Republic of Kosova

- FTAs with: Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia.

- Location: Southeastern Europe (bordering Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Serbia)

- Capital: Prishtina

- Area: 10,908 km2 (ESK)

- Population: ~2.1 million (ESK)

- Demonym: Kosovar

- Currency: Euro (€)

Republic of Kosova declares independence.
February 17th 2008, at 15:49 CET

Until now Kosovo was:

- Formally recognized by 43 out of 192 United Nations (UN) Member States or 22.4%

- Formally recognized by 3 out of 5 UN Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Member States or 60%

- Formally recognized by 20 out of 27 European Union (EU) Member States or 74.07%

- Formally recognized by 21 out of 26 NATO Member States or 80.77%

- Formally recognized by 29 out of 47 Council of Europe (COE) Member States or 61.7%

- Formally recognized by 31 out of 56 OSCE Member States or 55.36%

- Formally recognized by 6 out of 57 OIC Member States or 10.53%

- Formally recognized by 7 out of 7 G7 Member Countries or 100%
(and by 7 out of 8 G8 (G7 + Russia) Member Countries or 87.5% )

- Countries that formally recognize Kosova make up 69.48% of the World's Total nominal GDP
(Data collected from CIA factbook and World Bank, 2007)

If this man & his country most strongest one in the world recognized Kosovo why won't you?