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Colleagues- The group here in Essex together with the equivalent Cambridge group are hoping to host a visit from Ramsey Clark in East Anglia this November to hold some (probably brief) hearings in his Inquiry into War Crimes during the NATO war against Serbia and its aftermath. The war events are known and have probably been effectively tallied. But I'm now asking for info re the current infrastructure situation in Kosovo in this context. Does anyone know (part of) the answers to any of the following questions or can they point me to a reference/web site that does? 1. What currencies are currently in circulation in Kosovo? 2. Are any banks functioning in Kosovo? If so, how are they holding their reserves and in what form? How do they determine interest rates (!)? Are preexisting Yugoslav currency accounts still accessible or are they frozen? How are exchange rates determined? 3. What public(?) utilities are functioning in Kosovo? Water? Sewage? Electricity? gas? telephone? post? How do they charge for their services? Presumably some of these involved links (electrical grid/reservoir water etc.) across the 'border' with Serbia proper; are these still maintained? 4. What industries or other large employers are functioning in Kosovo? How do they pay their employees and bills? How do they sell their products? What banks do they use? 5. What public transport is running in Kosovo? Trains? Buses? what borders do such vehicles cross (if any)? 6. What medical services/hospitals are available in Kosovo? 7. Are any schools open or due to open soon in Kosovo? 8. Are any local TV/radio stations/newspapers active? 9. Prior to the NATO action there were apparently two sets of local authorities in many parts of Kosovo - an official (Serbian) one and a shadow (Kosovar) one. Are any of these still in situ and independent of NATO/KLA/UN agencies? 10. Who guards the various Kosovan borders (I know the UN resolution permits the Yugoslav authorities to send in border guards but I suppose this has neither happened nor is likely)? Are there NATO/K-FOR guards stationed between Kosovo and Serbia? What documents do they demand of entrants and leavers? Are there customs authorities controlling imports and exports? 11. Any related 'infrastructural' questions that I've missed. Regards- Peter Nicholls, Department of Biological Sciences, Central Campus, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, England. Tel.: +44-1206-873776 (office) +44-1206-873333 (ex. 3015) (Lab) Fax : +44-1206-872592 e-mail : pnicholl@essex.ac.uk http://www.essex.ac.uk/bcs/staff/nicholls/
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