The bajrak was an Ottoman territorial unit,consisting of villages in mountainous frontier regions of the Balkans,from which military recruitment was based. It was introduced in the late 17th century and continued its use until the end of Ottoman rule in Rumelia. The bajrak included one or more clans. It was especially implemented in northern Albania and in parts of Kosovo,where in the 19th century these regions constituted the frontier with the Principality of Serbia and Principality of Montenegro. These sanjaks had notable communities of Gheg Albanians,Serbs and Slavic Muslims. The Albanians adopted the system into their clan structure,and bajraks endured during the Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) and People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1944–1992).
Reformist Party ORA was a social-democratic political party in Kosovo. The party supported Kosovo independence.
Kujtim Shala is a Croatian-Albanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
The Miss Universe Kosova is a national beauty pageant that sends representatives from Kosovo to the Miss Universe pageant.
Bajgora is a village in the municipality of Mitrovica in Kosovo. It is located in the south of the Kopaonik mountain range. It is just a few kilometers south from the Bajraku peak rising up to 1,789 m (5,869 ft) high. According to the 2011 census,it had 1,098 inhabitants,all Albanians. It is part of the region known as Shala e Bajgorës.
Bekim Berisha was a Kosovo Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Yugoslav Wars. He served in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence. He subsequently fought in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,and later also in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),where he was named a general. He was killed in 1998,during the Battle of Junik,and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.
Herolind Shala is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Erzurumspor FK. Born in Norway,he plays for the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth and Albania at under-21 and senior international level.
Shala is a historical tribe and region of northern Albania in the valley of the river Shalë,in the Dukagjin highlands. At the end of the 19th century the tribe was Catholic and had c. 3,000 members and 700 households
Mirjeta Shala is a Kosovar TV host,model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Kosovo 2013 and was to compete in Miss Universe 2013 before Kosovo withdrew from the pageant. In November 2013,she signed a contract with Trump Model Management.
Albulena Haxhiu is a Kosovo Albanian politician,currently serving as the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kosovo. She was previously a member of parliament for Vetëvendosje! in the Assembly of Kosovo.
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) is a court of Kosovo,located in The Hague (Netherlands),hosting four Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutors Office,which may perform their activities either in the Netherlands or in Kosovo. The court is currently set up for delegating the trials of the crimes committed by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),an ethnic-Albanian paramilitary organisation which sought the separation of Kosovo from Yugoslavia during the 1990s and the eventual creation of a Greater Albania. The alleged crimes concern the period 1998–2000,during and at the end of the Kosovo war and directed afterwards against "ethnic minorities and political opponents". The court was formally established in 2016. It is separate from other Kosovar institutions,and independent. It is composed of a Specialist Prosecutor's Office and four Specialist Chambers,with themselves comprising Judges' Chambers and a Registry.
Arbër Shala is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a left back for Dukagjini.
Gazmend Sinani was a Kosovan professional basketball player who last played as a center for Leeds Force and the Kosovo national team.
Fjolla Shala is a footballer who last plays as a defender for Icelandic club Fylkir. She has player for the Icelandic junior national teams and in 2017,she debuted for the Kosovo national team.
Kosovo (KOS) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan,represented by the Olympic Committee of Kosovo (KOK/OKK). The nation had previously participated in the Summer Olympic Games on one occasion in 2016. A total of 11 athletes,five men and six women,were selected by the national committee to compete in six sports. Initially scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020,the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 in relation to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Arlis Shala is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kosovan club KF Drenica.
The Ministry of Finance of Kosovo is a department of the Government of Kosovo in charge of public finances of Kosovo. The headquarters are on Mother Teresa Street in Pristina.
Brotherly derby,also known as the Brotherly is the name given in football to any match between the men's national senior football teams of Albania and Kosovo.
The 2021–22 Football Superleague of Kosovo season,also known as the BKT Superleague of Kosovo for sponsorship reasons with Banka Kombëtare Tregtare is the 23rd season of top-tier football in Kosovo. The season began on 21 August 2021 and ended on 22 May 2022. A total of 10 teams are competing in the league:seven teams from the 2020–21 season and three teams from the 2020–21 First Football League of Kosovo. Prishtina are the defending champions from the previous season.
East Timor–Kosovo relations refer to the bilateral relations between East Timor and Kosovo.
