This week's In the News discusses the current difficulties in Kosovo. The nine resources discussed offer commentary, analysis, and news from a variety of political and cultural viewpoints. Recent clashes in Kosovo have brought to the surface long-simmering tensions in this region of Yugoslavia. Although Serbs have a strong and long-standing attachment to the region, its population is 90% ethnic...

At 4:00 am on the morning of April 1, 2001, Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic surrendered after a 40-hour stand-off at his home in Belgrade. Milosevic has pleaded non-guilty to the domestic charges of abuse of power and theft of state funds; he will spend the next 30 days in custody at in Belgrade's central prison. During the stand-off, the former president had repeatedly stated that he...

Yesterday, UN forces in Kosovo (KFOR) fired tear gas into a crowd of tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians who were attempting to march across a bridge in Mitrovica that separates the Serb and Albanian populations of this once-integrated city. The marching Albanians want to return to their neighborhoods on the Northern side, but KFOR currently is seeking to keep the two groups apart to avoid more...