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- ↑ In the field of education, donor attention in the post war Kosova was oriented mainly towards building and reconstructing scho Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ American University in Kosovo Archived November 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ American University in Kosovo Archived November 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
