April 1990 The Serb regime removes all the Albanian students from the Prishtina
University dorms.  The students continue their studies thanks to the generosity of the
Prishtina homeowners.

August 1990  After the dorms, the UP Medical School became the next target of the Serb
regime. The police forces invade all the clinics of the Medical School and force the
Albanian students out.

September 1990 Only the freshmen were allowed to enter the Medical School objects.  No
classes were allowed, in other words, the College closed down.  The professors had been
laid of already.

November 1990 The student center (Residence Halls) reopened. However, all the Serb
students chose the most modern building and moved in it, not allowing the Albanian
students to even get close to it. (Note: there weren't enough Serb students to fill half of this
building). Segregation started.

June 1991  To protest against the repressive measures against the Albanian education in
general, a general hunger strike was started in the Technical College building. After 10
hours, police forces broke off the strike.

June 28, 1991  Serbian Communist Parliament unconstitutionally applied "special
measures" on the UP. These measures "fired" 260 Albanian University professors.

August 21, 1991  The Helsinki group in Vienna declared that the Albanian Language
Education system in Yugoslavia is destroyed.

August 26, 1991 The Serb Rector invites all the Serbs from Krajina, Croatia (today Krajina
doesn't exist) to come and study in Kosova. He promised loans, apartments and more to
people that accepted this offer.

August 1991 By the end of August, 6000 Albanian teachers had been laid off (in August
only).

September 2, 1991  Police forces one more time prevent the Albanian high school
students from entering their school objects.

September 10, 1991  Albanian Education League "Naim Frasheri" organized a peaceful
protest against the violence applied towards the Albanian system of education. There was
police intervention in a few cases.  A policeman in Istog wounded a young boy.

September 23, 1991 More than 2000 University professors and High School Teachers
gathered in front of College of Philosophy to protest.  The protest was stopped violently by
police forces.

October 1-4, 1991 Students gather in front of their school objects but they're not allowed
in.  There was police interventions and arrests. Minister of Education, Muhamet Bicaj
decides to delay the start of the new school year until October 16th, 1991.

October 16, 1991 - Students were not allowed inside again.  In the same day, the Serbian
Communist Parliament illegally suspended the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Kosova.

October 18, 1991  KKÇA of Kosova decides to put on hold the education process until
further notice.  This is when a large number of students, mostly males, started to leave
Kosova and search for education abroad. The draft calls to the Serbian Army were the
other reason for leaving.

October 25, 1991  All the writings in Albanian were removed from the University buildings.

December 11, 1991  Dr. Ejup Statovci is elected the new Rector of the University.

January 2, 1992  Dr. Statovci writes a letter to the world leaders and to the Yugoslav
Federal Authorities. The response he receives is a 60 day jail sentence. Meanwhile, the
schools are still closed.

January 18, 1991  Ministry of Education of Kosova decides that the education process will
resume in private objects, on January 20, 1992.

January 22-25, 1992 - Protests for five days in a row demanding release of Dr. Statovci.

January 29, 1992  Mr. Statovci is released. Right after his release, he reaffirms his stands
on the rights of Albanians for Education in their own language.

February 10, 1992  The Association of Albanian Teachers protests against the Serbization
of the Prishtina University.

February 17, 1992  The education process resumes in private houses.

October 12, 1992  Massive demonstrations all over Kosova. In Prishtina, more than
100,000 people gathered in front of College of Philosophy. They all wanted one thing, their
school objects. This protest was also broken up violently by the Serbian police forces. This
was the last protest. (Five years ago)

April 1996  A Serb civilian shoots Albanian student Armend Daci dead.  This started a
series of enigmatic attacks toward Serb police officers/collaborators and a series of
detonations in Serbian police stations.

August 1996 The American official, Kornblum stated that secret Albanian/Serb
negotiations are taking place.

September 2, 1996  The "Education Agreement" is signed between Kosova President, Dr.
Rugova and Milosevic. This agreement is not implemented yet. More frustration caused on
the Albanian side.

March 1997  The Student Union of University of Prishtina publicly asks Mr. Rugova to
declare that the "Education Agreement" was a failure.  Dr. Rugova had refused a meeting
with the students earlier in February.

August 1997 - The Student Union of University of Prishtina initiates the demand for
unconditional return of the school objects.  Meetings are held all over Kosova.  Dr. Rugova
"finally" agrees to meet the students.  He gives them his support for the protests.

September 9, 1997  The Organizational Council is formed in Prishtina. This council
consists of 5 students and 4 professors.

September 15, 1997  The council composes the Platform of the Protests.

September 26, 1997  Dr. Rugova suggests a delay of the protests. The response of  The
Organizational Council said " Any attempt to interfere with the student initiative is
unacceptable and will not be considered".

September 29, 1997  Another meeting of the Organizational Council with Dr. Rugova. The
date of protests remains the same, OCTOBER 1, 1997.