IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
The end of the war should mark the beginning of a decisive new policy for building democracy, development and real peace throughout the region.
Kosovo's rival Albanian leaders are scurrying back to Pristina, each hoping to be viewed as the people's undisputed chief.
While desperate to return home, most Kosovo refugees in camps in Albania are waiting patiently for the all-clear from international aid agencies.
The West's new-found commitment to war crimes investigations risks being perceived as "victors' justice".
Ecologists say the authorities in Serbia are concealing the extent of the ecological and health threats caused by NATO bombing.
Opposition Mayor Velimir Ilic made a triumphant return at the first post-war anti-Milosevic rally, setting the stage for further demonstrations in other cities within Serbia.
As leaders from across the Balkans, the EU, Russia and the United States ready for this weekend's meeting on an economic and political stability pact for the region, old ties still bind former enemies in at least one area.
Heads of states who met Friday in Sarajevo to discuss a stability pact for the Balkans, will be ill-advised to use the West's experience in Bosnia as a model for Kosovo without a full and frank appraisal of their failures there.
On September 14, Chief Prosecutor Louise Arbour departs the Tribunal, leaving it a significantly different place from how it was when she arrived there on October 1, 1996.
Additional troops deployed in the Muslim-dominated region of Serbia have raised fears that Milosevic may stir up fresh conflict in his own backyard.