[EN]STATUS OF eKOSOVO AND THE UPCOMIG POLL

Day 1,410, 13:33 Published in Brazil Croatia by Obersoldat



Couple of days ago admins announced addition of eAlbania and eKosovo into the game.And ever since that first second of annoucment there has been a mass histerya among eSerbs that eKosovo will be added as independent.To have respect toward Serbs they made the decision that eRepublik community votes in a poll and decides its status.



Since Brasil is far away from the Balkans and many of you do not have such intimate knowdlege about this matter,I took it upon myself,as a person who witnessed these latest events, to bring you facts about eKosovo's history,and its status so that you can bring a decision for yourself.The purpuse of this article is not to offend anybody,but to bring pure facts and inform eRepublik community about RL Kosovo and its people.


Flag of Kosovo

6th century AD -Slavs settle at areas of today's Balkan penninsula,including Kosovo

1071 AD- Bulgarian Empire gets renewed at Kosovo,and these lands are permanently taken from the Bizantine Empire

13th century AD-Kosovo becomes center of Serbian Orthodox Church

1389 AD –Serbia loses Kosovo on the battle on Kosovo field and it becomes a part of Ottoman Empire,and a lot of Albanians and Turks settle on it.

1455 AD- Kosovo becomes ''sandzak''(turkish word for ''province'') and is part of Rumelia

1910 AD- Albanians organize resistance war against Ottomans

1913 AD- Serbia conquers Kosovo for the first time since they lost it 524 years ago

1915 AD-Albanians revolt and Serbia loses Kosovo again after it held it for 2 years which is now under Bulgarian and Austo-Hungarian rule

1918 AD- Kosovo becomes part of Kingdom of Serbs,Croats and Slovenians(later renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia)

1926 AD- After another Albanian revolt,peace treaty is signed between Albania and Kingdom of Yugoslavia in which they divide Kosovo

1941 AD- Kosovo is invaded with combined forces of Italy and Albania

1945 AD- Kosovo becomes Autonomus province in Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia

1968 AD- Albanians again rise against Yugoslavia,and Yugoslav National Army is called to crush the rebellion

1974 AD- Republic of Yugoslavia changes its constitution and grants Kosovo as autonomus province same rights as Republics,and there is important to mention ''right of selfdetermination'' meaning that if a people decide to become independent,they have a right to do so.

(Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia(SFRJ) consisted of six Republics-Montenegro,Macedonia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Slovenia and Serbia,and two autonomus provinces Kosovo and Vojvodina with each having the right to independence from the constitution of 1974)

1989 AD-After the death of Marshall Josip Broz Tito in 1980,life president of Republic of Yugoslavia,Serbs PTO the country,and decide to abolish the constitution from 1974,particulary ''right of selfdetermination'' to strenghten the central power in Belgrade.In protest,Republics Croatia,Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina call for referendums to become independent,and their peoples decide to become independent with majority of votes.But Kosovo's ''right of selfdetermination'' is promptly abolished .Kosovo in response brings its own new constitution and declares independance.

1992 AD- Kosovo organizes referendum on independence,which passes with great majority but it is not recognized by Serbia

1996 AD-Relations between Kosovo and Serbia escalate and war breaks out between Serbia and Freedom Army of Kosovo

1999 AD-NATO bombs Serbia,and takes over Kosovo declaring it its ''area under protection''

2008 AD-Kosovo declares independence from Serbia and it is recognized by 84 countries


-Ethinc composition of Kosovo



According to CIA Factbook assesments from 2009 Kosovo has 2.3 million people.Albanians made 88% of that sum,Serbs 7% and the other minorities 5%.

-Facts summed up

Last time Serbs held Kosovo by themselves was in 14th century and for two years from 1913-1915,after 524 years.From 1918-1941 it is a part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia where along Serbs is under Croatia and Slovenia.From 1945-1989 it is seperate province in Republic of Yugoslavia,with the right to declare independence from the constitution of 1974.In 1989 it has declared independence and in 1996 fought in war against Serbia.Since 1999 it is under NATO protection.It has declared its independence in 2008 and was recognized by 84 countries since then.Serbs make 7% of Kosovo population,and Albanians 88%.
Please take these numbers and facts into account when deciding,your vote matters.

OPINION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE



Coat of Arms of Kosovo

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