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Kosovo - Autonomy Ethnicity Politics: In 1971 amendments to the Yugoslav constitution granted Serbia?s two autonomous provinces Kosovo and Vojvodina nearly equal status with the six republics of Yugoslavia.

 

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 is a landlocked country located in the Balkan Peninsula of Southeast Europe. It is situated in the central part of the Balkans and shares borders with several neighboring countries.

 

Discover comprehensive geographic demographic and strategic intelligence for Kosovo featuring detailed insights into population statistics territorial measurements economic indicators timezone data and geopolitical positioning.

 

On 17 February 2008 representatives of the people of Kosovo [1] unilaterally declared Kosovo's independence and subsequently adopted the Constitution of Republic of Kosovo which came into effect on 15 June 2008.

 

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).