The Balkans
Fighting in Macedonia threatens wider Balkan conflict
By Chris Marsden, March 16, 2001
Fighting between ethnic Albanian separatists and the Macedonian army has intensified this week. Eight hours of skirmishes on Wednesday on the outskirts of Macedonia's second largest city Tetovo left o...
US forces conflict with KLA-backed Albanian separatists in Macedonia
By Chris Marsden, March 10, 2001
US and NATO forces have been involved in open clashes with ethnic Albanian separatist forces in Kosovo and the neighbouring Republic of Macedonia over the past few days. On Thursday March 8, 300 US tr...
"It Began With a Lie": German TV report refutes government propaganda in Balkan War
By Dietmar Henning, March 1, 2001
Germany's Social Democratic (SPD)-Green party coalition government employed fabrications and manipulated facts to overcome popular opposition to the participation of the German armed forces in NATO's ...
Albanian separatists continue fighting in Kosovo buffer zone
By Harvey Thompson, February 14, 2001
The past few weeks have seen a series of clashes between NATO troops and Albanian separatist forces in areas close to the border with Serbia. Fighting has occurred in both the ethnically partitioned K...
Forensic report throws doubt on US/NATO claims of Racak "massacre"
By Richard Tyler, February 12, 2001
A forthcoming article by three Finnish pathologists throws further doubts upon official descriptions of a “massacre” in the Kosovan village of Racak in 1999.
Further turmoil in Balkans at prospect of independence for Montenegro
By Tony Robson, January 30, 2001
Uncertainty regarding Serbia's future constitutional relationship with Montenegro is a significant hindrance to achieving stability in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
New Serbian regime faces major difficulties
By Chris Marsden, January 5, 2001
The Western powers have hailed the December 23 parliamentary elections in Serbia as the final vindication of the 78-day US-led NATO air war against the government of Slobodan Milosevic. The poll resul...
Ceasefire declared between Serbia and Albanian separatists
By Chris Marsden, November 29, 2000
A tense standoff on the border between Serbia and Kosovo ended with the declaration of an indefinite mutual ceasefire yesterday. Earlier, the government of Vojislav Kostunica had agreed to hold off a ...
Bosnian elections a setback for the West
By Chris Marsden, November 21, 2000
Elections in Bosnia have demonstrated the continuing dominance of nationalist and ethnic-based parties. Final results in the November 11 general election—originally expected November 17—ha...
Opposition unites with former Milosevic supporters in Serbia's new government
By Tony Robson, November 14, 2000
Over the last month, the composition of the new government of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) has been finalised. The claims made by the Western media that the downfall of Presiden...
After communal elections in Kosovo: new conflicts on the horizon
By Justus Leicht and Peter Schwarz, November 2, 2000
Western governments and media sources have jubilantly greeted the results of communal elections held in Kosovo last weekend. Reports emphasised the peaceful nature of the election and the high level o...
Growing poverty in the Balkans
The Croatian experience belies Western promises of prosperity for Yugoslavia
By Tony Robson, October 28, 2000
Europe and America's promises to lift economic sanctions if the electorate voted Slobodan Milosevic out of office was an influential factor in gaining popular support for his removal at the beginning ...
