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t. e. United Nations Security Council resolution 1244, [1] adopted on 10 June 1999, after recalling resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998) and 1239 (1999), authorised an international civil and military presence in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [2] [3] and established the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ...
Ruins of a Kosovo Serb house in Prizren that was destroyed by rioters. On 17 and 18 March 2004, a wave of violent riots swept through Kosovo, triggered by two incidents perceived as ethnically motivated acts. Demonstrations, although seemingly spontaneous at the outset, quickly focused on Serbs throughout Kosovo.
The Kosovo Myth ( Serbian: Косовски мит / Kosovski mit ), also known as the Kosovo Cult ( Косовски култ / Kosovski kult) and the Kosovo Legend ( Косовска легенда / Kosovska legenda ), is a Serbian national myth based on legends about events related to the Battle of Kosovo (1389). It has been a subject in ...
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 ...
Albania has an embassy in Pristina and Kosovo has an embassy in Tirana. There are 1.8 million Albanians living in Kosovo – officially 92.93% of Kosovo's entire population – and Albanian is an official language and the national language of Kosovo. Likewise, the peoples of the two countries have practically identical traditions and folklore.
Pages in category "Civilian casualties in the Kosovo War". The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Civilian casualties during Operation Allied Force.
1998–present persecution of Serbs and other non-Albanians in Kosovo. into a single one: War crimes in the Kosovo War. -- Mladifilozof ( talk) 20:46, 12 February 2010 (UTC) [ reply] In addition, the period of 1998 to today overlaps the Kosovo War which was fought between civilians, paramilitary and military forces.
The Insurgency in Kosovo began in 1995, following the Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian War. In 1996, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began attacking Serbian governmental buildings and police stations. This insurgency would lead to the more intense Kosovo War in February 1998. [1] [2] [3]