Rita Ora hails from Pristina.
It is home to Europe's only example of a "bifurcated" river - ie a river which flows into two seas. This is the Nerodimka, a 25-mile oddity which manages the unusual feat of draining into both the Aegean Sea (via the River Lepenac) and the Black Sea (ultimately via the Danube).
The name “Kosovo” derives from the name of a place in Serbia meaning “field of blackbirds”.
More than 70% of the country’s population is under the age of 35, which makes it the youngest country in all of Europe.
The national anthem, Europe, has no lyrics.
Together with the Republic of Cyprus, Kosovo is one of only two countries whose flag doubles up as a geographic representation.
Albanians also refer to the country as Dardania, the name of a Roman province formed in 284 AD which covered the territory of modern Kosovo. The name is derived from the Albanian word dardha/dardā which means pear, for the country meaning ‘the land of pears’.