11.   The moves against ethnic Albanian media in Kosovo seem to be part of a major clampdown by Serbian forces in an attempt to crush the Albanian rebellion.

12.   Last year the EU scored a major diplomatic success when it helped end an ethnic Albanian rebellion in Macedonia that had threatened to spark another Balkans conflict.

13.   The Macedonian parliament Thursday adopted a law strengthening the powers of regional and local authorities, a key part of a peace deal that ended an ethnic Albanian rebellion.