Serbs begin the campaign to re-take Kosova, and return it to its former status, a mere province of Serbia. The students at the University of Prishtina begin rioting in defense of all Albanian national rights. Over 300 Kosovar Muslims killed. 1981-1989 Serb campaign against Muslims intensifies. Thousands of children are poisoned by the food given to them at their schools.
Pregnant women receive injections of drugs, which create deformity in newborns.
More than 600,000 Kosovars, nearly one-third of the Albanian population, go through police hands. More than 7,000, receive jail sentences for up to 20 years for their participation in protests and demonstrations. Waves of massive demonstrations by dissatisfied Albanians are mercilessly crushed by Serb police using military tanks. The Serb communist leader Slobodan Milosovic begins calling nationalistic rallies of thousands of Serbs. He lays blame for the Serbs economic troubles on the Albanians and their constitutional status.