaci with compliments. on Serbia. These could include shed- of the craftsmen who works with Filigran ShPK in The game is due to start. All of the hugs This comes at a time when the popular- ding light on the fate of the missing Prizren, started his career in the Socially Owned and kisses that came from the Clinton- ity of Thaci at home is rather fragile people, the return of the stolen pension Enterprise for filigree, with 141 other craftsmen. Ashton duo have planted the seeds of and he needs every popularity boost he funds and insisting on the dissolution Now he works in a former tobacco factory on the face-saving for the decision-makers in can get in order to prove to his country of parallel structures in northern outskirts of Prizren, creating magic on a cracked Prishtina and Belgrade ahead of the that he is the saviour of Kosovo. Thus, Kosovo. formica table along with seven other men and potential concessions, which seem ever nothing gets better than Clinton’s The odds are that the comfort sent to women. so inevitable. accreditation. Kosovars by staying overnight in The craft is in decline in Kosovo, although there What started as a “technical” dialogue To help Thaci in this mission, Clinton Prishtina can actually fool us all. are a number of shops in Prizren and Prishtina between Edita Tahiri and Borko was quick to state that the U.S. strongly Things could easily fall to parts mainly which sell filigree imported from Turkey. But Stefanovic, today has metamorphosed supports the dialogue with Serbia as because we are preparing to negotiate Bashkim and his colleagues are producing gems into a political arena of muscle flexing, the only mechanism for achieving sus- about something which constitutionally still appreciated by connoisseurs in Kosovo and which diplomatically has been given the tainable stability. Clinton even stated belongs to us: the north. We are going to abroad. This week as I’ve watched Bashkim work name: “normalisation of relations” that apart from being a serious matter be negotiating with a party that aims to it has not been in the underheated old tobacco fac- between Kosovo and Serbia. This is yet of the American foreign policy, Kosovo paralyse our independence and state- tory in Prizren but in Cambridge, England. The another one of those tricky formula- is also a personal matter to her. Such a hood. This aim of Serbia would have not demonstration of the exquisite twisting of fine tions coming from the West, enabling statement will definitely be used by the been much of a problem if we possessed wire, the forming of tiny flower petals and infill- manipulation of terminology so that government officials and Thaci as a an assertive and well-prepared delega- ing with spirals and curlicues took place at the both Belgrade and Prishtina can tailor guarantee that there is no risk tion capable of defending the national Cambridge and County Folk Museum, recently their propaganda in order to dilute approaching Kosovo with these negotia- interests of Kosovo. twinned with the Ethnological Museum in down the critics of this dialogue. tions. As it stands, it transpires that Kosovo Pristina. What are Kosovo and Serbia accord- Similar compliments came from is embarking on this process by lowering The stick of silver is turned into fine silver wire ing to this normalisation? What are the Ashton, too. Surrounded by flags and its stand purely because it has a leader- by extrusion through a machine, resulting in wire political positions under which the two the coat of arms of the Republic of ship that climbed to power by rigging of different thickness. It’s then shaped into a fronts are normalising their relations? Kosovo and definitely overshadowed by elections, enjoys this power by being zigzag which is then formed into flower shapes or Are they two parties of a dialog? Are the media interest toward Clinton, the cooperative with internationals and will the rounded zigzag called “mouse tooth.” This they two countries, a province and a representative of the European club, continue to rule as long as its obeys to becomes an outline, which can be infilled with country, or a country and a territory? which officially appears to be status- the directives coming from Brussels. smaller spirals or decoration. Should there be a peace treaty in the neutral, did her part in attempting to Finally, at the end of this political At that point the magic takes over. The wizard — aftermath of this normalisation, who boost Thaci’s reputation in Kosovo. affair, the hope is that Kosovo will not be sorry, filigranist — takes a sprinkle of silver dust, will be the signatories of this treaty? This entire verbal support was also awarded a new constitutional order like a spell. Some of