Kosovo | History, Map, Flag, Population, Languages, & Capital
Jan 6, 2025 · Kosovo, self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized …
Kosovo conflict | Summary & Facts | Britannica
Kosovo conflict, 1998–99 conflict in which ethnic Albanians opposed ethnic Serbs and the government of Yugoslavia (the rump of the former federal state, comprising the republics of …
Serbia - Kosovo Conflict, Ethnic Tensions, Autonomy | Britannica
Jan 7, 2025 · Serbia - Kosovo Conflict, Ethnic Tensions, Autonomy: When in 1945 the six republics were created, two areas within Serbia had been accorded distinctive constitutional …
Serbia - Kosovo Conflict, Ethnic Tensions, Balkans | Britannica
Jan 5, 2025 · Serbia - Kosovo Conflict, Ethnic Tensions, Balkans: The most serious threat to both the internal stability and the international rehabilitation of Serbia during the late 1990s was the …
History of Kosovo | Flag, Maps, & Relations with Serbia and …
On February 17, 2008, Kosovo formally declared independence. Serbia, backed by Russia, called the declaration illegal. Serbs living in Kosovo largely opposed Kosovar independence as well; …
Kosovo - Yugoslav, Serbia, Albanian | Britannica
Jan 6, 2025 · Kosovo - Yugoslav, Serbia, Albanian: A broad treatment of the history of the Kosovo region, from the medieval era to the present, follows. For earlier history and for further …
Kosovo - Self-Declared, Independence, Conflict | Britannica
Jan 6, 2025 · In April 2013 Kosovo and Serbia reached a milestone agreement that granted a degree of autonomy to ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo in exchange for de facto recognition of …
Kosovo summary | Britannica
Kosovo is a multiparty transitional republic with one legislative body; its head of state is the president, and its head of government is the prime minister. Kosovo was an autonomous …
Kosovo - Autonomy, Ethnicity, Politics | Britannica
Jan 6, 2025 · Kosovo - Autonomy, Ethnicity, Politics: In 1971 amendments to the Yugoslav constitution granted Serbia’s two autonomous provinces, Kosovo and Vojvodina, nearly equal …
Serbia | History, Geography, & People | Britannica
2 days ago · Kosovo, which Serbia does not recognize as an independent country, lies to the south as well, along the northeastern border of Albania.