Universiteti Fehmi Agani | |
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| Established | 1967 |
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| Location | Gjakova, Kosovo 42°23′01″N20°26′12″E / 42.38361°N 20.43667°E |
| Website | https://uni-gjk.org/al |
The University of Gjakova "Fehmi Agani" - UGJFA is a public university located in Gjakova, Kosovo. [1] It was originally established as a Higher Pedagogical School in 1967 and has since grown into a comprehensive university. [2] [3]
Gjakova or Đakovica 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.
Podujevo or Besianë is a city and municipality in the Pristina District in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the city of Podujevo has 23,453 inhabitants, while the municipality has 88,499 inhabitants. Podujevo is the largest municipality of Kosovo since it covers 633 km2 (244 sq mi) and is located along a regional motorway and also has railroad passing through it, which links the area to surrounding regions. Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, is located some 23 km (14 mi) to the south.
The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo is a right-wing political party in Kosovo.
Junik is a town and municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo.
Gjakova Airport AMIKO is an airport in the village Lugbunar, near Gjakova in western Kosovo. The airport is currently in military use by the Kosovo Security Force. The possibility for the airport to serve a dual civilian-military use has also been mentioned. In that scenario, the airport would host low-cost commercial airlines and cargo flights. However, such plans by the Kosovo government are difficult to implement due to the contract with “Limak & Aeroport de Lyon,” which does not allow for competition to the Pristina International Airport until 2030.
A District is the highest level of administrative divisions of Kosovo. The districts of Kosovo are based on the 2000 Reform of the UNMIK-Administration.
The National Library of Kosovo is the highest library institution in Kosovo established by the Assembly and is located in Pristina.
Fehmi Agani was a sociologist and politician in Kosovo who was considered to be the leading thinker and political strategist of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in the 1990s. He represented the LDK in international negotiations prior to the 1998–1999 Kosovo War, but was murdered, apparently by Serbian soldiers, during the war because his political attitudes.
Morina tribe is a small tribe and historical region of the Highlands of Gjakova in Kosovo. The border post between Albania and Kosovo called Qafë Morinë lies on Morina territory, however the Morina have settled various parts of Kosovo, in particular Gjakova, Dardana and Gjilan.
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.
The Bujan Conference was a political assembly held between December 31st, 1943 and January 2nd, 1944 in Bujan, a village in the Highlands of Gjakova. It was attended by 49 delegates from the Communist Party of Albania and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The organization of the conference was fueled by the main political goal among Kosovo Albanians in that era which was self-determination and reunification of Kosovo with Albania. The main resolution voted in Bujan called for the unification of the Socialist Republic of Albania and Kosovo after the end of WWII. The resolution of Bujan was abandoned after German retreat from the Balkans. Kosovo remained part of Yugoslavia, as an autonomous region of SR Serbia. The first uprising against the new Yugoslav regime began in late 1944, a few weeks after Yugoslav leadership made it clear that the unification of Kosovo with Albania would not occur after the war.
Ymer Berisha was an Albanian secondary-school teacher in Prishtina and was made head of the anticommunist Besa Kombëtare organization in Kosovo in the final months of the Second World War. In late October 1945, he sent this memorandum to Brigadier General Hodgson, head of the British Military Mission in Albania, in an appeal for help in their futile struggle against the advancing communist partisans. No assistance was forthcoming, and anticommunist forces in Kosovo were soon overwhelmed and annihilated.
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).
The Faculty of Philosophy is the first faculty in Kosovo, established on October 30, 1960, a decade before the founding of the University of Prishtina itself.
Aqif Shehu is a former politician in Kosovo. 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).
Mazllom Kumnova is a former politician in Kosovo. He was the interim mayor of Gjakova from 1999 to 2001 and served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2005 to 2007. Kumnova is a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).
