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Kosovo

42.7N 21.2E · 27 EVENTS · 7 DOMAINS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM SERBIA · 17 FEBRUARY 2008
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2008 – present · Independence and the Contested Present
5 EVENTS
17 Feb 2008 · Declaration of independence 2 REFS
22 Jul 2010 · ICJ advisory opinion 2 REFS
1998 – 2008 · War, NATO Intervention and UN Administration
5 EVENTS
1998 · KLA insurgency and Serbian crackdown 3 REFS
10 Jun 1999 · UN Resolution 1244 and UNMIK 2 REFS
1912 – 1998 · Yugoslav Kosovo: Autonomy, Revocation and Parallel State
5 EVENTS
Mar 1981 · Pristina student protests 2 REFS
Mar 1989 · Milosevic revokes Kosovo's autonomy 3 REFS
1455 – 1912 · Ottoman Rule and the Albanian National Awakening
4 EVENTS
1455–1912 · Ottoman administration of Kosovo 1 REF
17th–18th c. · Migrations and a shifting population 1 REF
c. 1180 – 1455 · The Medieval Serbian Heartland and the Battle of Kosovo
4 EVENTS
13th c. · Nemanjic rule and the Serbian Church 2 REFS
1321 / mid-14th c. · Gracanica and Visoki Decani built 2 REFS
c. 300 BCE – c. 1180 CE · Ancient Dardania, Rome and Byzantium
4 EVENTS
1st c. BCE · Rome annexes Dardania 1 REF
c. 850–1180 · Byzantine and Bulgarian borderland 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Pristina
Population
1.9 m
Area
10,908 km²
Region
Southeast Europe
Languages
Albanian, Serbian
Currency
Euro (€)
Demonym
Kosovar
UN member
No
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Economy

GDP
$12 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$7,899’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.9%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
118.2%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
1.6 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
78.2 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
50.9%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.5’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
59.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
60.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
50.1’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
51.3’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
57.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
42.7’24 WB-WGI

Health

Under-5 mortality
8.7’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO

Technology

Internet users
89.4%’18 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
35’22 WB-ITU

Resources

Resource rents
0.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.5%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.5%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$166 M’24 WB-SIPRI

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