There have also been skirmishes in central Kosovo and near the Albanian border.

Ashkalija are found mainly in eastern and central Kosovo.

All five are childhood friends from the town of Glogovac in central Kosovo.

They were later transferred to Lipljan prison in central Kosovo.

The two areas he named, in northern and central Kosovo respectively, have been heavily contested throughout the one-year war.

It appears, however, that dozens of fighters from central Kosovo, where the attacks took place, have escaped in small groups to the hills.

However, it is estimated that tens of thousands have taken refuge in the mountain forests of central Kosovo.

The countryside in central Kosovo has been eerily silent since last Thursday.

In central Kosovo two other doctors sat in their hideout on Sunday.

One of about five regional command headquarters, based in a captured police station, is on a remote hilltop in central Kosovo.