To stop the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Albanians by nationalist Serbs in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's province of Kosovo, Clinton authorized the use of American troops in a NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999, named Operation Allied Force.

Serbia's aspirations towards Bosnia and Herzegovina were thwarted by the Austrian annexation of the province in October 1908, and so the Serbs focused their attention onto their historic cradle, Kosovo and to the south for expansion.

Bayezid ascended to the throne following the death of his father Murad I, who was killed by Serbian knight Miloš Obilić during ( June 15 ), or immediately after ( June 16 ), the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, by which Serbia became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.

The Department of Defense investigated the award of the Bronze Star Medal ( BSM ) by the USAF to some 185 individuals after operations in Kosovo in 1999.

The Kosovo declaration of independence is supported by the majority of EU member states, but disputed by Serbia, which continues to regard Kosovo as its own territory, and most other countries.

Conventional warhead versions were first fired in combat by the RN in 1999, during the Kosovo War.

** Lazarica or Battle of Kosovo by Joksim Nović-Otočanin ( 1847 )

Almost immediately the party was plunged into a crisis by the question of German participation in the NATO actions in Kosovo.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the Sri Lankan Civil War, the Afghan Mujahideen in the Soviet war in Afghanistan, George Grivas and Nikos Sampson's Greek guerrilla group EOKA in Cyprus, Aris Velouchiotis and Stefanos Sarafis and the EAM against the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the German Schutztruppe in World War I, Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav Partisans in World War II, and the antifrancoist guerrilla in Spain during the Franco dictatorship, the Kosovo Liberation Army in the Kosovo War, and the Irish Republican Army led by Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence.

This was followed by another Ottoman victory in the 1389 Battle of Kosovo.

Rather, they sought to gain popular support by backing causes popular with Albanians, especially the annexation of Kosovo.

Led by Abaz Kupi, it largely consisted of Geg guerrillas, supplied mainly with weapons from the allies, who withdrew their support for the NLM after the communists renounced Albania's claims on Kosovo.

The great majority of Kosovo Albanians ( perhaps 97 %) have Muslim family backgrounds, as do the Bosniak, Gorani, and Turkish communities and by some of the Roma / Ashkali / Egyptian community.

They are represented by the Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church ( KPEC ).

Several sports federations have been formed in Kosovo within the framework of Law No. 2003 / 24 " Law on Sport " passed by the Assembly of Kosovo in 2003.

According to the UNODC, by 2008, murder rates in Kosovo had dropped by 75 % in five years.

Recognize and respect the Atlantic Charter, the London and Washington Treaties between the USSR, Great Britain and the United States in connection with the question of Kosovo and Camëria.

The United Nations has often relied on Ghanaian forces to conduct peacekeeping operations, in countries as diverse as Rwanda, Kosovo, and Lebanon.

* 1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force ( KFor ) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

However, according to a 2008 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, overall, ethnic Albanians, not only from Kosovo, supply 10 to 20 % of the heroin in Western Europe, and the traffic has been declining.

Kosovo has recently been exporting wines to Germany and the United States.

This letter, addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, reads as follows: “ In acknowledging the decision of the International Court of Justice on the independence of Kosovo, the Government of the Sultanate of Oman will welcome Kosovo ’ s membership to the United Nations, as well as to other international and regional organizations it wishes to join ”.

Despite the controversy, the United Nations proceeded to created a mandate in Kosovo, in which the province technically remained a part of Serbia ( or the FRY as it was then ), but was completely autonomous.

Under United Nations administration after the 1999 Kosovo War ( capital: Pristina )

The southern Serbian province of Kosovo, while formally still part of Serbia ( according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 ), moved toward local autonomy under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ) and was dependent on the international community for financial and technical assistance.

This culminated in the 1999 United States / NATO attacks on Serbia, withdrawal of Serbian troops and entry of the NATO Kosovo Force.

In February 2008 Europe's major powers and the United States recognised independence of Kosovo.

It dispatched an infantry battalion to the United Nations force in Somalia in 1993, it sent the 35th Mechanized Infantry Battalion to Kosovo, and sent a regiment to Kuwait during the Iraq War.

The United Arab Emirates recognized Kosovo on 14 October 2008.

** In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) led by the United States launched air attacks against Yugoslavia ( then composed of only Serbia and Montenegro ) to pressure the Yugoslav government to end its military operations against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo due to accusations of war crimes being committed by Yugoslav military forces working alongside nationalist Serb paramilitary groups.

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK was the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations.

* Since the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ) in 1999, according to some international organizations Kosovo has become a major destination country for women and young girls trafficked into forced prostitution.

Membership with the World Bank, under the aegis of Ranjit Nayak, the World Bank Representative in Kosovo ( since February 2007 ), has resulted in Kosovo being treated by the World Bank as its 186th member country, and no longer under the United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1244.

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He was the Prime Minister of Finland 1987 – 1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000 – 2001 and headed the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo from 2003-2004 ( leaving the position in the spring of the second year because of health issues ).

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Because of the tense situation in the town, KFOR troops and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo ( UNMIK ) police were stationed there in large numbers to head off trouble.

During her career with the UN Fiona had been involved in many of the world ’ s hot spots, including Bosnia and Kosovo: Fiona worked in the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo to Bernard Kouchner the UN's special representative to Kosovo.

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Kosovo was placed under the governmental control of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo and the military protection of Kosovo Force ( KFOR ).