The Kosovo Liberation Army was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo,the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians,from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the 1990s. Albanian nationalism was a central tenet of the KLA and many in its ranks supported the creation of a Greater Albania,which would encompass all Albanians in the Balkans,stressing Albanian culture,ethnicity and nation.
The Democratic League of Kosovo is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo.
The Democratic Party of Kosovo is one of the largest political parties in Kosovo. It was originally a social-democratic party coming out of the demilitarised Kosovo Liberation Army after the Kosovo War,with most of the leadership coming from Albanian nationalists and former members of the People's Movement of Kosovo. However,during its congress in January 2013,it positioned itself as a centre-right party and is considered to be a conservative party. The Democratic Party of Kosovo since July 2021 is headed by Memli Krasniqi,the former Vice –President of the Assembly of Kosovo,Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Culture,Youth and Sports.
The politics of Kosovo takes place in a framework of a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the President (Presidenti) is the head of state and the Prime Minister (Kryeministri) the head of government. Parliamentary elections are held every four years,the most recent in 2021.
Ramush Haradinaj is a Kosovo Albanian politician,leader of the AAK party,and the third prime minister of Kosovo. He is a former officer and leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),and previously served as Prime Minister of Kosovo between 2004 and 2005.
Dick Marty was a Swiss politician and state prosecutor of the canton of Ticino. He was a member of the Swiss Council of States and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovar Albanian politician who was the president of Kosovo from April 2016 until his resignation on 5 November 2020 to face a war crimes tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the new cabinet led by Isa Mustafa,which assumed office on 12 December 2014.
Fatmir Limaj,is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the leader of Nisma Socialdemokrate. Limaj served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunication in the government of the Republic of Kosovo. He was known as "Çeliku" during the Yugoslav wars.
Jakup Krasniqi is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former acting President of Kosovo. He is former Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo. In 2020,he was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Kosovo War.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 12 December 2010,following a vote of no-confidence in the government that brought forward the election. Those were the first elections after the country declared independence.
The Social Democratic Initiative(Albanian:Nisma Socialdemokrate) also known as NISMA,is a political party in Kosovo formed by Fatmir Limaj and Jakup Krasniqi,former members of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC) is a court of Kosovo,located in The Hague (Netherlands),hosting four Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor's 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.
Kosovo Intelligence Service more commonly known by its Albanian acronym SHIK was an underground intelligence organization credited with post-war murders of political figures in Kosovo. SHIK reported its official disbandment in 2008. Key figures in SHIK were former Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo,Kadri Veseli,and MPs Elmi Reçica,Fadil Demaku,Bekim Haxhiu and former MPs Fatmir Xhelili and Latif Gashi,Trepça CEO Ferat Shala and Ilmi Ramadani.
The parliament of Kosovo held indirect elections for president of Kosovo on 3 and 4 April 2021. The elections successfully concluded after three rounds,with Vjosa Osmani winning 71 votes out of a total possible 120. Three political parties boycotted the vote. Nasuf Bejta,also a member of Guxo,the political party Osmani founded,was the only other candidate who received a vote during any of the other rounds.
Events from the year 2020 in Kosovo.
Salih Mustafa also known by the nickname "Cali",is a former Kosovo Albanian war commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from the Guerilla BIA unit,which operated in the regions during the Kosovo War in Gollak,Zllash. He was the former founder and Leader of the Nationalist Communist Party National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo and the former intelligence chief of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) until his indictment in The Hague. In 2022,he was convicted of war crimes in Kosovo Special Court and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment.
Fadil Nura is a politician in Kosovo. He was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2020 to 2021 and has been the mayor of Skenderaj since 2021. Nura is a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
The Mališevo mass grave is a grave found in 2005 in the town of Mališevo,Kosovo. The grave contained the bodies of 12 Serb civilians and 1 ethnic Bulgarian,executed during the Kosovo War by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
Sokol Bashota is a politician and former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2004 to 2007 and was mayor of Klina from 2007 to 2017. Bashota is a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
Rustem Mustafa,also known Remi,was the former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) Llap Operational Zone. Born in Kosovo,Mustafa played a significant role in the armed conflict between Serbian forces and the KLA during the late 1990s.
Kosovo Liberation Army