Gjakova is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants,while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants.
The Democratic League of Kosovo is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo.
The University of Pristina is a public university located in Pristina,Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–1999) as a result of the Kosovo War. The inauguration of the university was a historical occurrence not only for the people of Kosovo,but for the whole Albanian nation. On 15 February,the solemn Parliament session took place,which is also proclaimed as The University of Pristina's Day. In the composition of the newly established University of Pristina were faculties with their headquarters in Pristina:the Faculty of Philosophy,Faculty of Law and Economics,Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Medicine. Now the University of Pristina has 17 faculties,of which 14 are academic faculties and 3 are faculties of applied sciences. Contained within the emblem is a translation of the name into Latin,Universitas Studiorum Prishtiniensis.
Japan–Kosovo relations are foreign relations between Japan and Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on February 17,2008,and Japan recognized it on March 18,2008. According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Japan and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on February 25,2009.
Behgjet Isa Pacolli is a Kosovar Albanian politician and businessman who served as the first deputy prime minister of Kosovo and minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019 under the Ramush Haradinaj government. Pacolli is a former president of Kosovo,and served as the first deputy prime minister of Kosovo between 2011 and 2014. Pacolli was one of the signatories of the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence.
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.
Isa Mustafa is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) between 2010 and 2021.
Valon Saraqini is a Macedonian politician of Albanian descent. He served as the Minister of Economy of Macedonia,today known as North Macedonia. He took the office of a Minister of Economy in July 2011,setting as priorities in his mandate the improvement of the business climate,increasing competitiveness of Macedonian economy,development of an efficient and stable energy system,planned and sustainable utilization of mineral resources and development of tourism.
A substantial emigration from Kosovo has taken place in various phases during the second half of the 20th century. It is estimated that about a third of people born in Kosovo currently live outside Kosovo. Emigration has taken place in separate waves motivated mainly by economic reasons,but also as a result of the Kosovo War. The Kosovo diaspora is usually included in the wider Albanian diaspora with Albanians from Albania and North Macedonia.
Mirlinda Kusari Purrini is the founder and executive director of SHE-ERA in Kosovo,a post she has held since September,1999. She is an economist by occupation with a degree in Economics and Finance at the University of Pristina. Mrs. Kusari is active in both business and humanitarian circles with experience in international research and projects.
The unification of Albania and Kosovo is a political idea,revived before and after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. This idea has been connected to the irredentist concept of Greater Albania. As of the 2021 estimate,approximately 97% of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians.
Nora Gjakova is a Kosovar judoka. She received a gold medal after winning the women's 57 kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan. In August 2021,she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albania by the President of Albania.
The Alternative is a liberal political party in Kosovo.
Distria Krasniqi is a Kosovar judoka. She received a gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In August 2021,she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albania by the President of Albania.
Rozeta Hajdari is a Kosovar Albanian economist and politician,currently serving as minister of industry,entrepreneurship and trade of the Republic of Kosovo. Following a lengthy career with foreign development organizations,she joined the government as a non-partisan minister in 2020.
Ardian Gjini is a politician in Kosovo. He was a cabinet minister in Kosovo's government from 2005 to 2008,served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2014,and has been the mayor of Gjakova since 2017. Gjini has been a prominent member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) since the party's formation in 2001.
Driton Çaushi is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2016 to 2019,initially as a member of Vetëvendosje (VV) and later with the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (PSD).
Pal Lekaj is a politician and medical doctor in Kosovo. He was the mayor of Gjakova from 2007 to 2013 and a cabinet minister in the Republic of Kosovo government from 2017 to 2020. Lekaj is a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).
