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Compendium of all Municipal Profiles 2018

29 janvier 2019 OSCE

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MUNICIPAL PROFILES 2018 This publication is a compilation of data gathered by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo from different sources for use by the Mission and other interested parties as brief information sheets. The data reﬂect the situation at the time of publishing (October 2018). The OSCE Mission will make every effort to keep the proﬁles updated as changes on the ground occur. CONTENT GJILAN/GNJILANE REGION 2 FERIZAJ/UROŠEVAC 3 GJILAN/GNJILANE 6 HANI I ELEZIT/ELEZ HAN 9 KAÇANIK/KAČANIK 11 KAMENICË/KAMENICA 13 KLOKOT/KLLOKOT 16 NOVO BRDO/NOVOBËRDË 19 PARTEŠ/PARTESH 22 RANILUG/RANILLUG 24 ŠTRPCE/SHTËRPCË 26 VITI/VITINA 29

MITROVICË/MITROVICA REGION 32 GLLOGOC/GLOGOVAC 33 LEPOSAVIĆ/LEPOSAVIQ 35 MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH 38 MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH 41 PODUJEVË/PODUJEVO 44 SKENDERAJ/SRBICA 47 VUSHTRRI/VUČITRN 50 ZUBIN POTOK 53 ZVEČAN/ZVEÇAN 56

PEJË/PEĆ REGION 59 DEÇAN/DEČANE 60 GJAKOVË/ ÐAKOVICA 62 ISTOG/ISTOK 65 JUNIK 68 KLINË/KLINA 70 PEJË/PEĆ 73

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA REGION 76 FUSHË KOSOVË/KOSOVO POLJE 77 GRAČANICA/GRAÇANICË 80 LIPJAN/LIPLJAN 83 OBILIQ/OBILIĆ 86 PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA 89 SHTIME/ŠTIMLJE 92

PRIZREN REGION 94 DRAGASH/DRAGAŠ 95 MALISHEVË/MALIŠEVO 97 MAMUŞA/MAMUSHË/MAMUŠA 99 PRIZREN 101 RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC 104 SUHAREKË/SUVA REKA 107 MUNICIPAL PROFILES 2018 GJILAN/GNJILANE REGION

2 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 FERIZAJ/UROŠEVAC The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Ferizaj/Uroševac, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 345 km² area The municipality of Ferizaj/Uroševac in located in south-eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 345 km² and includes 44 villages Ferizaj/Uroševac town and 44 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 108,610 population 108,610.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 90,521 Kosovo Albanians, 18,285 Kosovo Serbs and 353 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 104,152 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Ashkali 3,629 conducted in 1991*, there were 100,144 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Roma 204 8,314 Kosovo Serbs and 313 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Bosniaks 83 municipality. 5.Kosovo Turks 55 6.Kosovo Gorani 64 According to the UNHCR statistics, 830 displaced persons have 7.Kosovo Serbs 32 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 325 Kosovo 8.Kosovo Egyptians 24 Serbs, 69 Kosovo Roma, 434 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 9.Other 102 Egyptians and two (2) Kosovo Albanians. 10.Not speciﬁed 265

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 108,5611, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 47.92% or 52,022 voters and in 2nd round it was 40.72% or 44,201 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

30.41% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 13 seats 27.99% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 12 seats 17.01% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 7 seats 11.75% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 5 seats 4.79% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 3.83% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 2 seats

