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Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [ 4]
Kosovo, [ a ] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [ b ] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. Kosovo lies landlocked in the centre of the Balkans, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo sits on the ...
The Albanians of Kosovo ( Albanian: Shqiptarët e Kosovës, pronounced [ʃcipˈtaɾət ɛ kɔˈsɔvəs] ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (Albanian: Kosovarët ), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, [ 10] who inhabit the north of ...
0.779. high. The unification of Albania and Kosovo is a political idea, revived before and after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. [ 2] This idea has been connected to the irredentist concept of Greater Albania. [ 3][ 4][ 5] As of the 2021 estimate, approximately 97% of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians. [ 6]
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. [1] [2] The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, [3] although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the ...
Ambassador Nait Hasani. Albania–Kosovo relations ( Albanian: Marrëdhëniet Shqiptaro-Kosovare) refer to the current, cultural and historical relations of Albania and Kosovo. Albania has an embassy in Pristina and Kosovo has an embassy in Tirana. There are 1.8 million Albanians living in Kosovo – officially 92.93% of Kosovo's entire ...
The Illyrian kingdom centered in what is now Albania was the dominant power before the Rise of Macedon. [6] In the 2nd century BC, the Roman Republic annexed the region, and after the division of the Roman Empire it became part of Byzantium. The first known Albanian autonomous principality, Arbanon, was established in the 12th century.
Free Fire is a free-to-play battle royale game developed and published by Garena for Android and iOS. [ 4] It was released on 8 December 2017. It became the most downloaded mobile game globally in 2019 and has over 1 billion downloads on Google Play Store. In the first quarter of 2021 it was the highest grossing mobile game in the US. [ 5]