PRIŠTINA

or Prishtinaboth: prēˈshtĭnä, city (1991 pop. 155,449), S Serbia and Montenegro, in Serbia. It is the chief city and capital of Kosovo and the heart of the Albanian Kosovar separatist movement. Priština, a commercial center with diverse industries, including woodworking, textiles, and food processing, suffered much damage during the 1999 Kosovo crisis. Lead and silver are mined nearby. Priština was a capital of the Serbian empire in the 14th cent.

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books on: PriStina  - 390 results

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1.
The Sovereignty Paradox: The Norms and Politics of International Statebuilding
Book by Dominik Zaum; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: Nation-Building, Sovereignty
...and Professional Conduct for Judges, Pristina, 31 July 2001. Lawyers Committee for...Finance, Macro-Economic Monitor; Pristina, April 2005. Muharremi, Robert, Lulzim...Lessons Learned and Lessons to Be Learned (Pristina/Geneva, Switzerland: CASIN, 2003...
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International Governance of War-Torn Territories: Rule and Reconstruction
Book by Richard Caplan; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Conflict Management, Peacekeeping Forces
...2003: From Reconstruction to Growth, Pristina, December 2000, 9. 23 Author interviews...Author interviews with UNMIK officials in Pristina. The OSCE had begun planning for the...18 November 2002, 13. 40 UNHCR OCM Pristina, Minority Returns by Municipality of...
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Just Intervention
Book by Anthony F. Lang Jr.; Georgetown University Press, 2003
Subjects: Humanitarian Intervention
...interview with a former KLA fighter in Pristina, August 2001. 1 . 74. This is from a statement made by a Kosovar law student, Pristina, August 2001. 1 . 75. Thomas Carothers...authors interview with Shkelzen Maliqi, Pristina, August 1991. 1. 77. I discuss the...
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War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict
Book by Danielle S. Sremac; Praeger, 1999
Subjects: Former Yugoslav Republics--Foreign Relations--United States, Propaganda, American, Public Opinion--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Former Yugoslav Republics, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Foreign Public Opinion, American, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Press Coverage, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Propaganda
...outskirts of the provincial capital of Pristina, increased their sniper attacks on Serbs in Pristina and battled Yugoslav security forces in...on Kosovo towns and villages including Pristina, Novi Badovac, Susica, and Livadje...
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The United Nations and Regional Security: Europe and Beyond
Book by Michael Pugh, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu; Lynne Rienner, 2003
Subjects: Regionalism (International Organization), Security, International
...at Transfer of Authority Cere- mony, Pristina, October 8, 1999. 12. The JSEC is...deputy political adviser to COMKFOR, Pristina, May 2001. 13. Michael Pugh, Civil...See UNMIK Police, Annual Report 2000 (Pristina: UNMIK Police, 2001), ), p. 16...
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journal articles on: PriStina  - 87 results

