Haradinaj

Well, it's what we've be waiting for. The elected PM of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, was indicted today for war crimes. He has said that he will resign his position and cooperate with the Hague.

The mood here, amongst the few people I've talked to, seems to be one mostly of frustration. In part, it is embarrassing for them that last March Kosovo was in the news because of violence, and now this, again in March. But there is also anger directed at the international community, based on a feeling that this is actually being done to embarrass Kosovo...as if to reaffirm the UN's role here.

But, except for the daily power outage (I love coffee), and a phone call I received from the US office requesting my email address (!), daily life goes on uninterrupted. I will write more about this, but first need to spend some time understanding local perspectives on the matter. Until then...