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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.
- Skanderbeg Square
Following the end of the Kosovo conflict in 1999 and no...
- Dardanian Kingdom
The Kingdom of Dardania (Latin: Regnum Dardaniae) was a...
- Kosovo
Pristina is the capital of Kosovo and its seat of...
- Adem Jashari Airport
Prishtina International Airport Adem Jashari (Albanian:...
- Culture in Pristina
As the capital city of Kosovo, Pristina is the heart of the...
- Skanderbeg Square
Pristina is the capital of Kosovo and its seat of government. [12] [13] A separate law recognises Prizren as the historic capital of Kosovo. [13] The Euro is the official currency in Kosovo even though Kosovo is not a formal member of the eurozone. [14] [15] [16]
Pristina, city, capital and administrative centre of Kosovo. It is linked to Skopje, North Macedonia, by road and rail and, via Kraljevo, Serbia, to the Serbian capital of Belgrade; it also has an airport. Near Pristina, lead, silver, and zinc are mined in the Kopaonik Mountains.
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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.
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- Art
- Dance
- Film
- Museums
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The Department of Culture, Youth and Sports is one of the 11 departments of the municipality of Pristina. It deals with culture, youth and sports activities. Yll Rugovais the head of the department after the local elections in 2017. Some of the responsibilities of the Department are: 1. Management of local cultural resources, including local museum...
As the center of art, Pristina is also the center of literature in Kosovo. As a university city, it has thousands of students and visitors of libraries and publishers of the city. Some of them publishers in Pristina include Dukagjini, Libri Shkollor, Dija, Koha, Toena, Albas, Rilindja and others.
National Theater of Kosovo
The theater was founded in October 1946 in Prizren. It was the first professional theatrical institution in Kosovo after the Second World War. Few months after the establishment, the theater was moved to Pristina. The first performances of the theater were mostly created by amateur artists and talented and enthusiastic idealists which were aided from professional artists from other theaters of ex-Yugoslavia. In the 1960s the ensemble of the theater was slowly enriched with professional staff....
Dodona Theater
The Dodona Theater was first known as the Theater of Youth, Kids and Doll, and was founded in 1986 approved from the Municipality of Prishtina. Rabije Bajrami and Ismajl Ymeri have the greatest credits for founding this theater. First premier of this theater was Pylli është i të gjithëve (English: The forest is everybody's) on May 16, 1987. In 1992, this institution moved to the location where it is now, except plays for children, they started to present plays for older ages.Since 1987 until...
Oda Theater
The independent ODA Theater was founded at the end of 2002 with an initiative of Lirak Çelaj (Actor) and Florent Mehmeti (Director). On 1 March 2003 it was promoted with his first play Vagina Monologue which is also the day that ODA celebrates its birthday. Many artists and art-lovers have welcomed the opening of this theater and they continuously support it. ODA is the only independent theater in the Republic of Kosovo having its own space. Besides local plays, there have been also internati...
Philharmonic Orchestra of Kosovo
The Philharmonic Orchestra of Kosovowas founded in 2000. In its composition, there are 120 members including soloists and professional classical music instrumentalists. The Orchestra organizes around 25 concerts per year. Its members are very active in national festivals and beyond, either individually, or in other artistic musical formations.Recently, they performed in Japan. The orchestra exerts its activity in an improvised object (The Red Hall in the Youth and Sports Center) in the absenc...
Opera
The first opera by a Kosovar composer is "Goca e Kaçanikut"(The Girl from Kaçanik). It was composed in the late 1970s in two acts by Rauf Dhomi, with a libretto in Italian by Jusuf Buxhovi and Ajmane Dhomi, based on a novel by Albanianwriter Milton S. Gurra. It was written for six soloists, a choir and an orchestra. The first Kosovar ballet is "Sokoli e Mirusha"(Sokol and Mirusha). It was composed in 1976 in two acts by Akil Mark Koci, with a libretto by Nuredin Loxha.As of 2002, there hasn't...
