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The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly). [1]
Kosovo's road transport association [69] [70] become member of IRU on 29 July 2008. [71] Kosovo officially became the 181st member of the IRU in May 2009. [72] 29 July 2008 Member International Bar Association (IBA) Kosovo officially became a member of the IBA on 28 May 2009. [73] [74] 28 May 2009 Member International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
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 ...
The accession of Kosovo to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Kosovo is currently recognized by the EU as a potential candidate for accession. [1] Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on 17 February 2008 by a vote of members of the Assembly of Kosovo.
In 2015, Kosovo's bid to become a member of UNESCO fell three votes short of the two-thirds majority required to join. [188] 23 countries maintain embassies in Kosovo. [189] Kosovo maintains 24 diplomatic missions and 28 consular missions abroad. [190] [191]
Furthermore, Kosovo remained independent, whereas Crimea was annexed by Russia, indicating that the real motivation of the latter was Russian irredentism. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] In October 2017, Czech president Miloš Zeman called the international community's recognition of Kosovo independence and protest over Crimean annexation as ' double standards '.
Kosovo is an upper-middle income economy according to the World Bank, [18] and is a member of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Its official currency is the euro. Kosovo has seen consistent economic growth since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999, with a positive growth rate in every year except 2020, during the COVID-19 ...
Following years of failed negotiations on the status of Kosovo in Serbia, Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi announced on 16 February 2008 that the Assembly of Kosovo would declare independence the following day, 17 February 2008 at 17:00h. The independent Republic of Kosovo has since been recognised by several states.