Kosovska Mitrovica
Encyclopedia
Kosovska Mitrovica is a city and municipality
in northern Kosovo
. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district
.
Since the end of the Kosovo War
of 1999 it has been divided
between an ethnic-Albanian
-majority south and an ethnic-Serb
-majority north. Its northern part
is the de facto capital of the Serb enclave
of North Kosovo
.
, a name that later became "Mitrovica", as happened to other locations in the Balkans named after Saint Demetrius
.
After Tito
's death, when each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia
had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was also known as Titova Mitrovica (Титова Митровица) in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian.
The city is known as Kosovska Mitrovica (Косовска Митровица) in Serbian
and Mitrovica or Mitrovicë in Albanian
.
. The name Kosovska Mitrovica comes from the 14th century, from Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, but there are some other legends on the origin of its name. Near Kosovska Mitrovica is the medieval fortress of Zvečan
, which played an important role during the Kingdom of Serbia
under Nemanjić
rule.
Under Ottoman
rule Kosovska Mitrovica was a typical small Oriental city. Rapid development came in the 19th century after lead ore was discovered and mined in the region, providing what has historically been one of Kosovo's largest industries.
It became an industrial town, formerly the economic centre of Kosovo because of the nearby Trepča Mines
. It grew in size as a centre of trade and industry with the completion of the railway line to Skopje
in 1873-1878, which linked Kosovska Mitrovica to the port of Thessalonika. Another line later linked the town to Belgrade
and Western Europe
. During World War II
, the city was part of Axis-backed Serbia
. In 1948, Kosovska Mitrovica had a population of 13,901 and in the early 1990s of about 75,000.
. According to the OSCE
, the area had been the scene of guerrilla activity by the Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA) prior to the war. It came under the command of NATO's French sector; 7,000 French troops were stationed in the western sector with their headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica. They were reinforced with a contingent of 1,200 troops from the United Arab Emirates
, and a small number of Danish troops.
In the aftermath of the war, the town became a symbol of Kosovo's ethnic divisions. The badly damaged southern half of the town was repopulated by an estimated 50,000 Albanians. Their numbers have since grown with the arrival of refugees from destroyed villages in the countryside. Most of the approximately 6,000 Roma fled to Serbia, or were relocated to one of two resettlement camps, Chesmin Lug, or Osterrode, in North Kosovska Mitrovica
. In the north, live some 17,000 Kosovo Serbs, with 2,000 Kosovo Albanians and 1,700 Muslim Slavs inhabitting discrete enclaves on the north bank of the Ibar
river. Almost all of the Serbs living on the south bank were displaced to North Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo War
. In 2011, the city had an estimated total population of 71,601 and the municipality's population is estimated to be some 71,601.
Kosovska Mitrovica became the focus for ethnic clashes between the two communities, exacerbated by the presence of nationalist extremists on both sides. The bridges linking the two sides of the town were guarded by armed groups determined to prevent incursions by the other side. Because of the tense situation in the town, KFOR troops and the UNMIK
police were stationed there in large numbers to head off trouble. However, violence and harassment was often directed against members of the "wrong" ethnic community on both sides of the river, necessitating the presence of troops and police checkpoints around individual areas of the city and even in front of individual buildings.
On March 17, 2004, the drowning of an Albanian child in the river prompted major ethnic violence in the town and a Serbian teenager was killed. Demonstrations by thousands of angry Albanians and Serbs mobilized to stop them crossing the river degenerated into rioting and gunfire, leaving at least eight Albanians dead and at least 300 injured. The bloodshed sparked off the worst unrest in Kosovo seen since the end of the 1999 war (in which 11 [Serb]]s were killed).
A Bosniak resident of southern Kosovska Mitrovica was murdered after being overheard speaking the Bosnian language.
The local prison was the scene of an international incident on April 18, 2004 when Ahmad Mustafa Ibrahim, a Jordanian policeman working as a UN prison guard, opened fire on a group of UN police officers leaving a class, killing three.
on February 17, 2008. Some 150 Kosovo Serb police officers refused to take orders from the ethnic Albanian authorities and were suspended.
