While the United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4th, this date holds significance for other nations as well.

Yugoslavia, once a unified country in Southeastern Europe, has long since disintegrated into six independent nations. The ...

February 17 marks 15 years since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Serbia does not recognise Kosovo’s statehood. Neither does Russia, China and five European Union countries – Spain ...

Europe's youngest country Kosovo on Wednesday marked 13 years of its independence. Kosovo got an early taste of its future in 1945 as "the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija" within ...

Yugoslavia, which once existed in southeastern Europe, disappeared after disintegrating and forming. The domain '.yu' that was once used in Yugoslavia also stopped being used as the country ...

This is where the Bosnian War really started. Five years ago this week, Yugoslav planes flew threateningly over this lovely Central European capital as defiant Slovenians mobilized policemen and ev… ...

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1878 - Montenegrin independence recognised under international treaties. 1918 - Following World War One, Montenegro becomes part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Kosovo got an early taste of its future in 1945 as "the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija" within socialist Yugoslavia. Later, in 1968, it became the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo.

Why are we asking this now? Because Kosovo this week declared itself to be Europe's newest country. Some 17 years after the dissolution of Yugoslavia – and after a ghastly cavalcade of ethnic ...