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The Principle of State Sovereigntyand the Right to Self-determination:The Case of Kosovo
Lipušček, Uroš
internal and external sovereignty
self-determination -internal (autonomy)and external (right to secession)
natural law
basic human rights
democracy
Woodrow Wilson
Pact of London
Paris Peace Conference 1919
Yugoslav Constitution of 1974
Sovereignty and self-determination are two basic norms of international law which often appear in contradiction to each other. The main debate here is which principle limits the other and the answer depends on an evaluation of each case. The case of Kosovo is a classic example of this dilemma. Both sides, Kosovo Albanian and Serb, claim their own rights based mainly on historical arguments, the former the right to self- determination in the form of their own state and the latter the right to retain the province of Kosovo under the framework of Serbia. Historical arguments or historical rights are an outdated concept. The modern concept of self-determination, developed from Woodrow Wilson’s theory which is linked to democracy, allows Kosovo Albanians the right to external self-determination. Sovereignty of the state does not exist as an absolute concept anymore, since it is directly linked to respect of basic human rights. Even that the self determination can not derive to a consistent international legal order, Kosovo Albanians have the right to external self-determination and their own state, since they were severely oppressed by the Milosević regime. Self-determination remains a radical concept to this day, one which can only be applied on a case by case basis and by taking into account of various factors.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/5
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/122018-01-18T15:13:46Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Traditional and Contemporary Elements in Albanian Folk Music
Sheholli, Bahtir
tradition and contemporary
Albanian folk music
poly-meter
pulsation
tradition elements
work
calendarian cycle and tradition music
habits
rituals
habits
pagan elements
music instruments
electronic tools
This study is an account of characterizing traditional and contemporary elements in our popular folk music. It is stressed that some of the forms containing elements of the old musical tradition are pertaining to work, the calendarian cycle, the farming tradition, the ballads, the legendary epic ones, the love songs, etc. Also discussed is the distinction that has emerged in the recent musical tradition as a result of the use of electronic devices. These distinctions as segments of the recent creations in our folk songs can be seen in many artists of the present and are achieved by mixing the elements of our ancient tradition with elements from other countries, so that there is influence of Orient, Turkish – Arab, Roma, Greek and Slavic music. In addition the novelties in Albanian musical creativeness are discussed, which, compared to European one, have specific eleme-nts. Some professional estimotions with critical connotations about negative features of present folklore among are also being done.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/12
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Kolegji AAB
oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/92018-01-18T15:15:12Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Albanian Language
Paçarizi, Rrahman
Arbresh
Arbër
Arbëresh
Arvanite
Elbasanishte
Peninsula of Balkan
Gegërishte
Gheg
Standard Language
Albanian Language
Comparative Language
Indo-European Language
Literary Commission of Shkoder
Education Congress of Lushnje
Orthography Congress
Kosovo
Montenegro
Macedonia
Proto Albanian
Sociolinguistic
Albania
Tosk
Toskërishte
The Albanian Language is an Indo-European Language which is considered by the majority of linguists to be the direct successor of the ancient Illyrian. The origin place of the Albanian Language is supposed to be the place where currently the Albanians live and perhaps farther North. There is no doubt at all as Dardania or the present Kosova is the place where the Albanian or Proto Albanian Language has been spoken continuously until these days. The Albanian Language has two main dialects – the Northern dialect or the so called Gheg and the Southern dialect or the so called Tosk which are also subdivided into transitional dialects. The dialects differ mainly by phonetic but there are also some slight dialectal differences. Nevertheless, these dialects are mutually intelligible. The first known document in Albanian is the “Baptism Formula” recorded in 1462 by Pal Engjëlli (Paulus Angelus). The Albanian Language has undergone two official standardizations. First in 1920 at the Education Congress of Lushnje it was decided that the language of Elbasan meaning Northern Gheg to become official Albanian Language whereas in 1972 at the Congress of Albanian Orthography was definitely decided that the Tosk is to become standardized. Today, the Albanian Language is spoken by more than 7 million Albanians in Albania, Kosova, Western Macedonia and parts of Southern Montenegro. The Arvanit dialects in Northern Greece do not exist anymore but there are some other types of Albanian which are spoken in Southern Italy more exactly in Sicilia and Calabria in Zara- Dalmatia in Croatia in some villages of Ukraine and in Mandrice of Bulgaria. There are millions of Albanians from Kosovo and Macedonia living in Turkey who emigrated there, during the Second World War.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/9
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Peaceful Media Communication in Post-Conflict Societes 1999-2007
Berisha, Ibrahim
period after the conflict
media and public language
media for peace
transition
parliamentarism
tele-revolution
tele-dictatorship
ghettoization of media
The dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, which started in 1990, led to the formation of seven new states. Societies of these states went through periods of war and post-conflict developments. Media and public discourse could not avoid being an active part of conflicts and later of post-conflict environments. Kosova, as the youngest state (since 17 February 2008) that emerged from the former federation, experienced a process of war and en masse exodus, and later a peaceful post-conflict transition. The peaceful media model has been an essential part of the transition, which is not over yet, just like is not over the process of building of political democracy. There have been frequent debates on the topic of the responsibilities that may be attributed to the media in a conflict, on the one hand, and the positive role the media and journalists can play in post-conflict societies, on the other. What is the public rhetoric that accompanied the wars and what is the rhetoric that is used in building democratic societies?
