(CNN) -- Kosovo is a hot spot where the animosities run centuries deep.

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Many ethnic Albanians living in the province are fighting for independence from Serbia, which stripped Kosovo of its autonomy in 1989.

The Serbs are not eager to give up Kosovo. Their claim on the region dates back to the Middle Ages.