How did Serbia greet Kosovos independence?
In a word, unhappily. Serbia’s foreign minister urged international condemnation of Kosovo’s “illegal” declaration. Others took their anger to the streets, and Serbs in Serbia as well as Kosovo protested, sometimes violently. At one point the U.S. Embassy in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, was stormed and set afire. Who else objects to Kosovo’s independence? Russia, China and some European Union members strongly object to letting Kosovo break away from Serbia over Serbia’s objections. Who supports it? International heavyweights the United States, Britain, France and Germany all formally recognized Kosovo. How far back does Serbian interest in Kosovo go? Although Serbians are outnumbered 9-to-1 in Kosovo, many harken back to a time when Kosovo was predominantly Serbian. The region was captured by the Ottomans after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, a date that is still commemorated by many Christian Serbs. Serbia won Kosovo back in 1912. What happened to Kosovo and Yugoslavia during communis
