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Ljubomir Marić
Ljubomir Marić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Марић, ; born 1977) is a politician in Serbia and Kosovo. He was minister of administration and local government in the government of Kosovo from 2014 to 2016 as a representative of the Serb List. He was later elected to the National Assembly of Serbia in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. Marić is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party. Private life Marić was born in 1977 in Knin, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Croatia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. When he was eighteen years old in 1995, he and his family fled Knin during Operation Storm and settled in Kosovska Mitrovica in Kosovo and Metohija. He has a master's degree in management. Government minister in Kosovo The Serb List entered Kosovo's coalition government following the 2013 Brussels Agreement, which normalized some relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo without resolving the status of the territory. Marić was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knin
Knin () is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka (Croatia), Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split, Croatia, Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as the capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), medieval Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina within the newly independent Croatia, Republic of Croatia for the duration of the Croatian War of Independence from 1991 to 1995. Etymology The name is likely derived from the Illyrian language, Illyrian ''Ninia''. According to an alternative explanation, offered by Franz Miklosich and Petar Skok, the name - derived from a Slavic root ''*tьn-'' ("to cut", "to chop") - means "cleared forest". The medieval names of Knin include ; ; . The Latin name is still used as a titular see, titular episcopal see, the Diocese of Tinum. History Ancient The are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Serbian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 June 2020. Initially organized for 26 April 2020, they were postponed by a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In the period before the elections, inter-party European Parliament–mediated dialogue was held and certain changes in election legislation were made. Numerous parliamentary and non-parliamentary political parties Election boycott, boycotted the elections, including the major opposition coalition Alliance for Serbia, which said that there were no conditions for free and fair elections. This resulted in the lowest turnout since the establishment of a multi-party system in 1990. The Serbian Progressive Party–led SNS coalition, coalition won one of the largest parliamentary majorities in Europe. Election observer organizations declared that the elections were conducted efficiently according to minimum democratic standards, but noted some irregularities that affect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement Of Socialists
The Movement of Socialists (, abbr. PS) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2008 by Aleksandar Vulin, who served as the party's president until 2022 when he was succeeded by Bojan Torbica. History It was founded on 8 August 2008 by Aleksandar Vulin, a former high-ranking member of Yugoslav Left who left it in 1998 after perceiving the party to have "betrayed its program and became a political mask for the wealthy sitting in the party". It is a part of the governing coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). It was formed by former members of the Socialist Party of Serbia because they disagreed with the pro-European policy of the party; however, it was a member of the pro-European SNS-led coalitions in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, 2012 (as part of Let's Get Serbia Moving alliance) and in the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election, 2014 Serbian parliamentary election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trepča Mines
Trepca ( / ''Trepča'', ) may refer to: * Trepça Mines, an industrial complex in Mitrovica, Kosovo * KB Trepça, a basketball club in Mitrovica founded in 1947 * KF Trepça, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1932 * KH Trepça, a handball club in Mitrovica founded in 1950 * KF Trepça'89, a football club in Mitrovica founded in 1940/1989 * FK Trepča, a football club in North Mitrovica founded in 1932/1989 * Trepča, Montenegro, a village in Montenegro * Trepça, Melan, a village in Albania {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Kosovan Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Kosovo on 26 February 2016. They had originally been planned for 2013 following constitutional changes expected to be passed after the compromise reached after the indirect 2011 election. However, on 6 July 2012, the Constitutional Court ruled that the presidential term could not be cut short in this way. Former prime minister Hashim Thaçi was elected after a third round of voting, defeating Rafet Rama. Electoral system In order to be elected, a candidate was required to receive at least 80 votes in the first two rounds of voting, equivalent to two-thirds of the 120 members of the Assembly. In the third round, the requirement was reduced to a simple majority of 60 votes. Albeu, 26 January 2016 |
Kosovo Serbs
Kosovo Serbs form the largest ethnic minority group in Kosovo (5–6%). The precise number of Kosovo Serbs is difficult to determine as they have boycotted national censuses. However, it is estimated that there are about 95,000 of them, nearly half of whom live in North Kosovo. Other Serbian enclaves in Kosovo, Kosovo Serb communities live in the Southern municipalities of Kosovo. The medieval Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) and the Serbian Empire (1346–1371) included parts of the territory of Kosovo until its annexation by the Ottomans following the Battle of Kosovo (1389), considered one of the most notable events of Serbian history. Afterwards, it was a part of the Serbian Despotate. Modern Serbian historiography considers Kosovo in this period to be the political, religious and cultural core of the Medieval Serbia, medieval Serbian state. In the History of the Balkans#Late Middle Ages, Ottoman period (1455–1913), the situation of the Serb p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Of Serb Municipalities
