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The '''Republic of Kosovo''' is a region in the south of [[Serbia]]. The area has been under [[United Nations]] administration since 1999 because of conflict stemming from the desire for independence. Kosovo's population is mostly ethnic-[[Albania]]n, a stark contrast to the rest of the population of Serbia.
The '''Republic of Kosovo''' is a region in the south of [[Serbia]]. The area has been under [[United Nations]] administration since 1999 because of conflict stemming from the desire for independence. Kosovo's population is mostly ethnic-[[Albania]]n, a stark contrast to the rest of the population of Serbia.
Kosovo was once an almost totally [[Serbia]]n land. Under the long [[Ottoman]] rule, the land became more and more inhabited by Albanian migrants. The [[Turkey|Turkish]] dominators favored the arrival of Albanians which ended up turning a [[Christian]] region into a [[Muslim]]-majority one. By the early 20th century, the Serbs were still in the majority, but because of demographic changes such as a high Albanian birth rate and Serb migration, they became the minority.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/20/wserb20.xml Serbs fear losing soul of their nation in Kosovo]</ref> [[Enver Hoxha]], the [[Stalinism|Stalinist]] dictator of [[Albania]] from 1944 to his death in 1985, took advantage of this and created the precursor to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA) in 1979.<ref>[http://unddr.org/docs/Beating%20Swords%20Into%20Plowshares.pdf BEATING SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: Reintegration of Former Combatants in Kosovo], United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Resource Centre</ref>
Kosovo was once an almost totally [[Serbia]]n land. Under the long [[Ottoman]] rule, the land became more and more inhabited by Albanian migrants. The [[Turkey|Turkish]] dominators favored the arrival of Albanians which ended up turning a [[Christian]] region into a [[Muslim]]-majority one. By the early 20th century, the Serbs were still in the majority, but because of demographic changes such as a high Albanian birth rate and Serb migration, they became the minority.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/20/wserb20.xml Serbs fear losing soul of their nation in Kosovo]</ref> [[Enver Hoxha]], the [[Stalinism|Stalinist]] dictator of [[Albania]] from 1944 to his death in 1985, took advantage of this and created the precursor to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] (KLA) in 1979.<ref>[http://unddr.org/docs/Beating%20Swords%20Into%20Plowshares.pdf BEATING SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: Reintegration of Former Combatants in Kosovo], United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Resource Centre</ref>
Like [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia]], the Albanians in Kosovo tried to break off from the former [[Yugoslavia]] in the 1990s. Serbian resistance to the KLA led to the [[Kosovo War]], with both the United Nations and [[NATO]] intervening to stop violence.
Like [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia]], the Albanians in Kosovo tried to break off from the former [[Yugoslavia]] in the 1990s. Serbian resistance to the KLA led to the [[Kosovo War]], with both the United Nations and [[NATO]] intervening to stop violence.