Kosovo
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Kosovo ( Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova, Serbian Cyrillic: Косово и Метохија, Serbian Latin: Kosovo i Metohija) is a disputed territory in the Balkans.
It has been part of the lands of Dardani in the years BC, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ottoman empire, then the Kingdom of Serbia, Italian Empire and Yugoslavia in the 20th century. After NATO bombed Yugoslavia in 1999, the territory came under the administration of the United Nations (UNMIK).
The Assembly of Kosovo declared indepedence in February 2008. This is disputed by Serbia, and other states. Serbia still sees the territory as Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Косово и Метохија / Autonomna Pokrajina Kosovo i Metohija).
To the north and east of Kosovo is Serbia. To the south of Kosovo is the country Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. To the west of Kosovo are the countries Albania and Montenegro. The capital is Prishtina. Prishtina is also Kosovo's largest city. About two million people live in Kosovo. A majority of them are of Albanian origin, but there are also Serbs living in the most northern part of Kosovo.
[change] References
- History of Kosovo and Metohija
- The Rastko Project
- Coordination Center of SCG and the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo
- Eastern Orthodox Resource Centre
- Southern Serbia: The second Kosovo?
- Hugo Roth, Kosovo Origins: an historian's comprehensive overview
- Serbia's Title Over Kosovo - Website led by the Belgrade law students
