tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27932062.post6092750637192352531..comments2023-10-10T15:39:35.168+00:00Comments on Centre for European Reform: Kosovo – the economic dilemmaCentre for European Reformhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815454225955436329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27932062.post-16772199262390580812008-10-21T02:48:00.000+00:002008-10-21T02:48:00.000+00:00>> I would assume that a large amount of mon...>> I would assume that a large amount of money is pocketed by corrupt politicians.<BR/><BR/>over 50% of the houses were burned by Serbs and so were every business or market they found in their way. Tens of thousands of orphans, widows, invalids and an colonial style economy so while there is corruption, the $3-4 billion went very fast. EU is watching too. <BR/><BR/>They need investments, not handouts. After being bled dry and neglected for 97 years by Serbia some investments need to, and will happen. Of course it will take time. There is industry everywhere else in ex-Yugo but in Kosovo, Serbs wanted the Albanians to leave, as Serbs (~10% of the population) had 70% of the state jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27932062.post-55436258018833396632008-03-08T16:39:00.000+00:002008-03-08T16:39:00.000+00:00I do not have any problems with an independent Kos...I do not have any problems with an independent Kosovo, but anything NATO is no way near independent, and most of all not neutral. I think all this fuss is about that old dreadful Mackinderian geopolitic and the ultimate prize of encirclement of Russia, no wonder the snarl from mr. Putin and the russian bear. But now with that Bush-lead union accepting torture, it is time for the world to cut all cooperaiton with them, loud and clear - We do not cooperate with state terrorists that torture and are putting people in concentration camps. We have seen all that once upon a time and wont buy that once more - I think europe should work for a truly neutral Kosovo that can stand as a peaceful nation on its own. More encirclement of Russia will only lead to more conflicts. I could understand if it came from an entity within the american military-industrial complex, but from people working for a peaceful europe???? <BR/><BR/>Yes, Kosovo needs help. But it has to be help, not just to be used in a far bigger game that has no interest what so ever in the people of the former jugoslavia. We need peace, not a provokation aimed at Russia. As far as i know they do not provoke us if they do not feel the need to. Why give them an excuse? <BR/><BR/>//steelneckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27932062.post-38939941703818569912008-03-01T18:58:00.000+00:002008-03-01T18:58:00.000+00:00"First, it should help the farm sector, which is w..."First, it should help the farm sector, which is where most Kosovars work"<BR/><BR/>Controversial? hardly. CAP props up a large amounts of small farmers in Poland and Greece, why should it not be used to fight poverty in the Kosovo. <BR/><BR/>I really wonder how the recipients of EU money are controlled in the Kosvo. I would assume that a large amount of money is pocketed by corrupt politicians.rzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460153463344810014noreply@blogger.com