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Clinton talks on the phone about the Kosovo War. On 9 June 1998, US President Bill Clinton declared a "national emergency" (state of emergency) due to the "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States" imposed by Yugoslavia and Serbia over the Kosovo War. [178]
The Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict was a one-year undeclared military confrontation between Albania and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War.The conflict primarily involved cross-border clashes and incursions, as Yugoslav forces pursued Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters operating near the Albanian-Yugoslav border.
According to John Keegan, the capitulation of Yugoslavia in the Kosovo War marked a turning point in the history of warfare. It "proved that a war can be won by air power alone". Diplomacy had failed before the war, and the deployment of a large NATO ground force was still weeks away when Slobodan Milošević agreed to a peace deal. [56]
Independence for ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo came on Feb. 17, 2008, almost a decade after a guerrilla uprising against repressive Serbian rule. Serbia, however, still formally deems Kosovo to ...
As a member of the Contact Group prior to Kosovo’s independence, France strongly adhered to the 2005 Guiding Principles. Following Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008, France collaborated closely with the Kosovo government to implement these principles, focusing on multi-ethnicity, the rule of law, human rights, and security.
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 ...
16 January: Southern Kosovo Clashes. 15 Militants Killed. Yugoslav Victory [60] 20 January: Skirmishes near Kosovska Mitrovica. Yugoslav Victory. [61] [62] 27–29 January: Battle of Rogovo. Yugoslav victory. 28 February: Gajre Ambush (Kosovo War). KLA victory. MUP leader Bogoljub Staletović is killed and 4 others are injured. 1 March: Clashes ...
At the same time, the Council demanded that Serbia put an end to repression in Kosovo and begin a phased withdrawal; [10] after withdrawal a small number of Yugoslav and Serbian military and police personnel could return to Kosovo, if authorized by the international military presence, to carry out functions contained in the annex of the resolution.