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The Kosovo War (Albanian: Lufta e Kosovës; Serbian: Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian ...
In March 2004, Kosovo experienced its worst inter-ethnic violence since the Kosovo War. The unrest in 2004 was sparked by a series of minor events that soon cascaded into large-scale riots. Kosovo Albanians mobs burned hundreds of Serbian houses, Serbian Orthodox Church sites (including some medieval churches and monasteries) and UN facilities.
7 April 1939: During World War II, the majority of Kosovo was part of the Italian occupation of Albania. 1940 – 6,792 Kosovars emigrated to Turkey; 1941 (6 April) – The Invasion of Yugoslavia by Hitler's army [84] September 1943: Kosovo becomes part of Nazi German occupied Albania.
The Battle of Llapashtica was a key conflict in the Kosovo War between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Serbian forces. Serbian troops launched an offensive on the KLA base in Llapashtica, breaking a 2 month ceasefire. [1] Despite being outnumbered, the KLA used anti-tank weapons to inflict heavy damage on Serbian forces.
Timeline of the Kosovo War. Abbreviations: Combatants. KLA—Kosovo Liberation Army; FARK—Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo; VJ—Yugoslav Army; NATO—North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Peace-keeping forces. KFOR—Kosovo Force (NATO) Organizations. ICTY—International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (UN)
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...
Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Attack against Mehmed Ali Pasha (1878) League of Prizren Ottoman Empire: Victory: Serbian campaign the First Balkan War (1912–1913) Kosovo Albanians: Kingdom of Serbia: Defeat. Serbia defeats Ottoman forces and captures large areas of Kosovo. Serbian army commits massacres against Albanians living there.
The European Union has summoned the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for emergency talks on Thursday to try to bring an end to a series of violent clashes near their border that is fueling fears of a ...