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Kosovo, [a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. Kosovo lies landlocked in the centre of the Balkans, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo sits on the plains ...
Kosovo is a small and landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into ...
Common English name: Kosovo; Official English names: Republic of Kosovo (proclaimed republic's claim; de facto) Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbia's claim) See International recognition of Kosovo and Brussels Agreement (2013) Common endonym(s): Kosova (Albanian and Turkish); Kosovo (Serbian and Bosnian) Official endonym(s):
The history of Kosovo dates back to pre-historic times when the Starčevo culture, Vinča culture, Bubanj-Hum culture, and Baden culture were active in the region. Since then, many archaeological sites have been discovered due to the abundance of natural resources which gave way to the development of life. In antiquity the area was part of the ...
Demographics of Kosovo. 14.6 per 1,000 pop. [3] 7.7 per 1,000 pop. -3.72 per 1,000 pop. The Kosovo Agency of Statistics monitors various demographic features of the population of Kosovo, such as population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Map of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: Косово и Метохиja, romanized: Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosova dhe Metohia), commonly known as Kosovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Косово, Albanian: Kosova) and abbreviated to Kosmet (from Kosovo and Metohija; Serbian Cyrillic: Космет) or KiM (Serbian Cyrillic ...
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 ...
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. After the 2013 Brussels Agreement, signed by the ...