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Thaçi (tribe)
Thaçi is a historical Albanian tribe (''fis'') and region in Pukë District, Pukë, Northern Albania. The ancestors of the Thaçi tribe are said to have migrated from Muriqan in Ana Malit. The Thaçi are often referred to as courageous and smart people by the neighboring tribes due to their supposed qualities of slyness and deception. Geography The historical tribal area of the Thaçi is south of the river Drin in the District of Pukë. Essentially it is south and southeast of Fierzë, Shkodër, Fierza. The Thaçi also border the Berisha which is another tribe from Pukë. The Thaçi throughout the years have settled in many more areas than just Pukë. Descendants of the Thaçi tribe can be found in Kosovo and the Vokshi tribe stem from the Thaçi tribe. Origins The Thaçi were of polyphyletic origin, thus, they are not a traditional Albanian ''fis'' in the sense that they do not claim descendant from a common male ancestor. History According to Franz Nopcsa von Felső-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Tribe
The Albanian tribes () form a historical mode of social organization (''farefisní'') in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties and shared social ties. The ''fis'' ( sq-definite, fisi; commonly translated as "tribe", also as "clan" or "kin" community) stands at the center of Albanian organization based on kinship relations, a concept that can be found among southern Albanians also with the term ''farë'' ( sq-definite, fara). Inherited from ancient Illyrians, Illyrian social structures, Albanian tribal society emerged in the early Middle Ages as the dominant form of social organization among Albanians. The development of feudalism came to both antagonize it, and slowly integrate aspects of it in Albanian feudal society, as most noble families themselves came from these tribes and depended on their support. This process stopped after the Ottoman conquest of Albania and the Balkans in the late 15th century and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaçanik
Kaçanik ( sq-definite, Kaçaniku) or Kačanik ( sr-Cyrl, Качаник, ), is a List of cities in Kosovo, town and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality located in the District of Ferizaj, Ferizaj District of southern Kosovo. According to the 2024 census, the town of Kaçanik has approximately 10,000, while the municipality has 27,742 inhabitants. The municipality covers an area of , including the town of Kaçanik and 31 villages.Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE]Mission in Kosovo: Municipal profile of Kačanik, April 2008. Retrieved on 23 October 2008. Name The founder of the town Koxha Sinan Pasha called the town ''Kaçaniku.'' In 1660, Ottoman writer and traveller Evliya Çelebi visited Kosovo and wrote that the town's name derived from the Ottoman Turkish word ''kaçanlar'' in reference to a group of Albanian bandits that operated in Skopje, Üsküb and used the region of Kaçanik as a hideout. History Early history The region of Kaçanik was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of and has a population of approximately 1.6 million. Kosovo has a varied terrain, with high plains along with rolling hills and List of mountains in Kosovo, mountains, some of which have an altitude over . Its climate is mainly Continental climate, continental with some Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean and Alpine climate, alpine influences. Kosovo's capital and List of cities and towns in Kosovo#List, most populous city is Pristina; other major cities and urban areas include Prizren, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Peja. Kosovo formed the core territory of the Dardani, an ancient Paleo-Balkanic languages, Paleo-Balkanic people attested in classical sources from the 4th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bler Thaçi
Bler Thaçi (born 4 August 1999) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KEK. Club career Thaçi gained recognition in 2013 as the "best under-15 player in Kosovo". He began training with Galatasaray S.K in January 2014. He defected from KF KEK to KF Besa Kavajë in January 2018 alongside compatriot Fatjon Bushati, who joined from KF Ballkani. He returned to KEK in December 2019. Personal life Thaçi is named after former British prime minister Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader .... Career statistics Club Notes References 1999 births Living people People from Obiliq Footballers from the District of Pristina Kosovan men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC KEK-u players FC 2 Korriku pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhamed Thaçi
Muhamed Thaçi (born 30 April 1981), known by his nickname Mujo Thaçi, is a Macedonian-Kosovan Basketball Coach and former professional basketball Swingman who last played for KB Trepça in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. Professional career In October 2007, Thaçi signed with Úrvalsdeild karla club Stjarnan. He was released by the club in November the same year. In four games, he averaged 15.5 points per game while making 47.5% of his three point shots. Coaching career Dinamo Tbilisi (2019–2021) On August 26, 2019, Thaçi became the head coach of Dinamo Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Rahoveci (2022) On August 13, 2022, Thaçi became the head coach of Rahoveci of the Kosovo Superleague. National team career Thaçi was part of the Kosovo national team in a tournament in Alexandria in 2005 where he played against Egypt and Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians In Kosovo
