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 Albanian. Kosovo was given autonomy in the revised Yugoslav constitution of 1974, allowing Albanian language schools, the observing of Islamic holy days and giving the province representatives on the old collective federal presidency. However, the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic took away the province's autonomous status in 1989 and enforced his ruling with a large influx of Serbian police and troops. Albanians in Kosovo responded by boycotting the new governmental institutions and creating their own shadow government. Frustration with the shadow administration's failure to win any concessions from Serbia led to the emergence of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), and more recently, to military/terroristic actions by the KLA. The strong response of the Serbian-controlled police force has brought widespread international condemnation and the threat of renewed sanctions on Serbia. Serbia has since expressed its desire to engage Albanians in a dialogue, but most observers are skeptical of their sincerity.