Kosovo
Kosovo, self‐declared independent country in the Balkans region of Europe.
Although the United States and most members of the European Union (EU) recognized Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008, Serbia, Russia, and a significant number of other countries‐including several EU members‐did not.
Given this lack of international consensus, Kosovo was not immediately admitted to the United Nations (UN).
In 2010 the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate international law, but Serbia rejected that decision.
The name Kosovo is derived from a Serbian place‐name meaning “field of blackbirds.”
After serving as the centre of a medieval Serbian empire, Kosovo was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from the mid‐15th to the early 20th century, a period when Islam grew in importance and the population of Albanian speakers in the region increased.
In the early 20th century Kosovo was incorporated into Serbia (later part of Yugoslavia). By the second half of the century, the largely Muslim ethnic Albanians outnumbered the predominantly Eastern Orthodox Serbs in Kosovo, and interethnic tensions frequently roiled the province.... More
UBT-Innovation Campus
UBT for 20 years has been a source of creativity, new ideas, both in science and technology, contributing extremely much to innovation in Kosovo.
UBT has established the largest Center for Science, Technology and Innovation in Kosovo: "UBT Smart City", which is the most unique and first center of its kind in Kosovo and the Western Balkans and which will enable the growth of jobs, entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable development.
The largest higher education institution in the country, UBT, has brought to Kosovo the virtual reality, becoming the first institution from around the world in terms of the application of EON-XR in education.
With the virtual reality platform, thousands of UBT students benefited from over 20,000 lessons based on more than 120,000 things created, from different fields of study.
To the many innovations that UBT has brought to society, recently, has been added the Innovation and Technology Center "Korça Innovation & Technology Hub", which is the youngest center in the region that has all the necessary components in the spirit of technology, which offers work space for all young people in the city of Korça.
UBT through Nokia, Kosovo brought the fifth generation of wireless mobile network technology, 5G, enabling the development of 5G-based research and testing, for many cases run by the respective Internet of Things (IoT) and AI technologies, such as efforts to foster multiple research and innovations.
This latest technology is a very important development for Kosovo in the digital economy of the country. ... More
Accommodation
| Hotel Name | Contact | Location | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Dimond Hotel | info@swissdiamondhotel.com | Mother Theresa St, Prishtinë | https://sdhprishtina.com/ |
| City Inn | info@cityinn-ks.com | Fazli Greiçevci 55, Prishtinë | https://cityinn-ks.com/ |
| B&B GOLDEN Hotel | goldenhotelbnb@gmail.com | Rr. Vëllezërit Fazliu p.n, Prishtinë | http://goldenhotelbnb.com/ |
| Hotel Sirius | info@hotelsirius.net | Agim Ramadani , Prishtinë | http://hotelsirius.net/ |
| Venus | info@venushotel-ks.com | Magjistralja Prishtinë- Lipijan Highway , Pristina | http://venushotel-ks.com/ |