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/8
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/112018-01-18T15:14:28Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
New Tendencies in Visual Arts of Kosova – From narration to conceptualism
Nimani, Shyqri
visual arts
painting
sculpture
graphics
applied arts
innovative trends
video art
media art
modernism
contemporary art
surrealism
fauvism
cubism
expressionism
futurism
conceptual art
performance
collage
instillation
frescography
iconography
aquatint
mezzotint
copperwriting
aquarel
The modern art was brought to Kosova during the 1960s-1970s by the first generations of Albanian creators, who graduated from art academies of main art centres of former Yugoslavia – Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade. These creators will enter in the history as pioneers of Kosovar modern art. Some of these artists made attempts to develop authentic styles and doctrines. Some others, on the other hand, who did not manage to avoid the influences of their paedagogues, remained, unfortunately, under the Bacon and Chagal influences. The most characteristic representatives in painting are: Nysret Salihamixhiqi, Muslim Mulliqi, Xhevdet Xhafa, Engjëll Berisha, Adem Kastratit, Esat Valla; in sculpture: Agim Çavdarbasha and Agim Rudi; in graphics: Gjelosh Gjokaj, Fatmir Krypa, Agim Salihu and Ymer Shaqiri; in applied arts: Agush Beqiri Nuredin Loxha Simon Shiroka, Shyqri Nimani and Violeta Xhaferi. After the 1970s, new media art, as a category on its own, appeared. The word group contemporary art refers in general to the art being done now. A special feature of contemporary art are the issues that are often treated under the influence of concepts representing in the today’s world terms such as: cloning, politics, economy, sexuality, races, ethnities, human rights, war, poverty etc. with a special effort in performances, instillations and videos, exceeding thus completely the conventional limits.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/11
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/42018-01-18T15:16:17Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Illyrian-Albanian Continuity on the Areal of Kosova
Drançolli, Jahja
Dardania and Dardans in antiquity
Arbers and Kosova during the Middle Ages
geopolitical
ethnic
religious and cultural concepts
which are known in the sources of that time followed by a chronological development
Albanian continuity in the areal of Kosova, a scientific problem, which, due to the reasons of daily policy, has extremely become exploited (harnessed) until the present days. The politicisation of the ancient history of Kosova begins with the Eastern Crisis, a time when the programmes of Great-Serb aggression for the Balkans started being drafted. These programmes, inspired by the extra-scientific history dressed in myths, legends and folk songs, expressed the Serb aspirations to look for their cradle in Kosova, Vojvodina. Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina and Montenegro. Such programmes, based on the instrumentalized history, have always been strongly supported by the political circles on the occasion of great historical changes, that have overwhelmed the Balkans.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/4
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/72018-01-18T15:15:41Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
How to deal with the Western Balkans
Bebler, Anton
Western Balkans
Balkanization
Kosovo
security
international community
UN
OSCE
EU
NATO
At the turn of the last century, outward tranquillity was bestowed upon the Western Balkans, the most volatile and troublesome part of the European continent. The termination of large scale violence, however, did not add up to long-term stability in the region. Its political elites have proven to be incapable and/or unwilling to resolve their differences among themselves and peacefully in order to provide for the region’s security. The management of the most burning problems in the Western Balkans would be best assured within the process of European integration. With active and well-coordinated roles played by key international organizations, the Western Balkans could eventually be transformed into a region of security, democracy, and prosperity.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/7
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/132018-01-18T15:12:59Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Political Barometer 1/2008
Pllana, Lulzim
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/13
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oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/62018-01-18T15:15:56Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Prehistory and Antique History of Kosova
Shukriu, Edi
territory of Kosova
archeological material
neolithic substrate
eneolithic adstrate
Dardanians
Iron Age
the rivers Vardar
Drini
Morava
Timok
Dardanian identity
Roman period
Dardanian labyrinth
Early Christianity
Indo-Eeuropean migrations
Dardanian state
tumular necropolises of Kosova
The territory of Kosova has offered considerable archeological material, which, combined with the facts of written ancient sources, makes it possible to conclude that its first known inhabitants were the Illyrians. (Herod Historiae IV 49), consequently the Dardanians, created by the interlacement of Indo-European Neolithic substrate and Eneolithic adstrate. The complete formation of Dardanians took place during the Iron Age (1200-400), when the Dardanians created their compact territory and named their country Dardania. Kosova constituted the central territory of Dardania, which stretched out on the area between the rivers Vardar, Drini, Morava and Timok.1 Preurban Dardanian development of the VI-IV centuries gave rise to the creation of the Dardanian state and along with it also to the Dardanian identity, which was maintained until the Byzantine period.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/6
en_US
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Kolegji AAB
oai:dspace.aab-edu.net:123456789/102018-01-18T15:14:44Zcom_123456789_1col_123456789_2
Albanian Language and English Loanwords Today
Nuhiu, Vesel
language globalization
loanwords
foreign words
borrowing process
loanwords analysis
appropriate linguistic measures
allowing loanwords
loanwords adaptation: phonetic
grammatical
semantic
bodies/institutions for loanwords treatment
loanwords treatment
acceptable/unnecessary loanwords
This paper first of all deals briefly with the present situation of the Albanian language pointing out the failure to respect the standard language norm. The paper is then mainly concentrated on the phenomenon of borrowing English language elements by the Albanian language. It emphasizes the large number of loanwords that have penetrated into Albanian after the war in Kosova, with the coming of international governmental and non-governmental organizations and by the social system change, as well as due to the impossibility to analyze and control those foreign words, most of them unnecessary, due to their furious coming in within a short time, but also due to the lack of readiness, either subjective or objective, of language institutions of the country to address loanwords in a proper manner. In compliance with this, respective measures are proposed to be undertaken for controlling the unnecessary loanwords. An additional part is offered in the paper, in which some loanwords that could be accepted are discussed justifying the proposals, and also suggesting for some of the unnecessary loanwords to be refused in Albanian.
2017-02-10
2017-02-10
2008
Article
1848-4298
https://dspace.aab-edu.net/handle/123456789/10
en_US
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Kolegji AAB