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During the Kosovo War in 1999, around 700,000 ethnic Albanians, [40] over 100,000 ethnic Serbs and more than 40,000 Bosniaks were forced out of Kosovo to neighbouring Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Serbia. After the United Nations took over administration of Kosovo following the war, the vast majority of the Albanian refugees ...
The non-Albanian population, at the time comprising 10% of Kosovo's population, refused to vote since they considered the referendum to be illegal. [44] Kosovo Liberation Army handing over arms to U.S. forces, 30 June 1999. In 1992–1993, ethnic Albanians created the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). [45]
Kosovars are predominantly ethnic Albanians. Kosovar citizenship is acquired by birth, adoption, naturalization, international treaties, or through some other specific forms. [ 1 ]
The Kosovar government, the EU's statistical office, Eurostat, U.N. organizations and the World Bank are funding the census which wi Kosovo will conduct a nationwide census that includes surveying ...
From 1961 to 1981, the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo almost doubled as a result of high birth rates, illegal migration from communist Albania and rapid urbanisation. Throughout the same period, the population of ethnic Serbs of Kosovo reduced by half, stimulated by an exodus of ethnic Serbs from the region. [110] [111]
1,638 (2013 statistics, Albanian/Kosovar citizenship) 0.01% [108] Albanians in the Netherlands ... Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, ...
About 1 million ethnic Albanian Kosovars were driven from their homes. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 independence. Semini reported from Tirana, Albania
Kosovo’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday approved referendums in four Serb-majority municipalities to be held on April 21 on whether to oust their ethnic Albanian mayors whose election ...