Preparing for Winter
With winter approaching, international agencies are rushing to ensure basic shelter, but are hampered by logistical bottlenecks and bureaucratic delays.
With winter approaching, international agencies are rushing to ensure basic shelter, but are hampered by logistical bottlenecks and bureaucratic delays.
Momcilo Trajkovic's shooting on Sunday has confirmed the importance of the newly formed Serb National Council for Kosovo's remaining Serbs.
A local court in Serbia has summonsed Clinton on charges of war crimes. But this propaganda ploy masks the baleful state of Serbia's politicised judicial system.
Ilir Meta, the new premier, takes an impartial line on Kosovo and promises quick results in the battle to restore order and root out corruption.
Paramilitaries forced out of Kosovo have moved into neighbouring Montenegro, some to find a hiding place and some to join the police.
Calls for autonomy are increasing in Serbia's remaining province, causing growing friction within the opposition movement.
Property prices are shooting up on Kosovo's border with Serbia and speculators moving in as ethnic Albanians from Serbia proper move south to purchase the homes of departing Serbs.
While the international community acknowledges that billions of US dollars are needed for reconstruction in Kosovo, foreign investors confront serious risks when it comes to committing hard cash.
Overcoming the combined legacy of almost half a century of communism, a decade of apartheid-like discrimination and a year-and-a-half of war requires an on-going and long-term partnership between Kosovars and the international community.
The present situation in Kosovo makes learning impossible: there are no