9 December 1998, Volume 2, Number 48
Kosova still awaits a political settlement
that will guarantee its more than 90 percent ethnic Albanian population
their basic rights according to the principles of self-determination and
majority rule. The key to solving the problem lies in Serbia, where the
difficulties began with the rise to power of Slobodan Milosevic over one
decade ago.
The Serbian leader built his initial
political success on an anti-Kosovar platform, which he finished constructing
in 1989, when he abolished the broad autonomy that the province had enjoyed