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history of Kosovo, a survey of important events and people in Kosovo, from the medieval era to the present. For earlier history and for further discussion of the historical Albanian and Serb populations, see Balkans, Albania, and Serbia.
29 paź 2024 · Albanian and Serbian are the official languages of Kosovo. According to the 2008 constitution, Turkish, Bosnian, and Romany also have official status in relevant municipalities. The Albanian spoken in Kosovo is a subvariety of the Gheg dialect; it is commonly known as kosovarce .
Serbia has not recognized Kosovo as an independent state and continues to claim it as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. However, differences and disputes remain, while North Kosovo partially remains under Serbian influence.
In the Middle Ages, the region became part of the Bulgarian Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Serbian mediaeval states. In 1389 the Battle of Kosovo was fought between a coalition of Balkan states and the Ottoman Empire, resulting in a Serbian decline and eventual Ottoman conquest in 1459.
15 lis 2023 · The exhibition includes images depicting Kosovo Albanians’ resistance to Serbian rule, the rise of Yugoslav strongman leader Slobodan Milosevic, inter-ethnic violence and systematic...
30 maj 2023 · Serbia has vowed never to recognise Kosovo's independence. It backs nationalist minority Serbs in north Kosovo boycotting the state, creating a de facto partition.
28 maj 2019 · The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) began armed conflict in a campaign against Milošević. Serbian special police killed over 50 members of a KLA leader's family in early 1998 and violence only ...
