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2021 In Kosovo
Events in the year 2021 in Kosovo. Incumbents * President: Vjosa Osmani * Prime Minister: Avdullah Hoti (until 22 March); Albin Kurti (from 22 March) Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo * 14 February – The 2021 Kosovan presidential election took place. * 20 September – North Kosovo tensions and road blockages after a license-plate bill allowing Kosovars of any ethnicity to have Serbian license-plates had expired and Kosovar authorities began confiscating the license-plates. * 23 September – Serbia begins moving troops to Kosovo border and places troops on high alert. * 25 September – Internal ministry buildings were attacked and set on fire in Northern Kosovo. * 26 November – A gunman opened fire in central Kosovo on a bus carrying students, killing two of them, a boy and a girl, and the driver. In addition, a 14-year-old was injured but his condition is stable. According to local media, the gunman wore a mask and was armed with an AK–47 submachine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Europe. It lies at the centre of the Balkans. Kosovo unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008, and has since gained diplomatic recognition as a sovereign state by 101 member states of the United Nations. It is bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo is dominated by the vast plains and fields of Dukagjini and Kosovo field. The Accursed Mountains and Šar Mountains rise in the southwest and southeast, respectively. Its capital and largest city is Pristina. In classical antiquity, the central tribe which emerged in the territory of Kosovo were Dardani, who formed an independent polity known as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Kosovo
The president of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Presidenti i Republikës së Kosovës, ), is the head of state and chief representative of the de facto Republic of Kosovo in the country and abroad. The president is elected indirectly, by the Assembly of Kosovo, in a secret ballot by a two-thirds majority of deputies in functions. If no candidate achieves a two-thirds majority, at the third ballot the candidate who receives a simple majority is elected. The vote in the Assembly should take place no later than a month before the end of the incumbent president's term of office. The president serves for a five-year term, renewable once. History and precursor The first post-war president, who served until his death in January 2006, was Ibrahim Rugova. His successor was Fatmir Sejdiu. When Sejdiu resigned from his post on 27 September 2010, Jakup Krasniqi served as acting president. On 22 February 2011, Behgjet Pacolli was elected as a president of Kosovo, which was quickly evaluated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjosa Osmani
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovar Albanian jurist and politician serving as the 5th and current President of Kosovo since 4 April 2021. Born in former Yugoslavia and raised in the city then known as Titova Mitrovica, today the city of Mitrovica, Osmani became a political activist and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She worked as an advisor to the then president of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu before she was elected to the Assembly. Osmani held the position of Speaker of the Assembly from February 2020 to March 2021, and also served as acting president between November 2020 and March 2021 after the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. Upon her election as president, Osmani became the second woman to hold the position, as well as the first person to have served as both acting president and president of Kosovo. Osmani successfully ran on an anti-corruption platform and has expressed a desire to normalize rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Kosovo
The prime minister of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Kryeministri i Republikës së Kosovës, sr, Премијер Републике Косова, Premijer Republike Kosova) is the head of government of Kosovo. The prime minister and the Government of Kosovo, which they head, are responsible for their actions to the Assembly of Kosovo, of which they must all be members. The current prime minister of Kosovo is Albin Kurti, who assumed office on 22 March 2021. Officeholders Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo ; Parties Republic of Kosova (recognised only by Albania) ; Parties UN-administered Kosovo ; Parties Republic of Kosovo (as recognised ) ; Parties Deputy Prime Ministers See also *President of the Presidency of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo *President of Kosovo *Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo References Notes External links The Official website of the Prime Minister of Kosovo {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avdullah Hoti
Avdullah Hoti (born 4 February 1976) is a Kosovan politician, who served as the prime minister of Kosovo from 3 June 2020 until 22 March 2021. He previously served as the minister of Finance of Kosovo between 2014 and 2017 in the PDK/ LDK coalition government. In September 2020, Hoti signed the agreement on normalisation of economic relations with Serbia and accession to the Mini Schengen Zone, as well as on mutual recognition between Kosovo and Israel and the establishment of diplomatic relations. He has an active role in the European Union-mediated negotiations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo. Political career He joined the political party LDK in 2006. He was elected as vice president of Pristina (Kosovo's capital) in the 2008 communal elections. He served until the next communal elections in 2013, when his party lost the city. In the next year, he was a candidate in the parliamentary elections as Minister of Finance and he was elected. He served in that pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Kurti
