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Municipality: Prishtinë

Prishtina

Also known as: Prishtina, Priština, Pristina
Dark stone plaque with an Albanian inscription, mounted on a post next to a tree.
Memorial plaque in Pristina for Naser Hajrizi and Asllan Pireva, who according to the inscription fell on 2 April 1981 while leading the demonstration. Photographed in 2013.Photo: Andy Mabbett · 2013-02-25 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Related events

15 events
  1. 27 November 1968The November 1968 demonstrationsEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  2. 11 March 1981 – 8 April 1981The 1981 demonstrationsEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  3. 17 November 1988The Trepça miners' marchEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  4. 23–28 March 1989The constitutional amendments and the removal of autonomyEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  5. 23 December 1989The founding of the Democratic League of KosovoEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  6. 5 July 1990The suspension of Kosovo's Assembly and GovernmentEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  7. 1 October 1997The peaceful student protest of 1 October 1997Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  8. 22–23 February 1998Robert Gelbard's statements on the UÇKEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  9. 25 October 1998The OSCE Kosovo Verification MissionEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  10. 24–26 March 1999The killing of Bajram Kelmendi and his two sonsEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  11. 12 June 1999KFOR enters KosovoEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  12. 17 February 2008Kosovo's declaration of independenceEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  13. April 1999The BIA unit's detention compound at ZllashEvidence status: Judicially established. Established in a final court judgment. It covers only what the court found, not every later interpretation.
  14. 2 July 1990The Constitutional Declaration of 2 July 1990Evidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.
  15. 3 August 2015The establishment of the Kosovo Specialist ChambersEvidence status: Documented. Supported by contemporaneous documents, institutional reports or independent studies that corroborate one another.

Places

Photographs

Miners in helmets walk along rails in a dimly lit mine tunnel.
Miners in the tunnels of the Trepça mine, October 2012. The November 1988 march set out from this mine.Photo: FitimSelimi · 2012-10-27 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Four miners in white helmets and yellow boots sitting by the rock wall underground.
Miners during a break in the Trepça mine at Stari Trg near Mitrovica; photo by Fabio Walser, about 2011.Photo: Fabio Walser · 2011 · CC BY-SA 3.0
White and brick-coloured multi-storey building with a flag on top, behind a square with trees.
The building of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo in Pristina, photographed on 13 September 2020.Photo: Arianit · 2020-09-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Two men beside an orange OSCE vehicle; one looks through binoculars along a village road
Unarmed verifiers of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission monitor the ceasefire in Kosovo, November 1998.Photo: Bela Szandelszky / OSCE / OSCE · 1998-11 · CC BY-ND 4.0
A column of orange armoured vehicles on a road beside damaged houses
British verifiers of the Kosovo Verification Mission drive from Pristina to Prizren, November 1998.Photo: Bela Szandelszky / OSCE / OSCE · 1998-11 · CC BY-ND 4.0
Civilian verifiers talk with armed policemen in front of an orange OSCE vehicle in the snow
Unarmed members of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission working to maintain the ceasefire, November 1998.Photo: Bela Szandelszky / OSCE / OSCE · 1998-11 · CC BY-ND 4.0