Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia - Albanians
Kosovo:    1,672,000 Serbia (excluding Kosovo):    67,000 Republic of Macedonia:    509,000 Greece:  &...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Ethnic Albanians
Albanian is also a term often given to what would otherwise be called an ethnic Albanian. This is usually someone who is considered by hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Ethnic Albanians
Albanian is also a term often given to what would otherwise be called an ethnic Albanian. This is usually someone who is considered by hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Culture
Albanians - Contribution to humanity. Albanians have played a prominent role in the development of the arts and sciences as well as in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Culture
Albanians - Contribution to humanity. Albanians have played a prominent role in the development of the arts and sciences as well as in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cham Albanians: Encyclopedia - Cham Albanians
Cham Albanians (In Albanian: Çamë or Shqiptarë, in Greek: Τσάμηδες Tsámidhes or Αλβανοί Alvaní) are a group of ethnic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Vocabulary
There are Albanian words which have cognates (of non-Latin origin) in Romanian and there is a theory that the language spoken by the Daci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Albanian Mythology
Albanian myths can be divided into two major groups: legends of metamorphosis and historical legends. Some of the best known legends are:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Albanian Catholic Church
The Albanian Catholic Church is a Byzantine Rite church sui juris of the Catholic Communion. Not to be confused with the Italo-Albanian C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia - Albanian Language
Albanian (gjuha shqipe /ˈɟuˌha ˈʃciˌpɛ/) is a language spoken by over 6 million people primarily in Albania, but also by smaller n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Albanian Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Authocephalous Church of Albania has had a difficult time restablishing its life after the enforced atheism imposed in commu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania (or Aghbania) was an ancient empire that covered what is now southern Dagestan and most of today's Azerbaijan of the Ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Party Of Labour: Encyclopedia - Albanian Party Of Labour
The Albanian Party of Labour, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh in Albanian, was the sole legal political party in Albania during comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - History
The place where the ancestors of today's Albanians lived in ancient Balkans is still uncertain, but they are usually identified with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo: Encyclopedia - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo
Violent unrest in Kosovo (a United Nations-administrated province of Serbia officially called Kosovo and Metohija) broke out on March 17,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voiced Dental Fricative: Encyclopedia - Voiced Dental Fricative
The voiced dental non-sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cham Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Cham Albanians - History
While the Balkan Wars resulted in Albanian independence, they also resulted in an expansion of the territory of Greece by about 64%. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Of Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Of Albanians - Ethnic Origin
The three chief candidates considered by historians are Illyrian, Dacian, or Thracian, though there were other groups in the ancient Balk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Classification
Albanian was proven to be an Indo-European language in 1854 by the German philologist Franz Bopp. The Albanian language is its own indepe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Examples
Note: All the sounds above are in the Ogg Vorbis format. The Islamic shahadah in Albanian is Nuk ka Zot përveç Allahut, dhe Muhamedi ë...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Grammar
Albanian nouns are inflected by gender (masculine, feminine and neuter) and number (singular and plural). There are 4 declensions with 5 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Of Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Of Albanians - Place Of Origin
The place where the Albanian language was formed is also under dispute, but analyses have indicated that it was in a mountainous region, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Geographic Distribution
Albanian is spoken by about 6 million people mainly in Albania and Kosovo but also in many other countries, including the Republic of Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Writing System
Albanian has been written with many different alphabets since the 15th century. Originally, the Tosk dialect was written with the Greek a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Caucasian Albania And Armenian Conquests
Parts of Caucasian Albania, including Artsakh and Uti on the right bank of the Kura river, were conquered by the Armenians. Armenia, acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Vocabulary
There are Albanian words which have cognates (of non-Latin origin) in Romanian and there is a theory that the language spoken by the Daci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - History
The place where the ancestors of today's Albanians lived in ancient Balkans is still uncertain, but they are usually identified with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Caucasian Albania And Armenian Conquests
