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. Even tolerant Albanians such as our fixer and our host family will tell you that the idea of living alongside Serbs again is not possible right now. Maybe later, but not now.