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Klina Mass Grave
Klina (Albanian: ''Klinë'' or ''Klina'') is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of north-western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Klina has 5,542 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,496 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin. A symbol of Klina are the Mirusha Waterfalls. History During early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of ''Desstinik'', today Dresnik, where important archeological discoveries of Roman period were made in August 2013, described as: ''...the most important discovery of the past few decades to have been made in Kosovo in the area of archaeology.'' In the village lies the Archaeological Site of Dresnik. Economy There is one bauxite mine operating on the territory of Klina - Grebnik mine. Demography According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Klina has 38,496 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Kosovo
This is a list of cities and towns in the Kosovo in alphabetical order categorised by municipality or district, according to the criteria used by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS). Kosovo's population is distributed in 1,467 settlements with 26 per cent of its population concentrated in 7 regional centers, consisting of Ferizaj, Gjakova, Gjilan, Mitrovica, Kosovo, Mitrovica, Peja, Pristina and Prizren. According to the 2024 census, the cities in Kosovo are classified into the following population size categories: * 1 city larger than 150,000: Pristina * 3 cities from 50,000 to 100,000: Ferizaj, Gjilan and Prizren * 6 cities from 20,000 to 50,000: Fushe Kosova, Gjakova, Mitrovica, Kosovo, Mitrovica, Peja, Podujevë and Vushtrri List See also *Administrative divisions of Kosovo *List of populated places in Kosovo *List of populated places in Kosovo by Albanian name References {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cities In Kosovo Cities in Kosovo, Lists of cities by coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresnik
Dresnik ( or ''Dresniku;'' sr-Cyrl, Дрсник) is a settlement in the Klina municipality of Kosovo. History In the village of Dresnik lies the Archaeological Site of Dresnik. It is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites not only in Kosovo, but also in the region, since it indicates the existence of civilization in Dresnik during the Roman Period. During Early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of ''Desstinik''. During World War II, Dresnik was one of the settlements in Kosovo where the civilian population was persecuted by occupying fascist forces. Archaeological discoveries from the Roman period The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ... were made here in August 2013. Before 1999, Dresnik had a mixed Serbian and Albani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klina
Klina (Albanian language, Albanian: ''Klinë'' or ''Klina'') is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Peja of north-western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Klina has 5,542 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,496 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina (river), Klina into the White Drin. A symbol of Klina are the Mirusha Waterfalls. History During early Middle Ages, Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of ''Desstinik'', today Dresnik, where important archeological discoveries of Roman period were made in August 2013, described as: ''...the most important discovery of the past few decades to have been made in Kosovo in the area of archaeology.'' In the village lies the Archaeological Site of Dresnik. Economy There is one bauxite mine operating on the territory of Klina - Grebnik mine. Demography According to the last official census done ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujë Krasniqi
Mujë Krasniqi (6 June 1967 – 14 December 1998), also known as Kommandant Kapuçi, was one of the founders and early commanders of Kosovo Liberation Army, who died during an Ambush of Serbian forces in Gorozhup, near the border of that time of Yugoslavia and Albania. Serving as an early fighter, coordinator of military operations, and a crucial link between the regions of Drenica, Dukagjin and Pashtrik during the initial phase of resistance against Serbian forces, he is regarded as a prominent leader and also a close comrade of Adem Jashari. Early life Mujë Krasniqi was born on June 6, 1967, in the village of Çabiqi, Klina, Kosovo. He was one of fourteen children in a family facing difficult living conditions. Krasniqi completed his primary education in Ujmir and attended secondary school in Kijeva, where he was influenced by his teacher Xhevë Krasniqi, a noted activist. During his youth, Krasniqi witnessed significant political unrest in Kosovo, particularly the 1981 pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadik Rama Gjurgjeviku
