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Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, Serbia, Russia, and a significant number of other countries—including several EU members—did not.
Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east and North Macedonia to the southeast.
Serbia reacquired control of Kosovo during the First Balkan War of 1912, and after World War II, Kosovo became an autonomous province of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
Background. The Ottoman Empire controlled Kosovo from 1389 to 1912, when it once again became part of Serbia and then part of Yugoslavia in 1945. In 1999, Belgrade's brutal counterinsurgency campaign against the Kosovo Albanians resulted in a NATO military operation that ended the conflict. Kosovo declared its independence in 2008 and formally ...
history of Kosovo, a survey of important events and people in Kosovo, from the medieval era to the present. For earlier history and for further discussion of the historical Albanian and Serb populations, see Balkans, Albania, and Serbia.
Kosovo - Yugoslav, Serbia, Albanian: A broad treatment of the history of the Kosovo region, from the medieval era to the present, follows. For earlier history and for further discussion of the historical Albanian and Serb populations, see Balkans, Albania, and Serbia. From late antiquity through the late Middle Ages, much of the Balkans lay ...
Kosovo profile. 28 June 2023. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008, after years of strained relations between its Serb and mainly Albanian inhabitants. It...
Where Is Kosovo? Map of Kosovo. Kosovo is a tiny landlocked country in Southeastern Europe located on the Balkan Peninsula. It strategically lies on the peninsula’s center and is enclosed to the north and east by Serbia, West by Montenegro, Southwest by Albania, and Southeast by North Macedonia.
Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured this week in northern Kosovo when they clashed with ethnic Serbs, raising fears of a larger escalation between Serbia and Kosovo.
Kosovo’s challenges would be formidable enough without its regional difficulties. A small country about the size of Lebanon, it is a landlocked, diamond-shaped territory bordered by larger ...