Parts of Caucasian Albania, including Artsakh and Uti on the right bank of the Kura river, were conquered by the Armenians. Strabo, Ptole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cham Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Cham Albanians - Current Situation
The exiled Muslim Cham Albanians have addressed the issue of their lost properties and requested permission to return to their villages G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Classification
Albanian was proven to be an Indo-European language in 1854 by the German philologist Franz Bopp. The Albanian language is its own indepe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Albanian Alphabet And Language
Ancient Armenian historian, Koriun, in his book "The Life of Mashtots", wrote: "Then there came and visited them an elderly man, an Alban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Dissolution Of The Albanian Kingdom
In the 7th century AD, the kingdom was abolished by the Arabs and, like all Islamic conquests at the time, assimilated into the Caliphate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Grammar
Albanian nouns are inflected by gender (masculine, feminine and neuter) and number (singular and plural). There are 4 declensions with 5 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Origin Of The Albanians
Main article: Origin of Albanians A number of scholars consider that the Albanians are direct descendants of an Illyrian tribe that was n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Airlines: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Airlines - Services
Albanian Airlines operates the following scheduled international services (at April 2005): Tirana to Athens, Bologna, Frankfurt, Istanbul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Birth Of Albanian Nationalism
Main article: National awakening and the birth of Albania By the 1870s, the Sublime Porte's reforms aimed at checking the Ottoman Empire'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Alphabet: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Alphabet - History
The modern Latin-based Albanian alphabet was the result of long evolution. Before the creation of the unified Albanian alphabet, Albanian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Creation Of The Caucasian Albanian Kingdom And Its Regions
The kingdom of Caucasian Albania (Aghbania, Aghvania) was founded in the late 4th - early 3rd century BC. The word Aqva or Aqvanu in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Lek: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Lek - History
The lek was introduced in 1926. At first, there were four denominations in circulation. The lek was worth 100 qindar leku whilst the fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Writing System
Albanian has been written with many different alphabets since the 15th century. Originally, the Tosk dialect was written with the Greek a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Sounds
Albanian has 7 vowels and 29 consonants. Gheg has a set of nasal vowels which are absent in Tosk. Another peculiarity is the mid-central ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Geographic Distribution
Albanian is spoken by about 6 million people mainly in Albania and Kosovo but also in many other countries, including the Republic of Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ancient Illyria
Main article: Illyria The Illyrians were Indo-European tribesmen who appeared in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula about 1000 B.C....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Language - Sounds
Albanian has 7 vowels and 29 consonants. Gheg has a set of nasal vowels which are absent in Tosk. Another peculiarity is the mid-central ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Spreading Of Christianity In Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania was one of the first countries where Christianity was adopted from the 4th century, when the Albanian Church was formed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanian Party Of Labour: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanian Party Of Labour - External Following
The staunchly orthodox stand of the PPSh attracted many political groupings around the world, particularly among Maoists who were not con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Ottoman Rule
Main article: Albanian lands under Ottoman domination Ottoman supremacy in the Balkan region began in 1385 but was briefly interrupted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caucasian Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Caucasian Albania - Ancient Population Of Aghbania
Aran was a legendary ancestor and the eponym of the Albanians (Aghvan). Caucasian Albanians were one of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Albanian King
Zogu crowned himself King of the Albanians (Mbret i Shqiptarëvet in Albanian) and declared himself Field Marshal of the Royal Albanian A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Albanians Under Ottoman Rule
The Ottoman sultan considered himself God's agent on earth, the leader of a religious--not a national--state whose purpose was to defend ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - Local Albanian Leaders In The Early Nineteenth Century
The weakening of Ottoman central authority and the timar system brought anarchy to the Albanian-populated lands. In the late 18th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Barbarian Invasions And The Middle Ages
The fall of the Roman Empire and the age of great migrations brought radical changes to the Balkan Peninsula and the Illyrian people. Bar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - The Rise Of Albanian Nationalism
