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Pristina is the capital and the economic, financial, political and trade center of Kosovo, due to its location in the center of the country. It is the seat of power of the Government of Kosovo, the residences for work of the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo, and the Parliament of Kosovo.
Kosovo, [ a] officially the Republic of Kosovo, [ b] is a country in Southeast Europe with partial diplomatic recognition. Kosovo lies landlocked in the centre of the Balkans, bordered by Serbia to the north and east, North Macedonia to the southeast, Albania to the southwest, and Montenegro to the west. Most of central Kosovo sits on the ...
Pristina, Kosovo. The District of Prishtina (Albanian: Rajoni i Prishtinës, Serbian: Приштински округ, Prištinski okrug) is a district in Kosovo. Its seat is the capital city of Pristina. [2] It consists of eight municipalities and 298 villages. [3] According to the 2011 census, the total population of the district is 477,312.
Camp Bondsteel is the operation headquarters of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo. It is located near Ferizaj /Uroševac [ 3] in southeastern Kosovo. It is the Regional Command-East headed by the United States Army (U.S. Army) and it is supported by troops from Greece, Italy, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.
Bill Clinton Boulevard. Bill Clinton Boulevard is a boulevard located in Pristina, Kosovo. Following the Kosovo War of 1998 to 1999, Albanians in Kosovo wanted to thank former U.S. President Bill Clinton for his help in their struggle with the government of Yugoslavia. A 11-foot-high (3.4 m) statue of Clinton was unveiled on the boulevard on 1 ...
Following the end of the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and no longer under Serbian rule, Kosovo Albanians in 2001 erected a monument within the centre of Pristina to Skanderbeg, a medieval Albanian who fought against Ottoman forces. [1] [2] Over a journey of four days the statue was brought from Krujë in Albania to the middle of Pristina. [3]
As of December 2012 Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, had a population of 205,133 registered inhabitants. [2]The Rural Part of the municipality as well as the area near the center of Pristina, in terms of socio-economic processes is under the influence of population dynamics, both in terms of demographic regime, which is more expansive, and in addition mechanical population.
Kosovo Museum ( Albanian: Muzeu i Kosovës; Serbian: Музеј Косова / Muzej Kosova) is the national museum of Kosovo, located in the city of Pristina. [1] [2] [3] Established by Yugoslav authorities in 1949, this is the largest museum in Kosovo. It is situated in a 1889 Austro-Hungarian -style building, formerly used as the high ...