"They didn’t necessarily demand free electricity, but it just sort of happened."
Caleb Waugh, NGO AktivElectricity in the north of Kosovo has been a political sticking point for years.
"It’s not practical. You cannot be there with special forces every time you want to read the meter."
Gani Buçaj, EROKosovo’s four northern municipalities used almost 38 million euros of electricity in 2021 that they didn't pay for.
Jakob Weizman
Jakob Weizman is a freelance journalist from Denmark.
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