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Cemetery of Albanians killed by Serbs during the Kosovo war in Gjakova KLA representatives met with American, British, and Swiss intelligence agencies in 1996, [23] [27] and possibly "several years earlier" [27] and according to The Sunday Times , "American intelligence agents have admitted they helped to train the Kosovo Liberation Army before ...
Those who oppose unification believe that Kosovo and Albania would function better as separate countries, and that Kosovo and Albania have a different culture and tradition. When asked whether they would be willing to pay a tax for unification, 43.5% of respondents in Kosovo agreed, compared to 29.5% in Albania.
As animosity between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo deepened during the 1980s, Milošević was sent to address a crowd of Serbs at the historic Kosovo field on 24 April 1987. While Milošević was talking to the leadership inside the local cultural hall, demonstrators outside clashed with the local Kosovo-Albanian police force.
A confrontation between Russian forces and NATO forces over the Pristina International Airport occurred on 12 June 1999, in the aftermath of the Kosovo War.Russian troops occupied the airport ahead of a NATO deployment, resulting in a tense stand-off, which was resolved peacefully.
Numerous Albanian cultural sites in Kosovo were destroyed during the Kosovo conflict (1998-1999) which constituted a war crime violating the Hague and Geneva Conventions. Of the 498 mosques in Kosovo that were in active use, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) documented that 225 mosques sustained damage or ...
Albanians in Turkey (Albanian: Shqiptarët në Turqi; Turkish: Türkiye'deki Arnavutlar) are ethnic Albanian citizens and denizens of Turkey. They consist of Albanians who arrived during the Ottoman period, Kosovar/Macedonian and Tosk Cham Albanians fleeing from Serbian and Greek persecution [citation needed] after the beginning of the Balkan Wars, alongside some Albanians from Montenegro and ...
The Albanian–Yugoslav border war of 1921 arose from disputes over the borders of the newly established Principality of Albania after the First Balkan War.Although the 1913 Treaty of London outlined general territorial terms for Albania, precise borders remained unresolved amid the chaos of World War I, the Paris Peace Conference, and the League of Nations' formation.
The Albanian revolt of 1912 (Albanian: Kryengritja e vitit 1912, "Uprising of 1912"), was the last revolt against the Ottoman Empire's rule in Albania and lasted from January until August 1912. [1] [2] [3] The revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to fulfill the rebels' demands on 4 September 1912.