Mr. Krasniqi has a job working at a nearby plant, but they make ends meet by having tenants in their apartment. Like many other Albanian students, our fixer, Arta Plollozhoni, has been able to go back to university to complete her dentistry course. Before the UN took over administration of the province, she was forced to study in private homes because Pristina University was mainly for Serbian students. Now it is only for Albanian students. Life in Pristina is far from normal.
Ethnic integration is virtually inconceivable.
Law and order is inconsistent. Traffic jams are horrendous. UN police officials admit that drive-by shootings, kidnappings and murders are not uncommon. Even more frustrating, there is no justice system to try those who have been arrested and charged. The rebuilding of a civil society will take years, and the UN's hope of creating a multiethnic society seems distant and overly optimistic.