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Pristina

Administration
Full namePristina
Official namePristina
Prishtina / Prishtinë
Приштина / Priština
Settlement typeMunicipality and City
CountryKosovo/Serbia
DistrictDistrict of Pristina
Geography
Total Area329.6 sq mi (854 km2)
Elevation2139.1 ft (652 m)
Demography
Total Population198214 (2011)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Area code+381 38

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Pristina, also spelled Prishtina (Serbian: Приштина or Priština, or Prishtina; ) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district.

Preliminary results of 2011 census puts population of Pristina at 200.000 The city has a majority Albanian population, alongside other smaller communities including Bosniaks, Roma and others. It is the administrative, educational, and cultural centre of Kosovo. The city is home to the University of Pristina and is served by the Pristina International Airport.

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Serbia ready to talk about Kosovo - Gulf Times Tweet this news
Gulf Times--Serbian and Kosovo officials in early March held their first high-level face-to-face meetings, brokered by the European Union, since -Pristina- unilaterally declared independence in 2008. Belgrade still considers Kosovo its southern province, - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:36:37 GMT+00:00
Feith says Kosovo's supervised independence will end soon - Southeast European Times Tweet this news
Southeast European Times---PRISTINA-, Kosovo -- International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith believes the mandate of supervised independence is approaching its end in Kosovo. Supervision from the international community should not continue a minute - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:14:20 GMT+00:00
Stefanoviç: Pristina does not tolerate - Albeu.com Tweet this news
Albeu.com--Serbian negotiator, for Kosovo-Serbia talks, Borko Stefanoviç, said that the Government shows no willingness to concede in its attitudes. Stefanoviç told for the newspaper "Blic" that the Albanian side is trying to wipe out - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:46:29 GMT+00:00
Kosovo town mayor gets three years for extortion - Monsters and Critics.com Tweet this news
Monsters and Critics.com---Pristina-/Belgrade - A -Pristina- court Thursday sentenced the mayor of a Kosovo town to three years in prison for extortion, the European Union's law-enforcing mission (EULEX) said. A panel of two EULEX and one local judge - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:42:26 GMT+00:00
Kosovo Census - Unexpected Results - Technorati Tweet this news
Technorati---PRISTINA-, KOSOVO - Not even 2 million people are living in Kosovo. After the registration of 98 percent of the resident population, first figures - spread by press and broadcasting media - say that about 1,8 million persons were counted. ... - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:15:09 GMT+00:00
Kosovo's Legal Framework is Overcharged With a Female President - Technorati Tweet this news
Technorati---PRISTINA-, KOSOVO - After all this time with international presence and influence, EULEX, UNMIK, USA, “EU integration process” and “further more” - of course Kosovo is said to have created a modern western style legal framework of law - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:52:23 GMT+00:00
Zeri: Fernando Gentilini next EU representative in Kosovo - EMportal Tweet this news
EMportal--Italian diplomat Fernando Gentilini will be the new EU resident representative in Kosovo, the -Pristina- daily Zeri reported Tuesday, adding that his mandate will last three months. Italian diplomat Fernando Gentilini will be the new EU resident - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:46:30 GMT+00:00
EULEX official suspended, others transferred - Southeast European Times Tweet this news
Southeast European Times---PRISTINA-, Kosovo -- EULEX has announced that an international member of the mission has been suspended for alleged abuse, and that other staff members have been temporarily transferred to other duties within the mission due to - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:09:46 GMT+00:00
Stories of the Second World War's missing - Ottawa Citizen Tweet this news
Ottawa Citizen--Olja Budimir polishes the grave of her husband, Rade, who went in missing in vigilante revenge killings after refusing to flee -Pristina-. OTTAWA � Senida Becirovic was 15 months old when ... - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:18:02 GMT+00:00
EULEX investigating suspended staff member - Southeast European Times Tweet this news
Southeast European Times---PRISTINA-, Kosovo -- EULEX is investigating alleged abuse by an international member of its staff and it will not make any judgments before the process ends, EULEX head Xavier de Marnhac said on Monday (April 18th). The accused - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:01:09 GMT+00:00

Pristina in the Kosovo War and afterwards :
Name Description Picture
New Born The Newborn Obelisk inaugurated for Kosovo's Independence on the 17/02/2008.
Rilindja Tower The building of the former "Rilindja" newspaper, also the tallest in Pristina.
UNMIK Headquarters United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Headquarters
Mother Teresa Boulevard The Mother Teresa Boulevard.
The Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture
OSCE Building OSCE Building
The museum of Kosovo The Kosovo Museum has an extensive collection of archaeological and ethnological artifacts, including the Neolithic Goddess on the Throne terracotta, unearthed near Pristina in 1960
City Stadium Home to football club, KF Prishtina

Socialist Yugoslavia :
Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs1
Year Albanians % Serbs % Roma % Others2 % Total
1991 census3 161,314 78.7 27,293 13.3 6,625 3.2 9,861 4.8 205,093
19984 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 225,388
February 2000 estimate5 550,000 97.4 12,000 2.2 1,000 0.1 1,800 0.3 564,800
Source: profile511 KB, June 2006, page 2 (Table 1.1).

Twin towns - Sister cities :

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Dečani * Đakovica * Dragaš * Glogovac * Gnjilane * Istok * Kačanik * Klina * Kosovo Polje * Kosovska Kamenica * Kosovska Mitrovica * Leposavić * Lipljan * Mališevo * Novo Brdo * Obilić * Orahovac * Peć * Podujevo * Pristina * Prizren * Srbica * Štimlje * Štrpce * Suva Reka * Uroševac * Vitina * Vučitrn * Zubin Potok * Zvečan
New Municipalities: Đeneral Janković * Gračanica * Junik * Klokot-Vrbovac * Mamuša * Parteš * Ranilug

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