Sentence examples for proclaim independence from inspiring English sources

JUNE 1991 -- Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence.

Using the Albanian spelling of the province's name, they proclaim: "Independence for Kosova!

So, come Sunday, I am reliably told, Kosovo will proclaim independence and early next week major powers — including the United States, France, Britain and Germany — will recognize the new state.

He would then suggest setting up a revolt and proclaim independence as soon as possible.

Pearson said it's hard for patient groups not to be influenced by the funder, even if they proclaim independence.

My theory is people proclaim independence, thinking they are claiming freedom, and, in the process, actually forfeit their true freedom in favor of apparent independence.

Having loudly proclaimed independence from the outside world, concessions to pressure now look like failure.

Kosovo unilaterally proclaimed independence in 2008, a move that Serbia still refuses to recognise.

"Serbia will never recognise the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo," Boris Tadic, the president, told reporters in Belgrade.

About 1,700 Croats were killed when the Yugoslav Army and rebel Serbs overwhelmed the city after Croatia proclaimed independence.

Both would help alleviate the global isolation Turkish Cypriots have suffered since unilaterally proclaiming independence in 1991.