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Serb Democracy
Serb Democracy (, , abbr. SD) is a Kosovo Serbs, Serb minority List of political parties in Kosovo, political party in Kosovo. It acts as opposition to the Serb List (Kosovo), Serb List and is led by Aleksandar Arsenijević. History Serb Democracy was preceded by Civic Initiate "Serbian Survival" which was led by activist Aleksandar Arsenijević. SD was founded on 5 November 2023 and Arsenijević was elected its first president. Ivan Orlović, Valentina Ćerković, Marinko Anđelković and Stefan Veljković were elected members of the presidency. The party was officially registered by the Central Electoral Commission of Kosovo on 6 December 2023. Serb Democracy criticizes the Serb List (Kosovo), Serb List and its representatives, as well as the Kosovan authorities. Election results Parliamentary elections {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , + Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Assembly of Kosovo ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of vote ! Overall seats won ! Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Arsenijević
Aleksandar Arsenijević (; ; born 24 August 1992) is a Kosovo Serbs, Kosovo Serb politician, activist and chemistry teacher. A prominent representative of the Kosovo Serbs, Serb community in North Kosovo, he is the president of Serb Democracy (SD). Biography Arsenijević was born on 24 August 1992 in Pristina. After the Kosovo War and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he was a refugee as a child. He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at the University of Priština (North Mitrovica), University of Pristina, majoring in chemistry. He holds a master's degree in chemistry. He was recognized by the Serbia, Republic of Serbia as one of the most important students for the survival of the University of Pristina with headquarters in North Mitrovica. He was the president of the Student Parliament of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics for 4 years. He is currently studying at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pristina. Since 2013, he has been working as a restaura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Serbs
Kosovo Serbs form the largest ethnic minority group in Kosovo (5–6%). The precise number of Kosovo Serbs is difficult to determine as they have boycotted national censuses. However, it is estimated that there are about 95,000 of them, nearly half of whom live in North Kosovo. Other Serbian enclaves in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb communities live in the Southern municipalities of Kosovo. The medieval Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) and the Serbian Empire (1346–1371) included parts of the territory of Kosovo until its annexation by the Ottomans following the Battle of Kosovo (1389), considered one of the most notable events of Serbian history. Afterwards, it was a part of the Serbian Despotate. Modern Serbian historiography considers Kosovo in this period to be the political, religious and cultural core of the Medieval Serbia, medieval Serbian state. In the History of the Balkans#Late Middle Ages, Ottoman period (1455–1913), the situation of the Serb p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minority Politics
An ethnic party is a political party that overtly presents itself as the champion of one ethnic group or sets of ethnic groups. Ethnic parties make such representation central to their voter mobilization strategy. An alternate designation is 'Political parties of minorities', but they should not be mistaken with Regionalism (politics), regionalist or separatism, separatist parties, whose purpose is territorial autonomy. Definitions There are varied definitions of both ethnicity and ethnic parties. Ethnicity Kanchan Chandra defines ethnic identity narrowly as a subset of identity categories determined by the belief of common descent. She rejects expansive definitions of ethnic identity (such as those that include common culture, common language, common history and common territory). Jóhanna Birnir defines ethnicity as "group self-identification around a characteristic that is very difficult or even impossible to change, such as language, race, or location." Ethnic party A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Serbia
The flag of Serbia (), also known as the Tricolour (), is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands, red on the top, blue in the middle, and white on the bottom (on civil flag), with the lesser coat of arms left of center (on state flag). The same tricolour, in altering variations, has been used since the 19th century as the flag of the state of Serbia and the Serb people. The current form of the flag was adopted in 2004 and slightly redesigned in 2010."Grb Srbije: Dvoglavi orao menja perje" (in Serbian) History Medieval flags The son of King Stefan Vladislav (reigned 1233–1243), ''župan'' Desa, sent d ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of The Republic Of Kosovo
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) or the Kuvendi, is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the people every four years. It was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'. On 17 February 2008, representatives of the people of Kosovo unilaterally declared Kosovo's independence and subsequently adopted the Constitution of Kosovo, which came into effect on 15 June 2008. Members The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo is regulated by the Constitution of Kosovo and has 120 directly elected members; 20 are reserved for national minorities as follows: * 10 seats for the representatives of the Serbs. * 4 seats for the representatives of the Romani, Ashkali and Egyptians. * 3 seats for the Bosniaks. * 2 seats for the Turks. * 1 seat for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Kosovo
