What is the weather like in Kosovo?
The capital of Kosovo, Prishtina lies on the 42 parallel, which Kosovo at about the same latitude as Pittsburgh or Chicago. The average annual temperatures are:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
36.3 42.8 53.1 59.9 68.4 75.0 79.7 80.4 74.1 63.0 49.1 39.2
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What is the government like?
In May of 2001, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) created a "constitutional framework" which established the "Provisional Instituations for Self-Government (PISG). Over the years UNMIK has gradually been transferring authority and responsibilities for government to the local instutations. The constitutional framework mandates a 120-member assembly (parliment), including 20 reserved seats for ethnic minorities. The assembly is directly elected by the population and is then responsible for electing a Prime Minister and President.
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What is the food like in Kosovo?
The food in Kosovo is uniformly good (though that's somewhat subjective. Kosovo grows only about twenty percent of the food it consumes so stores are full of imports. Fresh fruits and vegatables are abundant in the summer and fall. The winter is somewhat more difficult as expensive imports are harder to obtain. Meals in homes might include a main course of Pite or Fli (two very different varieties of filled fila-dough pie), bean soup or rice & chicken. Fresh bread is usually abundant and local sweet and hot peppers are served in a variety of ways. Meals in a restaurant might include anything you find at home: steaks, pizza, pasta, etc.