[OC] GDP per capita, % of population, % of total GDP and GDP contribution relative to the population of the former Yugoslav republics while Yugoslavia existed and after it's dissolutionchloralhydrat t1_j1h9g38 wrote
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... not really. Only slightly above 50 percent of world countries recognize kosovar independence. Not even all of the eu countries recognize it...
NoExpertAtAll t1_j1jfw5j wrote
The Kosovo is recognized by 115 of 193 UN member states. It became part of Serbia 1912, before that it was part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries.
BadBunnyYonaguni t1_j1ky1l6 wrote
It was a *colony of the ottomans for centuries.
NoExpertAtAll t1_j1lrus4 wrote
Maybe you can call it that way. But the Kosovo is not inhabited by Serbs, so as part of Serbia it was a colony of them. That´s why they gained independence.
BadBunnyYonaguni t1_j1mie15 wrote
No I agree with afterwards, but let’s not whitewash the ottomans horrific colonialism for 500+ years.
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