Artists
Some of Pristina-born musicians are: 1. Merita Juniku Merita Juniku was born in 1960 in Pristina and attended the music school there to continue later with her studies at the faculty of music. After a growing interest in opera she continued her studies at the Academy of music in Zagreb and graduated in 1990. Her first performance was "Troubadours" by Verdi. Some examples of the operas she has sung are: "Norma" by Bellini, "Aida" by Verdi, Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, Nabucco by Giuseppe Ver...
Art museums and galleries
The National Gallery of Kosovo was founded in 1979 as a cultural institution presenting visual art and collecting and saving valuable works. More than 500 exhibitions have been organized by this institute. The gallery also encourages young artists by organizing exhibitions showing the work of these young artists. The National Gallery of Kosovo is located in the University of Pristina's campus right after the National Library of Kosovo. The building was used by the National Museum of Kosovo. S...
The National Songs and Dance Ensemble – "Shota"
The National Song and Dance Ensemble "Shota" was established in 1948 as one of the first artistic and cultural institutions in Kosovo. For fifteen years this ensemble has operated as a society and afterwards as a semi-professional ensemble.While in March 1964 by decision of the Assembly of Kosovo, "Shota" gained the status of professional ensemble as well as three other ensembles in Yugoslavia, "Llado" – Zagreb, "Kollo" – Belgrade and "Tanec" – Skopje.For the past fifty years, the Ensemble "S...
Dance studios in Pristina
In Pristina, there is a number of amateur dance studios in different kinds of genders from traditional dancing to modern dancing like: Dancing Ballroom, Evolution Dance, Tika-Dance, Future Step, etc.
Ballet
The first troupe of the Kosovo Ballet was formed in 1972. Ballet dancers from this generation were educated in the Secondary School of Ballet in Skopje, under the leadership of director Tatjana Petkovska. Twenty-five dancers from Kosovo graduated from the school – 19 males and 6 females.After the successful completion of their schooling, most of the dancers returned to Pristina. The Kosovo Ballet was formed within the National Theater of Kosovo. The first members of the ballet were: Ahmet Bra...
Cinematography in Kosovo in the Albanian language began its activities after the foundation of Kosovafilm. which produced short movies, documentaries, cartoons and later feature movies. Since 2008, the central authority for cinematography in Kosovo is Kosovo's Cinematography Center (KCC) though there are numerous independent film companies active i...
Kosovo is a successor of ancient populations in the Balkan Peninsula. From the period of the Dardanians and Illyrians, many exhibits have been found in Kosovo, where once was the principality of Dardania. Only 9 km south-east of Pristina, you can still find the ruins of the city of Ulpiana, a city of the Roman Empire. There are two functioning muse...
Pristina is famous in the region for organizing different types of festivals. A lot of famous singers from the world have attended the festivals of Pristina, mostly Hip hop and House/Techno artists like, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Chamillionaire, Lloyd Banks, David Vendetta, Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, DJ Umek, etc.Also Pristina is known for a number of music ...
A painted bollardin PristinaPhilharmonic Orchestra of KosovoPristina [3] or Prishtina (UK: / ˈ p r iː ʃ t ɪ n ə, p r ɪ ʃ ˈ t iː n ə /, [4] US: / ˈ p r ɪ ʃ t ɪ n ə,-n ɑː /; [5] Albanian: Prishtina or Prishtinë [pɾiʃˈtinə] ; Serbian: Приштина) is the capital city of Kosovo. It has a mostly Albanian population, but also some Serbs. [6] [7] It is in the north-eastern part of ...
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Pristina es actualmente la mayor ciudad de Kosovo y capital del territorio, a la espera de una resolución definitiva de su estatus administrativo. Desde el final de la guerra, la ciudad ha vuelto a crecer y es el principal centro económico, político y cultural de Kosovo.
