I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.

The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians

Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country... They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.

Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.