Kosovo Showdown

Here is an interesting article from Reuters.  To read this, you’d think the world is going to end if Kosovo declares independence.  Hell, maybe it will.  The hard part is trying to determine what is hype, what is wild speculation, and what actually has merit.  The problem, of course, is where the source of the [...]

Kosovo Warned Over Independence (coverage by BBC)

BBC reported today that Kosovo has been warned over independence.  Hah!!  What else is new for Kosovo?  The Serbs have threatened Kosovo.  The Russians have threatened Kosovo.  And, as you can read from the BBC, the amorphous “international community” has warned Kosovo not to declare independence. 
Is it me or does everyone know that the Serbs [...]

Where Schusses Overcome Kosovo’s Ethnic Schisms (Comment on NY Times Article 11/19/07)

The article published today in the NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/europe/19kosovo.html?pagewanted=print) about Kosovo had some interesting — as well as frightening — implications.  Brezovica, located in the Serbian enclave of Strpce, is a beautiful and rugged ski slope.  If you haven’t been there before, you should make a visit there in your lifetime.  Powder snow up to your knees on [...]