Kosovo

Kosovo is a Balkan kintra in sooth-wastren Europe. It haes a laund mairch wi Montenegro tae the nor'wast, Serbie in the nor'east, the Republic o Macedonie in the south an wi Albanie in the sooth east.

Republic o Kosovo Republika e Kosovës (Albanie) Република Косово Republika Kosovo (Serbie)
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: "Europe"[1]
Location an extent o Kosovo in Europe.
Status	Disputit Recognised bi 111 member states o the Unitit Naitions Claimed bi Serbie as the Autonomous Province o Kosovo an Metohija (unner UN Security Cooncil resolution 1244)
Caipital	Pristina 42°40′N 21°10′E
Lairgest ceety	capital
Offeecial leids	Albanie Serbie
Recognised regional leids	Bosnie Turkis Gorani Romani
Demonym(s)	Kosovar, Kosovan
Govrenment	Unitar Pairlamentary republic
• Preses	Vjosa Osmani
• Prime Meenister	Albin Kurti
• Chairman o the Assembly	Glauk Konjufca
Legislatur	Assemmly o Kosovo
Establishment
• Kosovo Vilayet	1877
• Autonomous Province	31 Januar 1946
• Republic o Kosova	2 Julie 1990
• UNSCR 1244	10 Juin 1999
• UN Admeenistration	Juin 1999
• Declaration o unthirldom	17 Februar 2008
• End o Steerin Group superveesion	10 September 2012
• Brussels Greement	19 Apryle 2013
Aurie
• Total	10,908 km2 (4,212 sq mi)
• Water (%)	1.0[2]
Population
• 2016 estimate	1,907,592[3]
• Density	159/km2 (411.8/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$19 billion[4]
• Per capita	$10,383
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Tot	$7 billion[4]
• Per capita	$3,581
Gini (FY2005/2006)	30.0[5] medium · 121
HDI (2013)	0.786[6] heich
Currency	Euro (€)c (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Drivin side	richt
Cawin code	+383d
ISO 3166 code	XK
2014 estimate. A new estimate haes been addit in order tae gie a mair correct GDP per capita. Preliminar results o 2011 census, that excludit fower northren Serb-majority municipalities whaur it coud nae be cairied oot. Adoptit unilaterally; Kosovo is nae a formal member o the eurozone. Assigned 15 December 2016 tae Kosovo bi ITU.[7] +381 wis previously uised for fixed lines. Kosovo-licensed mobile-phone providers uised +377 (Monaco) or +386 (Slovenie) insteid. XK is a "uiser assigned" ISO 3166 code nae designatit bi the staundart, but uised bi the European Commission, Swisserland, the Deutsche Bundesbank an ither organisations.

Territorial organization

Panorama of Kacanik

Junik

Old Church of the Holy Saviour in Prizren

Ruins o Roman city in Ulpiana

Recognition

Serbie hinna recognised Kosovo as a kintra, gied Kosovo declared unthirldom frae Serbie. A list o aw the kintras whit hae recognised the kintra is here ablo:

