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In 1989, President Slobodan Milošević of Serbia greatly reduced Kosovo's autonomy within Yugoslavia. A harsh regime was imposed, leading to widespread violations of human rights and the repression of dissenters. An estimated 130,000 Kosovo Albanians were sacked from their jobs [3] and the police in particular were almost completely purged of Albanians [4] There were numerous reports of extrajudicial beatings, torture and killings, attracting strong criticism from human rights groups and other countries. [5] ...

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Violent unrest in Kosovo (a United Nations-administrated province of Serbia officially called Kosovo and Metohija) broke out on March 17, 2004. Serbian communities and cultural sites were attacked, leading to the worst loss of life and destruction of property since the 1999 Kosovo War. The violence was subsequently blamed by the UN on Albanian extremists. [1] 2004 unrest in Kosovo - Events in Kosovo. Ethnic tensions a ...

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Kosovo This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Kosovo UNMIK Resolution 1244 Politics President vacancy Government Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi Assembly Chair Political parties ...

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Demographic history of Kosovo - 15th century. 1455: Turkish cadastral tax census (defter)[1] of the Brankovic dynasty lands (covering 80% of present-day Kosovo) recorded 480 villages, 13,693 adult males, 12,985 dwellings, 14,087 household heads (480 widows and 13,607 adult males). By ethnicity: 12,985 Serbian dwellings present in all 480 villages and towns 75 Vlach dwellings in 34 villages 46 ...

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Ethnic tensions and territorial dispute have been a major problem in Kosovo for many years and sparked the 1999 Kosovo War. Since the end of the war, the province has been administered by the UN under the auspices of UNMIK, with security provided by the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). Between 150,000-250,000 Serbs and Roma fled the province in the immediate aftermath of the war. [2] ^{See also:}

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Kosovo War - Kosovo in Titoist Yugoslavia 1945–1986. Serbs and Albanians had both long regarded Kosovo as their own historical space. For Serbs, it is regarded as an integral part of their collective heritage see (Battle of Kosovo in 1389)which, while considered to be a stalemated, eventually lead to the defeat of the Serbian kingdom at the hands of the invading Ottomans. For Albanians, it is regarded a ...

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Demographic history of Kosovo - 15th century. 1455: Turkish cadastral tax census (defter)[1] of the Brankovic dynasty lands (covering 80% of present-day Kosovo) recorded 480 villages, 13,693 adult males, 12,985 dwellings, 14,087 household heads (480 widows and 13,607 adult males). By ethnicity: 12,985 Serbian dwellings present in all 480 villages and towns 75 Vlach dwellings in 34 villages 46 Albanian dwellings in 23 villages 17 Bulg ...

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Little is known about Kosovo before about the 11th century AD. The region was certainly inhabited in prehistoric times, it appears, by two different cultures: Bronze and Iron Age tombs have been found only in Metohia, and not in Kosovo[1]. After the Indo-European invasion, Kosovo became inhabited by Illyrian and Thracian tribes, such as the Dardani and the Triballi. Later, the whole territory of Kosovo became part of the Roman Empire, although it is not ...

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In Roman times a large town called Ulpiana existed 15 kilometres (9 miles) to the south of modern-day Prishtina. This city was destroyed but was restored by the Emperor Justinian. Today the town of Lipljan stands on the site of the Roman city, and remains of the old city can still be seen. After the fall of Rome, Prishtina grew from the ruins of the former Roman city. The city was located at a junction of roads leading in all directions throughout the Balkan peninsula. For this reason Prishtina rose to become an important trading centre on the main trad ...

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Country name: conventional long form: Serbia and Montenegro local long form: Srbija i Crna Gora Government type: republic Capital: Belgrade Administrative divisions: 2 republics (republike, singular - republika); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces* (autonomne pokrajine, singular - autonomna pokrajina); Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina* Independence: 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FRY formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFRY ...