Serb protesters prevented ethnic Albanian court employees from crossing the bridge over the Ibar River. UN police raided and seized the courthouse on March 14 using tear gas against Serbs and leaving some of them wounded.
The explosion of a hand-grenade injured several UN and NATO staff on March 17; UN forces were later withdrawn from the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica.
The Serbian minority has formed the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
in the city, but it has no police force. Serbs refuse to accept the jurisdiction of Kosovo courts, Republic of Kosovo leaders have expressed concern over the future of the region, stating their commitment to keep Kosovska Mitrovica part of Kosovo and prevent crime or war there.
to comprise some 116,500 people, 81% of them Kosovo Albanian
, 10% Serb
and the remainder other ethnicities (notably Roma). Most of the non-Albanians lived in the town of Kosovska Mitrovica, which had a population of 68,000 – 71% Kosovo Albanian, with approximately 9,000 Serbs and 10,141 other nationalities. Kosovo Albanians lived throughout the city, but most Serbs lived in the north side, divided from the predominantly Albanian south side by the Ibar River
.
, Serbian
and Turkish
languages are official languages.
are located in Kosovska Mitrovica, though they are currently not operating. With the closure of the Trepča complex, the influx of refugees and IDPs and the lack of investment,
unemployment (estimated at approximately 77%) has been prevalent among all communities in the Kosovska Mitrovica municipality.
to Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo War
.
(in North Kosovska Mitrovica
), and KF Trepça
and KF Trepça'89
in south.
with:
Kumanovo
, Kumanovo Municipality
, Macedonia
San Cristóbal
, Táchira, Venezuela
Kendari
, South East Sulawesi
, Indonesia
Municipalities of Kosovo
A Municipality is the basic administrative division in Kosovo.-List of Municipalities:The first name is Serbian and the second one is Albanian:* Dečani / Deçan* Dragaš / Dragash* Đakovica / Gjakovë* Glogovac / Gllogovc * Gnjilane / Gjilan...
in northern Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district
District of Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica District is one the five districts of Serbia in Autonomous province Kosovo and Metohija, with seat in the city of Kosovska Mitrovica.-Municipalities:It includes the municipalities of: * Kosovska Mitrovica* Leposavić* Srbica...
.
Since the end of the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
of 1999 it has been divided
Divided City
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between an ethnic-Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
-majority south and an ethnic-Serb
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
-majority north. Its northern part
North Kosovska Mitrovica
North Kosovska Mitrovica is the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, which the river Ibar divides from the rest of the city. It is a part and de facto capital of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the...
is the de facto capital of the Serb enclave
Kosovo Serb enclaves
Kosovo Serb Enclaves are the areas of Kosovo where Serbs form a majority, except for North Kosovo. While North Kosovo is connected to the rest of Serbia and mostly functions as a part of it, the enclaves are surrounded with areas of Albanian majority....
of North Kosovo
North Kosovo
North or Northern Kosovo refers to a region in the northern part of Kosovo with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the disputed territory, which has an ethnic Albanian majority. Ibarian Kolashin , a toponym that pre-dates the political partition, is...
.
Name
The city was named "Civitas Sancti Demetrii" in the 14th century after Saint Demetrius of ThessalonikiSaint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki was a Christian martyr, who lived in the early 4th century.During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George...
, a name that later became "Mitrovica", as happened to other locations in the Balkans named after Saint Demetrius
Mitrovica
Mitrovica, which stems from the name "Saint Demetrius" or "Sveti Dimitrije" may refer to:- Places :* Kosovska Mitrovica, a city in the disputed region of Kosovo* Sremska Mitrovica, a city in Srem, Serbia...
.
After Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
's death, when each of the constituent parts of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
had to have one place named with the word 'Tito' (or 'Tito's') included, the city was also known as Titova Mitrovica (Титова Митровица) in Serbian or Mitrovica e Titos in Albanian.
