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The railways of Kosovo have a significant role for the transportation of travelers and goods. In 2005, there were an estimated 870 passengers per day by train. This increased by 26.56% to 1,100 passengers per day in 2006, and by 3.91% to 1,143 in 2007. In 2008, there was an 18,77% decrease in the number of passengers, though this somewhat ...
The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389 [A] between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad Hüdavendigâr . The battle was fought on the Kosovo field in the territory ruled by Serbian nobleman Vuk Branković, in what is today Kosovo, about 5 ...
During the High Middle Ages, as Byzantine rule in Kosovo gave way to the Serbian Empire in the early 13th century, there was an Orthodox Christian majority, but also a Catholic minority consisting of the Italo-Dalmatian merchant class from Ragusa, German immigrants from Hungary and Transylvania, and probably all of the native Albanian population.
The Kosovo War ( Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës, Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [56] [57] [58] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the ...
Kosovo independence precedent. Map of the Republic of Kosovo. On 17 February 2008, the majority of members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including Hashim Thaçi, and Fatmir Sejdiu (who were not members of the Assembly), not acting in the capacity of PISG, declared Kosovo an independent and sovereign state. [1]
Camp Bondsteel. / 42.36567°N 21.2483°E / 42.36567; 21.2483. Camp Bondsteel is the operation headquarters of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo. It is located near Ferizaj [3] in southeastern Kosovo. It is the Regional Command-East headed by the United States Army (U.S. Army) and it is supported by troops from Greece, Italy, Finland ...
Kosovo–Montenegro relations. Kosovo–Montenegro relations are foreign relations between Kosovo and Montenegro. Montenegro has a 78.6 km (48.8 mi)-long border with Kosovo. It was the 49th state to recognise Kosovo's independence.
Fierza Lake is shared between Kosovo and Albania. The total area of the lake is 73 km 2, while Kosovo only encompasses 2.46 km 2 of it. Other lakes. Other, smaller lakes are to be found in Kosovo as well. These three lakes are located in the west and are all fed by tributaries of the South Morava: Përlepnicë Lake; Livoq Lake; Ruboc Lake ...