KLA Fights To Block Partition
Albanians are concentrating military efforts in the north, to try to prevent Belgrade from realising their biggest fear: partition of the province.
Albanians are concentrating military efforts in the north, to try to prevent Belgrade from realising their biggest fear: partition of the province.
About 110,000 refugees remain in Macedonia, and the hard questions begin: what will they do, where will they go, will they ever return? And will last week's promises of help ever materialise?
NATO bombing has failed to force Slobodan Milosevic to back down and Serbian forces in Kosovo have dug in. Any NATO ground invasion must expect heavy casualties.
Despite their poverty, ordinary Albanians have rushed to help their ethnic kin who have fled ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. The generosity of the common people is in stark contrast with official complacency.
The humanitarian catastrophe may give the impression that the NATO air strikes are failing. But the campaign is already having an impact, and can ultimately succeed.
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.
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.