Kosovo

Ko·so·vo

(kô′sə-vō′, kō′-)

A republic of the western Balkan Peninsula. Settled by Slavs around 600, the area was under Turkish rule from 1389 to 1913 and became part of Yugoslavia after World War I. An autonomous region of Serbia after 1946, Kosovo lost much of its autonomy in 1990, leading to ethnic violence between Kosovo's Albanian and Serb populations. Intervention by NATO and the United Nations reestablished peace in 1999. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence; however, its sovereignty was not universally recognized at that time. Priština is the capital and largest city.

Ko′so·var′ (-vär′) adj. & n.

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Kosovar

(ˈkɒsəˌvɑː) or

Kosovan

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Kosovo or its inhabitants

2. (Peoples) of or relating to Kosovo or its inhabitants

(Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Kosovo

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Sonja does not know the whole story of her marriage, but some Kosovar Albanians living in the neighbourhood are well aware of the secrets of her ex-husband's background.

Kosovans turn blind eye to fake foreign marriages: Kosovar Albanians are increasingly tolerant of men who divorce local wives in order to temporarily marry foreigners and obtain resident status in the West

Summary: The murky distinction between the principles of self-determination and territorial integrityCoas the UN rules Kosovar unilateral independence legal, a new precedent is set for nationalist struggles

Discussion on UN decision on Kosovo Independence

During his university years, he was one of the Albanian student leaders, and the first student president of the parallel Albanian University of Prishtina that broke off in 1989 (and organized in the early 1990s) from the real University due to Kosovar Albanians' boycott of Slobodan Milopevi?'s new imposed status of Kosovo and Metohija.Before ThaE*i immigrated to Switzerland, he studied philosophy and history at the University of Priptina.

Spotlight : Hashim ThaE*i

Last year, a majority of Kosovar Serbs (51%) told Gallup that many or most people in Serbia were afraid to openly express their political views, while only 14% of Kosovar Albanians agreed.

Views on Freedom of Expression Vary in Kosovo; In Kosovo, more Serbs than Albanians say people fear expressing views

Given these diplomatic realities, the argument ran, acknowledging the possibility of precedent could prove counter-productive by serving to energize separatists and lead them to emulate radical Kosovar Albanians in other countries.

Kosovo: it IS a real geopolitical precedent

Author Feraud, however, had meanwhile conferred with his Kosovar friends and coauthors and came forward with what is called the "Dardania" crest, Dardania being an ancient name for Kosovo.

Editorial difficulties

In 1999, 905 Kosovar refugees settled in the province of British Columbia (BC) in Canada.

Global minds, local bodies: Kosovar transnational connections beyond British Columbia

Current guidelines stem in part from the March 1999 Kosovo crisis in which war forced thousands of Kosovar Albanians into refugee camps.

Breastfeeding: nature's MRE

Kosovar men, on average, devote 57 percent of their non-rest time to earned income activities (i.e., agriculture, other self-employed, and hired), and only 4 percent to housekeeping.

Gender: Kosova's other challenge

In May 1999, 905 Kosovar refugees arrived in British Columbia as part of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) humanitarian evacuation from camps in Macedonia.

Sharing the wealth, spreading the "burden"? The settlement of Kosovar refugees in smaller British Columbia cities

The history of the territory of Kosovo is marked by near perpetual competition for sovereign control between Kosovar Albanians and Serbs.

Earned sovereignty: the road to resolving the conflict over Kosovo's final status