Kosovo (Albanian: Kosova; Serbian: Косово и Метохија; Kosovo i Metohija) is currently a isputed territory in the Balkans. The territory was a part of the lands of the Dardani tribes, then of the Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ottoman empires. Later it was part of the Kingdom of Serbia, Italian Empire and of Yugoslavia. Following the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the territory came under the interim administration of the United Nations (UNMIK).