The city is known as Kosovska Mitrovica (Косовска Митровица) in Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
and Mitrovica or Mitrovicë in Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
.
Early history
The city is one of the oldest known settlements in Kosovo, being first mentioned in written documents during the Middle AgesMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. The name Kosovska Mitrovica comes from the 14th century, from Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, but there are some other legends on the origin of its name. Near Kosovska Mitrovica is the medieval fortress of Zvečan
Zvecan
Zvečan is a town and municipality in the Kosovska Mitrovica district of Kosovo. It is a part of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the ethnic-Albanian-majority Kosovo and Metohija. The municipality covers an area of , and...
, which played an important role during the Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...
under Nemanjić
House of Nemanjic
The Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...
rule.
Under Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
rule Kosovska Mitrovica was a typical small Oriental city. Rapid development came in the 19th century after lead ore was discovered and mined in the region, providing what has historically been one of Kosovo's largest industries.
It became an industrial town, formerly the economic centre of Kosovo because of the nearby Trepča Mines
Trepca Mines
The Trepča Mines was a huge industrial complex in Serbia, located in the Kosovska Mitrovica Municipality.With up to 23,000 employees, Trepča was once one of the biggest companies in socialist Yugoslavia. In the 1930s, a British company gained the rights to exploit the Stari Trg mine close to...
. It grew in size as a centre of trade and industry with the completion of the railway line to Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
in 1873-1878, which linked Kosovska Mitrovica to the port of Thessalonika. Another line later linked the town to Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
and Western Europe
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, the city was part of Axis-backed Serbia
Nedic's Serbia
Serbia under German occupation refers to an administrative area in occupied Yugoslavia established by Nazi Germany following the invasion and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April of 1941...
. In 1948, Kosovska Mitrovica had a population of 13,901 and in the early 1990s of about 75,000.
Kosovska Mitrovica during and after the Kosovo War
Both the town and municipality were badly affected by the 1999 Kosovo WarKosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
. According to the OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections...
, the area had been the scene of guerrilla activity by the Kosovo Liberation Army
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA was a Kosovar Albanian paramilitary organization which sought the separation of Kosovo from Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the 1990s....
(KLA) prior to the war. It came under the command of NATO's French sector; 7,000 French troops were stationed in the western sector with their headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica. They were reinforced with a contingent of 1,200 troops from the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
, and a small number of Danish troops.
In the aftermath of the war, the town became a symbol of Kosovo's ethnic divisions. The badly damaged southern half of the town was repopulated by an estimated 50,000 Albanians. Their numbers have since grown with the arrival of refugees from destroyed villages in the countryside. Most of the approximately 6,000 Roma fled to Serbia, or were relocated to one of two resettlement camps, Chesmin Lug, or Osterrode, in North Kosovska Mitrovica
North Kosovska Mitrovica
North Kosovska Mitrovica is the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, which the river Ibar divides from the rest of the city. It is a part and de facto capital of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the...
. In the north, live some 17,000 Kosovo Serbs, with 2,000 Kosovo Albanians and 1,700 Muslim Slavs inhabitting discrete enclaves on the north bank of the Ibar
Ibar River
The Ibar is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro and Serbia, with a total length of . The river begins in the Hajla mountain, eastern Montenegro, passes through Kosovo and flows into the West Morava river, Central Serbia, near Kraljevo....
river. Almost all of the Serbs living on the south bank were displaced to North Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
. In 2011, the city had an estimated total population of 71,601 and the municipality's population is estimated to be some 71,601.
Kosovska Mitrovica became the focus for ethnic clashes between the two communities, exacerbated by the presence of nationalist extremists on both sides. The bridges linking the two sides of the town were guarded by armed groups determined to prevent incursions by the other side. Because of the tense situation in the town, KFOR troops and the UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations. The mission was established on 10 June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244...
police were stationed there in large numbers to head off trouble. However, violence and harassment was often directed against members of the "wrong" ethnic community on both sides of the river, necessitating the presence of troops and police checkpoints around individual areas of the city and even in front of individual buildings.
