Boiken Abazi: Local and international media – The Guardian, Haaretz, Balkan Insight… – have reported on different cases of global capital profits made by exploiting the current situation in Kosova. They include public infrastructure projects incurring sky high foreign debt, and ridiculously low priced public assets sold in the energy sector. The list goes on… Particularly egregious cases such as the one involving former US Ambassador to Kosova, Christopher Dell are emblematic of systemic problems. At the end of his diplomatic term, he was hired as a country manager in Africa by the same American corporation – Bechtel – which won an 800 million Euros road construction contract in Kosova while he was still serving in office. The estimated cost of raw materials in this contract is double the price of comparable goods purchased in the region. A second contract of 600 million Euros was awarded to “Bechtel” this year for the construction of a new road. These two contracts combined are almost equal to the state budget of Kosova, and they have been declared state confidential documents. more at: vetevendosje.org/dancing-in-kosova/
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:09:43 +0000
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