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Events in the year 2025 in Kosovo.
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Events in the year 2025 in Kosovo.
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The following are 11 public holidays in Ukraine.
Christianity in Kosovo has a long-standing tradition dating to the Roman Empire. The entire Balkan region had been Christianized by the Roman, Byzantine, First Bulgarian Empire, Serbian Kingdom, Second Bulgarian Empire, and Serbian Empire till 13th century. After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 until 1912, Kosovo was part of the Muslim Ottoman Empire, and a high level of Islamization occurred. During the time period after World War II, Kosovo was ruled by secular socialist authorities in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). During that period, Kosovars became increasingly secularized. Today, 87% of Kosovo's population are from Muslim family backgrounds, most of whom are ethnic Albanians, but also including Slavic speakers and Turks.
Local elections were held in Kosovo on 3 November 2013, with a second round on 1 December. These were the first elections which the Serbs of Northern Kosovo participated in since the Republic of Kosovo declared independence in 2008; polls were monitored by the OSCE. There were violent reactions in Serb-majority areas of northern Kosovo.
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovan jurist and politician who is the current president of Kosovo since 2021. Osmani was born and raised in Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She worked as an advisor to the president of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu before she was elected to the Assembly. Osmani held the position of Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from February 2020 to March 2021, and also served as acting president between November 2020 and March 2021 after the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. Upon her election as president, Osmani became the second woman to hold the position, as well as the first person to have served as both acting president and president of Kosovo. Osmani successfully ran on an anti-corruption platform and has expressed a desire to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Since taking office, Osmani has returned the flag of Dardania as the official symbol of the presidency.
Fadil Geci is a politician in Kosovo. A member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the 1998–99 Kosovo War, Geci served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2001 to 2007, at first as a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and later with the breakaway Democratic League of Dardania (LDD).
Sadri Ferati is a politician in Kosovo. He was minister of local government in the Republic of Kosovo government from 2008 to 2010 and served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2011 to 2017. Ferati is a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
Local elections were held throughout Kosovo on 26 October 2002, organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). This was the second local electoral cycle held in Kosovo after the start of the UNMIK mandate in 1999.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Kosovo on 9 February 2025 to elect the 120 members of the Assembly.
Events in the year 2024 in Kosovo.
Donika Kadaj Bujupi is a politician in Kosovo. She served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2021 and in April 2023 was appointed as an advisor to Republic of Kosovo president Vjosa Osmani. Kadaj Bujupi was a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for most of her time as an elected official, although from 2016 to 2018 she was a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).
Rasim Selmanaj is a politician and writer in Kosovo. He was the mayor of Deçan from 2009 to 2017 and has served three terms in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. A prominent youth leader in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) during the 1990s, Selmanaj has been a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) since 2001.
Fehmi Vula is a medical doctor and politician in Kosovo. His arrest and detention by Serbian authorities in 1998 were reported by international human rights organizations. Vula served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2004 to 2007 as a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
Xhelal Canziba is a politician in Kosovo. He was active in Kosovo's parallel institutions in the 1990s and served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2002 to 2007 as a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
Đokica Stanojević is a Kosovo Serb politician and community leader. During the 1990s, he served as mayor of Đakovica and was a parliamentarian in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since the Kosovo War (1998–99), he has been active in seeking the return of Đakovica's displaced Serb population.
Aqif Shehu is a former politician in Kosovo and former footballer. He was a member of the parallel Republic of Kosova assembly in the 1990s and served as mayor of Gjakova from 2001 to 2007. For most of his time as an elected official, Shehu was a member of Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
Riza Lluka was a politician in Kosovo. He served in Kosovo's provincial assembly during the 1980s, was a member of the parallel Kosovo Albanian assembly in the 1990s, and was a municipal politician in Peja in the 2000s. He is best known for protesting the Serbian government's reduction of Kosovo's autonomy in 1989.
Ali Lajçi is a politician in Kosovo. He was the mayor of Peja from 2001 to 2007 and has served in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. At different times in his career, Lajçi has been a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), and Vetëvendosje (VV).
Events in the year 2025 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Events in the year 2025 in Albania.
Events in the year 2025 in the Republic of North Macedonia.