On March 17, 2004, the drowning of an Albanian child in the river prompted major ethnic violence in the town and a Serbian teenager was killed. Demonstrations by thousands of angry Albanians and Serbs mobilized to stop them crossing the river degenerated into rioting and gunfire, leaving at least eight Albanians dead and at least 300 injured. The bloodshed sparked off the worst unrest in Kosovo seen since the end of the 1999 war (in which 11 [Serb]]s were killed).
A Bosniak resident of southern Kosovska Mitrovica was murdered after being overheard speaking the Bosnian language.
The local prison was the scene of an international incident on April 18, 2004 when Ahmad Mustafa Ibrahim, a Jordanian policeman working as a UN prison guard, opened fire on a group of UN police officers leaving a class, killing three.
Kosovo independence
Tensions rose considerably in the city of Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo declared independence2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence was adopted on 17 February 2008 by individual members of the Assembly of Kosovo acting in personal capacity and not binding to the Assembly itself...
on February 17, 2008. Some 150 Kosovo Serb police officers refused to take orders from the ethnic Albanian authorities and were suspended.
Serb protesters prevented ethnic Albanian court employees from crossing the bridge over the Ibar River. UN police raided and seized the courthouse on March 14 using tear gas against Serbs and leaving some of them wounded.
The explosion of a hand-grenade injured several UN and NATO staff on March 17; UN forces were later withdrawn from the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica.
The Serbian minority has formed the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija
The Assembly of the Community of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija , is the assembly of the association of local governments created by the municipal authorities in Kosovo elected in the May 11, 2008 municipal elections called by the Government of Serbia...
in the city, but it has no police force. Serbs refuse to accept the jurisdiction of Kosovo courts, Republic of Kosovo leaders have expressed concern over the future of the region, stating their commitment to keep Kosovska Mitrovica part of Kosovo and prevent crime or war there.
Demographics
Before the 1999 Kosovo War, the municipality had a population estimated by the OSCEOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections...
to comprise some 116,500 people, 81% of them Kosovo Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
, 10% Serb
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
and the remainder other ethnicities (notably Roma). Most of the non-Albanians lived in the town of Kosovska Mitrovica, which had a population of 68,000 – 71% Kosovo Albanian, with approximately 9,000 Serbs and 10,141 other nationalities. Kosovo Albanians lived throughout the city, but most Serbs lived in the north side, divided from the predominantly Albanian south side by the Ibar River
Ibar River
The Ibar is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro and Serbia, with a total length of . The river begins in the Hajla mountain, eastern Montenegro, passes through Kosovo and flows into the West Morava river, Central Serbia, near Kraljevo....
.
| Ethnic Composition, Including IDPs | |||||||||||||
| Year/Population | Albanians | % | Serbs | % | Bosniaks | % | Roma/Ashkali | % | Turks | % | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,481 | 57.55 | 21,533 | 35.94 | 59,913 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 82,837 | 78 | 10,698 | 10.2 | 5,205 | 4.96 | 4,851 | 4.63 | 431 | 0.41 | |||
| 1998 | 95,231 | 81.74 | 10,447 | 8.96 | |||||||||
| Current figure | N/A | N/A | 2,000 | 1.76 | 545 | 0.48 | 600 | 0.53 | |||||
| Source: 1991 census: FRY Institute of Statistics and UNHCR statistics of 1998/OSCE estimates. It is noted that the 1991 census was highly politicised and is thus unreliable. Ref: OSCE |
|||||||||||||
Official Languages
In Kosovska Mitrovica Municipality AlbanianAlbanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
, Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
and Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
languages are official languages.
