There's a chronic water shortage in Kosovo.
Some villages have no electricity at night.
There is little legitimate work. But there is no shortage of spray paint and poster board, as demonstrated in the visual battle that is part of the run up to Kosovo's Oct. 28 municipal elections. No one claims that the elections, overseen by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, will solve the myriad problems in Kosovo, especially the endless violence between ethnic groups. But it is a start in a democratic direction. However, not everyone is participating in the electoral process.