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Lumir Abdixhiku
Lumir Abdixhiku (born 22 April 1983) is a Kosovar Albanian politician serving as President of Democratic League of Kosovo since 14 March 2021. He previously served as Minister of Infrastructure and Environment in the 2019. He was also a Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2017 to 2019. Early life and education Abdixhiku was born on 22 April 1983, in Pristina, in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, then part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent unit of Yugoslavia. Lumir Abdixhiku finished elementary school from “Gjergj Fishta” and high school from “Xhevdet Doda”. After graduating from high school, he started his BA studies in the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Pristina, graduating in 2004. Abdixhiku continued his postgraduate studies in Great Britain, receiving a MSc in Economics for Business Analysis in 2006 and a PhD in 2013 from Staffordshire University. He received his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic League Of Kosovo
The Democratic League of Kosovo (, LDK) is the oldest and one of the largest list of political parties in Kosovo, political parties in Kosovo. History During the late 1980s, nationalism was on the rise throughout the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since 1974 the province of Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Kosovo, although part of the Socialist Republic of Serbia, was a self-governed entity over which the Serbian parliament had almost no factual control (''see Political status of Kosovo#Status in Communist Yugoslavia, Political status of Kosovo''). In the late 1980s, civil unrest which had been striking the province for decades, suddenly erupted further in Kosovo as ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albanians demanded more autonomy (in view of becoming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia#Federal units, 7th Yugoslav Republic). At the same time, League of Communists of Serbia, Serbian Communists' leader Slobodan Milošević used the situation in Kosovo as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peja
Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the Peja's Lumbardh in the western part of Kosovo. In medieval times, the city was under Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rule. After its integration into Serbian territory, it became the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1346. The Patriarchal monastery of Peć is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo. Under Ottoman rule the city became a district capital with mosques and civil architecture. From the end of the nineteenth century until today, the city has been the site of nationalist aspirations and claims for both ethnic Albanians and Serbs, often resulting in tense inter-ethnic relations and conflict. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Peja has 82,745 inhabitants. The municipality covers an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Pristina
The term "the people" refers to the public or Common people, common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of Person, persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independence, independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic League Of Kosovo Politicians
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (Cyprus) (DCY) **Democratic Party (Hong Kong) (DPHK) **Democratic Party (Italy) (PD) ** Democratic Party (Japan) (DP) **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ** Democratic Party’s (South Korea, 2015) ** Democratic Party (Indonesia) (PD) ** Democratic Party (other), for a full list *A member of a Democrat Party (other) *A member of a Democracy Party (other) * Australian Democrats, a political party *Democrats (Brazil), a political party * Democrats (Chile), a political party * Democrats (Croatia), a political party * Democrats (Gothenburg political party), in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden *Democrats (Greece), a political party * Democrats (Greenland), a political party * Democrats (Slovakia), a political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragash
Dragash or Sharr ( sq-definite, Dragashi or ''Sharri;'' sr-cyr, Драгаш) is a town and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has 34,827 inhabitants. The Albanian name ''Sharri'' is a reference to the Šar Mountains (in Albanian ''Sharr''). The Serbian name ''Dragaš'' comes from medieval Serbian lord Constantine Dragaš. History The oldest mosque in Kosovo and in the Balkans was built in 1289 and it is called Al-Aga Mosque. Dragash was named after a Serbian medieval noble family of the same name which served Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331-1355) and Uroš the Weak (r. 1355-1371). From 1877 to 1913, Dragash was part of Kosovo Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire. From 1929 to 1941, Dragash was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1941, Yugoslavia came under Axis invasion, and Dragash became a part of Albania; first under the Debar prefecture and later in 1943 transferred to the Kosovo pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junik
