World Region Information --- Kosovo Information
We are researching about Kosovo local information. The Republic of Kosovo is a disputed and partially recognized country in southeastern Europe that unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008. We will feature information that seems good to know when entering Kosovo.
It is landlocked in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest and Montenegro to the west.
Approx. 11,000 km2
about 1.87 million
Albanian, Serb, Other
Albanian, Serbian
96% Muslim
- Katedralja Nene Tereza - Mother Teresa Cathedral
Albanians, who make up the majority of the population, dominate the culture.
- Ethnographic Museum (Muzeu Etnologjik) - Emin Gjiku
- Germia Park
- NEWBORN
- Batlava Lake
- Marble Cave / Shpella e Gadimes
Primary and secondary education is compulsory for everyone.
- Universiteti i Prishtines
- University "Isa Boletini"- Mitrovica
- University of Prizren
- Biblioteka Kombetare e Kosoves
1912 Balkan War. Serbia regains control of Kosovo from Turkey
1918 Kosovo becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbia
1941 Most of Kosovo becomes part of Italian-dominated Greater Albania
1974 Yugoslav Constitution recognizes Kosovo autonomy
1981 Separatist uprising and military suppression
1990 Yugoslavia disbands the Kosovo government and moves to strip it of its autonomy. Mass layoffs and massive general strikes
1991 Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia break out of Yugoslavia
1992 Ibrahim Rugois elected president of self-proclaimed republic
1998 The Kosovo Liberation Army rebelled against Serbia. Repression by the Serbian army (Kosovo conflict). Hundreds of thousands of KosovoAlbanians become refugees. NATO issues ultimatum to President Milosevic
1999 Peace negotiations fail. NATO bombs Serbia. Serbian forces withdraw from Kosovo. Kosovo falls under UN protection
2002 Ibrahim Rugova elected president by the Kosovo parliament
2003 Clashes between Serbs and Albania kill 19 people
2006 Direct talks with Serb and Kosovo leaders in Vienna
2008 Kosovo declares independence. Approved by the US and some European countries. Serbia does not accept
2013 Kosovo and Serbia agree not to impede each other's efforts to join the EU and to grant autonomy to the Serb-majority areas north of Kosovo
2020 Agreed to normalize economic relations with Serbia
Politics is conducted within the framework of a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic. The president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. The parliament is unicameral.
- Supreme Court of Kosovo
$4,649
It is one of the poorest regions in the former Yugoslavia.
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