The misguided economic policy is one of the less talked subjects of the UNMIK administration. The last folly suggested to raise government revenue is the excise tax on local soft-drink producers. Owners of the firms that make juices and cola drinks have threatened to fire their employees if the tax is implemented. Food industry in Kosova was pretty much born after the war and has to compete with the established products from Serbia. At the same time, Kosova's products have been kept out of Macedonia and Serbia through beauracratic hurdles and taxes. UNMIK has failed to gain reciprocity for Kosova's products while at the same time pushing for an open market. The situation with Macedonia has improved somewhat in the last few months.
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US Embassy in Skopje, which serves citizens of Kosovo and Macedonia, has established a hotline costing 12$/7 minutes in order to setup an interview. After depositing the amount at the bank, a PIN will provided which will allows the applicant to make the call. The interview fee of 45$ (last time I checked) comes extra.

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PM Ceku declared today that the political responsiblity of Minister Petkovic will be decided very soon. Ceku has submitted a file with his findings to the public judge.
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A BBC roundup of Serb and Montenegrin press on the results of the referendum. Yakima... has more on the subject.