Junik ( sq-definite, Juniku; sr-Cyrl, Јуник) is a town and municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo. History During the Ottoman occupation of the Balkans, Junik and the Municipality of Junik were part of the Nahiya of Altun-ili during the 15th century. In a 1485 defter of the region, Junik was mentioned with the name ''Lunik''. In the 15th century, around half of Junik's population had typical Albanian anthroponomy. The Ottoman register from 1485 indicates that Junik was mostly inhabited by an Albanian population whom bore Albanian names mixed with Slavic and Christian Junik was also recorded with 52 households in the 1485 register. During the early period of Ottoman occupation, Gjakova and the Gjakova Municipality were part of the Nahiya of Altun-ili. Most of the villages in the Nahiya of Altun-ili were dominated by inhabitants with Albanian anthroponomy, which indicates that during the 15th century (as supported by Ottoman defters), the lands between Junik a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istog
Istog ( sq-definite, Istogu; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Исток, Istok) or Burim is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city of Istog has 5,115 inhabitants, while the municipality has 39,289 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 39,982 inhabitants. Name The name of the town comes from the version of the Serbian word ''istok'' (variant ''istek''), meaning "well, water source" referring to the springs of the Istočka river (, literally "spring river"), a tributary to the White Drin river. The name of the nearby village of Vrela, one of the largest settlements in the municipality, also means "springs". History The Ottoman '' defter'' (tax registry; census) of 1582 registered the Ipek nahiyah as having 235 villages, of which Suho Grlo (Suvo Grlo) was located within modern Istog municipality. Suvo Grlo had three bigger '' mahala'' (neighbourhoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viti, Kosovo
Viti ( sq-definite, Vitia) or Vitina ( sr-Cyrl, Витина) is a town and municipality located in the District of Gjilan in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Viti has 4,924 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,987 inhabitants. Geography The town of Viti and the southern part of the Municipality lies on the foothills of the Skopska Crna Gora Mountains. History Ottoman period The municipality has several settlements historically inhabited by the Laramans, crypto-Catholics. Kosovo War and aftermath During the Kosovo War 16 KLA soldiers, as well as 5 Serb soldiers and policemen were killed in Viti. The entire fighting happened in 1999 and in the southern part of the municipality, near the Karadak Mountains, in villages such as Lubishtë, Gjylekare, Mogillë, Smirë, Kabash and Dëbëlldeh. During and after the Kosovo War 76 civilians were killed, 38 Albanians and 38 Serbs. Following the 1999 Kosovo War, it was the home of A Company, 2/505 Parach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Polje
Kosovo Polje ( sr-Cyrl, Косово Поље, "Kosovo Field") or Fushë Kosova ( Albanian indefinite form: ''Fushë Kosovë''), is a town and municipality located in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kosovo Polje had 12,919 inhabitants, while the municipality had 33,977 inhabitants. According to preliminary results of the 2024 census, Kosovo Polje has 64,078 inhabitants. Geography Kosovo Polje is a municipality that lies in the center of the Kosovo Plain, with an area of and an altitude of above sea level. The city is situated between Pristina in the east, Obiliq in the north, Gračanica in the south and Drenas in the west. It consists of 16 settlements. It is located in the area of the intersection of roads important for transport, such as the railway connecting Kosovo Polje with Skopje and Mitrovica, which then connects to international roads. Also, it is located at the intersection of important highways. The Pristina Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lipjan
Lipjan ( sq-definite, Lipjani) or Lipljan ( sr-Cyrl, Липљан) is a town and municipality located in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Lipjan has 6,870 inhabitants, while the municipality has 57,605 inhabitants. Name The name of the town derives from ''Ulpiana'', a nearby Dardanian and Roman era settlement, possibly due to either a ''Ul-'' to ''Li-'' shift seen elsewhere in Roman toponyms.Lafe, Emil (1976). "Toponymes latino-romans sur le territoire de l'albanais". ''Iliria''. Page 116 Ulpiana was named in honor of Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus. The neo-Latin form ''Lypenion'' occurs for the first time in a Byzantine text from 1018 AD . The name of the town was slavicised into ''Lipljan'' and albanised into ''Lipjan''. Albanian author Selami Pulaha states that the shift from ''Ulpiana'' to ''Lipjan'' is in accordance with early Albanian phonetic rules, and the town must therefore have been inhabited by Albanians (beside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
