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/thebiggreengun Greater Great Switzerland [+] Aug 30 '17 edited Aug 30 '17
I've clearly labeled my comment as my personal experience. But go on, I can't wait for another guy probably living in a nice and purely Swiss village or upper class suburb to tell me how there has never been a problem, and that the statistics as well as my personal experiences are meaningless and should be ignored.
I've little sympathy for the SVP, but it really didn't help the other parties to show nothing but ignorance and arrogance towards this subject.
And feel free to point out where I've "parroted propaganda", how I'm heavily biased and how my personal experiences are semi-truths (unlike most of you "so correct" people I actually live day in day out with people from Serbia and Kosovo, and I've also visited Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia multiple times).