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Israel and Kosovo established formal diplomatic relations on 1 February 2021. [6] [7] On 14 March 2021, Kosovo opened its embassy in downtown West Jerusalem, although without a ceremony marking the event due to COVID-19 restrictions in Israel. [25] Kosovo became the first Muslim-majority territory to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. [26]
Kosovo is a relatively small country. Because of the climatic position and complicated structure of the relief it has a variety of climate systems. Kosovo lies in the south part of the middle geographical latitude of the northern hemisphere and it is affected by the Mediterranean Mild Climate and European Continental Climate .
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.
Kosovo's municipalities. A municipality (Albanian: komuna; Serbian: општина / opština) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. [1] There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Serb and 1 Turkish.
Mala Vraca (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: Мала Враца; Albanian: Vraca e Vogël) is a peak of the Šar Mountains located in Kosovo and North Macedonia. Small Vraca is one of the most southern peaks of the Šar Mountains. It reaches a height of 2,536 m (8,320 ft) or 2,483 m (8,146 ft).
After a Kosovo announcement that Serbian citizens who enter Kosovo will receive entry and exit documents, a number of barricades were created in North Kosovo on 31 July 2022 but were removed two days later after Kosovo announced that it would postpone the ban on license plates issued by Serbia.
Kosovo is administratively subdivided into districts (Albanian: rajone, Serbian: окрузи / okruzi). [1] They are further subdivided into municipalities ( Albanian : komuna , Serbian : општина / opština ).
The Albanian Alps as seen from the air; the Valley of Valbonë lies in the upper part on the right with Maja Roshit and Maja e Kollatës to the left.. The relief of the park is mountainous and highly fragmented, characterized with steep slopes, high ridges and deep river valleys.