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE SECURITY PRESENCE

The municipal assembly has 41 seats distributed among six (6) The Kosovo Police station in Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality has political entities, all 41 members are Kosovo Albanian; 14 are 152 police ofﬁcers, 143 are Kosovo Albanian, six (6) are Kosovo women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Kristina Gashi Serb and three (3) are Kosovo Ashkali; 26 are women. Bytyqi (PDK). The Regional Kosovo Police station is also situated in Ferizaj/Uroševac covering Kaçanik/Kačanik, Štrpce/Shtërpcë, EXECUTIVE Hani i Elezit/Elez Han and Shtime/Štimlje municipalities. It employs 449 police ofﬁcers, 384 are Kosovo Albanian, 58 are Kosovo Serb and seven (7) are Kosovo Ashkali; 55 are women. Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. As for the international military presence, United States KFOR The municipality is headed by Mayor Agim Aliu (PDK), serving his covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). second inconsecutive term with 56.18% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections*. In the previous term, the mayor was Muharrem Sfarqa (LDK), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 50.85% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Naim Ferati (AAK). ECONOMY € The economy of Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality is predominantly There are 11 municipal departments. Three (3) departments are based on agriculture, construction and supply companies, and run by women directors: budget and ﬁnance (PDK); general small businesses. There are approximately 12,000 registered administration (AAK); and culture, youth and sport (AAK), eight (8) private businesses in the municipality. There is no reliable data departments are run by men: urbanism (PDK); property, geodesy on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: and cadastre (PDK); education (PDK); economic development municipal directorate of economic development and tourism). and tourism (AKR); health and social welfare (NISMA); agriculture (PDK); public services (AAK); and infrastructure (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors PUBLIC SERVICES were women (source: municipal website). Infrastructure *Mayor Aliu served his ﬁrst term from 2012-2013, after the extraordinary mayoral elections (ﬁrst round on 29 April 2012 and second round on 27 May 2012), following resignation of mayor Bajrush Xhemajli (PDK). The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as good. Most of the main roads that connect villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Ferizaj/Uroševac city and 36 JUDICIARY out of the 43 villages are connected to water supply system and 38 to the sewage system (source: directorate for infrastructure). Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Court has 30 judges, 29 are Kosovo Albanian, one (1) is a Kosovo Gorani; seven (7) are women. It has branches in Kaçanik/Kačanik and Štrpce/Shtërpcë and also Health covers Hani i Elezit/Elez Han and Shtime/Štimlje municipalities (source: Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Court). The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main municipal family health centre, four (4) health centres and 14 The Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce has 19 clinics. The health sector has 308 employees, 302 are Kosovo prosecutors, 18 are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; Albanian, two (2) are Kosovo Turk, two (2) are Kosovo Roma and four (4) are women. In addition to Ferizaj/Uroševac, the two (2) are Kosovo Bosniak; 200 women and 108 men. Prosecutor's Ofﬁce also covers Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, Kaçanik/Kačanik, Shtime/Štimlje and Štrpce/Shtërpcë All communities have access to health care and all health municipalities (source: Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce). facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare).

Education There are 39 primary schools with 18,707 pupils and 1,076 teachers, eight (8) secondary schools with 6,127 students and 429 teachers and two (2) kindergartens with 406 children and 81 teachers (source: municipal directorate of education).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Ferizaj/Uroševac has 50 mosques, six (6) of which are in the city. None of the mosques were destroyed or damaged during the In Ferizaj/Uroševac there are: 1999 conﬂict, and 15 new mosques were built after 2000. There are 15 Serbian Orthodox churches, nine (9) of which were • 41 seats in the municipal assembly damaged after the 1999 conﬂict; of these nine (9), four (4) were severely damaged during March 2004 riots and underwent distributed among 6 political entities emergency protective intervention in 2005. Six (6) remain in use. Two (2) of the Serbian Orthodox religious sites destroyed after • 152 police ofﬁcers in police stations and 449 1999 are monasteries, and continue to remain in ruins, one (1) of in the regional command these is the Special Protective Zone of the Monastery of St. Uroš. There is one (1) Catholic church in the city centre of Ferizaj/Uroševac (source: local religious representatives and RIC mission • 30 judges and 19 prosecutors report). • 1,586 teachers in 39 primary and 8 secondary A total of 47 cultural heritage sites (21 archaeological and 26 schools and 2 kindergartens architectural) in Ferizaj/Uroševac municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

5 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GJILAN/GNJILANE The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Gjilan/Gnjilane where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 385 km² area The municipality of Gjilan/Gnjilane is located in south-eastern Kosovo, covering an area of approximately 385 km². It includes 42 villages the city of Gjilan/Gnjilane and 42 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 90,178 population 90,178.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 59,764 Kosovo Albanians, 19,212 Kosovo Serbs and 174 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 87,814 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Turks 978 conducted in 1991*, there were 79,357 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Serbs 624 19,370 Kosovo Serbs and 155 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Roma 361 municipality. 5.Kosovo Bosnian 121 6.Kosovo Gorani 69 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,308 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Ashkali 15 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 697 8.Kosovo Egyptian 1 Kosovo Serbs, 604 Kosovo Roma, ﬁve (5) Kosovo Ashkali and 9.Other 95 Kosovo Egyptians and two (2) Kosovo Gorani. 10.Not speciﬁed 100

