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Kosovo's status is controversial. Since a group of people referred to as "leaders of our people, democratically elected" declared independence in 2008 under the name Republic of Kosovo, it has been formally recognized as an independent state by UN member states (with  others that recognized it at one point but then withdrew recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it to be part of its own sovereign territory as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metochia.