Reuters - Thu Mar 9, 8:16 AM ET
A Kosovo snowboarder executes a jump on the slopes of Brezovica,
southwestern Kosovo March 4, 2006. Kosovo is preparing to privatise
its only ski resort, a crumbling, smoke-filled tribute to Socialist
chic and one of the few lifelines of the Serb minority in the
U.N.-run province. Brezovica was famous in the former Yugoslavia
for its white-knuckle pistes and daredevil skiers flocking to the
resort's three hotels high on the slopes of the Shar mountains. But
untouched by investment and isolated by war, the 1970s complex has
fallen into disrepair. Picture taken March 4, 2006. TO ACCOMPANY
STORY SERBIAMONTENEGRO-KOSOVO-SKIING REUTERS/Hazir Reka
