The Conflict in Kosovo Part 1
In February 2008, the province of Kosovo (Kosovo in Albanian) broke away from Serbia and declared itself an independent state. The Albanian majority cheered, but at the same time the tensions intensified with large sections of the Serbian minority and with Serbia, which does not recognize Kosovo’s independence. The conflict between the two states is still raging. From 2008, the development in Kosovo was monitored by an international steering group, but the monitoring was completed in the autumn of 2012 when Kosovo…