First month 11 (Lunar New Year), February 17, 2008, Kosovo formally declares independence. Kosovo Assembly meeting held in Pristina, Kosovo Prime Minister the Saatchi (former) newly elected






February 16, more than 1,000 people held in the Serbian capital of Belgrade forward slogans to protest Kosovo's independence
Kosovo Assembly special session held on February 17, 2008, by the Declaration of Independence of Kosovo. After the adoption of the declaration, Kosovo Parliament Speaker Claes Nicky, said that Kosovo is an "independent, sovereign and democratic state".
2008, the Kosovo Assembly by 85 votes in favor, 22 votes against, elected by the former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army "Saatchi for the new government of Prime Minister.
Serbian President Boris Tadic said in a statement said that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo's independence. Russia and other countries opposed to Kosovo's independence. June 10, 2007, U.S. President George W. Bush expressed support for Kosovo's independence in the visit to Tirana. The (TodayinHistory.cn)
Kosovo is an autonomous province of the Serbian Republic, independent of Serbia in April 27, 1992, is an autonomous province in the southeast of the Republic of Serbia, adjacent to the southern Albania and Macedonia. Area of ​​10,887 square kilometers, the capital of Pristina, the major city of Pec and Prizren. Population of about 200 million, of which 90% for less than 10% of Albanians, Serbs, Croats, Turks and Montenegro Serbs. Since the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, Kosovo is only nominally part of Serbia, and in fact governed by the United Nations. Serbia wants to maintain sovereignty over Kosovo, which accounted for 90% of the Albanians of Kosovo's population requires a "completely independent". the Balkans on the
Macedonia, Montenegro, the two countries announced the formal recognition of Kosovo as an independent state on the evening of October 9. In In February 17, the roof waving Albanian flag, a Kosovo Albanian community in their own celebration of Independence.