Albin Kurti (; born 24 March 1975) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and activist, serving as the Prime Minister of Kosovo since 22 March 2021, having previously served in that role between February and June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 as the vice-president of the University of Pristina student union, and a main organizer of non-violent demonstrations in 1997 and 1998. When Adem Demaçi became the political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Kurti worked in his office. He has been member of the Assembly of Kosovo since 2010 in three consecutive legislatures. Early life Albin Kurti was born on 24 March 1975 in Pristina, at the time part of Yugoslavia. Kurti's father originates from an Albanian family from the village of Sukobin (Albanian: Sukubinë) in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro; an engineer, he moved to Pristina in search for employment. Kurti's mother is a retired elementary school teacher, born and educated in Pristina. Kurti finished his elementar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Kosovo
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was to be confirmed on the 13 March 2020 when an Italian women in her 20s work in the Caritas Kosova at Klina. As of 14 January 2023, 1,836,901 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Kosovo. Background On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Timeline 13–20 March 2020 On 13 March, the first two cases were confirmed, a 77-year-old man from Vitina and an Italian woman in her early 20s, who worked in Kli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Kosovan Presidential Election
The parliament of Kosovo held indirect elections for president of Kosovo on and . 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 constitution states that the presidential election must be held on or before 30 days prior to the end of the current president's term. This is the fifth presidential election in Kosovo since 2008, when Kosovo declared its independence. Background Hashim Thaçi took office as president on 7 April 2016, but resigned on 5 November 2020 after the Hague-based Specialist Chambers confirmed a war crime indictment against him. Thaçi had been eligible for re-election for a second and final five-year term in 2021. Speaker of the Assembly Vjosa Osmani replaced Thaçi in an acting capac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolë Berisha
Kolë Berisha ( sh, Kola Beriša; 26 October 1947 – 29 August 2021) was a politician who served as the Chair of Assembly of Kosovo from March 2006 to 2007. Berisha was also a deputy leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo. He had entered the political scene after a successful career in education in Klina, his hometown. He had a law degree from the University of Priština A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which rou .... Kolë Berisha was married and had two children. He died in August 2021 at the age of 73. References External linksKolë Berisha, Kosovo Parliament website 1947 births 2021 deaths People from Klina Chairmen of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo Democratic League of Kosovo politicians University of Pristina alumni {{Kosovo-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In The European Union
Events from 2021 in the European Union. Incumbents * President of the European Council ** Charles Michel * Commission President ** Ursula von der Leyen * Council Presidency ** Portugal (Jan – Jun 2021) ** Slovenia (July – Dec 2021) * Parliament President ** David Sassoli * High Representative ** Josep Borrell Events January * 6 January – The European Medicines Agency approves the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use within the European Union. March * 3 March – Hungary's Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán decided to leave the EPP Group, after the EPP Group's new rules. April * 1 April – The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Italian former Minister of the Interior and leader of Northern League Matteo Salvini vists Hungary to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán. It was wildly reported by the media they talked about forming a New Nationalist Conservative political group of the European Parliament to counter European Peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Europe
The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City. Italy was the first European country to experience a major outbreak in early 2020, becoming the first country worldwide to introduce a national lockdown. By 13 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Europe the epicentre of the pandemic and it remained so until the WHO announced it was overtaken by South America on 22 May. By 18 March 2020, lockdowns introduced in Europe affected more than 250 million people. Despite deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, Europe became the pandemic's epicentre once again in late 2021. On 11 January 2022, Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe said, "more than 50 percent of the population in the region will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Kosovo
Events in the year 2021 in Kosovo. Incumbents * President: Vjosa Osmani * Prime Minister: Avdullah Hoti (until 22 March); Albin Kurti (from 22 March) Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo * 14 February – The 2021 Kosovan presidential election took place. * 20 September – North Kosovo tensions and road blockages after a license-plate bill allowing Kosovars of any ethnicity to have Serbian license-plates had expired and Kosovar authorities began confiscating the license-plates. * 23 September – Serbia begins moving troops to Kosovo border and places troops on high alert. * 25 September – Internal ministry buildings were attacked and set on fire in Northern Kosovo. * 26 November – A gunman opened fire in central Kosovo on a bus carrying students, killing two of them, a boy and a girl, and the driver. In addition, a 14-year-old was injured but his condition is stable. According to local media, the gunman wore a mask and was armed with an AK–47 submachine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
