Kosovo - history and actuality

AuthorCristian Jura
PositionChristian University, Bucharest - Romania
Pages78-84
AGORA International Journal of Juridical Sciences, www.juridicalj ournal.univagora.ro
ISSN 1843-570X, E-ISSN 2067-7677
No. 3 (2013), pp. 78-84
78
KOSOVO – HISTORY AND ACTUALITY
C. Jura
Cristian Jura
“Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Bucharest, Romania
Correspondence: Cristian Jura, 110 Icoanei Str, 2
nd
district, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail:
cristianjura@yahoo.com
Abstract
The Kosovo region was always the “cause of fight” between Serbians and Albanians,
Kosovo becoming a long source of hate between the two populations. The Serbians
considered Kosovo the “Saint Land”, some kind of Jerusalem. They provided historical
arguments as well: they were saying that the territory of Kosovo province was situated in the
centre of their medieval empire; on this territory were the main religious “flags”, which
helped the Serbians to achieve their own cultural identity, in this region being situated their
main monasteries built during the medieval period.
The Serbian writer Dobrico osi stated in 1999 that Kosovo province “is not only a
piece of land, it represents the Serbian identity itself. With the loss of Kosovo... the Serbian
people was mutilated”.
In this study, a range of observations are provided on etymology, a brief history, as
well as the causes which determined the beginning of conflict.
Keywords: Kosovo, Yugoslavia, Kosovo-Metohia, Army of Liberation of Kosovo,
NATO.
Introduction
In 1871, at Prizren, was organised a reunion of Serbians, where was discussed the
possibility of reconquering and reintegrate the province of Kosovo in the “old Serbia”,
whereas the Serbia Principality was already doing plans for the expansion of Ottoman
territory. In 1878, was signed a Peace Agreement which stipulated the transfer of the control
of Pritina and Kosovska Mitrovica towns to Serbians and the waiving to ottoman
jurisdiction, whereas the rest of Kosovo province remained under ottoman control. In the
same year, the Albanian ethnics formed the League from Prizren, which aspirated to the
unification of all Albanians, following to acquire autonomy in the Ottoman Empire. The
League from Prizren governed Kosovo until 1881, when it was abolished by Ottoman troupes.
I. Observations on the name of Kosovo province
A theory about the name of Kosovo states that it comes from the Serbian neuter
possessive adjective kos, which means “merle”
1
. Kosovo Polje means “merle field”, the place
were took place the famous Battle from Kosovo Polje
2
.
The region currently known as “Kosovo” became administrative region since 1946, as
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohia
3
. In 1974, the composition “Kosovo and
Metohia” was changed in “Kosovo”, on Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Kosovo
4
, but
1
http://opinionleaders.htmlplanet.com/koskosova.html.
2
It took place on the day of Saint Vitus (June 15
th
, curren tly celebra ted on 28
th
) 13 89 between a coalition of
Serbian boyars and the Ottoman Empire.
3
I t was an autonomous province of Serbia within the great Yugoslavian federation which existed from 1946
until 1974.
4
It was one of the two autonomous socialist re gions of the Socialist Republic of Serbia and was a part of
Federative Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia since 1974 until 199 0.

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