The tragic history of Kosovo

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► Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction
3:17 1.1 History of the conflict in Kosovo: Creation of Balkan nations
8:11 1.2 The Balkan wars & Serbian rule
15:41 Sponsored segment
21:05 1.3 Fascist occupation & armed Partisan brotherhood
27:51 1.4 Kosovo in SFR Yugoslavia
39:01 1.5 Rise of Milošević: chauvinism & state discrimination
46:43 1.6 Restoration of capitalism & predation of imperialism
51:52 2 The status quo: false saviours and quasi-solutions
53:20 2.1 "Kosovo is Serbia"
55:57 2.2 Greater Albania
58:21 2.3 Zajednica Srpskih Opština
1:00:03 2.4 Open Balkan initiative
1:02:43 3 The Serbian Kosovo myth: a century-long manipulation
1:05:55 4 What is to be done? Our historical responsibility