Investigators Ready To Enter Kosovo
Tribunal Update 128: Last Week in The Hague (31 May - 5 June, 1999)
Tribunal Update 128: Last Week in The Hague (31 May - 5 June, 1999)
Even if the troubling details of the Kosovo agreement can be resolved, Serbia faces new conflict at home.
Anti-war protesters in southern Serbia have argued that Serb lives are more important than Serb control over Kosovo.
Belgrade's bravado in the wake of NATO's early air strikes disappeared as the reality of daily bombing set in.
The Kosovo peace deal amounts to Serb capitulation to all of NATO's demands.
Vojvodina's political leaders, from many ethnic groups, seek more local control. But unlike Kosovo Albanians, they do not question their position within Serbia.
There are several ways in which the Yugoslav could be ousted from power. But all of them are unlikely.
Serbia is in shock and will inevitably see the indictment of Milosevic as part of the NATO attack. But in the task of renewing the country, it is in fact a lifeline.
An architect of Operation Storm which saw Croatia defeat and expel the Serb population of Krajina, Agim Ceku, the KLA's new chief will be hoping for similar successes in Kosovo.
Since NATO launched its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, democracy has become a dirty word in Serbia. If stability is to return to the Balkans, this has to change.