{"id":213,"date":"2011-11-15T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T18:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2012-10-15T10:06:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T10:06:59","slug":"highlighted-article-6-countries-that-arent-really-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/highlighted-article-6-countries-that-arent-really-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighted article: 6 countries that aren\u2019t really countries!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Matador Trip section<\/a> on the Matador website, they highlights a few \u201ccountries\u201d that aren\u2019t really countries.<\/p>\n

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With international school teachers always looking for new places to visit during their holiday breaks, this list of \u201cnew\u201d countries is just what we are looking for!<\/p>\n

Highlights from the article:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve never heard of them before, it\u2019s quite possibly because they don\u2019t yet exist as countries in the eyes of much of the world. What\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0interesting is that these\u00a0non-states<\/a>, despite a lack of formal diplomatic recognition, often function as more or less independent nations. Many have their own currencies, governments, and visa procedures for would-be travelers, and some even see a respectable number of tourists each year. For countries that aren\u2019t meant to exist in the first place, that is.<\/p>\n

Some are places you can go and explore just like any other. They just happen to be the sovereign version of Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cat. They exist but they don\u2019t. You can visit, but you can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

They have highlighted 6 countries by they state this is by no means a complete list. \u00a0There are a few more like\u00a0Transnistria<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Bouganville Island<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sealand<\/a>. \u00a0We choose to highlight the information that they provided for Kosovo.<\/p>\n

Republic of Kosovo
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Capital:<\/strong>\u00a0Pristina<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republic of Kosovo was established in the aftermath of the Kosovo War in 1999, but was not recognised by Serbia, prompting a tug of war over the new nation\u2019s identity. Eighty-five UN member states (plus Taiwan, who isrecognised in turn by only 23, but was not interesting enough to make this list) say that the Republic of Kosovo is a country. Russia, China, and Serbia disagree.<\/p>\n

And so, pending any progress from the diplomats, the sort-of-republic plods along anyhow, signing up to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in the meanwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

How do I visit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can travel to the Republic of Kosovo from most borders that are not Serbia. Trying to enter Serbia afterwards can cause headaches, as Serbia appears to consider entering the country via the Republic of Kosovo as an illegal entry. So if you would like to go, try and get your visit to Serbia out of the way first.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, which of these countries have you been to. \u00a0I must admit that I haven\u2019t been to any of them\u2026..just yet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Matador Trip section on the Matador website, they highlights a few \u201ccountries\u201d that aren\u2019t really countries. With international school teachers always looking for new places to visit during their holiday breaks, this list of \u201cnew\u201d countries is just what we are looking for! Highlights from the article: \u201cIf you\u2019ve never heard of them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[553,42,33,554,555,287],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlighted-articles","tag-country","tag-expat-life","tag-international-teaching","tag-kosovo","tag-new-countries","tag-traveling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-3r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/survey-results-are-in-how-many-countries-have-you-traveled-to-so-far-this-year-in-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":213,"position":0},"title":"Survey results are in \u2013 How many countries have you traveled to so far this year? 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