The 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War dealt a decisive blow to Ottoman power in the Balkan Peninsula, leaving the empire with only a precarious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Ahmed Pasha And The Turks Against The Albanians And Mamelukes
The masters of Egypt were now split into these two factions, animated with the fiercest animosity against each other. Muhammad Ali of Egy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Al-bardisi And The Albanians Fall Out
Al-Bardisi's fortunes began to decline, however, in order to satisfy the demands of the Albanians for their pay he gave orders to levy he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War Ii And The Rise Of Communism 1941-44
Main article: Military history of Albania during World War II Between 1941 and 1944, communist partisans fought Italian and German occupa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Albanians Under Thir Seize Cairo
In March 1803 the British evacuated Alexandria leaving a power vacuum in Egypt. Mahommed Bey al-Alfi accompanied the English to lobby the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Albanian-yugoslav Tensions
Until Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948, Albania acted like a Yugoslav satellite and Tito aimed to use his choke hold on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ll: Encyclopedia Ii - Ll - Spain
In Spanish, official Galician spelling and Catalan, the Ll combination stands for the sound /ʎ/ (a palatal /l/). In Spanish it is pronou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - The Roman Period
In the Illyrian Wars of 229 and 219 B.C., Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva River valley. The Romans made new gains in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - World War I And Its Effects On Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1919-1939) Albania achieved a degree of statehood after World War I, in part because of the diplomatic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Communist Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1945-1989) Enver Hoxha and Mehmet Shehu emerged as the dominant figures in Albania after five years of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Albania - Modern Albania
Main article: History of Albania (1989-present) Since 1992 Albania has been oriented towards the West. In 1995, Albania was accepted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ottoman Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ottoman Albania - The Ottoman Conquest Of Albania
The Ottoman Turks expanded their empire from Anatolia to the Balkans in the 14th century. They crossed the Bosporus in 1352, and in 1389 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Of Romanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Of Romanians - Migration From The South
According to this theory, a Romanic population came from the south in the Middle Ages and settled down in present-day Romania. Origin of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beslidhja Skaut Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Beslidhja Skaut Albania - History
Scouting was founded in Albania in 1920 and was a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1922 to 1937. In 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Ali Pasha Jazirli In Command Of The Turks
In consequence of the alliance between Muhammad Ali and al-Bardisi, the Albanians gave the citadel over to the Mamelukes; and soon after,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Defeat Of The Mamelukes
Muhammad Ali now possessed the title of Governor of Egypt, but beyond the walls of Cairo his authority was everywhere disputed by the bey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of Albania - The Communist Period
After World War II, the communist government of the state founded the Albanian Film Institute in 1945, which became Kinostudia Shqipëria...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Muhammad Ali Ousts Khorshid
On the 12th of Safar 1220 (May 12, 1805) the sheiks, with an immense concourse of the inhabitants, assembled in the house of the 1~alI; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Classical Music
Main article: Albanian classical music One pivotal composer in modern Albanian classical music was Mart Gjoka, who composed several vocal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power: Encyclopedia Ii - Muhammad Ali's Seizure Of Power - Return Of Al-alfi
The death of Ali Pasha produced only temporary tranquillity. In a few days (February 12, 1804) the return of Mahommed Bey al-Alfi (called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Albania - Pre-communist Era
As late as 1946, about 85% of the people were illiterate, principally because schools using the Albanian language had been practically no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cinema Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Cinema Of Albania - Postcommunist Films
During the 1990s, the change of the communist form of government to a more democratic one led to a big change in the Albanian cinema. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo - Attacks On Kosovo Serbs
The violence quickly spread to other parts of Kosovo, with Kosovo Serb communities and religious and cultural symbols attacked by crowds ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - The Balkan Wars And Creation Of Independent Albania
The Albanians once more rose against the Ottoman Empire in May 1912 and took the Macedonian capitol, Skopje, by August. Stunned, the Youn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voiced Dental Fricative: Encyclopedia Ii - Voiced Dental Fricative - Other Languages
