Ga, I’m super frustrated today. I was so excited that this weekend we were going to go out and distribute the clothing and toys we have gathered during the Dj Vegas Toy & Clothing Drive but the minister in the Ministry of Labor & Social Welfare fell through with the list of families this morning because he has been too busy preparing year-end reports!!! DOH! Anyways, we compromised on him preparing the list for mid to late January when I come back from holiday leave so we will still go out but I was really hoping to have everything to the families for the holidays 
Plans to privatize the Brezovica ski resort have been announced this week. EU Special Representative Peter Feith has stated that the privatization will be transparent with input from the EU, Serbia, and Kosovo. With the lifts scheduled to open later this month it will be interesting to see what will happen with Serbia’s plans to invest more than 40 million Euros in the resort and what any company that may buy Brezovica ski resort will plan to do to update the infrastructure and hotels.
So, I will be going home to the US for the holidays but as always I will keep updating as I always do. Reflecting back on my eight and half years in Kosovo, I have to say that because I have lived here so long it really has started to feel like home. I’ve seen so many changes since I arrived in Kosovo back in 2000 for the first time and then again in 2001 to begin working but at the same time, the more things change here the more they stay the same! Streets that were once congested because they were narrow have been widened and are now super-congested because there are more cars (and really, really nice ones at that!) So, yes the power still goes out every once in a while, the streets are coated with brown slime, the air stinks of coal heating but when I think about it, it just wouldn’t be the Kosovo I have grown to love without those things!!! I guess Kosovo is just one of those places you love to hate and like fungus, it grows on you
Happy Holidays to everyone and for those traveling to see your loved ones, have a safe trip!
MTCowgirl’s Kosovo News
Plans to privatize the Brezovica ski resort have been announced this week. EU Special Representative Peter Feith has stated that the privatization will be transparent with input from the EU, Serbia, and Kosovo. With the lifts scheduled to open later this month it will be interesting to see what will happen with Serbia’s plans to invest more than 40 million Euros in the resort and what any company that may buy Brezovica ski resort will plan to do to update the infrastructure and hotels.
So, I will be going home to the US for the holidays but as always I will keep updating as I always do. Reflecting back on my eight and half years in Kosovo, I have to say that because I have lived here so long it really has started to feel like home. I’ve seen so many changes since I arrived in Kosovo back in 2000 for the first time and then again in 2001 to begin working but at the same time, the more things change here the more they stay the same! Streets that were once congested because they were narrow have been widened and are now super-congested because there are more cars (and really, really nice ones at that!) So, yes the power still goes out every once in a while, the streets are coated with brown slime, the air stinks of coal heating but when I think about it, it just wouldn’t be the Kosovo I have grown to love without those things!!! I guess Kosovo is just one of those places you love to hate and like fungus, it grows on you
Happy Holidays to everyone and for those traveling to see your loved ones, have a safe trip!
MTCowgirl’s Kosovo News
- NATO to reduce KFOR by 1/3 in January
- OSCE releases report on Community Rights in Kosovo
- European Commission presents report on corruption in Kosovo
- Switzerland cuts disability payments sent to Kosovo over concerns about fraud
