Balkans

Where Next for the Displaced?

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?

15 Apr 99

Counting The Cost Of Ground Troops

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.

11 Apr 99

Leaving Homes, Seeking Futures

An IWPR senior editor makes a personal connection amongst the tens of thousands of lost souls now being forced across the Kosovo-Albanian border.

11 Apr 99

Taking Care Of Their Own

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.

11 Apr 99

The End Game For Milosevic

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.

9 Apr 99

Serbia's Muslims Leave the Sandzak

Tensions are rising in the Sandzak, a predominantly Muslim region within Serbia. Many Muslims fear that ethnic cleansing awaits them too, and are leaving. Those who remain are being asked to help finance the Yugoslav Army.

9 Apr 99

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.

6 Apr 99

KLA Leads New Kosovar 'Government'

KLA leader Hashim Thaci heads a new Kosovo Albanian administration dominated by the guerrillas and other opposition to long-time Kosovar leader Ibrahim Rugova.

6 Apr 99
Support local journalists