Kosovo is the southern province of Yugoslavia and is spread over an area of approximately 4300 miles; of the two million population, 90% are Muslims and 10% are Serbs. The Muslims had been demanding independence for the past few years but the Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosovic played the butcher's role by shelling and destroying valleys of the Albanian Muslims. The Serbs, under his orders, committed heinous crimes, which included gang rapes of Muslim women and torturing thousands of Kosovers to death.
The world condemmed Serb atrocities but Milosovic was unmoved and continued his brutal behavior. When the situation got worsened, the European Council and the NATO took a serious note of it. NATO threatened Yugoslavia with air strikes if Milosovic did not come to terms. Peace talks were arranged in France and draft of the peace Agreement was prepared. The Kosovo Albanians signed an international peace plan in 1999 but Milosovic did not sign it, and consequently NATO gave March 24, 1999 as the deadline to Milosovic to sign the peace plan failing which Yugoslavia would face NATO air strikes.
NATO started its air strike when Milosevic failed to sign the peace accord by March 24, 1999. It bombed civil and military targets all over the Yugoslavia, which included military installations, oil refineries, ammunition stores, airfields, Radio and T.V. Stations etc. These air strikes continued for 79 days till 10 June 1999, but during this period, the Serb atrocities continued, which forced about half the Muslim population (Muslim Albanians) to leave Kosovo and seek refuge in Albania and Macedonia. Apart from supporting NATO, the United Nations also helped the refugees by providing them food and shelter. The NATO strikes inflicted heavy damages upon Yugoslavia, which forced Milosovic to accept the international peace plan.
With the acceptance of the peace plan by Belgrade, the 79 days NATO bombing was temporarily suspended on 10 June 1999.
Kosovo U.S. ... The country and ethnic group of this dispute is Serbia and Kosovo. ... U.S. involvement in Kosovo made matters worse for the innocent people of Kosovo. ... This has caused even more Albanians to flee from Kosovo. ... The Kosovo conflict is growing with each day. ...
Kosovo has recently played a central role in this turmoil. ... Kosovo is a piece of land about the size of Connecticut. ... (Sodaro 157) The Serbs were determined to control and preserve Kosovo in their own way, while Albania has been trying to at least get Kosovo recognized as an independent nation, if not under their control. In 1989 Parliamentary Albanian leaders in Kosovo declared Kosovo and independent republic in response to Milosevic's "Field of Blackbirds" speech. Milosevic immediately suspended Kosovo's parliament and it's government. ...
The three men were accused of jointly attempting to gain control for the Kosovo Liberation Army over the area of Dukagjin. ... He is currently working on getting Haradinaj back to Kosovo and setting the earliest possible date to begin the retrial. Veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army have expressed their dissent by saying, "If his detention continues, everything is clear: destabilization not only of Kosovo but of the entire Balkans." ... After serving in the Kosovo Liberation Army, Haradinaj became an active political leader and formed the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, or the AAK po...
Societies After Conflict: Bosnia and Kosovo Occupations. ... Such was the situation with the unrest in the former Yugoslavia and in the province of Kosovo throughout the 1990's on to the present day. ... Bosnia and Kosovo: How Did It Happen? ... It was in 1389 at the Battle of Kosovo Polje that set the modern ethnic divisions and strife in motion. ... On the 600th anniversary of the Ottoman victory at Kosovo on 28 June1989, Milosevic exploited Serbian nationalism and deep seated hatred that Serbs harbor against ethnic Albanians and Croats to push for the end of special status of Kos...
The health care in Kosovo is bad. ... Many stayed at home in Kosovo to fight Serbia. ... Kosovo is one of the poorest countries in Europe. ... Before the war Kosovo had a very good economy. ... Since Kosovo is not part of the European Union. ...
Kosovo War The Kosovo War, was an armed conflict in the province of Kosovo, of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, fought between Yugoslav government forces and Albanian separatist forces (KLA), supported by NATO from 1998 to 1999. ... UNMIK instituted NGOs within Kosovo such as the Kosovo Protection Corps (in accordance with UNSC resolution 1244 which required the establishment of a civilian emergency protection body to replace the former KLA) and the Kosovo Police (which consisted mainly of KLA veterans). NATO countries promoted the war in Kosovo as the first humanitarian war based...
In "Yugoslavia and Afghanistan", Keller demonstrates this by comparing the amount of media coverage given to the Kosovo refugees to the amount given to the Afghanistan refugees. "When it suited their purpose in Kosovo, they made sure to pack the airwaves with images of the displaced and hungry. ... This is shown by Keller when he talks about the reasons why more footage is shown of the Kosovo refugees than the Afghan ones. ... However in reality it was refugees fled Kosovo after the NATO bombings had started, "In both situations, military activity caused a massive refugee crisis". ... They sho...
But the situation had worsened by many civilian killed and many Kosovo's villages and cities burned. ... It would have been possible at any time for Milosevic to bring the air operation to an end by withdrawing his forces from Kosovo. "The initial phase of the air operation was designed to degrade the Yugoslav Integrated Air Defence System, the Serbia Command and Control infrastructure, airfields and aircraft and deployed heavy weapons in Kosovo. ... The Kosovo is a good example where NATO was ahead during the crisis management and afterwards EU has been active in the time afterward....
Such a situation can be seen in Kosovo where, considering the difficult economic times, many small and medium-sized businesses are violating the rights of women by avoiding hiring them. ... For instance "the actual average salary in Kosovo is 3452, which means that a mother will be paid 517.5 in total (for 3 months), therefore businesses have started to review female positions within their companies and change employment policies by being more selective when hiring new employees " (GAP, page 5). This is how small and medium-sized businesses avoid paying maternal leave, because they may be s...
