Word: pristina
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...capital of Pristina, a dreary city of Stalinist-era high-rises scattered amid factory smokestacks and weed-infested lots, paramilitary units from Belgrade patrol the streets and carry out frequent identity checks. Hundreds of Yugoslav tanks are lined up at the large military base on the western edge of the city, a constant reminder of Serbian power. "Albanians are treated just like blacks in South Africa," says Avdush Bajgora, a 29- year-old doctor from Pristina. "It's complete apartheid...
...unrest began late last month, when 40,000 Albanians took to the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital, demanding the resignation of local leaders, free elections and the release of political prisoners. Kosovo's 1.7 million Albanians, who out-number Serbs and Montenegrins in the region almost 10 to 1, last flooded the streets eleven months ago, when Serbia tightened its grip on the nominally autonomous province. That decision triggered riots that left 28 dead...
Fluttering banners proclaimed: "Tito belongs to us. We belong to Tito." More than 100,000 throats cheered his appearance in Pristina's "Brotherhood and Unity Square" in southern Yugoslavia. But Tito was in anything but a brotherly mood. The country's unity, he warned, was threatened by "a knife in the back." "The whole of Yugoslavia is full of bitterness," he added. "They are striking behind our back unexpectedly...