Difference between revisions of "Kosovo"

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The Republic of Kosovo (''Republika e Kosovës'' or Република Косово) is an independent state in what was once a province of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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The Republic of Kosovo (''Republika e Kosovës'' or Република Косово) is an independent state in what was once a province of the Socialist Federal Republic of [[Yugoslavia]]. Prior to a declaration of independence, ethnic Albanian Kosovans waged an insurgency against the SFRY between 1998 and 1999. Yugoslavian forces withdrew from the province following an extended bombing campaign led by NATO.
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The main proponent of Kosovan independence was the Kosovo Liberation Army ''( Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës -- UÇK)'', formed in 1992 by nationalist Albanians living in Macedonia, later migratring into Kosovo. The UCK initially

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The Republic of Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës or Република Косово) is an independent state in what was once a province of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Prior to a declaration of independence, ethnic Albanian Kosovans waged an insurgency against the SFRY between 1998 and 1999. Yugoslavian forces withdrew from the province following an extended bombing campaign led by NATO.

The main proponent of Kosovan independence was the Kosovo Liberation Army ( Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës -- UÇK), formed in 1992 by nationalist Albanians living in Macedonia, later migratring into Kosovo. The UCK initially