The clashes between ethnic Albanians and the Macedonian authorities have sent Nato and European Union planners back to the drawing board.
Nobody is in any serious doubt about the gravity of the situation.
If violence between Albanians and the Macedonian government spreads from the border region of Tetovo, where it was contained on March 26th, to Skopje, the Macedonian capital, it will provoke a backlash from the Slav majority population in the republic. Jane's Information Group.