Rescued from the Memory Hole

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Articles written when Kosovo was not famous...

Background material about Kosovo, especially the material disseminated by
mainstream channels, is deficient in many aspects, but perhaps the most startling
feature of many such articles is the singular way of examining the history of the
region. We are told that Kosovo is the cradle of Serbian nation and we learn about the
battle of 1389 and then, in most articles, with a gigantic leap that would make
envious any athlete, the article strides 600 years later, in 1989, when the Kosovo
autonomy was rescinded by Milosevic. What happened during these 600 years, pray
tell? Or, at least, what happened during the last few years before 1989?

It is now difficult to write about the recent past of Kosovo without taking into
account the war which is raging just now. So, it occurred to me that if I managed to
find articles written in the 80s, when Kosovo was not famous, at least these would be
free of any bias due to the later events.

A good friend who is also a wizard in database searching undertook the task and
here is the fruit of his labours, a bunch of older articles about Kosovo. Be warned,
the articles were not written for posterity. These were run-of-the-mill, "boring"
articles about contemporary events. But perhaps here lies their interest, for they
present the situation without any make-up. Anyway, here they are...


N.S.



Ass.Press: Minorities leaving Yugoslav province dominated by Albanians (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-1.html

CSM: Kosovo sparking a Yugoslav purge? (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-2.html

CSM: Kosovo - Marble sidewalks but troubled industries (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-3.html

Economist: Yugoslavia's home-grown bother (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-4.html

NYT: A storm has passed, others are gathering (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-5.html

WP: Emergency steps in face of ethnich disturbance (1981)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm81-6.html

FoF: Serbs in Kosovo exodus (1982)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm82-1.html

FT: Kosovo riots jolt the regions (1982)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm82-2.html

FT: Police in Kosovo (1982)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm82-3.html

NYT: Yugoslavs seek to quell strife (1982)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm82-4.html

BBC: Serbian Presidency discusses emigration from Kosovo (1985)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm85-1.html

Economist: Is fair unfair? (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-1.html

BBC: Serbian citizens from Kosovo protest (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-2.html

CSM: Tensions among ethnic groups in Yugoslavia (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-3.html

NYT: Minorities uneasy in Kosovo (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-4.html

NYT: Serbs fear the ethnic Albanians (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-5.html

Reuters: Kosovo revives Yugoslavia's ethnic nightmare (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-6.html

Xinhua: Further efforts are called for to stop Serbian migration from Kosovo (1986)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm86-7.html

Ass.Press: Serb, Montenegrin pupils boycott classes (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-1.html

NYT: Belgrade battles Kosovo Serbs (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-2.html

NYT: Protest by Serbs (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-3.html

Reuters: Serbs rally against alleged Albanian attacks (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-4.html

Reuters: Serbian demontrations add to Yugoslavia's woes (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-5.html

Xinhua: Federal police in Kosovo (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-6.html

Xinhua: Thousands of women demonstrate in Kosovo (1987)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm87-7.html

CSM: Ethnic groups struggle for same land (1988)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm88-1.html

NYT: Serbs vent anger at officials (1988)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm88-2.html

Reuters: Yugoslav leaders call for control in Kosovo (1988)
http://members.tripod.com/~sarant_2/ksm88-3.html



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