Also, I forgot to mention Nagorno Karabakh in my initial post at this thread. Pardon the misspell in it.

That’s a poor answer.

Kosovo isn’t in the UN, IOC or IMF.

Moreover, some of the disputed former Communist bloc territories I mentiomed have either just as good an independence claim or better than Kosovo. In comparison to Kosovo, all of those other mentioned former Communist bloc territories have governments which are more in control of their respective land.

Many an academic and non-academic will correctly inform you that Wiki shouldn’t always be counted on as a good source of information.

This particular matter is one such example.

Kosovo isn’t in the UN, IOC or IMF.

Moreover, some of the disputed former Communist bloc territories I mentiomed have either just as good an independence claim or better than Kosovo. In comparison to Kosovo, all of those other mentioned former Communist bloc territories have governments which are more in control of their respective land.

Many an academic and non-academic will corrdecetly tell you that Wiki shouldn’t always be counteed on as a good source of information.

This particular matter is one such example.

Global Voices uses the Wikipedia country list as a guide for how to sort our content. It includes territories, dependencies, and what many people consider countries. How we sort our content on the website is not a reflection of the political views of our authors or editors. As you can see on the Wikipedia page there are lots of disputes about many places around the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries

Global Voices lists Kosovo as a country.

It’s nothing of the sort.

UNSCR 1244 recognizes it as a continued part of Serbia. Meantime, a foreign presence continues to hold much of the real power in Kosovo.

Seeing how Kosvo is incorrectkly listed as a country, why doesn’t GV list Pridnestrovie (Trans-Dniester) South Ossetia and Abkhazia as countries?