Martynova, M.Y. Multicultural Kosovo: Lessons of the past and future prospects.

Abstract: Kosovo declared independence on Feb. 17th, 2008. International mediators have formulated the problem — to create a multicultural and multi-ethnic community in a newly independent state. Is this a feasible task for today, considering that the Serbian population in the majority does not recognize the independence of Kosovo from Serbia? How is the life of the Serbian population in Kosovo? Can we talk about the gradual establishing Albanian-Serb dialogue? What are the prospects for the consolidation of Kosovo’s society? How strong is the resource of Kosovo identity? Writing of this article was supported by the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund (project number 10-01-00316a).

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