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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.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. [1] [2] The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, [3] although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the ...
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
Map showing banovinas (Yugoslav provinces) in 1929. Kosovo is shown as part of the Zeta and Vardar banovinas. Following the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and the Treaties of London and Bucharest, which led to the Ottoman loss of most of the Balkans, Kosovo was governed as an integral part of the Kingdom of Serbia, while its western part by the Kingdom of Montenegro.
Denmark is expected to send 300 inmates to the Balkan country, a first for Kosovo and a move highly criticized by Danish human rights experts. ... Kosovo, one of Europe's poorest countries, will ...
Kosovo is a member of two United Nations specialized agencies (the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group), as well as the Venice Commission, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Olympic Committee, among others. Serbia claims Kosovo as part of its sovereign territory.
Geography of Kosovo. Kosovo is: a landlocked territory; Location: Eastern Hemisphere; Northern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Europe Southern Europe. Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe") Time zone: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Kosovo High: Velika Rudoka 2,658 m (8,720 ft) Low: White Drin 297 m (974 ft)