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 100,3991, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 46.81% or 46,999 voters and in 2nd round it was 33.81% or 33,940 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

34.35% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 11 seats 20.08% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 6* seats 17.15% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 seats 11.51% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 4.62% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 4.57% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 2 seats 1.93% KDTP Kosovo Turkish Democratic Party 1 seat 1.75% VATRA CIVIC Movement VATRA 1 seat 1.54% SL Serbian List 1 seat PSD Social Democratic Party 1** seat 1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

* Following the elections, one (1) Vetëvendosje! member resigned from the party and joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

** In May 2018, members who previously resigned from Vetëvendosje! joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and assumed its leadership. This occurred after the 2017 municipal elections and for that reason PSD is not reﬂected in the election results chart, but only in the municipal assembly seat distribution category above.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among ten (10) The economy of Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality is predominantly political entities, 33 members are Kosovo Albanian, one (1) is based on small businesses. There are approximately 4,100 Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Turk; 13 are women. The registered active private businesses operating in the Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Shpresa Kurteshi-Emini municipality employing over 6,700 people (source: municipal (LDK). directorate of economy and development).

EXECUTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political Infrastructure afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Lutﬁ Haziri (LDK), re- The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is elected for his fourth term as mayor with 63.81% of votes in the assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 urban centre are asphalted. Gjilan/Gnjilane city and 14 out of 42 municipal elections, Mayor Haziri won with 59.99% of votes in villages are connected to water supply system, while the second round. Deputy Mayor is Arbër Ismajli (LDK). Gjilan/Gnjilane city and 20 villages are connected to sewage system. Power supply is no longer a problem (source: municipal directorate of public services). There are 12 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are run by women directors: economic development (independent candidate with civil society background) and culture, youth and sports (LDK), ten (10) departments are run by men directors: Health cadastre, geodesy and property (LDK); agriculture and forestry (LDK); inspection (LDK); budget and ﬁnance (LDK); public utilities The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal (LDK); administration (LDK); education (AAK); health and social family health centre, 13 municipal family health centres, ten (10) welfare (AAK); protection and rescue (AKR); and urbanism health houses, and one (1) mobile health house The municipal (independent candidate with civil society background). In the health sector has 282 employees, 262 Kosovo Albanian, eight (8) previous mandate (2013-2017), three (3) directors were women Kosovo Serb, ten (10) Kosovo Turk, one (1) Kosovo Roma and one (source: Mayor). (1) other (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare).

There are three (3) Serbia-run healthcare facilities in the JUDICIARY municipality, one (1) main health building in the Kosovo Serb village of Šilovo/Shillovë, one (1) in Gjilan/Gnjilane town (in Serbian Orthodox Church compound) and one (1) in the mixed Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court has 38 judges in total, 32 are Kosovo Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb inhabited village of Albanian and six (6) are Kosovo Serb; nine (9) are women and 29 Ponesh/Poneš. are men. It has branches in Kamenicë/Kamenica, Novo Brdo/Novobërdë and Viti/Vitina and also covers Klokot/Kllokot, In addition, Gjilan/Gnjilane also has a regional hospital located in Parteš/Partesh and Ranilug/Ranillug municipalities (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court). the city that employs 549 staff, 541 Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Turk, two (2) Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak and The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce has 17 prosecutors, one (1) other. 16 are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; ten (10) men and seven (7) women. In addition to Gjilan/Gnjilane, the All communities have access to health care and facilities. Ofﬁce also covers Kamenicë/Kamenica, Klokot/Kllokot, Novo However, many Kosovo Serbs travel to Gračanica/Graçanicë Brdo/Novobërdë, Parteš/Partesh, Ranilug/Ranillug and Viti/Vitina municipality, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality, or outside municipalities (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce). of Kosovo for secondary health care services (source: personnel ofﬁce of Gjilan/Gnjilane regional hospital).

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality has 152 police ofﬁcers, 125 are Kosovo Albanian, 22 Kosovo Serb, four (4) Kosovo Turk and one (1) Kosovo Montenegrin; 40 are women.

