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Liza Gashi
Liza Gashi (; born 30 September 1990) is a politician from Kosovo. She currently serves as Kosovo's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. She has experience as an executive leader, innovator, and entrepreneur leading initiatives in policy, research, and engagement of multi-stakeholders in governance, development, migration, and diplomacy. Formerly she established and led Germin, KosovoDiaspora.org and UWC Kosova. Her interests include involving diaspora in improving the state of affairs in their home countries through investing, exchange of knowledge and participating in policy-making. Early life and education Liza was born in Gjilan to an Albanian family. She graduated high school from UWC Costa Rica, while majoring college from Wartburg College in International Relations, Spanish, and Political Sciences. She participated in semester abroad studies at National University of Cordoba in 2012, taking classes in Spanish literature, Latin American history and Politics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Kurti
Albin Kurti (; born 24March 1975) is a Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Albanian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2021, having previously held the office from February to June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 as the vice-president of the University of Pristina (1969–99), University of Pristina student union, and a main organizer of non-violent student demonstrations of 1997 and 1998. Kurti then worked in Adem Demaçi's office when the latter became the political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Kurti has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2010 in three consecutive legislatures. Life and career Albin Kurti was born on 24 March 1975 in Pristina, Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Kosovo of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. Kurti's father, Zaim Kurti originates from an Albanians in Montenegro, Albanian family from the village of Sukobin in Ulcinj Municipality, Socialist Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glauk Konjufca
Glauk Konjufca (born 25 July 1981) is a Kosovo-Albanian activist, journalist and politician serving as speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo since March 2021. He was previously member of the Assembly, leader of the Vetëvendosje parliamentary group, speaker of the Assembly, minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as acting president of Kosovo until the election of Vjosa Osmani. Early life and education Konjufca was born in Pristina. He studied philosophy at the University of Pristina. During his studies, he served as deputy director of the Center for Rights student organization. Konjufca is the author of a book on G.W.F. Hegel and other publications on philosophy. Political career Konjufca has been an activist of the Vetëvendosje Movement since its founding in 2005. He edited the movement's weekly newspaper, and was elected to the Assembly of Kosovo in 2010, when Vetëvendosje first ran for elected office. Member of Parliament He served as deputy speaker of the Assembly from 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz
Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz (born 16 October 1971) is a Kosovan politician. A member of the Guxo political list of the Vetëvendosje political party, she has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Second Deputy Prime Minister in the Second Kurti cabinet since 2021. Gërvalla-Schwarz is the daughter of assassinated Albanian activist Jusuf Gërvalla. She is the president of the centre-right political party Guxo!. Early life and education Gërvalla-Schwarz was born in Skopje – present-day North Macedonia – to a Kosovo Albanian family. Her father was activist Jusuf Gërvalla, who advocated for Albanian nationalism and Marxism–Leninism. Gërvalla-Schwarz was raised in Pristina, but fled with her family to West Germany in 1980, due to political persecution faced by her father at the hands of the Yugoslav secret police. In 1982, her father was assassinated in Untergruppenbach, and the family subsequently fled to Tirana shortly afterwards. Gërvalla-Schwarz spent the remaind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjilan
Gjilan ( sq-definite, Gjilani) or Gnjilane ( sr-Cyrl, Гњилане) is the third most populous city in Kosovo and it serves as both a municipality and the administrative center of the District of Gjilan, Gjilan District. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Gjilan has a population of 82,901 with the majority residing in the city. The city is located in the east of Kosovo, in the region of Anamorava, and is well connected with the capital city of Kosovo, Pristina, as well as other surrounding cities such as Ferizaj, Kamenica, Kosovo, Kamenica, Preševo and Bujanovac. Etymology The etymology of Gjilan is disputed. Albanian language, Albanian sources claim that the town (initially a village) obtained its name from Bahti Beg Gjinolli of Gjinaj clan that ruled the region of Vushtrri (Llap (region), Llap and Drenica), and populated this area in the 18th century (around 1750). However, there is no definite evidence to support this claim and in fact no one can confirm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of and has a population of approximately 1.6 million. Kosovo has a varied terrain, with high plains along with rolling hills and List of mountains in Kosovo, mountains, some of which have an altitude over . Its climate is mainly Continental climate, continental with some Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean and Alpine climate, alpine influences. Kosovo's capital and List of cities and towns in Kosovo#List, most populous city is Pristina; other major cities and urban areas include Prizren, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Peja. Kosovo formed the core territory of the Dardani, an ancient Paleo-Balkanic languages, Paleo-Balkanic people attested in classical sources from the 4th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is one of the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, largest public universities by enrollment in the United States. It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded in the late 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed, but most steadily expanded their role and became state colleges in the early 20th century, then state universities in the late 20th century. One of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". ASU has over 183,000 st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wartburg College
Wartburg College is a Private college, private Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa. History Wartburg College was founded in 1852 in Saginaw, Michigan, by Georg M. Grossmann, a native of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria. Pastor Wilhelm Löhe sent Grossmann to establish a pastor training school for German immigrants. The college moved many times between Illinois and Iowa before settling in Waverly in 1935. Also in 1935, St. Paul Luther College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, merged with Wartburg College. The college is named after Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany, Eisenach, Germany, where Martin Luther was protected during the stormy days of the Protestant Reformation, Reformation. While in the Castle, he translated the New Testament from its original Greek into German, the language of the people. Student and alumni groups often travel to the castle, and the Wartburg Choir has performed there sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of Albanians in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Albanians in Montenegro, Montenegro, Albanians in Greece, Greece, and Albanians in Serbia, Serbia, as well as in Albanians in Italy, Italy, Albanians in Croatia, Croatia, Albanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, and Albanians in Turkey, Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and the other continents. Albanian language, The language of the Albanians is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. Albanians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United World College Of Costa Rica
The United World College Costa Rica (UWC Costa Rica, also known by its acronym UWCCR) (''Spanish'' - Colegio del Mundo Unido Costa Rica), located in the Santa Ana, Costa Rica, Santa Ana suburb of San José, Costa Rica, San José, is the 11th college in the United World College, UWC movement and the first to offer instruction in both English language, English and Spanish language, Spanish. The College, formerly the "''Colegio Internacional SOS Hermann Gmeiner''," (named after the SOS Children's Villages' founder, Hermann Gmeiner) re-opened as a United World College in August 2006, and graduated its first UWC-admitted applicants in 2008. The school hosts over 200 students from more than 70 countries. Students attending colleges throughout the UWC movement are selected on the basis of merit, and with the support to an extensive scholarship program, are accepted regardless of their social or economic status. Given its historic connection with SOS Children's Villages, UWC Costa Rica a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University Of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba (), is a public university located in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of the Americas, with the first university being the National University of San Marcos (Peru, 1551) and the second one, Saint Thomas Aquinas University (Colombia, 1580). Since the early 20th century it has been the second largest university in the country (after the University of Buenos Aires) in terms of the number of students, faculty, and academic programs. As the location of the first university founded in the land that is now Argentina, Córdoba has earned the nickname ''La Docta'' (roughly translated, "The Wise"). The National University of Córdoba is financially supported by Argentinian taxpayers, but - like all Argentine national universities - it is autonomous. This means it has the autonomy to manage its own budgets, elect its own administration, and dictate its own regulati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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