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Ćuška
Qyshk (in Albanian) or Ćuška ( sr-Cyrl, Ћушка) is a village near Peja, in western Kosovo. It is inhabited predominantly by ethnic Albanians. History In May 1999, during the Kosovo War, the Jackals paramilitary unit massacred civilians in the village. Members of this unit are now facing sentences. Notable people *Agim Çeku Agim Çeku (, born 29 October 1960) is an ethnic Albanian politician from Kosovo, the former Kosovo Security Force, minister of Security Forces in Kosovo and formerly the Prime Minister of Kosovo, prime minister. Of military background, he was a ..., Former Minister of Kosovo Security Force References External links Life in Kosovo: War Crimes(interview with former paramilitary involved in the massacre) Villages in Peja {{Kosovo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ćuška Massacre
The Ćuška massacre (, ) was the killing of 41 Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Albanian civilians, all men aged 19 to 69, by Serbian security forces, the Yugoslav Army and paramilitaries on 14 May 1999 during the Kosovo War. On 13 March 2010, the Serbian war crimes prosecutor announced that nine men had been arrested for their role in the massacre and stated that a total of 26 men were under investigation for murder and theft at Ćuška. Background Ćuška is a village close to the city of Peja. The village had 200 houses and about 2,000 residents, predominantly Albanians. In the early morning of May 14, 1999, Serbian security forces descended on the small village of Ćuška. Once there the women and children were separated from the men, private property was systematically stolen, and identification papers were destroyed. The forces then divided the men into three groups of about ten and taken into three separate houses, where they were gunned down with automatic weapons. Each of the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackals (paramilitary)
The Jackals (, , sr-Cyrl, Шакали) were a Serbian paramilitary group that operated during the Kosovo War in 1999. Paramilitary organizations in the Yugoslav Wars Ćuška massacre On 14 May 1999, 41 Kosovo Albanian male civilians, aged 19 to 69, were killed by the group and other Serbian forces. Serb forces entered the village, during which they began looting houses and expelling woman and children to neighboring villages. The men into three groups and were taken into three separate houses, where they were gunned down with automatic weapons. The houses were then set on fire. Nine members of the group were arrested on 13 March 2010 on suspicion of having committed war crimes in Ćuška. A trial in Belgrade started on 20 December 2010. The trial included: * Srećko Popović * Slaviša Kastratović * Boban Bogićević * Radoslav Brnović * Vidoje Korićanin * Veljko Korićanin * Abdulah Sokić They are accused of committing murders, rapes and robberies in an "extremely brut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agim Çeku
Agim Çeku (, born 29 October 1960) is an ethnic Albanian politician from Kosovo, the former Kosovo Security Force, minister of Security Forces in Kosovo and formerly the Prime Minister of Kosovo, prime minister. Of military background, he was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) that fought against Serbian rule in 1998–1999, earlier being a commander in the Croatian War of Independence in the Croatian Army. Çeku served as an officer in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence and was military commander of the KLA during the 1998–1999 Kosovo War, and then commanded the Kosovo Protection Corps under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Early life Çeku was born in Qyshk, a village near Peja, at the time part of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo of Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia. Military career Çeku completed the seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Kosovo
A District ( or ; or , or ) is the highest level of administrative divisions of Kosovo. The districts of Kosovo are based on the 2000 Reform of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK-Administration. UNMIK reform of 2000 The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK) introduced the following changes to the districts and municipalities of Kosovo (UNMIK) in 2000: * The Kosovska Mitrovica District (Serbia), Kosovska Mitrovica District became the District of Mitrovica. * The Peć District (Serbia), Peć District was split into the District of Peja and the District of Gjakova. ** Additionally, the municipality of Rahovec was transferred to the District of Gjakova. * The Kosovo District was split into the District of Pristina and District of Ferizaj. * The Kosovo-Pomoravlje District was renamed into the District of Gjilan. ** Additionally, it transferred the municipality of Novo Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Of Peja
The District of Peja (, ) is one of the seven districts of Kosovo. It has its seat in the city of Peja. The district has three municipalities and 118 other settlements. According to the 2024 census, the district had 146,301 inhabitants, and is the least populated of all the districts of Kosovo. History Peja region has been occupied from the Illyrian era, and was part of ancient Dardania. It is mentioned in the Roman map of Ptholomeus from the 3rd century CE, and was given by various names such as Siparantum, Pech, Peka, and Pentza during various periods of time. Pechi, the Latin name is first mentioned in the documents from 12th century CE. In the 14th century, Stefan Dusan established the Peja Patriarchy, after separating it from Constantinople. After the Kosovo battle in 1389 CE between the Serbian and Ottoman Empires, the region was under the control of Balshaj family till 1421 and Dukagjini family till 1462. The region came to be a part of Sanjak of Scutari in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Kosovo
A municipality (; ) is the basic administrative division in Kosovo and constitutes the only level of power in local governance. There are 38 municipalities in Kosovo; 27 of which have an Kosovo Albanians, Albanian ethnic majority, 10 Kosovo Serbs, Serb and Mamusha, 1 Turks in Kosovo, Turkish. After the Brussels Agreement (2013), 2013 Brussels Agreement, signed by the governments of Government of Kosovo, Kosovo and Government of Serbia, Serbia, an agreement was made to create a Community of Serb Municipalities, which would operate within Kosovo's legal framework. Since 2013, the agreement has not been fulfilled by Kosovo's authorities, calling upon its Constitution of Kosovo, constitution and territorial integrity. List of municipalities Powers of municipalities All municipalities have the following competences, as regulated by Law Nr. 03/L-040 of the Constitution of Kosovo: # Local economic development. # Urban and rural planning. # Land use and development. # Implementation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peja
Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the Peja's Lumbardh in the western part of Kosovo. In medieval times, the city was under Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rule. After its integration into Serbian territory, it became the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1346. The Patriarchal monastery of Peć is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo. Under Ottoman rule the city became a district capital with mosques and civil architecture. From the end of the nineteenth century until today, the city has been the site of nationalist aspirations and claims for both ethnic Albanians and Serbs, often resulting in tense inter-ethnic relations and conflict. According to the 2024 census, the municipality of Peja has 82,745 inhabitants. The municipality covers an area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The UTC offset, time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: :de:Mitteleuropäische Zeit, MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis per UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2023, all member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. The next change to CET is scheduled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Language
Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It is the native language of the Albanian people. Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and a co-official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro, where it is the primary language of significant Albanian minority communities. Albanian is recognized as a minority language in Italy, Croatia, Romania, and Serbia. It is also spoken in Greece and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Albanian is estimated to have as many as 7.5 million native speakers. Albanian and other Paleo-Balkan languages had their formative core in the Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region. Albanian in antiquity is often thought to have been an Illyrian language for ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, and Serbia, as well as in Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and the other continents. The language of the Albanians is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. Albanians have a western Paleo-Balkanic origin, and for obvious geographic and historical reasons most scholars maintain that they descended at least partially from the Illyrians, but besides the Illyrians which specific Paleo-Balkan group contributed to the ethnogenesis of the Albanians is still a matter of academic deba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косовски рат, Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian separatist militia known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The conflict ended when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervened by beginning air strikes in March 1999 which resulted in Yugoslav forces withdrawing from Kosovo. The KLA was formed in the early 1990s to fight against the discrimination of ethnic Albanians and the repression of political dissent by the Serbian authorities, which started after the suppression of Kosovo's autonomy and other discriminatory policies against Albanians by Serbian leader Slobodan Milošević in 1989. The KLA initiated its first campaign in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
