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The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly). [1]
When Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008, [1] the United Kingdom became one of the first countries to announce the official recognition of a sovereign Kosovo on 18 February 2008. [2] [3] The United Kingdom has had an embassy in Pristina since 5 March 2008. [4] Kosovo has had an embassy in London since 1 October 2008.
A NATO-led Kosovo Force entered the province following the Kosovo War, tasked with providing security to the UN Mission in Kosovo . In the weeks after, as many as 164,000 non-Albanians, primarily Serbs but also Roma, fled the province for fear of reprisals, and many of the remaining civilians were victims of abuse. [ 136 ]
Kosovo is the second youngest country in the world (behind South Sudan which declared independence in 2011) and the youngest country in Europe to have been recognized (partially by over 100 UN member states). After a 2008 referendum, [2] Kosovo declared Independence on 17 February 2008. [3]
2010 (22 July) – International Court of Justice votes 10–4 in a non-binding advisory opinion that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate international law, [124] [125] [126] 2010 (September) – President Fatmir Sejdiu resigns after court rules that he breached the constitution by staying in a party post while in office, [ 127 ...
An independence referendum was held in Kosovo, then known as the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo between 26 and 30 September 1991. The Provincial Assembly, which had been dissolved in 1989 by Serbian authorities but whose Albanian members continued to meet underground, declared the Republic of Kosova a sovereign and independent state on 22 September 1991. [1]
During the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Kosovo unsuccessfully attempted to gain independence, and in 1998–1999 the situation escalated with the Kosovo War. Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008. As of 4 September 2020, 114 out of 193 (59.1%) United Nations member states have formally recognised the Republic of ...
The region of Kosovo declared independence unilaterally on 17 February 2008, and is recognized by 97 UN states. Serbia recognizes the government of Kosovo but claims its territory as an Autonomous Province. 8 June 2006: Republic of Serbia declared legal successor to Serbia and Montenegro, ending the process of the dissolution of Yugoslavia.