The Kosovo Police regional directorate, regional trafﬁc unit and specialized regional units are located in Gjilan/Gnjilane city and employ 133 ofﬁcers, 121 are Kosovo Albanian, seven (7) Kosovo Serb, three (3) Kosovo Turk and two (2) Kosovo Bosniak; 29 are women.

As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are 29 primary schools, 25 following Kosovo curriculum, four (4) following Serbian curriculum, with 12,370 pupils (12,023 In Gjilan/Gnjilane there are: Kosovo Albanians, 236 Kosovo Serbs, 75 Kosovo Roma and 36 Kosovo Turks) and 1,014 teachers (949 Kosovo Albanians, 40 Kosovo Serbs, four (4) Kosovo Roma and 21 Kosovo Turks). There • 35 seats in the municipal assembly are nine (9) secondary schools, seven (7) following Kosovo distributed among 10 political entities curriculum, two (2) following Serbian curriculum, with 5,650 students (5,449 Kosovo Albanians, 185 Kosovo Serbs and 16 • 152 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 133 in Kosovo Turks), and 409 teachers (390 Kosovo Albanians, 16 the regional command Kosovo Serbs and three (3) Kosovo Turks). There are four (4) kindergartens, three (3) with primarily Kosovo Albanians in town and one (1) with primarily Kosovo Serbs in Šilovo/Shillovë village • 38 judges and 17 prosecutors ﬁnanced by the Kosovo government, with 350 pupils (310 Kosovo Albanians and 40 Kosovo Serb), and 37 teachers (35 Kosovo • 1,460 teachers in 29 primary and 9 secondary Albanians and two (2) Kosovo Serbs). schools and 4 kindergartens A public university “Kadri Zeka” is also based in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality (source: municipal directorate of education). • 1 public university

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

There are 41 mosques in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality, of them one (1) is not in use. There are eight (8) Orthodox churches, two (2) were destroyed following the 1999 conﬂict and are not in use, one (1) was damaged after the 1999 conﬂict but was immediately reconstructed and has since been in use. The remaining ﬁve (5) churches were not damaged and are in use (source: representatives of religious communities).

A total of 64 cultural heritage sites (27 archaeological and 37 architectural) in Gjilan/Gnilane municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

8 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 HANI I ELEZIT/ELEZ HAN The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Hani i Elezit/Elez Han, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 83 km² area The municipality of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han is located in south- eastern Kosovo covering an area of approximately 83 km². It 10 villages includes Hani i Elezit/Elez Han town and ten (10) villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, 9,403 population the total population is 9,403.

Ethnic composition Hani i Elezit/Elez Han was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in 1.Kosovo Albanians 9,357 these years are not available. 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 42 3.Other 2 According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered 4.Not speciﬁed 2 returns in the municipality.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Hani i Elezit/Elez Han municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 8,9951, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 56.30% or 5,064 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

27.68% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 4 seats 25.57% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 23.60% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 3 seats 19.34% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 3 seats 3.81% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among ﬁve (5) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Qamush Brava The overall condition of the infrastructure in the municipality is (AAK). assessed as good. Most of the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. The town of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han and three (3) out of ten (10) villages are connected to water EXECUTIVE supply and sewage systems (source: municipal development plan).

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Rufki Suma (independent candidate), re-elected for his third term as mayor with 57.40% of The primary health care system includes one (1) municipal family votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the health centre in town and one (1) ﬁeld clinic in Gorancë/Gorance 2013 elections, Mayor Suma won with 54.74% of votes in the village. The health sector has 32 employees, including doctors, ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Mallzum Qajani (not afﬁliated). nurses and support staff; 19 women and 13 men.

There are eight (8) municipal departments. Two (2) departments All communities have access to health care and all health are run by women directors: economic development facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). (Vetëvendosje!) and health and social welfare (Vetëvendosje!), six (6) departments are run by men directors: budget and ﬁnance (not afﬁliated); general administration and personnel (not Education afﬁliated); education and culture (AAK); public services and emergencies (LDK); urbanism, cadastre and environment There are eight (8) primary schools with 1,413 pupils and 77 protection (LDK); and agriculture, forestry and rural development teachers, one (1) secondary school with 343 students and 19 (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was teachers and ﬁve (5) preschool classes with 149 children and ﬁve a woman (source: municipal information ofﬁce). (5) teachers (source: municipal directorate of education and culture).