Sadik Rama (18791944) was a Kosovo Albanian ''kaçak'' guerrilla fighter who fought against the Serbian annexation of Kosovo in 1912. Following the Ottoman defeat, he continued to participate along Isa Boletini and Bajram Curri in the national revolt of 1913–14 in Llapushe. He joined the ''kaçak'' guerrillas in 1919 with support from the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo. He fought alongside Azem Bejta during his lifetime. Family Rama was born in Gjurgjevik i Madh, now known as ''Martiras'', located in Klina, Kosovo. He was a distant descendant of the Gjonbalaj brotherhood of Vuthaj of Kelmendi. His son, Ukë Sadiku (Rama) was active against the Italian administration in Kosovo. At the end of the war he was a member of the Albanian National Democratic Movement (LNDSH). The LNDSH didn't surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans and fought them in western Kosovo. He was captured, tried and executed in 1945 with Gjon Serreqi, leader of LNDSH. Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav party boss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Berisha
Anton Nikë Berisha (born August 7, 1946) is an Albanian scholar and folklorist. He has been teaching Albanian at the University of Calabria since 1992, and is considered an expert in Albanian oral and Arbëreshë literature. He is one of the Albanologists who have carried out extensive research on Albanian epic poetry, in particular collecting and publishing ''Kângë Kreshnikësh'', the traditional songs of the heroic legendary cycle of Albanian epic poetry. Biography Anton Berisha was born on August 7, 1946, in Mirash in the municipality of Klina in Kosovo. He went to school at Ujmir and Pristina. He studied Albanian language and literature at the University of Pristina. He finished his postgraduate studies at the University of Zagreb, where he earned his doctorate in 1981. On July 1, 1973, Berisha was appointed to the department of folklore of the Albanological Institute of Pristina, where he worked for many years. In 1991 he moved to Italy and has been teaching Albanian at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo. The KLA was formed in the early 1990s to fight against the discrimination of ethnic Albanians and the repression of political dissent by the Serbian authorities, which started after the suppression of Kosovo's autonomy and other discriminatory policies against Albanians by Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in 1989. The KLA initiated its first campaign in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegro
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Podgorica
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the Ribnica (Morača), Ribnica and Morača River, Morača rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley that encouraged settlement. The surrounding landscape is predominantly mountainous terrain. After World War II, Podgorica was first designated as the capital of Montenegro in 1946. At that time, it was renamed Titograd in honor of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. It served as the capital of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006, after which it was reaffirmed as the capital of an independent Montenegro. The city's original name, Pod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkali And Balkan Egyptians
The Ashkali ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Ашкалије, Aškalije, separator=" / ", link=no), otherwise known as Hashkali ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Хашкалије, Haškalije, separator=" / ", link=no) and/or Balkan Egyptians ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Балкански Египћани, Balkanski Egipćani, separator=" / "; ; ), are Albanian-speaking Muslim ethnic cultural minorities (recognized communities), which mainly inhabit Kosovo and southern Serbia, as well as Albania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. Prior to the Kosovo War of 1999, the Balkan Egyptians or Ashkali people registered themselves as Albanians. While some Ashkali speak Romani, Egyptians do not. The two groups are not clearly delineated. Though they differ linguistically and culturally from the Roma, they have often been grouped together under the acronym RAE (Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians). History of the Balkan Egyptians The origins of the Balkan Egyptians are obscure, but some Balkan historians trace the origin of Balkan Egypti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organization For Security And Co-operation In Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and free and fair elections. It employs around 3,460 people, mostly in its field operations but also in its secretariat in Vienna, Austria, and its institutions. It has observer status at the United Nations. The OSCE had its origins in 1975: its predecessors came together during the era of the Cold War to form a forum for discussion between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. Most of its 57 participating countries are in Europe, but with some members in Asia or in North America. The participating countries comprise much of the land area of the Northern Hemisphere. The OSCE is concerned with early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, and post-conflict rehabilitation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grebnik Mine
The Gremnik is one of the largest bauxite mines in Kosovo. The mine is located in Klina in District of Peja. The mine has reserves amounting to 3.66 million tonnes of ore grading 40.49% bauxite Bauxite () is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH) .... References External linksOfficial website Bauxite mines in Kosovo {{Kosovo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