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The Ethnic Division of Education and the Relations among Non-serb Minorities in Kosovo*
Journal article by Gordana Bozic; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 52, 2010
Subjects: Community, Minority & ethnic groups, Nationalization, Textbooks
...Idrizi, a Bosniak Member of Parliament in Pristina, underscores that the Bosniak community...ineffective implementation of their rights by Pristina as a way, intentional or incidental...Albanian students at the University of Pristina decreased by 17,000; a number of Albanian...
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Improving International Peacebuilding Efforts: The Example of Human Rights Culture in Kosovo
Journal article by Julie Mertus; Global Governance, Vol. 10, 2004
Subjects: Antiterrorism measures, Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes--International aspects, International security, Pacific settlement of international disputes--International aspects, Peace negotiations--International aspects, Security, International
...August 2001. 21. Authors interviews, Pristina and Prizren, Kosovo, July and August...the Protection of Women and Children, Pristina, Kosovo, August 2001. 24. See Julie...Reflections and Analyses, 1989-1998 (Pristina, Kosovo: MM Society, Dukagjini, 1998...
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Civil-Military Responses to Security Challenges in Peace Operations: Ten Lessons from Kosovo
Journal article by John C. Cockell; Global Governance, Vol. 8, 2002
Subjects: Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes, International mediation--Criticism, interpretation, etc., International mediation--Military aspects, International mediation--Political aspects, International relations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., International relations--Military aspects, International relations--Political aspects, Kosovo--International aspects, Kosovo--Political aspects, Pacific settlement of international disputes--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Pacific settlement of international disputes--International aspects, Peacekeeping forces--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Security, International--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Security, International--Military aspects
...coordination, and in some areas (notably in Pristina), joint operations rooms have been...addition to these five agreed sectors (Pristina, Pec, Mitrovica, Prizren, and Gnjilane...restrictions on the ability of KFOR Main HQ in Pristina to establish Kosovo-wide standards...
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A Success Story? Analysing Albanian Ethno-Nationalist Extremism in the Balkans
Journal article by Pavlos-Ioannis Koktsidis, Caspar Ten Dam; East European Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2008
Subjects: Armies--Officials and employees, Armies--Political aspects, Army officers--Political aspects, British Broadcasting Corp. BBC News, Civilian casualties--Political aspects, Human rights--Political aspects, Kosovo Liberation Army, Massacres--Political aspects, Milosevic, Slobodan--Political activity, Political parties--United Kingdom, Political parties--Yugoslavia, Prime ministers--Political aspects, Rebels--Political aspects, Refugees--Political aspects, Terrorism--Political aspects
...the student riots at the University of Pristina on 11 March 1981, nearly a year after...Violence in Kosovo: Whos Killing Whom? (Pristina, London and Washington: ICG Balkans...Violence in Kasovo: Whos Killing Whom? (Pristina, London and Washington: ICG Balkans...
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The Kosovo Crisis: A Dostoievskian Dialogue on International Law, Statecraft, and Soulcraft
Journal article by Robert J. Delahunty, Antonio F. Perez; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: Autonomy (Political science)--Laws, regulations and rules, Autonomy--Laws, regulations and rules, Recognition (International law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Secession--Laws, regulations and rules, United Nations. Charter
...Speech of Father Zossima: A Pilgrimage to Pristina <br/ INTRODUCTION In 2080, the 200th...Kosovos autonomy within Serbia, while Pristina will accept nothing short of independence...joined representatives of Belgrade and Pristina in "the most sustained and intense high...
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magazine articles on: PriStina  - 207 results

