Kosovo

Kosovos tie to the euro has helped keep core inflation. Page needed New schools opened with houses being turned into facilities for schools including high schools and university.

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It is bordered by Serbia to the north and east North Macedonia to the southeast Albania to the southwest and Montenegro to the west.

. Kosovo receives a mean annual precipitation of 600-1300 mm while the mean annual temperature is 95 C. Kosovo was used as the name of the entire territory for the first time in 1877 when the Kosovo Vilayet was created by the Ottoman administration. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and.

Serbia and Montenegro which controlled Kosovo before the war and the Kosovo Albanian rebel group known as the Kosovo Liberation Army KLA. Because of the repression. Kosovos climate is mostly continental due to its proximity to the Adriatic and the Aegean Seas.

The mountainous regions are the coldest areas while the southern area is the warmest where the Mediterranean climate is prevalent. Although the United States and most members of the European Union EU recognized Kosovos declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 Serbia Russia and a significant number of other countriesincluding several EU membersdid not. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ie.

The official currency of Kosovo is the euro but the Serbian dinar is also used illegally in Serb majority communities. Kosovos 2008 independence is recognised by more than 110 countries mainly Western nations but not by Serbia or its traditional ally Russia. Kosovos modern history can be traced to the Ottoman Sanjak of Prizren of which parts were organised into Kosovo Vilayet in 1877.

There is an ongoing risk of political and inter-ethnic violence in northern Kosovo including the northern part of the city of Mitrovica the municipalities of Leposavić Zubin Potok and Zvećan and areas near the Kosovo-Serbian borders. However high levels of corruption little contract enforcement and unreliable electricity supply have discouraged potential investors. Kosovo officially the Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognised de facto sovereign state in Southeast EuropeIt lies at the centre of the Balkans occupying an area of 10887 km 2 4203 sq mi with a population of about 18 million.

Kosovo self-declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe. Wildlife A bear in a. Four NATO members also refuse to recognise Kosovos.

Europes newest country Kosovo is a fascinating land at the heart of the Balkans rewarding visitors with welcoming smiles charming mountain towns incredible hiking opportunities and 13th-century domed Serbian monasteries brushed in medieval art and thats just for starters. The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. And on parallel elections new leaders were elected forming a new country within a country.

Kosovo enjoys lower labor costs than the rest of the region. Kosovo Albanians organized a resistance movement creating a number of parallel structures in education medical care and taxation.

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