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Pristina or Prishtina [a] (UK: / ˈ p r iː ʃ t ɪ n ə, p r ɪ ʃ ˈ t iː n ə / PREE-shtin-ə, prish-TEE-nə, [4] [5] US: / ˈ p r ɪ ʃ t ɪ n ə / PRISHT-in-ə) [6] [b] is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district. [7] In antiquity, the area of Pristina was part of ...
During the 17th century, citizens of Pristina led by the Albanian priest Pjeter Bogdani vowed loyalty to the Austrian army and its troops. [10] A communist decision to make Pristina the capital of Kosovo happened in 1947 during a period of a rapid development and structural despair. [10]
Geographical map of Kosovo Map of the Republic of Kosovo, as proclaimed in 2008. 2000 unrest in Kosovo; 2001 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe OSCE supervised the first elections in the Kosovo Assembly and elected Ibrahim Rugova as president and Bajram Rexhepi as prime minister, [109] [110] [111] 2004 unrest in Kosovo
The fortress is located in an altitude of maximum 766 meters above the sea level, and is approximately sited 9 km southeast from the town of Kosovo Polje and only 2 kilometers west from Pristina International Airport. The total surface of the fortress, also counting along the circular walls/ ramparts, measures around 1.3 hectares of the inner ...
Category: History of cities in Kosovo. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... History of Pristina (2 C, 5 P)
The history of Kosovo dates back to pre-historic times when the Starčevo culture, Vinča culture, Bubanj-Hum culture, and Baden culture were active in the region. Since then, many archaeological sites have been discovered due to the abundance of natural resources which gave way to the development of life.
Kosovo District (Serbian Cyrillic: Косовски округ, romanized: Kosovski okrug, pronounced [kôsovskiː ôkruːɡ]; Albanian: Distrikti i Kosovës) was a district of Kosovo and Metohija between 1990 and the end of the Kosovo War in 1999. From the Serbian point of view, the district continues to be part of the Republic of Serbia.
Once the remaining European route (E80) from Pristina to Merdare section project will be completed, the motorway will link Kosovo through the present European route (E80) highway with the Pan-European corridor X near Niš in Serbia. The R6 Motorway, forming part of the E65, is the second motorway constructed in the region.