When that comes, it will be the end of the Serbian control, real or nominal, that began when Serbia retook the province from the Ottoman Turks in 1912.

• 如果科索沃正式宣布独立，那就正式宣布自从1912年塞尔维亚从奥斯曼土耳其夺取这块土地以来，塞尔维亚对该地区无论是名义上还是事实上的控制彻底终结了。