JUDICIARY RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

There are no courts in Hani i Elezit/Elez Han. The Hani i Elezit/Elez Han has nine (9) mosques, none of which were Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Court and Prosecutor's Ofﬁce cover the destroyed during or after the 1999 conﬂict. There is one (1) municipality (source: Ferizaj/Uroševac basic court). Serbian Orthodox church, which has not been in use since the 1960s.

A total of 11 cultural heritage sites (two (2) archaeological and SECURITY PRESENCE nine (9) architectural) in Hani i Elezit/Elez Han municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites Kosovo Police station in Kaçanik/Kačanik has a sub-station in under permanent/temporary protection. Hani i Elezit/Elez Han with 18 police ofﬁcers, all are Kosovo Albanian; 17 men and one (1) woman. KEY FACTS As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the municipality (source: Kosovo Police). In Hani I Elezit/Elez Han there are:

• 15 seats in the municipal assembly ECONOMY € distributed among 5 political entities The economy of Hani i Elezit/Elez Han predominantly relies on the production of cement, plastic and agricultural products, as • 18 police ofﬁcers well as small trade businesses. There are approximately 250 registered private businesses employing around 1,400 people • No courts physically present in the (source: municipal directorate of budget and ﬁnance). municipality

• 101 teachers in 8 primary and 1 secondary school and 5 preschool classes

10 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KAÇANIK/KAČANIK The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Kaçanik/Kačanik, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 210 km² area The municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik is located in south-eastern Kosovo, covering an area of approximately 210 km². It includes 31 villages Kaçanik/Kačanik town and 31 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 33,409 population 33,409.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 30,406 Kosovo Albanians, 284 Kosovo Serbs and 27 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 33,362 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 20 conducted in 1991*, there were 37,368 Kosovo Albanians, 223 3.Kosovo Roma 5 Kosovo Serbs and 20 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Turks 2 5.Kosovo Ashkali 1 According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered 6.Kosovo Serbs 1 returns in the municipality. 7.Other 7 8.Not speciﬁed 11

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 33,9171, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 49.10% or 16,653 voters and in 2nd round it was 37.06% or 12,571 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

39.49% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 11 seats 18.71% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 5 seats 15.20% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 4 seats 13.75% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 8.30% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 3.30% IQLK Kacanik List 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among six (6) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Kemajl Murseli The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is (PDK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Kaçanik/Kačanik town and 23 out of 31 villages are connected to water supply and sewage systems. EXECUTIVE Continuous power supply remains a problem, especially in villages and rural areas (source: municipal development plan). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Besim Ilazi (PDK), re- Health elected for his third term as mayor with 54.73% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 The primary health care system currently includes one (1) municipal elections, Mayor Ilazi won with 52.64% of votes in the municipal family health centre and 12 ﬁeld clinics. The health ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Ylber Bajra (AAK). sector has 103 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff; 66 are women and 37 men. There are seven (7) municipal departments. One (1) department is run by a woman director: health and social welfare (PDK), six All communities have access to health care and all health (6) departments are run by men directors: education, youth, facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). culture, and sports (not afﬁliated); ﬁnance, economy and development (PDK); general administration (PDK); agriculture, forestry and rural development (AAK); public services and Education emergency (PDK); and urbanism, cadastre and environment protection (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) There are 12 primary schools with 4,674 pupils and 345 director was a woman (source: municipal information ofﬁce). teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 1,561 students and 102 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 41 children and seven (7) teachers (source: municipal directorate of education, youth, culture and sports). JUDICIARY

Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Court has a branch in Kaçanik/Kačanik with ﬁve (5) judges, all are Kosovo Albanian; one (1) is a woman. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES The Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality (source: Kaçanik/Kačanik branch of Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Kaçanik/Kačanik has 16 mosques, none of them were destroyed Court). or damaged during the 1999 conﬂict. Four (4) mosques were built after the 1999 conﬂict. There is one (1) Serbian Orthodox church (in Kaçanik/Kačanik town), which has not been functional since 1960 (source: municipal department of urbanism, cadaster and SECURITY PRESENCE environment protection).

