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Eintrag vom: 19.06.2013.

Kosovo?s parliament elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Wednesday securing his third term and ending a year-long political stalemate. Kurti who had served in a caretaker role won 66 ...

 

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Discover essential Kosovo quick facts including population demographics economy languages and more. Get a comprehensive overview of Kosovo's key information in this detailed guide.

 

A bloody crackdown by Serbian forces on Kosovo Albanian separatists in 1998-1999 ended after NATO intervention. Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008; its independence is recognized by about half of the UN member states (101 out of 193; plus Taiwan Cook Islands and Niue.)

 

Kosovo has been an independent nation since 2008. While Kosovo?s government and institutions have sole responsibility for administration of the state the international presence remains active including police and NATO military forces.

 

In the early 20th century Kosovo was incorporated into Serbia (later part of Yugoslavia). By the second half of the century the largely Muslim ethnic Albanians outnumbered the predominantly Eastern Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo and interethnic tensions frequently roiled the province.

 

In Serbia a formal distinction is made between the eastern and western parts of the country; the term Kosovo (??????) is used for the eastern part of Kosovo centred on the historical Kosovo Field while the western part of the territory of Kosovo is called Metohija (Albanian: Dukagjin).