Surroi: 'Stopping The Trend Of War'
The prospect of a sudden agreement is all but unimaginable and Kosovo Albanians are trying to adjust psychologically and practically to a radical shift from war to peace.
The prospect of a sudden agreement is all but unimaginable and Kosovo Albanians are trying to adjust psychologically and practically to a radical shift from war to peace.
As the high-stakes effort to get agreement from Belgrade and the KLA continued, so did the war.
By Chief Correspondent Mirko Klarin & assistant reporter Vjera Bogati
By Chief Correspondent Mirko Klarin & assistant reporter Vjera Bogati
NATO's bombing campaign represents the failure of Western policy. The real solution in the Balkans is democracy, but with one night's bombing, ten years’ work developing civil society has been all but wiped out.
Serb forces are expelling Albanians from a horseshoe-shaped territory, from Pec to Prizren to Pristina-burning houses and destroying identity papers. They are not welcome back.
By Mirko Klarin
The clearest loss from Rambouillet is international credibility. The fragile consensus on the NATO deadline may not be reassembled in March. If Milosevic didn't agree at Rambouillet, what could possibly compel him to agree a few weeks later?
The KLA balked in hopes of returning with a stronger political - and military - hand at the followup talks in March. They are still holding out for independence, but risk losing Western support for NATO troops.