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    Dua Lipa at the 2019 Grammy Awards Image copyright Getty Images
    Image caption The British artist has won two Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards

    British pop star Dua Lipa has sparked a huge reaction online with a tweet often associated with supporters of extreme Albanian nationalism.

    Lipa posted a map that includes Albania, Kosovo and parts of neighbouring Balkan countries mainly inhabited by ethnic Albanians - and a definition of the word autochthonous.

    The tweet sparked strong reaction from supporters and critics alike.

    Lipa's parents are from Kosovo. She was born after they moved to the UK.

    The BBC has reached out to her management for comment.

    What's the controversy about?

    Lipa was accused of favouring Albanian expansionism after posting the map which forms part of hard-line nationalist dreams of creating a Greater Albania that would incorporate all ethnic Albanians.

    It has sparked controversy before. A football game in 2014 between Albania and Serbia descended into open brawls after a drone carrying that map appeared above the stadium.

    At the centre of the dispute is the status of Kosovo which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, nearly a decade after Nato's bombing campaign ended the rule of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic there.

    Kosovo is recognised by the US and most European governments, but not by Serbia and its main allies, including Russia.

    The British artist posted the map after a petition appeared online calling for Apple Maps to show Kosovo as an independent nation.

    Rita Ora - another fellow British pop star who was born in Kosovo's capital Pristina in 1990 - has also tweeted in support of the country appearing on Apple Maps, and in support of Dua Lipa.

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