Economy
The Trepča MinesTrepca Mines
The Trepča Mines was a huge industrial complex in Serbia, located in the Kosovska Mitrovica Municipality.With up to 23,000 employees, Trepča was once one of the biggest companies in socialist Yugoslavia. In the 1930s, a British company gained the rights to exploit the Stari Trg mine close to...
are located in Kosovska Mitrovica, though they are currently not operating. With the closure of the Trepča complex, the influx of refugees and IDPs and the lack of investment,
unemployment (estimated at approximately 77%) has been prevalent among all communities in the Kosovska Mitrovica municipality.
Culture and education
Serbian faculties of the University of Pristina were relocated from PristinaPristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
to Kosovska Mitrovica after the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
.
Sports
Three football clubs are situated on the territory of Kosovska Mitrovica: FK PartizanFK Partizan Kosovska Mitrovica
FK Partizan is a Serbian football club from Kosovska Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, Serbia.-Notes and references:Notes:References:...
(in North Kosovska Mitrovica
North Kosovska Mitrovica
North Kosovska Mitrovica is the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, which the river Ibar divides from the rest of the city. It is a part and de facto capital of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the...
), and KF Trepça
KF Trepca
Trepça Mitrovicë Football Club is a football club based in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club was founded in 1932 and currently plays in the top division of football in Kosovo, the Kosovar Superliga...
and KF Trepça'89
KF Trepça'89
Klubi Futbollistik Trepça'89 Mitrovicë is a football club based in Kosovska Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. The team was founded in 1989 as Minatori'89, but were earlier called as Rudar from 1945-88. Trepça'89 plays in the top division of football in Kosovo, the Kosovar Superliga...
in south.
Notable people from Kosovska Mitrovica
- Vahedin AjetiVahedin AjetiVahedin Ajeti is a Kosovar Albanian retired football player.-External sources:* at FootballDatabase.* at Zerodic....
, footballer - Rexhep MitrovicaRexhep MitrovicaRexhep Mitrovica was an Albanian politician and land owner. He served as Prime Minister of Albania in 1943-1944 and was the longest serving Prime minister for the Balli Kombetar.-Early life:...
, Former Prime Minister of Albania. - Milan BiševacMilan BiševacMilan Biševac is a Serbian footballer who plays for French side Paris Saint-Germain.- Career :...
- football player - Miloš KrasićMiloš KrasicMiloš Krasić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Juventus and the Serbian national team.-Playing style:...
, Serbian international Football player. Won the UEFA Cup in 2005 with CSKA Moscow. Played for SerbiaSerbia national football teamThe Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
in the 2010 FIFA World Cup2010 FIFA World CupThe 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
. - Enis AlushiEnis AlushiEnis Alushi is a German football player in central midfielder role, currently playing for SC Paderborn 07.He has played for the German under-19 national team and finished 3rd in group stage of 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.He is of Kosovo Albanian descent.-References:...
, footballer - Valon BehramiValon BehramiValon Behrami is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays for Fiorentina in the Italian Serie A, as well as the Swiss national team.-Early life:Behrami was born in Titova Mitrovica, Yugoslavia to Albanian parents...
, SwissSwitzerland national football teamThe Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
international Football player. - Bekim BejtaBekim BejtaBekim Bejta is a Kosovar Albanian linguist, poet and translator. In 2009, he received the Kosovo National Literary Prize for the translation of Raga...
, poet and translator - Nexhip DragaNexhip Draga-Biography:Nexhip Draga was born in 1867 in Mitrovica, then a town of the Ottoman Empire. His father was Ali Pasha Draga, a notable local of Mitrovica who owned lands in the Sanjak of Novi Pazar. He finished his elementary studies in Mitrovica before going in Istanbul, where he studied at an...
, Member of the Albanian uprising. - Xhafer DevaXhafer DevaXhafer Ibrahim Deva was a World War II government Minister of Albania during the period between October 1943 and June 1944. was a leading political figure in Axis-occupied Kosovo during World War II-Early life:Xhafer Deva was born in 1904 in Kosovska Mitrovica, in the Kosovo Province of the...
