But fighting could spread to Pristina and other towns, such as Mitrovica and Vucitrn, which are swollen with thousands of refugees.

ECONOMIST: Getting ready for war

On the same day, an exceptionally brutal round of ethnic cleansing was carried out by the Serbs, with sickening atrocities reported around Vucitrn and Podujevo in northern Kosovo, as well as Prizren in the south.

ECONOMIST: Bombs over Belgrade, diplomatic as well as military