| Jan 1999 | Jan 31, 1999 - By STEVEN ERLANGER. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook of Britain told Yugoslav and ethnic Albanian leaders today that they must show up in France next weekend to negotiate effective self-government for Serbia's battle-ravaged Kosovo province or face NATO bombing and other military action to ... www.nytimes.com/1999/01/31/world/briton-issues-an-ultimatum-to-both-sides-over-kosovo.html? pagewanted=all
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| Feb 1999 | Feb 21, 1999 - The Clinton Administration and its partners in negotiating peace for Kosovo said tonight that Serbia continued to refuse to allow NATO ground ... In contrast, she said, the ethnic Albanians, who are seeking an independent Kosovo but apparently will agree to the autonomy on offer here, ... www.nytimes.com/1999/02/21/world/deadline-balkans-negotiations-deadline-talks-kosovo-accord-delayed- 3-days.html?pagewanted=all
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| Mar 1999 | Mar 24, 1999 - By REUTERS. The threat of NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia grew Tuesday as last-ditch talks on Kosovo failed. Following is a chronology of key events in the crisis since last March:. March 5: Kosovo conflict escalates dramatically with battle in village of Prekaz. ... www.nytimes.com/learning/general/featured_articles/990324Awednesday.html
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| Apr 1999 | Apr 14, 1999 - By JANE PERLEZ. BRUSSELS, Belgium -- NATO's foreign ministers pledged Monday to keep up the air attacks against Yugoslavia but at the same time searched for the shape of a political settlement in Kosovo and urged Russia to be part of it. At the first gathering of the 19 ministers since ... www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/19990414wednesday.html
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| May 1999 | May 24, 1999 - As NATO enters its third month of air attacks, the Yugoslav military is sending fresh troops into Kosovo to reinforce positions near the border ... The move suggests that the Yugoslav military is still determined to maintain its hold on Kosovo and to continue its battle to drive out ... www.nytimes.com/1999/05/24/world/crisis-balkans-buildup-serbs-reinforcing-troops-kosovo-close-albania. html?pagewanted=all
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| Jun 1999 | Jun 11, 1999 - Although the political future of Kosovo is left vague in the settlement that ended the war, American and NATO officials say they envision an ... As refugees return and society is rebuilt, a senior NATO official said today, Kosovo will become virtually ''walled off'' from Yugoslavia. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/06/11/world/crisis-balkans-future-nato-expects-separate-kosovo-without-yugoslav- police-taxes.html
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| Jul 1999 | Jul 2, 1999 - By ROGER COHEN. On the eve of the NATO bombing of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic turned to the American envoys facing him. ''You are a superpower,'' he said. ''You can do what you want. If you want to say Sunday is Wednesday, you can. It is all up to you.'' ... www.nytimes.com/1999/07/02/world/crisis-balkans-kosovo-notebook-milosevic-s-vision-glory-unleashed- decade-ruin.html?pagewanted=all
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| Aug 1999 | Aug 3, 1999 - By Laura Rozen. With 37000 NATO-led peacekeeping troops patrolling it, Kosovo may not be the first place one thinks of as a smugglers' paradise. Two different worlds converge here in Kosovo, utterly unrelated to each other. Heroin and cocaine come cheap at parties. ... www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/08/03/crime/print.html
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| Sep 1999 | Sep 20, 1999 - By CARLOTTA GALL. The Kosovo Liberation Army missed a midnight deadline for its final disarmament and demobilization as its commanders wrangled with NATO officials into the early hours over the number of weapons its men would be allowed to retain in a civilian force. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/09/20/world/as-talks-snag-nato-puts-off-disarming-kosovo-rebels-dispute-is-over- guns.html?pagewanted=all
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| Nov 1999 | Nov 24, 1999 - By MARC LACEY. They waved tiny American flags, they chanted his name in an excited frenzy, they met his every word with thunderous applause -- at least until President Clinton urged the Kosovo Albanians to try to forgive the Serbs. Then they fell silent. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/11/24/world/clinton-saluting-kosovo-albanians-urges-forgiveness.html
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