Pristina In Exile
Kosovo Albanians in Skopje feel strangely at home: on the streets and in the cafes, everyone is there. But something is wrong, and many are still missing.
Kosovo Albanians in Skopje feel strangely at home: on the streets and in the cafes, everyone is there. But something is wrong, and many are still missing.
Internal dissenters are keeping their heads down, and not because of NATO bombs. But the real concern is after the air strikes end, and the internal reprisals begin.
Serb extremists are exacting their revenge on Kosovo Albanians linked to the political opposition or the West - including local aid workers, human rights groups and journalists.
While senior figures both inside government and in the opposition continue to squabble like village politicians, Albania verges closer towards a direct involvement in the war.
While the West prepares for air strikes, people in Macedonia fear that Yugoslavia will attack it in revenge for serving as a NATO base.