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Friday, May 21, 1999 Published at 12:01 GMT 13:01 UK
Nato strikes: Week eight ![]()
Follow the eighth week of the Nato
campaign in this day-by-day guide to the best of BBC News Online's coverage.
Use the options on the left to return
to latest news and other current BBC
coverage.
Build-up to conflict I Week one I Week two I Week three I Week four I Week five I Week six I Week seven I Week eight Nato strikes: Day 56 (18 May )
Amid growing signs of differences between Nato countries over the future of the conflict with Yugoslavia, Greece calls for a temporary halt to the bombing.
Analysis Refugee lessons from Bosnia The search for a diplomatic solution Multimedia
"Bridges, airports and factories hit overnight"
BBC's David Shukman: Nato troop movements may be too little too late
Nato strikes: Day 55 (17 May )
Nato leaders draw up a possible timetable for sending ground troops into Kosovo, following a request by Western governments.
Analysis Waiting for the Apaches Ground troops back on agenda Multimedia
BBC's Orla Guerin meets refugees in Macedonia
Nato strikes: Day 54 (16 May )
America's former military chief Colin Powell criticises the conduct of the war in Yugoslavia, saying Nato needs to go "all out" to achieve its aims.
Multimedia
Mark Laity explains Nato's strategy after latest civilian killings
Mike Williams in Belgrade: Hopes of peace moves
Nato strikes: Day 53 (15 May )
The US accuses the Serbs of using "human shields" as the row intensifies over the Nato attack on Korisa, where scores of refugees died.
Nato strikes: Day 52 (14 May )
Nato says it attacked the village of Korisa in southern Kosovo where up to 100 civilians were killed as a "legitimate military target".
Nato strikes: Day 51 (13 May )
The United States says Nato will step up bombardment of Yugoslavia still further, after several days with the largest number of sorties flown so far.
Nato strikes: Day 50 (12 May )
Russian President Boris Yeltsin warns Moscow might pull out of Yugoslav peace efforts if its mediation work continues to be ignored.
Nato strikes: Week seven (5 - 11 May)
Day-by-day coverage of the seventh week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. BBC reports include: Clinton's call to arms, G8 peace plan agreed, Nato missiles hit Chinese embassy, Chinese protests, China makes peace demands, Serbs report pull-out, Yeltsin threatens talks. Back to top Nato strikes: Week six (28 April - 4 May)
Day-by-day coverage of the sixth week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. BBC reports include: Yugoslav Deputy Premier Draskovic fired, Nato strike kills civilians, Belgrade hit by blitz, Nato bomb hits bus, US prisoners freed, 'soft' bomb hits power supply, Kosovo solution 'closer', Clinton's call to battle. Back to top Nato strikes: Week five (21 - 27 April)
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. Back to top Nato strikes: Week four (14 - 20 April)
Day-by-day coverage of the fourth week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. BBC reports include: Refugees killed as Nato hits convoys, raids widen across Yugoslavia, US holds Yugoslav prisoner, Nato says ethnic cleansing spreading. Back to top Nato strikes: Week three (7 - 13 April)
Day-by-day coverage of the third week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. BBC reports include: Heaviest raids so far, large-scale reinforcements sent for, civilians killed as passenger train hit, Nato ground troops to Albania for relief efforts. Back to top Nato strikes: Week two (31 March-6 April)
Day-by-day coverage of the second week of Nato's air campaign, with links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. BBC reports include: Raids intensify with central Belgrade and key bridges hit, refugees pour out of Kosovo creating a massive humanitarian crisis for its neighbours, Serbia seizes three US soldiers. Back to top
Nato strikes: Week one (24-30 March)
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. Back to top Build-up to conflict (1998 - 1999)
Details of the negotiations at Rambouillet, the earlier massacre at Racak and the history of the conflict stretching back to March 1998. With links to original stories, transcripts, BBC audio and video reports. Back to top |
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