The sixth week of Nato's air campaign against Yugoslavia began with the announcement from Belgrade that Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic had been sacked over his opposition to the government's position on the Kosovo conflict.

Nato seized on the news as evidence of serious rifts in the Yugoslav leadership, but pressed on with its air strikes. Diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the crisis, meanwhile, gathered pace, with Russia leading the way.

Follow the sixth week of the Nato campaign in this day-by-day guide. Read the main stories, BBC analysis and the best video and audio clips.

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Kosovo solution 'closer'
Russia and the US signal progress but no breakthrough in the search for a solution to the Kosovo conflict.

• Nato denies bombing second bus
• Bulgaria allows Nato use of air space
• UK plans to take 'thousand refugees a week'
• Kosovo recession threat to neighbours

'Soft' bomb hits power supply
Nato announces it has used a new type of bomb to hit Yugoslav electricity supplies, causing a power black-out in Belgrade and power cuts across the country.

• 'Face Nato bombs' refugees told
• Blair pledges refugee aid

US prisoners freed
Three US soldiers captured by Serb forces are released by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

• Serbs down second Nato jet
• Diplomacy moves to US
• Nato 'regret' for bus deaths
• Delight of soldiers' families

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Parminder Sandhu: "Celebration for the POWs, but the bombing continues"
Aleksander Mitic of AFP: We counted 24 bodies

Nato strikes: Day 39
(May 1)

Nato bomb hits bus
A Nato attack on a bridge in Kosovo hit a bus, killing more than 24 passengers, according to witnesses and Yugoslav state media.

• Milosevic 'to release PoWs'
• Chernomyrdin finds Kosovo peace elusive
• May Day speakers blast Nato
• Kosovo's second city 'cleansed'
• Macedonia's refugee underground

Nato blitz hits Belgrade
Nato carries out the most intense bombing raids on the Yugoslav capital, Belgrade, since the start of Operation Allied Force, targeting the army HQ and the Ministry of Defence building in the centre of the city.

• Belgrade under fire - in pictures
• US warns against defying oil embargo
• Jesse Jackson in Belgrade
• Refugees speak of slaughter at Meja

Peace effort gains pace
Moscow plays up hopes of a diplomatic settlement over the Kosovo crisis, after a day of shuttle diplomacy across Europe. Nato shows its determination not to let up until all its demands are met - with heavy bombing raids on Belgrade.

• Sofia hit by Nato missile
• Refugees 'starved out of Kosovo'
• Kosovo costs neighbours dear

Draskovic fired
Yugoslavia's Deputy Prime Minister, Vuk Draskovic, is dismissed for opposing the government's position on the Kosovo conflict.

• Nato strike kills civilians
• Nato threatens escalating air war
• Oil ban 'will hit civilians'
• 'Biggest massacre yet' in Djakovica
• Blair justifies bombing
• Rugova signs Kosovo deal

Nato tightens grip
Day-by-day coverage of the fifth week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports.
BBC reports include: Nato hits Milosevic party HQ and residence, Nato missile hits Serbian TV, Montenegro warns of destbilisation, leaders at Nato 50th anniversary summit vow to press on with campaign.

Refugee exodus
Full BBC coverage of the second week of Nato's action with links to original stories, transcripts + BBC audio and video reports.
BBC reports include: Nato intensifies bombing, central Belgrade and key bridges hit, refugee exodus from Kosovo increases massively, three US soldiers captured by Serbia.

Serbia bombed
Full BBC coverage of the first week of Nato's action with links to original stories, transcripts + BBC audio and video reports.
BBC reports include: First raids, reports of scorched earth policy in Kosovo, Nato loses Stealth fighter, refugees tell stories of atrocities, Nato starts round-the-clock air attacks, Russian mediation comes to nothing.