Kosovo Police station in Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality has 55 A total of 23 cultural heritage sites (ﬁve (5) archaeological and 18 police ofﬁcers, all are Kosovo Albanian; ﬁve (5) are women. architectural) in Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under As for the international military presence, the United States and permanent/temporary protection. Polish KFOR cover the area (source: Kosovo Police).

KEY FACTS ECONOMY € In Kaçanik/Kačanik there are: The economy of Kaçanik/Kačanik municipality is predominantly based on lime (material) and brick production, construction, • 27 seats in the municipal assembly agriculture, and small trade businesses. There are distributed among 6 political entities approximately 870 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of • 55 police ofﬁcers employees in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of ﬁnance, economy development). • 5 judges

• 454 teachers in 12 primary and 2 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

12 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KAMENICË/KAMENICA The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Kamenicë/Kamenica, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 423 km² area The municipality of Kamenicë/Kamenica is located in the eastern part of Kosovo covering an area of approximately 423 km². It 56 villages includes Kamenicë/Kamenica town and 56 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 36,085 population population is 36,085.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 32,390 Kosovo Albanians, 14,813 Kosovo Serbs and 60 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 34,186 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Serbs 1,554 conducted in 1991*, there were 38,096 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Roma 240 12,762 Kosovo Serbs and 58 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Gorani 29 municipality. 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 9 6.Kosovo Turks 5 According to the UNHCR statistics, 683 displaced persons have 7.Other 27 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 515 Kosovo 8.Not speciﬁed 35 Serbs, 162 Kosovo Roma and six (6) Kosovo Bosniaks.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Kamenicë/Kamenica municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 38,0131, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 48.15% or 18,304 voters and in 2nd round it was 42.09% or 16,000 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

26.09% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 21.48% Vetëvendosje! Self-determination Movement 6 seats 15.98% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 4 seats 14.87% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 12.50% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 3 seats 6.07% SL Serbian List 2 seats 1.88% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among seven The economy of Kamenicë/Kamenica municipality is (7) political entities, 25 members are Kosovo Albanian and two predominantly based on bricks and alcoholic and non-alcoholic (2) are Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly beverage production, and general small businesses. There are Chairperson is Bajram Mavriqi (Vetëvendosje!). approximately 2,210 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. The number of employed persons in the private sector is around 3624 (source: municipal department of budget and ﬁnances). EXECUTIVE

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. PUBLIC SERVICES The municipality is headed by Mayor Qëndron Kastrati (Social Democratic Party - PSD)*, elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with Infrastructure 55.6% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Begzad Sinani The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (PDK), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 assessed as poor. Most of the main roads connecting villages municipal elections with 55.07% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is with the urban centre are not asphalted. Kamenicë/Kamenica Faton Jakupi (AAK) and Deputy Mayor for Communities is Bojan town and 47 out of 56 villages are connected to water supply and Stamenković (independent candidate)**. sewage systems. Power supply is still a problem, especially in the villages (source: municipal development plan). There are 11 municipal departments. Six (6) departments are run by women directors: general administration (Vetëvendosje!); cadaster, geodesy and property (AAK); educa tion Health (Vetëvendosje!); economic development and diaspora (Vetëvendosje!); urbanism and spatial planning (Vetëvendosje!); The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main and emergency rescue and protection (AAK), ﬁve (5) municipal family health centre, three (3) family health care departments are run by men: economy budget and ﬁnance centres and 17 health houses, of them ﬁve (5) are Serbia-run. The (Vetëvendosje!); agriculture, forestry and rural development health sector has 147 employees, including doctors, nurses and (AAK); culture, youth and sport (Vetëvendosje!); health and social support staff; 88 are women and 59 men. welfare (Vetëvendosje!); and public services (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), three (3) directors were women. All communities have access to health care and all health *In the 2017 municipal elections, Mayor Kastrati ran as a Vetëvendosje! candidate. In May facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). 2018, members who previously resigned from Vetëvendosje! joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and assumed its leadership.

