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Baicë
Baicë is a village in the District of Pristina, Kosovo. It is located southwest of Pristina, south of Komorane. Notable people *Rasim Kiçina Rasim Kiçina (25 August 1972 – 30 May 1999) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army and early member of the General Staff of the KLA, who was killed by in an ambush near Arllat during the Kosovo War. Early life Rasim Kiçina was born on ..., KLA commander References Villages in Drenas {{Kosovo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasim Kiçina
Rasim Kiçina (25 August 1972 – 30 May 1999) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army and early member of the General Staff of the KLA, who was killed by in an ambush near Arllat during the Kosovo War. Early life Rasim Kiçina was born on August 25, 1972, in Banjica, Drenica, into a modest but respected family known for their resistance against foreign rule. His grandfather had taken up arms against governing authorities, a tradition of defiance that influenced Rasim's upbringing. Rasim completed his primary education in Baicë, where he was known for his academic abilities and athletic physique. In 1987, he enrolled in the "Skenderbeu" high school in Drenica, where he stood out not only in academics but also in sports, particularly football. He was sociable and well-liked by other students. However, an important event occurred in 1992 when Rasim, still in high school, confronted two armed Serbian police officers who were harassing Albanian passengers on a train. Rasim d ... [...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 Pristina
The District of Pristina (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Приштински округ, Prištinski okrug) is a districts of Kosovo, district in Kosovo. Its seat is the capital city of Pristina. It consists of eight municipalities and 298 villages. According to the 2024 census, the total population of the district is 511,938. Municipalities The district of Pristina has a total of eight municipalities and 298 other smaller settlements: Ethnic groups In 1991, the municipalities with an Albanian majority were: Pristina (88.63%), Obiliq (80.31%), Kosovo Polje (82.63%), Lipjan (79.36%), Podujevë (98.91%), and Drenas (99.87%). The municipality of Novo Brdo had a Serb-Montenegrin majority in 1991 (58.12%). In the 2011 census, Albanians are the majority in: Pristina (97.8%), Drenas (99.9%), Podujevë (98.9%), Lipjan (94.6%), Obiliq (92.1%), Fushë Kosova (86.9%), and Novo Brdo (52.4%). Serbs are the majority population in Gračanica, Kosovo, Gračanica municipality with 67.5%. Ethnic groups i ... [...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] |
Drenas
Drenas or Gllogovc/Gllogoc ( sq-definite, Drenasi or ''Gllogovci/Gllogoci'') or Glogovac ( sr-Cyrl, Глоговац) is a town and municipality in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. The municipality has an area of . According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 48,079. History The municipality was established before World War II as a distinct social, political, and administrative unit. Over the past eighty years, economic development has been very limited, as previous governments, directed from the central authorities of Yugoslavia, largely neglected the municipality. Historically, Drenas was focused on extensive agricultural development. In the 1970s, the first initiatives for economic development in Drenas began to emerge. These efforts were accompanied by urban spatial development as well. In 1981, the settlement of Drenas was officially declared a town, becoming the main administrative, cultural, social, and municipal center of the area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pristina
Pristina or Prishtina ( , ), . is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and District of Pristina, district. In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of the Dardanian Kingdom. The heritage of the classical era is represented by the settlement of Ulpiana. After the Roman Empire was divided into a western and an eastern half, the area remained within the Byzantine Empire between the 5th and 9th centuries. In the middle of the 9th century, it was ceded to the First Bulgarian Empire, before falling again under Byzantine occupation in the early 11th century and then in the late 11th century to the Second Bulgarian Empire. The growing Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Kingdom of Serbia annexed the area in the 13th century and it remained under the Serbian Empire in the 14th century up to the start of the Ottoman era (1389–1455). The next centuries would be characterized by Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule. During this per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komorane
Komoran (in Albanian) or Komorane ( sr-Cyrl, Коморане) is a village south of Drenas, in Kosovo Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the .... References Villages in Drenas Drenica {{Kosovo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an Albanians, ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Republic of Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia and Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Albanian nationalism was a central tenet of the KLA and many in its ranks supported the creation of a Greater Albania, which would encompass all Albanians in the Balkans, stressing Culture of Albania, Albanian culture, ethnicity and nation. Military precursors to the KLA began in the late 1980s with armed resistance to Yugoslav police trying to take Albanian activists in custody.. By the early 1990s there were attacks on police forces and secret-service officials who abused Albanian civilians. By mid-1998 the KLA was involved in frontal battle though it was outnumbered and outgunned. Conflict escalated from 1997 onward due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