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Note: Before editing these articles make sure that there are not any articles already on that subject with a different spelling (instead of the letters ç and ë the letters c and e may have been used). List of Albania-related articles - 123. 8 Persona Plus List of Albania-related articles - A. Abaz Ermenji - Abaz Kupi - Abdi Toptani - Abdullah Rushdi - Abdyl Frashëri - Abdyl Ypi - Academy of Arts of Tirana - Adelina - Adhurim Resuli - ...

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Albanians - Contribution to humanity. Albanians have played a prominent role in the development of the arts and sciences as well as in religion and sport. Prominent individuals have included the defender and leader of Albania during the mid 15th century Skenderbeg, the writer Ismail Kadare, the painter Ibrahim Kodra, the composer Simon Gjoni, the Nobel prize winner Ferid Murad, the Olympic athlete Klodiana Shala, the Roman Catholic missionary Mother Teresa and Pope Clement XI.Other well known individuals include ...

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Kosovo War - Kosovo in Titoist Yugoslavia 1945–1986. Serbs and Albanians had both long regarded Kosovo as their own historical space. For Serbs, it was the center of their culture [1] as well as the site of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, which resulted in a catastrophic defeat of Serbia at the hands of the invading Ottomans (traditionally interpreted as Serbia's sacrifice for Christianity). Tensions between the two communities had been simmering throughout the 20th century and had occasionally erupted int ...

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Kosovo Liberation Army - Emergence of the KLA 1992-1996. The name "Kosovo Liberation Army" first came to light in the Republic of Macedonia in 1992, used by ethnic Albanian radicals, who sought autonomy or independence from that country. In 1995, isolated attacks on Serbian police were carried out by unnamed parties, though it was not until February 1996 that the name "Kosovo Liberation Army" was used for the first time following a series of attacks against police st ...

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UNMIK Politics of Kosovo President of Kosovo Government of Kosovo Prime Minister of Kosovo Assembly of Kosovo Political parties in Kosovo Elections in Kosovo edit Kosovo's international status is anomalous in that although it is a Serbian province within the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, administration is presently conducted by the United Nations with little or no involvement on the part of the Serbia government (under Security Council ...

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The United Nations Charter does not allow military interventions in other souvereign countries with few exceptions which in general need to be decided upon by the United Nations Security Council. Since Russia and the People's Republic of China vetoed the military intervention it can be seen as illegal. On April 29, 1999 Yugoslavia filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague against ten NATO member countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the USA). The Court did not decide upon the case because ...

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When the war ended on June 10, it left Kosovo in chaos and Yugoslavia as a whole facing an unknown future. Kosovo War - Aftermath. The most immediate problem — the refugees — was largely resolved very quickly: within three weeks, over 500,000 Albanian refugees had returned home. By November 1999, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 808,913 out of 848,100 had returned. However, much of the remaining Serb population of Kosovo fled or was driven out by revenge attacks. Gypsies, Turks and B ...

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The legitimacy of NATO's bombing campaign in Kosovo has been the subject of much debate. NATO did not have the backing of the United Nations to use force in Yugoslavia but justified its actions on the basis of an "international humanitarian emergency". Criticism was also drawn by the fact that the NATO charter specifies that NATO is an organization created for defence of its members, but in this case it was used to attack a non-NATO country which was not directly threatening any NATO member. NATO countered this argument by claiming that inst ...

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The province is most widely known as 'Kosovo' and this has become the standard in international and United Nations usage. In Albanian this name becomes 'Kosova', which is more often found within Kosovo and in official use by the Provisional Institutions, though both Albanian and Serbian are official languages. Wherever political and cultural sensitivity are particularly important, the international community will use 'Kosovo/Kosova' to describe the province and adopt a similar standard for many place names. Whilst the formal title 'Republic ...

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NATO's bombing campaign lasted from March 24 to June 10, 1999, involving up to 1,000 aircraft operating mainly from bases in Italy and aircraft carriers stationed in the Adriatic. Tomahawk cruise missiles were also extensively used, fired from aircraft, ships and submarines. The United States was, inevitably, the dominant member of the coalition against Serbia, although all of the NATO members were involved to some degree — even Greece, despite publicly opposing the war. Over the ten weeks of the conflict, NATO aircraft flew over 38,000 co ...

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