Destabilised By The Stability Pact
Macedonia was lucky to escape a serious civil crisis during the Kosovo war. But the post-conflict argument over regional relations is proving just as divisive.
Macedonia was lucky to escape a serious civil crisis during the Kosovo war. But the post-conflict argument over regional relations is proving just as divisive.
Ibrahim Rugova returned to Kosovo Thursday but was gone again within hours. But no other Kosovo Albanians are in charge either.
Many Bosnians hope the post-war settlement will give new impetus to revise the Dayton accords along the lines of the solution for Kosovo.
Impoverished by economic collapse and ravaged by NATO airstrikes, Serbian towns can do little to help the streams of angry refugees now arriving on their doorsteps from Kosovo.
The flawed peace that emerged from the Dayton Agreement - which halted the war but did not resolve the conflict in Bosnia - bodes ill for the future of Kosovo.
Skopje appears to have accepted that it must recognise the political role of the KLA.
The use of rape as a weapon of war was widespread in Kosovo. But the scale of the atrocities have been hidden by Albanian communities to hide their "shame" from the outside world.
Long a diplomatic fudge factory, the UN resolution on Kosovo firmly reflects the terms dictated by NATO.
Kosovo Albanians have seen Milosevic break too many agreements, and will only believe the peace agreement when they can return home.