Many commonly spoken languages, such as German, French, Japanese, and Chinese, lack this sound. Native speakers of those languages someti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - National Awakening And The Birth Of Albania - World War I And Its Effects On Albania
Political chaos engulfed Albania after the outbreak of World War I. Surrounded by insurgents in Durrës, Prince Wilhelm departed the coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Folk Music
Main article: Albanian folk music Albanian folk music falls into three sylistic groups, with other important music areas around Shkoder a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - European Languages - Indo-european Languages
Most European languages are Indo-European languages. This large language-family is descended from a common language that was spoken thous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malësi E Madhe District: Encyclopedia Ii - Malësi E Madhe District - Famous Malsors
Famout Malsors include - Angjelin Perljocal - [2], an artist The Malotas - Malcia's own Hollywood Family [3] Rexhep Qosia - a distinguis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education In Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Education In Albania - Education Under Communist Rule
Upon taking power in late 1944, the communist regime gave high priority to reopening the schools and organizing the whole education syste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 Unrest In Kosovo - International Reaction
The international community was taken by surprise by the sudden upsurge in violence. Kosovo had been fairly quiet since the end of 1999, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Relations With Italy
The fascist government of Benito Mussolini's Italy had supported Zog since early in his presidency; that support led to increased Italian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Political Legacy
During World War II, royalist resistance in northern Albania was largely ineffective, later merging with communist insurgents (partisans)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Background And Early Political Career
Ahmed Zogu was born in Castle Burgajet, Albania, as the third son to Xhemal Pasha Zogu and his wife, Sadijé Toptani as Ahmet Muhtar . At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voiced Dental Fricative: Encyclopedia Ii - Voiced Dental Fricative - In English
The voiced dental fricative occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the 'th' digraph in this and the. It is different from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Languages Of Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Languages Of Italy - Languages Spoken In Italy
List of Languages of Italy - Romance Languages. French Franco-Provençal Provençal language-Occitan language Alguerese Catalan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kosovo Liberation Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Kosovo Liberation Army - History
Kosovo Liberation Army - Emergence of the KLA 1992-1996. The name "Kosovo Liberation Army" first came to light in the Republic of Maced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zog Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Zog Of Albania - Life In Exile
Immediately after his deposition, Zog moved temporarily to Egypt, where he became a friend to King Farouk. He then began life in exile as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Sources
As an extinct language that has no literature left, there's little known about it, but some Thracian words can be found cited in ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Classification
There are enough Thracian examples with characteristic Satem sound-shifts to include Thracian in the Satem group of Indo-European languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Vocabulary
The most reliable Thracian words are the words which have been explicitly cited and described as Thracian by the ancient authors. There a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Languages Of Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Languages Of Italy - Languages Spoken In Italy
List of Languages of Italy - Romance Languages. French Franco-Provençal Provençal language-Occitan language Alguerese Catalan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Albania - Popular Music
The city of Shkodër has long been the cultural capital of Albania, and its music is considered the most sophisticated in the country. Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - Deteriorating Relations With The West
Albania's relations with the West soured after the communist regime's refusal to allow free elections in December 1945. Albania restricte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communist Albania: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communist Albania - The Cultural And Ideological Revolution
In the mid-1960s, Albania's leaders grew wary of a threat to their power by a burgeoning bureaucracy. Party discipline had eroded. People...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Albanian Nationalism
Both Kosovo (a Serbian province though governed since June 1999 by UNMIK, backed by KFOR, a NATO-led international force) and western Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Albanian Nationalism
Both Kosovo (a Serbian province though governed since June 1999 by UNMIK, backed by KFOR, a NATO-led international force) and western Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Albanians - Albanian Nationalism
Both Kosovo (a Serbian province though governed since June 1999 by UNMIK, backed by KFOR, a NATO-led international force) and western Mac...   » Read the article