22-10-2016
Kosovo, is a NEW BORN self-declared independent country in the Balkans Region of Europe. Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 was recognized by United States of America and European Union, but many other countries and EU members did not approve the same. In 2010 the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate international law, but Serbia rejected that decision.
Pristina was the Serbian city, now capital and administrative centre of Kosovo. It is linked to Skopje, North Macedonia by road and rail and via Kraljevo, Serbia to the Serbian capital of Belgrade, and it also has an airport. Pristina was the capital of the Serbian state before the Turks defeated the Balkan Christian armies in 1389 at Battle of Kosovo, which was fought on the Kosovo Plain west of Pristina. Southeast of the city is the Gracanica Stefan Uros II Milutin, the monastery which is a fine work of Balkan architecture containing valuable frescoes, in 2006 it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Parts of the city were damaged in the 1990 fighting including NATO bombing and in 2004 by ethnic violence but Pristina was mostly spared, compared with other cities in Kosovo.