**According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with less than ten (10) per Education cent of residents belonging to communities in a numerical minority is not required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities, but the position can be established if proposed by the Mayor and approved by the municipal assembly. There are 20 primary schools, 17 following Kosovo curriculum, three (3) following Serbian curriculum, with 4,482 pupils (3,999 Kosovo Albanian, 423 Kosovo Serbs, 60 Kosovo Roma) and 406 teachers (325 Kosovo Albanian and 81 Kosovo Serbs), four (4) JUDICIARY secondary schools three (3) following Kosovo curriculum and one (1) Serbian curriculum, with 1,085 students (793 Kosovo The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court has a branch in Albanian, 272 Kosovo Serb and 20 Kosovo Roma) and 176 Kamenicë/Kamenica with four (4) judges, three (3) are Kosovo teachers (131 Kosovo Albanian and 45 Kosovo Serb) and two (2) Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; three (3) men and one (1) kindergartens with 60 children and ten (10) teachers, all Kosovo woman. Albanian (source: municipal directorate of education). The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality (source: Kamenicë/Kamenica branch of Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court).

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Kamenicë/Kamenica municipality has 85 police ofﬁcers, 73 Kosovo are Albanian and 12 are Kosovo Serb; 14 are women. Of them, 12 police ofﬁcers are stationed in the police sub-station in Muqivercë/Mučiverce village.

As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Kamenicë/Kamenica has 28 mosques, none of which was damaged during the 1999 conﬂict. There are ten (10) Serbian In Kamenicë/Kamenica there are: Orthodox churches, seven (7) of which are in use, and one (1) ruin of a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery. The Serbian • 27 seats in the municipal assembly Orthodox churches in Petroc/Petrovce and Koretin/Koretin villages were destroyed after the 1999 conﬂict and are not distributed among 7 political entities reconstructed. The Orthodox church in Shipashnicë e Poshtme/Donja Šipašnica was burned following the 1999 • 85 police ofﬁcers conﬂict and is not in use. The Serbian Orthodox church in Kamenicë/Kamenica town was in poor condition until it was • 4 judges renovated in 2012.

A total of 44 cultural heritage sites (21 archaeological and 23 • 592 teachers in 20 primary and 4 secondary architectural) in Kamenicë/Kamenica municipality are included schools and 2 kindergartens in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

15 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KLOKOT/KLLOKOT The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Klokot/Kllokot, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 24 km² area The municipality of Klokot/Kllokot (formerly called Klokot- Vrbovac/Kllokot-Vërbovc) is located in south-eastern Kosovo 3 villages covering an area of approximately 24 km². It includes Klokot/Kllokot town and three (3) villages. According to the 2011 2,556 population Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 2,556.

Ethnic composition Klokot/Kllokot was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these years 1.Kosovo Albanians 1,362 are not available. 2.Kosovo Serbs 1,177 3.Kosovo Roma 9 According to the UNHCR statistics, 90 displaced persons have 4.Kosovo Turks 1 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 87 Kosovo 5.Other 6 Serbs and three (3) Kosovo Roma. 6.Not speciﬁed 1

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Klokot/Kllokot municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 3,7421, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 64.32% or 2,407 voters and in 2nd round it was 56.57% or 2,117 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

38.94% SL Serbian List 6 seats 23.17% GIKV KLOKOT-VRBOVAC Citizens Initiative 3 seats 14.45% ISHK Albanian Initiative for Klokot/Kllokot 2 seats 7.36% AGI Active Citizens Initiative 1 seat 5.00% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat 4.18% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.95% IQKM Citizens Initiative Kllokot/Mogill/Klokot/Mogil 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among seven The economy of Klokot/Kllokot municipality is predominantly (7) political entities, ten (10) are Kosovo Serb and ﬁve (5) are based on natural resources (mineral water), tourism (two (2) Kosovo Albanian; four (4) are women. The Municipal Assembly private SPAs), as well as agriculture and small businesses. There Chairperson is Žarko Dejanović (GIKV) and the Municipal are approximately 29 registered private businesses operating in Assembly Deputy Chairperson for Communities in Klokot/Kllokot the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of is Hidajet Ahmeti (ISHK)*. employees in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of urban planning, cadastre and geodesy). *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. PUBLIC SERVICES