The Community of Serb Municipalities (, ZSO; , AKS) is a planned inter-municipal association of Serbs in Kosovo, ethnic Serb majority Municipalities of Kosovo, municipalities in Kosovo. The proposal for the association came as a result of the 2013 Brussels Agreement negotiated and concluded by the governments of Government of Kosovo, Kosovo and Government of Serbia, Serbia. In accordance with the competences given by the European Charter of Local Self-Government and Kosovo law, the participating municipalities would be entitled to cooperate in exercising their powers collectively through the association. The association would have full overview of the areas of economic development, education, health, urban and rural planning. The Community was expected to be officially established within Kosovo's legal framework in 2015, but its formation was postponed over conflicts about extent of powers. As part of a European Union mediated Ohrid Agreement (2023), normalisation agreement accep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels Agreement (2013)
The First Agreement of Principles Governing the Normalisation of Relations, informally known as the Brussels Agreement ( / ''Briselski sporazum'', ), is an agreement to normalize relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo. The agreement, negotiated and concluded in Brussels under the auspices of the European Union, was signed on 19 April 2013. Negotiations were led by Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi, mediated by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton. The government of Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state, but began normalising relations with the government of Kosovo as a result of the agreement. In Belgrade, the agreement was criticized by protestors as a convalidation of Kosovo independence. Background Following the Kosovo War and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, Kosovo (as part of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) was placed under United Nations administration under UNSC Resol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coalition Government
A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a government by political parties that enter into a power-sharing arrangement of the executive. Coalition governments usually occur when no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election. A party not having majority is common under proportional representation, but not in nations with majoritarian electoral systems. There are different forms of coalition governments, minority coalitions and surplus majority coalition governments. A surplus majority coalition government controls more than the absolute majority of seats in parliament necessary to have a majority in the government, whereas minority coalition governments do not hold the majority of legislative seats. A coalition government may also be created in a time of national difficulty or crisis (for example, during wartime or economic crisis) to give a government the high degree of perceived political legitimacy or collective identity, it can also play a ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master's Degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. A master's degree normally requires previous study at the bachelor's degree, bachelor's level, either as a separate degree or as part of an integrated course. Within the area studied, master's graduates are expected to possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theoretical and applied topics; high order skills in analysis [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo And Metohija
The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (APKM) (; ), commonly known as Kosovo (; ) and abbreviated to Kosmet (from '' Kosovo'' and '' Metohija''; ) or KiM (), is an autonomous province that occupies the southernmost corner of Serbia, as defined by the country's constitution. The territory is the subject of an ongoing political and territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the partially recognised Republic of Kosovo, with the APKM being viewed as the ''de jure'' interpretation of the territory under Serbian law; however, the Serbian government currently does not control the territories because they are administered by the Republic of Kosovo. Its claimed administrative capital and largest city is Pristina. The territory of the province, as defined by Serbian laws, lies in the southern part of Serbia and covers the regions of Kosovo and Metohija. The capital of the province is Pristina. The territory was previously an autonomous province of Serbia during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovska Mitrovica
Mitrovica (Albanian language, Albanian Definiteness, indefinite Albanian morphology#Nouns (declension), form: ''Mitrovicë''; sr-Cyrl, Митровица, Mitrovica), also referred to as Kosovska Mitrovica ( sr-Cyrl, Косовска Митровица, Kosovska Mitrovica; Albanian language, Albanian: ''Mitrovica e Kosovës'') and South Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Јужна Митровица, Južna Mitrovica), is a city in northern Kosovo and administrative center of the District of Mitrovica. In 2013, the city was split into two municipalities, South Mitrovica and North Mitrovica. Settled from Gazivoda Lake, Ujmani/Gazivoda Lake, on the confluence of the rivers Ibar (river), Ibër, Sitnica, Sitnicë, Lushta, and Trepça, the city is surrounded by the mountains of Kopaonik, Rogozna, Mokna, and Çyçavica. According to the 2024 Census, the two municipalities had 72,662 inhabitants of which 64,742 reside in south and 7,920 in north. The history of Mitrovica is rooted in antiquity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
