openDemocracy: Kosovo — a break in the ice
Written on February 2, 2007
The small patch of land known to Serbs as Kosovo i Metohija and to Albanians as Kosova has provided the backdrop for a clash of core principles of international relations ever since Nato chased out Serbian security forces in 1999 and turned the territory into a United Nations protectorate. After almost eight years of post-conflict convulsion, dispute and negotiation, the UN’s special envoy Martti Ahtisaari submitted a “compromise” plan for Kosovo’s future status to both Serbs and Albanians on 2 February 2007.
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