科索沃,阿尔巴尼亚“巴尔干半岛中部,自称独立的国家,以前的一个省塞尔维亚。面积:4210平方英里(10905平方公里)。人口:2022(美国东部时间)1822000年。资本:普里什蒂纳。阿尔巴尼亚族人占9/10的人口,和塞尔维亚人占大部分的余数。语言:阿尔巴尼亚、塞尔维亚(官方)。宗教:伊斯兰教(阿尔巴尼亚);基督教(东正教(塞尔维亚),罗马天主教(阿尔巴尼亚))。货币:欧元。科索沃的边界主要是山区,周围的高地平原和丘陵内部。 Kosovo has long been one of the least-developed areas of the Balkans. Major components of the economy include public services, small businesses, agriculture, construction, food and beverage production, metal processing, and mining. Kosovo is a multiparty transitional republic with one legislative body; its head of state is the president, and its head of government is the prime minister. Kosovo was an autonomous province within Yugoslavia until 1989, when Serbia took control of Kosovo’s administration, prompting protests from the region’s Albanian population. An Albanian secessionist rebellion escalated into the Kosovo conflict (1998–99), which culminated in NATO air strikes and the withdrawal of Yugoslav and Serbian forces. The region was administered by the United Nations (UN) beginning in 1999. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008. That December the UN transferred most of its powers of oversight to the European Union. In 2010 the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate international law.
