Former German minister intercedes on Kosovo-Serbia energy dispute

News of the delay of electric hours in the European Union due to the power dispute between Serbia and Kosovo has been published in nearly all German media. Now it's time to take concrete steps, writes DW.

“In the short entry, the scripture explains: “due to the conflict over the current between Kosovo and Serbia, hours are being delayed throughout Eurpona. It's a very political problem. Now a former German minister must mediate”.

Former German Minister for Life Environment Protection Klaus Töpfer would have to ease the dispute over the current between Kosovo and Serbia, which is delaying hours. He has declared it The FAZ will travel to both countries next week. Talks are planned with Serbia's prime minister, Ana Bernabiq, and Kosovo's Ramush Haradinaj.

In December, the German government has been praying for the Centre for Intermediation in Conflicts of the Energy Community to deal with the conflict, which now has a long one coming on. The German Ministry for Development Assistance has the main word,

He will soon make sure that frequencies are interrupted, has promised Dirk Buschle, deputy director of the Energy Community. That means the distributor COSTT will not draw electricity from the European network without contractual ground, but as before, it will buy in Kosovo or abroad and send in sufficient amounts across the” border, writes FAZ.

COMM STT, unlike the concerts of other Balkan countries, is not a member of the Elektroditributive European Federation Entso-E, because Kosovo has not yet recognised several countries, such as Serbia, as well as EU countries like Spain or Romania.

There is no area of self regulatory, respectively, the network at which dystybuters should minimize oscillations. is a member of the SMM regulatory zone consisting of Entso-members. E Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Serbia, as one of the important countries so far, has refused to calm out of what they feel even outside.

Belgrade, for political and financial reasons, has no interest in becoming an independent regulatory zone. Since Serbia has so far collected money from the sale of electricity surplus in Albania, Macedonia or Montenegro, while this profit would have to go to competent operators, which is COST, explains Energy Community Director Dirk Buschle.

The fact that COST supplies electricity to Kosovo's north, which does not pay for energy spent, also makes it serious. The rest of the country has long paid for this energy, but the Constitutional Court has stopped it last year. Dirk Buschle explains that losses due to default from air flow of KOSTT total 9.5m euros per year, while losses in northern Kosovo at 7m to 19m euros, as a result of KOST STT is on the brink of default” writes The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

The media have reported late hours in the European Union: “... The cause has been a political controversy in the Balkans. A distributor in Kosovo due to disagreements with Serbia has not met its obligations. But, Serbian operator Eltrorezha Srbije (EMS) has now signaled danger passage. On March 3rd, Kosovo again adheres to standards, is highlighted in a statement”, writes the Waiblinger Chrisszisung newspaper, broadcasting Koha.net.