#	Kintra[8]	Date o recognition	Reference
1	Costa Rica	000000002008-02-17-000017 Februar 2008	[9]
2	Afghanistan	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[10]
3	Albanie	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[11][12]
4	Fraunce	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[13]
5	Senegal	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[14][15]
6	Turkey	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[16]
7	Unitit Kinrick	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[17]
8	Unitit States	000000002008-02-18-000018 Februar 2008	[18]
9	Australie	000000002008-02-19-000019 Februar 2008	[19]
10	Latvie	000000002008-02-20-000020 Februar 2008	[20]
11	Germany	000000002008-02-20-000020 Februar 2008	[21]
12	Estonie	000000002008-02-21-000021 Februar 2008	[22]
13	Italy	000000002008-02-21-000021 Februar 2008	[23]
14	Denmark	000000002008-02-21-000021 Februar 2008	[24]
15	Luxembourg	000000002008-02-21-000021 Februar 2008	[25]
16	Peru	000000002008-02-22-000022 Februar 2008	[26]
17	Belgium	000000002008-02-24-000024 Februar 2008	[27]
18	Poland	000000002008-02-26-000026 Februar 2008	[28]
19	Swisserland	000000002008-02-27-000027 Februar 2008	[29]
20	Austrick	000000002008-02-28-000028 Februar 2008	[30]
21	Ireland	000000002008-02-29-000029 Februar 2008	[31]
22	Swaden	000000002008-03-04-00004 Mairch 2008	[32]
23	Netherlands	000000002008-03-04-00004 Mairch 2008	[33]
24	Iceland	000000002008-03-05-00005 Mairch 2008	[34]
25	Slovenie	000000002008-03-05-00005 Mairch 2008	[35]
26	Finland	000000002008-03-07-00007 Mairch 2008	[36]
27	Japan	000000002008-03-18-000018 Mairch 2008	[37]
28	Canadae	000000002008-03-18-000018 Mairch 2008	[38]
29	Monaco	000000002008-03-19-000019 Mairch 2008	[39]
30	Hungary	000000002008-03-19-000019 Mairch 2008	[40]
31	Croatie	000000002008-03-19-000019 Mairch 2008	[41]
32	Bulgarie	000000002008-03-20-000020 Mairch 2008	[42]
33	Liechtenstein	000000002008-03-25-000025 Mairch 2008	[43]
34	Republic o Korea	000000002008-03-28-000028 Mairch 2008	[44]
35	Norawa	000000002008-03-28-000028 Mairch 2008	[45]
36	Marshall Islands	000000002008-04-17-000017 Apryle 2008	[46]
37	Burkina Faso	000000002008-04-23-000023 Apryle 2008	[47][48]
38	Lithuanie	000000002008-05-06-00006 Mey 2008	[49]
39	San Marino	000000002008-05-12-000012 Mey 2008	[50]
40	Czech Republic	000000002008-05-21-000021 Mey 2008	[51]
41	Liberie	000000002008-05-30-000030 Mey 2008[fn 1]	[55]
42	Colombie	000000002008-08-04-00004 August 2008	[56]
43	Belize	000000002008-08-07-00007 August 2008	[57]
44	Maltae	000000002008-08-22-000022 August 2008	[58]
45	Samoa	000000002008-09-15-000015 September 2008	[59][60]
46	Portugal	000000002008-10-07-00007 October 2008	[61]
47	Montenegro	000000002008-10-09-00009 October 2008	[62]
48	Template:North Macedonia	000000002008-10-09-00009 October 2008	[63]
49	Unitit Arab Emirates	000000002008-10-14-000014 October 2008	[64]
50	Malaysie	000000002008-10-30-000030 October 2008	[65][66]
51	Micronesia	000000002008-12-05-00005 December 2008	[67][68]
52	Panama	000000002009-01-16-000016 Januar 2009	[69][70]
53	Maldives	000000002009-02-19-000019 Februar 2009	[71]
54	Gambie	000000002009-04-07-00007 Apryle 2009	[72]
55	Saudi Arabie	000000002009-04-20-000020 Apryle 2009	[73]
56	Comoros	000000002009-05-14-000014 Mey 2009	[74][75]
57	Bahrain	000000002009-05-19-000019 Mey 2009	[76]
58	Jordan	000000002009-07-07-00007 Julie 2009	[77]
59	Dominican Republic	000000002009-07-10-000010 Julie 2009	[78][79]
60	New Zealand	000000002009-11-09-00009 November 2009	[80]
61	Malawi	000000002009-12-14-000014 December 2009	[81]
62	Mauritanie	000000002010-01-12-000012 Januar 2010	[82]
63	Swaziland	000000002010-04-12-000012 Apryle 2010	[83][84]
64	Vanuatu	000000002010-04-28-000028 Apryle 2010	[85]
65	Djibouti	000000002010-05-08-00008 Mey 2010	[86]
66	Somalie	000000002010-05-19-000019 Mey 2010	[87]
67	Honduras	000000002010-09-03-00003 September 2010	[88]
68	Kiribati	000000002010-10-21-000021 October 2010	[89][90]
69	Tuvalu	000000002010-11-18-000018 November 2010	[91]
70	Qatar	000000002011-01-07-00007 Januar 2011	[92]
71	Guinea-Bissau	000000002011-01-10-000010 Januar 2011[fn 2]	[98][99]
72	Andorrae	000000002011-06-08-00008 Juin 2011	[100]
73	Guinea	000000002011-08-12-000012 August 2011	[101][102]
74	Niger	000000002011-08-15-000015 August 2011	[101][103]
75	Benin	000000002011-08-18-000018 August 2011	[104]
76	Saunt Lucia	000000002011-08-19-000019 August 2011	[105]
77	Gabon	000000002011-09-15-000015 September 2011	[106][107]
78	Ivory Coast	000000002011-09-16-000016 September 2011	[108][109]
79	Kuwait	000000002011-10-11-000011 October 2011	[110]
80	Haiti	000000002012-02-10-000010 Februar 2012	[111]
81	Brunei	000000002012-04-25-000025 Apryle 2012	[112]
82	Chad	000000002012-06-01-00001 Juin 2012	[113]
83	Timor-Leste	000000002012-09-20-000020 September 2012	[114][115]
84	Fiji	000000002012-11-19-000019 November 2012	[116][117]
85	Saunt Kitts an Nevis	000000002012-11-28-000028 November 2012	[118][119]
86	Pakistan	000000002012-12-24-000024 December 2012	[120][121]
87	Guyana	000000002013-03-16-000016 Mairch 2013	[122][123]
88	Tanzanie	000000002013-05-29-000029 Mey 2013	[124]
89	Yemen	000000002013-06-11-000011 Juin 2013	[125][126]
90	Egyp	000000002013-06-26-000026 Juin 2013	[127]
91	El Salvador	000000002013-06-29-000029 Juin 2013	[128][129][130]
92	Thailand	000000002013-09-24-000024 September 2013	[131][132]
93	Libie	000000002013-09-25-000025 September 2013	[133][134]
94	Tonga	000000002014-01-15-000015 Januar 2014	[135]
95	Antigua an Barbuda	000000002015-05-20-000020 Mey 2015	[136]
96	Singapore	000000002016-12-01-00001 December 2016	[137][138]
97	Bangladesh	000000002017-02-27-000027 Februar 2017	[139][140]
98	Barbados	000000002018-02-15-000015 Februar 2018	[141][142][143]
99	Israel	000000002020-09-04-00004 September 2020	[144][145][146]

Notes

1. In Juin 2018, follaein a meetin atween Liberian Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, a note frae the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Liberia wis published whit sayed in part that it "annuls its letter o recognition o Kosovo."^[52][53] A feu days later, Liberie's MFA sayed on its wabsteid that it wished "to refute reports in som internaitional an social media o its removal o diplomatic relations wi the Republic o Kosovo."^[54]
2. In a letter on 21 November 2017, the Ministry o Foreign Affairs o Guinea-Bissau tellt Kosovo that it haed gotten rid o its recognition o Kosovo.^[93][94][95] On 2 Februar 2018, Kosovo's MFA sayed that it haed gat a new note verbale frae Guinea-Bissau sayin that the aulder note gittin rid o recognition hinna haed an effect.^[96][97]