, Former Minister of the Interior of AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
. - Shpëtim HysenajShpëtim HysenajShpëtim Hysenaj was a Kosovan football midfielder who played for FC Wil, Concordia Basel and BSC Old Boys in Switzerland in his very short playing career.- Career :...
, footballer - Riza LushtaRiza LushtaRiza Lushta was a Kosovar Albanian football striker....
, Former Albanian Superliga Top ScorerAlbanian Superliga Seasons Top ScorersThe following is the list of the Albanian Superliga top scorers by season..* - Incomplete data-Ranking:...
, also won the Coppa ItaliaCoppa ItaliaThe Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
in 1942 with Juventus. - Xhevat Prekazi, Former Football player. Notable for playing for GalatasarayGalatasaray S.K. (football team)Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....
. - Muharrem QenaMuharrem QenaMuharrem Qena He is one of the founders of the theatrical scene in Kosovo and of Albanian light music. He immersed his great talent of a theatre director, actor, writer and singer/songwriter into becoming one of the most fruitful artistic creators...
, actor and singer - Bajram RexhepiBajram RexhepiBajram Rexhepi is a politician. He is currently Interior Minister of the Republic of Kosovo and a member of the Kosovo Assembly. He was also the first elected post-war Prime Minister of Kosovo...
, politician - Ali ShukrijaAli ShukrijaAli Shukrija was a political figure of Kosovo, during its period as an autonomous province of Yugoslavia. He served as Prime Minister of Kosovo , and later as President of Kosovo .-Early life:...
, 2nd Communist Prime minister of Kosovo. - Stevan StojanovićStevan StojanovicStevan Stojanović is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper who played for Red Star Belgrade....
, Former Football player. Won the European CupUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
in 1991 with Red StarRed Star BelgradeRed Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
. - Ymer XhaferiYmer XhaferiYmer Xhaferi is a Kosovo football middlefielder playing for Finnish Veikkausliiga side FF Jaro.On 11 December 2009 Xhaferi signed one year long contract with Jaro....
, footballer
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kosovska Mitrovica is twinnedTown twinning
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with:
Kumanovo
Kumanovo
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, Kumanovo Municipality
Kumanovo municipality
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, Macedonia
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San CristóbalSan Cristóbal, Táchira
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, Táchira, Venezuela
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Kendari
Kendari
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, South East Sulawesi
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, Indonesia
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See also
- North Kosovska MitrovicaNorth Kosovska MitrovicaNorth Kosovska Mitrovica is the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica, which the river Ibar divides from the rest of the city. It is a part and de facto capital of North Kosovo, a region with an ethnic Serb majority that functions largely autonomously from the remainder of the...
- Kosovo Serb enclavesKosovo Serb enclavesKosovo Serb Enclaves are the areas of Kosovo where Serbs form a majority, except for North Kosovo. While North Kosovo is connected to the rest of Serbia and mostly functions as a part of it, the enclaves are surrounded with areas of Albanian majority....
- Roma in Kosovska Mitrovica Camps
- New bridge in Kosovska MitrovicaNew bridge in Kosovska MitrovicaThe New Bridge is a steel truss bridge crossing the Ibar river in Kosovska Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo. It was built in 2005 by the French KFOR....
External links
- Photo essay about serbian part of Mitrovica (2011)
- OSCE:Profile of Mitrovicë / Mitrovica
- Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica in the Republic of Kosovo
- Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica in the Republic of Serbia
- Jazz & Blues Festival North City
- HCIC, Mitrovica Situation - HCIC, UNHCR, WEU, KFOR (22 Mar 2000)
- Mitrovica Situation - HCIC, UNHCR, WEU, KFOR (24 Feb 2000)
- Mitrovica: North and South of a Divided City Video about displacement and reconstruction in Mitrovica.
- Burning of St. Sava church in south Mitrovica 17 March
- ESI report: People Or Territory? A Proposal For Mitrovica (16 February 2004)