A municipality (; ) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Kosovo Albanians, Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Kosovo Serbs, Serb and Mamusha, 1 Turks in Kosovo, Turkish. After the Brussels Agreement (2013), 2013 Brussels Agreement, signed by the governments of Government of Kosovo, Kosovo and Government of Serbia, Serbia, an agreement was made to create a Community of Serb Municipalities, which would operate within Kosovo's legal framework. Since 2013, the agreement has not been fulfilled by Kosovo's authorities, calling upon its Constitution of Kosovo, constitution and territorial integrity. List of municipalities Powers of municipalities All municipalities have the following competences, as regulated by Law Nr. 03/L-040 of the Constitution of Kosovo: # Local economic development. # Urban and rural planning. # Land use and development. # Implementation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Mitrovica
North Mitrovica; or ''Mitrovicë Veriore'' or North Kosovska Mitrovica, is a town and municipality located in Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has a population of 29,460 inhabitants. It covers an area of . North Mitrovica is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority. The municipality was established in 2013 after North Kosovo crisis, previously being the settlement of the city of Mitrovica, divided by the Ibar river. Following the 2013 Brussels Agreement, the municipality is planned to be the administrative center of the Community of Serb Municipalities. Name The northern part of Mitrovica (; is occasionally referred to as "North(ern) Kosovska Mitrovica" (/''Severna Kosovska Mitrovica''). During the rule of Josip Broz Tito, ''Titova'' was added to the name of the city of Mitrovica and in the early 1990s it was replaced with ''Kosovska'' to distinguish it from the town of Sremska Mitrovica. However, as of late, the northern part is increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Parties In Kosovo
This article lists political parties in Kosovo. Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Major parties Having seats in Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo as a result of 2025 general election and subsequent shifts: Minor parties * Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (''Partia Shqiptare Demokristiane e Kosovës'') * Coalition Party (Kosovo) * Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (''Alternativa Demokratike e Kosovës'') * Guxo (''Guxo!'') * Justice Party (''Partia e Drejtësisë'') * Liberal Party of Kosovo (''Partia Liberale e Kosovës'') * New Kosovo Alliance (''Aleanca Kosova e Re'') * Social Democratic Initiative (''Nisma Socialdemokrate'') * Social Democratic Party of Kosovo * The Word (''Fjala'') Minority parties *Turkish Justice Party of Kosovo (''Kosova Türk Adalet Partisi'') *Ashkali Party for Integratio ... [...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] |
Serb List (Kosovo)
The Serb List (; ) is a Kosovo Serbs, Serb minority List of political parties in Kosovo, political party in Kosovo. It was the dominant Serb party in politics of Kosovo, Kosovo politics, claiming all ten of Assembly of Kosovo, Assembly seats reserved for the community, from 2014 until all its members resigned and withdrew in 2022. The party retains close links to the Government of Serbia, led by the Serbian Progressive Party and President of Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić. History The combined number of votes for the Serb List was 38,169 (5.30%) at the 2014 Kosovan parliamentary election. On 17 September 2014, the Serb List announced that they would join the government cabinet only if Vetëvendosje was not part of it. Aleksandar Jablanović, the Minister for Returns and Communities in the Government of Kosovo, was dismissed on 3 February 2015, after the opposition demanded his dismissal after he called the group of ethnic Albanians who attacked Serb IDPs in Gjakova with ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Kosovan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 9 February 2025 to elect the 120 members of the Assembly. No party won a majority of seats, with the Vetëvendosje party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti remaining the largest party. Background In the 2021 elections, Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) won 58 seats. They created a coalition with minority parties to form a government. The government was the first since Kosovo's independence in 2008 to complete a full four-year mandate. Electoral system The 120 members of the Assembly were elected by open list proportional representation for a four-year term, with 20 reserved for national minorities. Seats were allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with an electoral threshold of 5%. Election date According to the constitution, parliamentary elections must be held no later than 30 days and no earlier than 45 days prior to the expiration of the outgoing parliament's mandate. On 31 July 2024, President Vjosa Osmani formally invited the lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In Kosovo
This article lists political parties in Kosovo. Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political party, political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Major parties Having seats in Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo as a result of 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election, 2025 general election and subsequent shifts: Minor parties * Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (''Partia Shqiptare Demokristiane e Kosovës'') * Coalition Party (Kosovo) * Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (''Alternativa Demokratike e Kosovës'') * Guxo (''Guxo!'') * Justice Party (Kosovo), Justice Party (''Partia e Drejtësisë'') * Liberal Party of Kosovo (''Partia Liberale e Kosovës'') * New Kosovo Alliance (''Aleanca Kosova e Re'') * Social Democratic Initiative (Kosovo), Social Democratic Initiative (''Nisma Socialdemokrate'') * Social Democratic Party of Kosovo * The Word (''Fjala'') M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