the dust inevitably falls on the Two equal parties? Or two asymmetri- associated with a modest and symbolic inspired by the model of a dysfunctional table but, as you’d expect from a wizard, he has a cal parties as Dacic likes to repeat fre- gesture by Clinton and Ashton, who Bosnia and Herzegovina. rabbit foot (yes, really – a rabbit foot) to brush this away. The silver powder solders the decoration in place in a process of firing using mouth-blown flame which momentarily turns the filigranist into a dragon. This results in a crusty blackened piece which needs cleaning. Cleaning is done in hydrochloric acid, producing a bright white decoration which can then be darkened according to taste. The orders made by Filigran ShPK include huge pieces such as an eagle with a wingspan of nearly 50cm, presented to Madeleine Albright, or a 1 kilo- gram cup presented to Tony Blair. There are also orders from Serbian churches (although the work- ers at Filigran ShPK are all Muslim), including the church in Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem. Other orders come from local weddings, where brides are bought complete jewellery sets and pieces of filigree- encrusted costume; you can see examples at www.filigranpz.com. Other, smaller pieces make beautiful, locally-produced gifts, such as reason- ably-priced earrings, rings, or small platters. The Filigran ShPK workshop has a shop in Prizren at the end of the Stone Bridge, but there are other producers in Prishtina, and you can make orders [email protected]. For a truly personalized gift, how about watch- ing being made, or even helping to create your own piece of filigree? Filigran ShPK welcomes visitors to their workshop, where you can watch the work unfolding, place a commission or even have a go to prove to yourself just how impossibly intricate this work is. And it’s 100 percent Kosovo.

Elizabeth Gowing is a founder of The Ideas Partnership, a Kosovan NGO working on educa- tional, cultural and environmental projects. She is Y also the author of the recently-published, Travels M in Blood and Honey; becoming a beekeeper in C Kosovo. She can be reached on theideaspartner- K [email protected] opinion November 9 - 22, 2012 21 Kerestinec Verdict Shows Double Standards in Croatian Judiciary The Croatian courts apply double standards when trying Croats and Serbs for war crimes. was given two years, and the European Scrutiny Committee, remaining three policemen just British MPs decided to postpone one year each. the ratification of Croatia’s acces- By Drago Hedl “There is no doubt whatsoever sion contract. that prisoners of war in Westminster will now wait for Kerestinec were sexually abused the final report by the European on a number of occasions,” said Commission, due in the spring of We congratulate the judici- the judge when he read out his next year, to assess if there has ary!” was the ironic comment verdict, having referred to just been sufficient progress on areas “of Zoran Sprajc, the popular some of the horrors the prisoners of concern, amongst them the anchor of the main news pro- had been exposed to. state of the judiciary. gramme on Croatian Television, Among the abuses, he men- The verdict passed by the on hearing of the lenient sen- tioned how two of the prisoners Zagreb District Court concerning tences handed out to five former had been forced into a fist fight, the abuse of civilians and prison- military policemen for war crimes and how afterwards the guards ers of war in Kerestinec confirms by the District Court in Zagreb. had beaten up one of them with that the scepticism towards It was one of the rare public con- planks – the one they had bet on to Croatia’s readiness to become the demnations of the shamefully low win. 28th member of the Union on July sentences given by Judge Marijan But if the court had trusted the 1 next year is justified. Garac on October 31. witnesses and the victims of all That verdict, as with many He sentenced the five men who this abuse, and if it had deter- other war crimes verdicts in the had systematically tortured 34 mined beyond any doubt at all that past, displays a highly partial Serb civilians and members of the the defendants were guilty, the log- approach to sentencing. When A war crimes trial in Croatia. Yugoslav People’s Army, JNA, ical question to ask is why the sen- Croats are tried for war crimes, between late 1991 and mid-1992 in in Kerestinec is more than obvi- not final either, because there is a tences were not only low, but the punishments are vastly more Kerestinec, JNA’s former rocket ous. chance that Hrastov may appeal below even the legal minimum? lenient than those meted out to base, to a total of just eight and a For another example that against