Fadil Vokrri was a Yugoslav football player and administrator of Kosovo Albanian descent.
Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) is a left-leaning social democratic political party in Kosovo. It is a member of the Progressive Alliance,and an observer in the Party of European Socialists,and the Socialist International.
Kosovo is a small and landlocked country in Southeastern Europe. The country is strategically positioned in the center of the Balkan Peninsula enclosed by Montenegro to the west,Serbia to the north and east,North Macedonia to the southeast,and Albania to the southwest. It has no direct access to the Mediterranean Sea but its rivers flow into three seas,the Adriatic,Aegean and Black Sea.
Mark Krasniqi was a Kosovar Albanian ethnographist,publicist,writer and translator who did most of his work while residing in Yugoslavia.
Shpend Ali Ahmeti is a Kosovo Albanian politician who served as the mayor of Pristina. He was leader of the New Spirit Party,which merged into Vetëvendosje in 2011,and served as their vice chairman. However,after internal disputes he left the party in 2018 to become the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo. In 2019 he became an independent politician.
The forests of Kosovo make up about 44.7% Agricultural land comprises 53% of Kosovo's total land area and forests 44.7% of the entire surface of the territory. Most of the forests are located in southwestern Kosovo,including the outskirts of Peja,Deçan,Istog,Junik and Gjakova and are protected by particular laws of the Kosovar Constitution. There are several types of forests in Kosovo and they are mostly represented by pinnate ones.
The Bear Sanctuary Prishtina is a sanctuary for rescued brown bears in Kosovo 22 km close to the city of Prishtina.
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.
Pristina is the capital city of Kosovo. In the preliminary results of the 2011 census the population of Pristina was around 198,000. The majority of the population is Albanian,but there are also smaller communities including Bosniaks,Serbs,Romani and others. The surface of Pristina is 854 km2. Pristina is known as the center of cultural,economical and political developments. The city is home of the University of Pristina,Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari,the Government Building and the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo.
The Maja e Arnenit Strict Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve in the District of Prizren of Southeastern Kosovo. Maja e Arnenit has an area of 30 ha.
The Oshlak Strict Nature Reserve is a strict nature reserve in the District of Prizren and Ferizaj of Southeastern Kosovo. The reserve encompasses 20 hectares of mountainous and hilly terrain,small lakes and wide forests with numerous of the related flora and fauna. It is entirely located within the Sharr Mountains National Park,one of the two national parks of Kosovo.
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.
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician who is the current president of Kosovo since 2021.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 14 February 2021. The results were a landslide victory for Vetëvendosje led by Albin Kurti and its coalition partner,Vjosa Osmani,former speaker of the parliament of Kosovo. The alliance won more than 50% of the total votes,the highest share since the first elections held in 2001,while their nearest rivals,the Democratic Party,finished in second place,trailing by more than 33%.
Përparim Rama is a Kosovo Albanian architect and urban planner serving as the current Mayor of Pristina since 7 December 2021. His work has been published in London Building Design Magazine and several other international design magazines.
Xhafer Tahiri is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2013 to 2014 and was the mayor of Vushtrri from 2017 to 2021. Tahiri is a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
Arsim Rexhepi is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2011,initially as a member of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) and later with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He is now a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).
Shaqir Totaj is a Kosovo-Albanian conservative politician currently serving as Mayor of Prizren. Totaj was elected mayor in 2021 and belongs to the center-right PDK party.
Municipal elections to elect the mayor and Municipal Assembly were held in Prishtina on 17 October 2021,with a second round of the mayoral election on 14 November. The elections came just nine months after parliamentary elections which saw Vetëvendosje win by a landslide. Përparim Rama of the Democratic League of Kosovo won the mayoral election,narrowly defeating Vetëvendosje's Arben Vitia,the Minister of Health. by around 1,600 votes.