The Albanians of Kosovo (, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the Albanians, ethnic Albanian sub-group of Ghegs, who inhabit the north of Albania, north of the Shkumbin River, Shkumbin river, Kosovo, southern Serbia, and western parts of North Macedonia. They speak Gheg Albanian, more specifically the Northwestern and Northeastern Gheg variants. According to the 1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population. By the estimation in the year 2000, there were between 1,584,000 and 1,733,600 Albanians in Kosovo or 88% of population; as of 2011, their population share is 92.93%. History Pre-7th century Toponymical evidence suggests that Albanian was spoken in western and eastern Kosovo and the Niš region before the Migration Period. In this era, Albanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelina Thaçi
Adelina Thaçi (born 31 May, 1980) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and vocal teacher. Biography Adelina Thaçi was born on 31 May 1980, to Rasim Thaçi (1949–2021), one of the most popular Kosovar comedians and a to a doctor mother and part-time singer, Shukrie Thaçi (born 10 December 1957). She was born in Pristina, the capital of the Republic of Kosovo, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. She started working with music after being registered at a musical high school in her hometown. A few years later, in 1998 she released her first album ''"Liri e jete pa lote"''. In 2001 she released "Shko" (Go), penned by Alfred Kaçinari, which became an instant hit. Since then, she was very active in the Albanian music industry. In 2002 releases the album ''Te Pres'' and in 2003 released the music video "Komsi Komsa". She made a big return in September 2013 when she entered Kënga Magjike Kënga Magjike (; ) is an annual music competition organised by the Albanian television broadcaster Telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second League Of Prizren
The Second League of Prizren was an organisation founded by Albanian officials in occupied Kingdom of Yugoslavia, modern-day Kosovo in September 1943 to campaign for the ethnic unification of Albanians in Albania. From 1918, Kosovo was integrated into the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo faced forced evacuation by the Yugoslav government to Albania or Turkey. As a result, the Italian occupation of Albania in 1939 encouraged many leading Albanians to lobby the Italians to incorporate areas with sizeable Albanian populations like Kosovo into Albania and were encouraged by Mussolini's support of the Greater Albania ideology. However, the Italian surrender on 3 September 1943 stymied these dreams temporarily and attention was turned to the Germans who had occupied Debar and western Macedonia. Bedri Pejani, a political leader who supported an expanded Albanian state that included all Albanian people, wrote to Heinrich Himmler to request his assistanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, and they also live in the neighboring countries of Albanians in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Albanians in Montenegro, Montenegro, Albanians in Greece, Greece, and Albanians in Serbia, Serbia, as well as in Albanians in Italy, Italy, Albanians in Croatia, Croatia, Albanians in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, and Albanians in Turkey, Turkey. Albanians also constitute a large diaspora with several communities established across Europe and the other continents. Albanian language, The language of the Albanians 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. Albanians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedri Pejani
Bedri Pejani (or Bedri bej Ipeku; 10 October 1885 – 6 July 1946) was 20th century Albanian politician. During World War II, he was one of the founders of the Second League of Prizren. Biography Pejani was born in the city of Peja in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, modern day Kosovo, into an Albanian family on the 10th of October 1885 with the name Bedri Thaçi, son of Abdi Thaçi (Pejani). A family which spoke using the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language. To refer to his family origin he used the last name ''Pejani'' (from Peja) as was custom for that period. His family were a part of the Thaçi tribe. Pejani was active in the Nationalist Movement of Albanians in the Skopje region against the Young Turk administration in 1908. He was condemned to death by the Ottoman military court, and according to Sejfi Vllamasi's memories he passed a psychological shock which would affect him later. He was a delegate at the Congress of Monastir of 1908, and President of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatmir Limaj
Fatmir Limaj (born 4 February 1971), is a Kosovo-Albanian politician. He is the leader of '' Nisma Socialdemokrate''. Limaj served as Minister of Transport and Telecommunication in the government of the Republic of Kosovo. He was known as "Çeliku" during the Yugoslav wars. Biography Limaj was born in the village of Banje, in the municipality of Suva Reka, Kosovo, (then Yugoslavia). His family is alleged to descend from the Thaçi tribe (''fis''), a claim that was made by Hashim Thaçi, a member of the tribe and the former Prime Minister of Kosovo, during an interview on the Albanian show "Oxygen". During the 1999 Kosovo War, Limaj was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), in the Llapushnik area. He took part in the Battle of Llapusnik as a commander. His alias was ''Çeliku''. After the war he was one of the founders of what is now Kosovo's largest political party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo. After his indictment, which he was freed from in 2007 ( see below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
