r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Aug 28 '17

What do you know about... Kosovo?

This is the thirty-second part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Kosovo

Kosovo is a partially recognized state in the balkan. It belonged to the Ottoman empire from the 15th until the beginning of the 20th century. After being part of Yugoslavia for most of the 20th century, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008. It has been recognized as a country by 111 nations, but Serbia refuses to recognize it as a souverign state. Notable european countries refusing to recognize Kosovo include Spain (because of separatist movements in Spain), Greece and Russia (there are several more, you can check the list linked).

So, what do you know about Kosovo?

Major thanks to /u/our_best_friend, who took care of these threads during my absence.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '17

skenderbeg/karađorđević steaks

did they seriously steal a Serbian national dish and rename it?

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u/manu_facere Aug 30 '17

Which is really non-sensical because unlike other national dishes karadjordje steak was invented by single serbian chef. So its origins are clear.

I get why they wouldnt call it by a serbian name but they could have chosen some other name.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '17

Yep. It's one of the rare dishes which is unique to a single balkan country.

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u/Anton-Slavik Serbia Aug 29 '17

They stole part of our country, courtesy of the USA, why would this be surprising?

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u/bekito90 Slovenia Aug 30 '17

Skanderberg was Serbian Mother Teresa was Serbian Rita Ora is Serbian Dua Lipa is Serbian Einstein was Serbian Nelson Mandela was serbian Jesus was Serbian Mohammed was serbian Tom and Jerry are both Serbian..

Thats what i learned from my Serbian friends..

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '17

They were kidding obviously. Mileva Einstein (his wife) was a serbian though.

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u/ectoban Europe Aug 30 '17

Wasnt she russian? and that reationship didn't last long.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '17

Nope. Serbian, and she had 3 kids with Albert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mileva_Mari%C4%87

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u/ectoban Europe Aug 31 '17

interesting, I didn't know there were any "Einsteins" left. TIL.