The final step of Balkanization is now done. Kosovo has declared its independence:
Kosovo on Sunday declared its independence from an angry and anxious Serbia in the final fallout from the conflict-strewn breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
Tens of thousands of flag waving people packed the capital, Pristina, as the Kosovo parliament voted a declaration of independence which insisted that the world’s newest state would be “dedicated to peace and stability.”
The parliament also approved a new flag for the landlocked state of about two million people. [Kosovo declares independence. The Age. February 17 2008]
I have blogged before how while I support a free Kosovo, I only do so with reservation.
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