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	Kosovo Kosovo , Albanian Kosova, Serbian Kosovo i Metohija and Kosmet, officially Republic of Kosovo, republic (2002 est. pop. 1,900,000), 4,126 sq mi (10,686 sq km), SE Europe, a former province of Serbia that unilaterally declared its independence in 2008. Located on the Balkan Peninsula, it is... Read more
	Pristina Priština or Prishtina , city (1991 pop. 155,449), S Serbia. It is the chief city and capital of Kosovo and the heart of the Albanian Kosovar separatist movement. Priština, a commercial center with diverse industries, including woodworking, textiles, and food processing, suffered... Read more
	Slobodan Milosevic Slobodan Milošević , 1941-2006, Yugoslav and Serbian political leader, president of Serbia (1989-97) and of Yugoslavia (1997-2000), b. Požarevac, Serbia. He joined the Communist party in 1959, beginning his political career in the 1960s as an economic adviser to the mayor of... Read more
	Pec Peć , Albanian Peja, town (1991 pop. 68,163), S Serbia, in the Kosovo region. A trade center, it has industries that produce leather goods, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. Stephen Dušan in 1346 made Peć the seat of the Orthodox patriarchs of Serbia, who resided there until 1766.... Read more
	Albania Albania , Albanian Shqipëria or Shqipnija, officially Republic of Albania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,563,000), 11,101 sq mi (28,752 sq km), SE Europe. Albania is on the Adriatic Sea coast of the Balkan Peninsula, between Montenegro on the northwest, Kosovo on the northeast, Macedonia on... Read more
	Montenegro Montenegro , Serbo-Croatian Crna Gora, officially Republic of Montenegro, republic (1995 est. pop. 708,000), 5,332 sq mi (13,810 sq km), W Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Croatia in the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the northwest, Serbia in northeast, Kosovo and Albania in the southeast, and... Read more
	Macedonia Macedonia măs&180;edō´nēe , Macedonian Makedonija, officially Republic of Macedonia, republic (2005 est. pop. 2,045,000), 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km), SE Europe. It is bordered by Serbia and Kosovo on the north, Albania on the west, Greece on the south, and Bulgaria on the... Read more
	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia , Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far the largest city. Yugoslavs (i.e., South Slavs) consisted of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (also known Bosnian Muslims). Closely... Read more
	Serbia and Montenegro SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO [Serbia and Montenegro] , Serbian Srbija i Crna Gora, formerly Yugoslavia , Serbian Jugoslavija, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 10,829,000), 39,439 sq mi (102,173 sq km), SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, a union of the republics of Serbia and the much smaller ... Read more
	Tony Blair Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair), 1953-, British politician, b. Edinburgh. An Oxford-educated lawyer, he was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Labour party candidate from a district in N England. Articulate and telegenic, Blair rose quickly in the party organization. He was... Read more