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Graham Dancers in Pristina
Magazine article by Hilary Ostlere; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, December 1999
Subjects: Dance companies--Works, Martha Graham Dance Company--Works, Pristina, Yugoslavia--Recreational aspects
GRAHAM DANCERS IN PRISTINA by Hilary Ostlere PRISTINA, Kosovo--Under the banner of the United Nations Childrens...artists to reopen Kosovos venerable National Theatre in Pristina for a three-day festival in September. Principal dancer...
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Kosovo: Pristina Calling
Magazine article by Benjamin Beasley-Murray; Global Finance, Vol. 17, June 2003
Kosovo: Pristina Calling by Benjamin Beasley-Murray Call it frontier banking. In May...target is Micro Enterprise Bank, which dominates banking in the capital Pristina. RBKO has been created by the majority purchase of the American Bank...
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Showdown in Pristina
Magazine article; The Nation, Vol. 269, July 5, 1999
Subjects: Kosovo--Military aspects, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Military policy, Russia--Military policy, United States--Military policy
Showdown in Pristina. The Russian contingent that declared...whether the generals acted unilaterally in Pristina or Yeltsin took the initiative in order...seemingly small confrontation at the Pristina airport reflects fundamental unresolved...
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NATO General Refused U.s. Commander's Order
Magazine article by Scott Park; Human Events, Vol. 55, October 8, 1999
Subjects: Airports, Civil war, Clark, Wesley K, Jackson, Michael (General), Military officers, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Peacekeeping forces, Pristina Serbia Yugoslavia
...chief, ordered British Gen. Sir Michael Jackson to seize the Pristina airport before Russian troops solidified their control of the...Russian Airborne Assault Forces rolled over,the border and into Pristina. The Brits were planning to base their headquarters there...
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Covering Kosovo's Carnage
Magazine article by Don North; American Journalism Review, Vol. 21, January 1999
Subjects: Battles--Media coverage, Journalists--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Kosovo, Yugoslavia--Media coverage
...credentials issued by the Serb government in Pristina, Kosovos capital. But its the Albanian...additional challenges. Moving outside Pristina and beyond the police and army checkpoints...enterprising Serb journalist for Radio Pristina, and driver Ranko Perenic disappeared...
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Kosovo: Russians Control Pristina Airport
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), June 14, 1999
Subjects: Kosovo, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kosovo: Russians Control Pristina Airport. BRITISH troops last night left Pristina airport in Russian control as the arrival of K...province was also dramatically evident outside Pristina, as German forces advancing into the city of...
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Rebels Say They're Battling Serbs in Pristina as Albanian Leader Decries NATO Bombing
Newspaper article by Philip Smucker; The Washington Times, April 1, 1999
Subjects: Kosovo Liberation Army, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rebels say theyre battling Serbs in Pristina as Albanian leader decries NATO bombing...Serbian troops in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, while a centrist ethnic Albanian political...NATO bombing. Yugoslav army leaders in Pristina told Kosovar Albanians early this morning...
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In Pristina, Ethnic Albanians Don't Feel Safe Yet
Newspaper article by Philip Smucker; The Washington Times, June 13, 1999
Subjects: Kosovo Liberation Army, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
In Pristina, ethnic Albanians dont feel safe yet by Philip Smucker PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - As NATO descended on this traumatized...the leg." He said he had tried two times to flee Pristina with his family but had been turned back by his...
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My Eight Days of Horror with Death Lurking at the Door; IN an Eerie Echo of the Diary of Anne Frank, Left, an Albanian Girl Kept a Journal of Eight Horrific Days in Kosovo's Capital, Pristina. Sadbera Gashi, above, Describes the Terror in Her Own Words
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), April 11, 1999
...Kept a Journal of Eight Horrific Days in Kosovos Capital, Pristina. Sadbera Gashi, above, Describes the Terror in Her Own Words...But the dentist wasnt at home. She had escaped somewhere. Pristina is so quiet. I so much hope that things improve soon. March...
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It's Double Quick Time as British Troops Roll in to the Ravaged Remains of Kosovo
Newspaper article by From Simon Houston Pristina; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), June 13, 1999
Subjects: Kosovo Liberation Army, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
...Remains of Kosovo. by From Simon Houston Pristina THEY said it could have taken five days...time rolling into the Kosovan capital of Pristina. It was a gamble which paid off and...5 Airborne Brigade Paras to race for Pristina yesterday afternoon. But regardless...
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encyclopedia articles on: PriStina  - 6 results

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Rugova, Ibrahim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...leader in Kosovo . A scholar and author, he studied at Kosovos Pristina Univ. and the Sorbonne, Paris, and became president of the...Kosovo Writers Union (1988) and professor of Albanian at Pristina Univ. Entering politics when Serbia began its campaign against...
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ThaÇi, Hashim
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
THACI, HASHIM hashem tha che, 1968 , Kosovar political leader. An ethnic Albanian, he studied history and politics at Pristina Univ., becoming active in Kosovo s independence movement. He joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 1993 and soon...
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PriŠtina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRISTINA Kosovo: see Prishtine . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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PrishtinË
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRISHTINE Prishtina, or Pristina pre shtina, city (1991 pop. 155,449), E central Kosovo, the capital and largest city of Kosovo. Prishtine is a commercial...
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Kosovo Field
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KOSOVO FIELD , Serbian Kosovo Polje field of the black birds, WSW of Pristina, Kosovo, site of a battle in which the Turks under Sultan Murad I defeated Serbia and its Bosnian, Montenegrin, Bulgarian...
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