this verdict too. This is yet another verdict by Serbs tried for equally serious half years. shows why Croatian judicial sys- The Croatian public has often the Croatian judiciary confirms crimes. The court had established tem has received such criticism had good reason to be dissatisfied that the European Union was Look at the case of the Serb beyond a shadow of a doubt that from the international communi- with the sentences given out to right when it identified the state paramilitaries, who were found Kerestinec was a place in which ty, look at the trial of Mihajlo members of the Serb paramilitary of judiciary as the weakest link in guilty of crimes very similar to prisoners of war and some civil- Hrastov, a former member of the or the JNA for war crimes by the chain that the Zagreb govern- those at Kerestinec. When they ians, were tortured, beaten, special police, who killed 13 cap- courts at The Hague or Belgrade. ment is using to pull itself were found guilty of holding abused, subjected to electric tured JNA soldiers at the at the They were especially bitter towards full-fledged EU member- Croatian soldiers prisoner in shocks and forced to have oral sex. Koranski bridge in Karlovac in about the sentence of just five ship. Borovo, in Vukovar in December Even though Croatian law 1991. years imprisonment that was In addition to the recent stern 2005, the six Serbs were sentenced states that a war crime is punish- Hrastov and his defence given to Veselin Sljivancanin, a criticism by Berlin, Croatia’s most to a total of 49 years in prison by able by a sentence of between five claimed that the murder of 13 former JNA commander, at The important ally on Zagreb’s road to the Croatian court. and 20 years of prison, the court imprisoned soldiers was commit- Hague in 2007. Brussels, of its readiness for EU The prison commander, Jovan sentenced all five to a punishment ted in self-defence. The trial lasted However, the same public fails membership, Croatia has also Curcic, was sentenced to 14 years; considerably below the minimum for over 20 years (!), during which to react when it comes to the been criticized by Great Britain. the lowest sentence to be given punishment. time Hrastov was acquitted three shamefully low sentences London, like Berlin, has identi- was six years, to one of the prison Stjepan Klaric, the former com- times and convicted twice. received by members of the fied deep flaws in Croatia’s judi- guards. The difference in the sen- mander of Kerestinec prison, was The Supreme Court sentenced Croatian armed forces, for such cial system. After a recent meet- tences given to the Croatian given three and a half years in him this September to just four terrible crimes as those commit- ing of the parliamentary policemen for similar war crimes prison. One of his subordinates years of prison, but this verdict is ted in Kerestinec. Dy Korriku Empowers Women Through Literacy Mitrovica organisation’s classes reach out to Ashkali and other minority communities.

Now her children have better chances in school because now she can help them with their By Mihane Mustafa homework. Some 80 women have attend- ed the classes, including around 40 from the Ashkali ana Uka explains the moment when she man- community. Haged to find the munici- Hasnije Maloku established pal building in Mitrovica on Dy Korriku in 2005. She said all her own thanks to reading and women, regardless of ethnicity writing skills she attained with and religion, need education the help of the women’s organ- for a better life. isation Dy Korriku. Maloku, 58, had been work- “I read the word ‘municipali- ing as seamstress and was sell- ty’ on the sign of the building ing dresses to Mitrovica bou- and said to myself, ‘How good tiques until the end of the war is when you know to read,’ ” in Kosovo. Uka said. Beside her fight against illit- Uka learned to read in cours- eracy, Maloku also provided es organised in 2011 and 2012 courses on haircutting, by Dy Korriku, a organisation sewing, knitting and embroi- named after the neighborhood. dery. If you would like your NGO to appear in our Making a Difference feature, please email [email protected] 22 November 9 - 22, 2012 Life in Focus

Minister of Culture Memli Krasniqi ordered an immediate halt to the Gjakova municipality’s work on the city’s Grand Bazaar. The move came as city residents protested the tearing-up of a road Wednesday, which they said amounted to the destruction of the Gjakova’s cultural heritage. Gjakova’s bazaar is currently on a list of protected sites in Kosovo. But so far, the municipal officials say they plan on continuing the project, which they say will improve and modernize the area.

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