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| <b>Kosovo</b> is a region in the Balkans with a ethnic ] under the sovereignty of ], actual administration is presently conducted by the ] with no involvement on the part of the Serbian or Yugoslav governments. | |||
| <b>Kosovo</b> is a region in the Balkans with a ethnic Albanian majority | |||
| population. It's international status is anomalous in that although it is formally under the sovereignty of ], actual administration | |||
| is conducted by the ] with no involvement from ]. | |||
| Kosovo's anomalous status is the result of the ] of March-June ], in the course of which air strikes against Serbia and its armed forces by members of the ] secured the withdrawal of Serbia's military and the province's occupation by a NATO-led international force (KFOR) including ]n troops. | |||
| The anomalous status of Kosovo is the result of the ] of 1998. | |||
| Kosovo became a part of the revived kingdom of Serbia during the First ] of 1912-1913. Created an autonomous province in 1946, the region enjoyed almost complete self-government under predominantly Albanian local communist party leaders from 1974 until 1989, when its autonomy was revoked by a more nationalistic Serbian government following allegations of repression against the Serb minority. | |||
| Albanian opposition to Serbian sovereignty, which had surfaced in March 1981 rioting in the capital ], subsequently took the form of separatist agitation by opposition political groups and armed action from 1996 by the "Kosovo Liberation Army" (Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves, or UCK). Guerrilla attacks and Serbian military action reduced the province by 1998 to a state of internal war, occasioning western intervention amid allegations of Serbian reprisals against Albanian civilians. | |||
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Kosovo is a region in the Balkans with a ethnic [[Albanians|Albanian}} majority population. Its international status is anomalous in that although it is formally a province of the Republic of Serbia under the sovereignty of Yugoslavia, actual administration is presently conducted by the United Nations with no involvement on the part of the Serbian or Yugoslav governments.
Kosovo's anomalous status is the result of the Kosovo War of March-June 1999, in the course of which air strikes against Serbia and its armed forces by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization secured the withdrawal of Serbia's military and the province's occupation by a NATO-led international force (KFOR) including Russian troops.
Kosovo became a part of the revived kingdom of Serbia during the First Balkan War of 1912-1913. Created an autonomous province in 1946, the region enjoyed almost complete self-government under predominantly Albanian local communist party leaders from 1974 until 1989, when its autonomy was revoked by a more nationalistic Serbian government following allegations of repression against the Serb minority.
Albanian opposition to Serbian sovereignty, which had surfaced in March 1981 rioting in the capital Prishtina, subsequently took the form of separatist agitation by opposition political groups and armed action from 1996 by the "Kosovo Liberation Army" (Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves, or UCK). Guerrilla attacks and Serbian military action reduced the province by 1998 to a state of internal war, occasioning western intervention amid allegations of Serbian reprisals against Albanian civilians.