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Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)
The Social Democratic Union ( bs, Socijaldemokratska Unija, SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks in Kosovo, Bosniaks. It was founded by Duda Balje, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of the Vakat Coalition in the 2019 Kosovan parliamentary election, 2019 legislative elections, who then later moved to the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK parliamentary group. The party ran in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election, 2021 legislative elections getting 2,549 votes, initially failing to get any representation in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Assembly. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by the Vakat Coalition and the United Community led by Adrijana Hodžić. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes from Community of Serb Municipalities, Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duda Balje
Duda Balje (born 16 October 1977) is a Bosniaks in Kosovo, Kosovar Bosniak politician. A member of the Vakat Coalition, she served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, Kosovan Assembly from 2001 to 2017. She chaired the Commission on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions. She declared on her Facebook page that she will vote against a new Civil Code that would legalize same-sex marriage. She decided to vote against because it does not match her religious beliefs. Personal life Balje holds a Master of Science in business economics and a Doctorate, Ph.D. in human resources management. She is married and has three children{{cite web, title=Deputetja huton deputetët, kush është nëna e tre fëmijeve që po ndez Kuvendin e Kosovës, url=http://www.story.al/deputetja-huton-deputetet-kush-eshte-nena-e-tre-femijeve-qe-po-ndez-kuvendin-e-kosoves/, website=story.al, language=sq, date=18 April 2018, access-date=2 June 2018. Annotations {{notes, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrijana Hodžić
Adrijana Hodžić (, ; born 1975) is a Kosovar politician of Bosniak ethnicity who is currently serving as the Deputy Mayor of North Mitrovica since 10 December 2020. Prior to this she served as the Minister of Administration and Local Government of Kosovo from 12 April 2019 to 3 February 2020. Biography Hodžić was born to a Bosniak father and an Albanian mother in 1975 in Titova Mitrovica, which at the time was part of the SAP Kosovo, SR Serbia and SFR Yugoslavia. She gained experience in running businesses of public importance immediately after the Kosovo War, when as a regional manager in the non-governmental sector she managed projects in all Serb areas in North Kosovo, including enclaves in the south. First through humanitarian actions (providing accommodation to endangered families, distribution of food, medicine and firewood) and then through a series of economic development projects in these communities. On 20 July 2012, Hodžić was named as the head of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniak Political Parties
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo as well as in Austria, Germany, Turkey and Sweden. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region, adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture, and the Bosnian language. English speakers frequently refer to Bosniaks as Bosnian MuslimsThis term is considered inaccurate since not all Bosniaks profess Islam or practice the religion. Partly because of this, since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, ''Bosniak'' has replaced ''Muslim'' as an official ethnic term in part to ... [...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] |
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] |
Government Of Kosovo
sr, Влада Косова / Vlada Kosova , border = , image = , caption = , date = , polity = Kosovo , address = Government Building, Pristina , leader_title = Prime Minister of Kosovo , appointed = President of Kosovo , main_organ = Cabinet , budget = , responsible = Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo , url = http://www.rks-gov.net The Government of Kosovo ( sq, Qeveria e Kosovës, ) exercises executive authority in the Republic of Kosovo. It is composed of government ministers, and is led by the prime minister. The prime minister is elected by the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. Ministers are nominated by the prime minister and then confirmed by the assembly. Albin Kurti is the current prime minister of Kosovo. His government, approved by the assembly and installed on March 22, 2021, consists of Albanians, as well as ministers from Kosovo's eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vetëvendosje
Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (, en, Self-determination Movement; LVV) is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Kosovo. It is orientated towards principles of social democracy, populism, and Albanian nationalism. Vetëvendosje was founded in 2005 as a grassroots, anti-establishment movement and as a successor of the Kosova Action Network (KAN) and participated in elections for the first time in 2010. The movement widely bases its ideology on the works of Ukshin Hoti. Vetëvendosje campaigns for social and political change based on the principles of equality, democracy, political freedom and social justice for every citizen. The program of Vetëvendosje focuses on three main axes: meritocracy, developmental state, and welfare state. Vetëvendosje is the largest political movement in Kosovo, having won 58 seats in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election together with Vjosa Osmani's Guxo! list, which ran inside Vetëvendosje's list. It is in government in coalition with the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confidence And Supply
In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply are required for a ruling cabinet to retain power in the lower house. A confidence-and-supply agreement is one whereby a party or independent members of parliament will support the government in motions of confidence and appropriation or budget (supply) votes, by either voting in favour or abstaining. However, parties and independent members normally retain the right to otherwise vote in favour of their own policies or on conscience on legislative bills. A coalition government is a more formal arrangement than a confidence-and-supply agreement, in that members from junior parties (i.e., parties other than the largest) gain positions in the cabinet and ministerial roles, and may be expected to hold the government whip on passing legislation. Confidence In most parliamentary democracies, members of a parliament can propose a motion of confidence or of no confidence in the government or ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of Kosovo
The Judiciary of Kosovo is the collection of the central Kosovo institutions that exercises judiciary, judicial authority in Kosovo. According to the 2008 Constitution of Kosovo, the judicial system is composed of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, Supreme Court and subordinate courts, a Constitutional Court of Kosovo, Constitutional Court, and an independent prosecutorial institution. The courts are administered by the Kosovo Judicial Council. History Until 2010, when the Law on Courts was approved by the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo, the 1978 Law on Courts was in force. Under this law there was a regular system of courts consisting of the Municipal Court, District Court, the Court for Minor Offences, the High Court for Minor Offences and the Supreme Court. After the Constitution was enacted, another Court was added to the judicial system: Constitutional Court. But, as explained below, with the new law in force, the system of the Courts and Prosecution Offices had started to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Of Serb Municipalities
The Community of Serb Municipalities ( sr, / ), or Association of Serb Municipalities ( sq, Asociacioni i Komunave Serbe, AKS), is a planned self-governing association of municipalities with a Serb majority population in Kosovo. The proposal for the association came as a result of the 2013 Brussels Agreement negotiated and concluded by the governments of Kosovo and 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 is indefinitely postponed over conflicts about extent of powers. History 1999–2013 After the end of the 1998–99 Kosovo War, the United Nations missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of The Republic Of Kosovo
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Kuvendi i Republikës së Kosovës; sr, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the people every four years. It was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'. On February 17, 2008, representatives of the people of Kosovo unilaterally declared Kosovo's independence and subsequently adopted the Constitution of Kosovo, which came into effect on 15 June 2008. Members The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo is regulated by the Constitution of Kosovo and has 120 directly-elected members; 20 are reserved for national minorities as follows: * 10 seats for the representatives of the Serbs. * 4 seats for the representatives of the Romani, Ashkali and Egyptians. * 3 seats for the Bosniaks. * 2 seats for the Turks. * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prizren
) , settlement_type = Municipality and city , image_skyline = Prizren Collage.jpg , imagesize = 290px , image_caption = View of Prizren , image_alt = View of Prizren , image_flag = , flag_alt = Flag of Prizren , image_seal = , seal_alt = Seal of Prizren , pushpin_map = Kosovo , pushpin_map_alt = Location of Prizren in Kosovo and Europe , pushpin_mapsize = 290 , pushpin_relief = 1 , pushpin_label = Prizren , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type2 = District , subdivision_name2 = Prizren , established_title = , established_date = , government_type = Mayor–council , leader_party = PDK , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Shaqir Tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
