Rambouillet, Ohio
Almost all the details at the Kosovo talks are decided, and the key decisions are clear: independence is out, NATO is in, and Milosevic stays on top.
Almost all the details at the Kosovo talks are decided, and the key decisions are clear: independence is out, NATO is in, and Milosevic stays on top.
NATO jeeps and UN helicopters seem to be everywhere in Macedonia, as the international forces are expanded in anticipation of a Kosovo deployment. For its strong cooperation with the West, Skopje hopes to win big political and economic benefits.
KLA fighters have little faith in the Rambouillet negotiations. Convinced that the differences are too great, they expect the process to collapse, and fresh hostilities to erupt.
With the Croatian result, the New Year suddenly holds out hope for change throughout the region. But limits to the democratic opening remain, and the lessons from the earlier result in Macedonia may in their own way be more important.
Tensions during Orthodox Christmas celebrations between pro-Montenegro and pro-Serbia contingents highlighted political divisions within the republic, and within the government itself.
The power stations are old, the distribution system outmoded and electricity is regularly switched off for up to ten hours a day: is it any wonder Albanians refuse to pay their electricity bills? Poor rainfall and corrupt industry management are only comp
Tribunal Update 30: Last Week in The Hague (May 26-31, 1997)