EXECUTIVE Infrastructure The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political assessed as good. All of the main roads connecting villages with afﬁliations. the urban centre are asphalted. Out of four (4) villages, only The municipality is headed by Mayor Božidar Dejanović (SL), Vrbovac/Vërbovc is not connected to water supply and sewage elected for his ﬁrst term mayor with 50.2% of votes in the second system. Power supply remains a problem due to an antiquated round of the 2017 municipal assembly elections*. In the previous power grid (source: municipal development plan and municipal assembly term, the mayor was Srećko Spasić (SL), who was elected in the affairs ofﬁcer). second round of the 2017 municipal elections with 54.80% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Saša Mirković (GIKV). Health There are (5) municipal departments. Three (3) departments are run by women directors: economy ﬁnance and budget (NISMA); Klokot/Kllokot municipality has two (2) Serbia-run healthcare agriculture, forestry and water management (PDK); and facilities, one (1) in Klokot/Kllokot and one (1) in Vrbovac/Vërbovc. administration and public services (GIKV), two (2) departments The health sector has 15 employees, including doctors, nurses are run by men directors: education, health, social services, and support staff; eight (8) women and seven (7) men. culture, youth and sports (GIKV); and urban planning, cadastre and geodesy (GIKV). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), all All communities have access to health care and all health directors were men (source: municipal assembly affairs ofﬁcer and municipal website). facilities (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social services, culture, youth and sports). *In the ﬁrst round of the 2017 elections, Mayor Dejanović was presented as the mayoral candidate from GIKV, and for the second round, he ran as an SL candidate. Education

JUDICIARY There are three (3) primary schools with 397 pupils and 40 teachers, two (2) follow Serbian curriculum and one (1) follows Kosovo curriculum, one (1) secondary school with 89 students There are no courts in Klokot/Kllokot. The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic and 12 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 43 children and Court and Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce cover the municipality (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane basic court). three (3) teachers. There are nine (9) support staff in primary schools and three (3) in the secondary school (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social services, culture, youth and sports).

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Klokot/Kllokot has 25 police ofﬁcers, 13 are Kosovo Serb and 12 are Kosovo Albanian; two (2) are women.

As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Klokot/Kllokot has four (4) Serbian Orthodox churches. The church in Grnčar/Gërnçar was destroyed after the 1999 conﬂict In Klokot/Kllokot there are: and was reconstructed in 2009. The other three (3) churches have been renovated. There is one (1) mosque in the village of • 15 seats in the municipal assembly Mogillë/Mogila. It was not damaged during 1999 and remains in use (source: municipal development plan, religious representatives). distributed among 7 political entities

• 25 police ofﬁcers

• No courts physically present in the municipality

• 55 teachers in 3 primary and 1 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

18 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 NOVO BRDO/NOVOBËRDË The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Novo Brdo/Novobërdë, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 204 km² area The municipality of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë is located in central Kosovo covering an area of approximately 204 km². It includes 24 villages Novo Brdo/Novobërdë town and 24 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 6,729 population population is 6,729.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 1,845 Kosovo Albanians, 2,666 Kosovo Serbs and 14 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 3,524 Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 2.Kosovo Serbs 3,122 census concducted in 1981, as Novo Brdo/Novobërdë was not a 3.Kosovo Roma 63 separate municipality at that time. 4.Kosovo Turks 7 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 5 According to the UNHCR statistics, 814 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Ashkali 3 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 783 Kosovo 7.Other 2 Serbs, 13 Kosovo Roma and 18 Kosovo Albanians. 8.Not speciﬁed 3

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 9,8481, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 56.61% or 5,575 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

51.15% SL Serbian List 7 seats 19.19% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 3 seats 5.07% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 4.91% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 1 seat 4.81% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat 4.75% GIM Citizens Youth Initiative 1 seat 3.95% SLS Independent Liberal Party 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among seven The economy of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë municipality is (7) political entities, nine (9) are Kosovo Serb and six (6) are predominantly based on agriculture, rural tourism and small Kosovo Albanian; ﬁve (5) are women. The Municipal Assembly trade businesses. There are approximately 280 registered Chairperson is Nebojša Arsić (SL). Municipal Assembly Deputy private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no Chairperson for Communities in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë is reliable data on the number of employees in the private sector Ramush Mehmeti (AKR)*. (source: municipal department of ﬁnance, business registration center).

*According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. PUBLIC SERVICES

Infrastructure EXECUTIVE The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as poor. Most of the main roads connecting villages Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political with the urban centre are still not asphalted. Novo afﬁliations. Brdo/Novobërdë town and ten (10) out of 24 villages are The municipality is headed by Mayor Svetislav Ivanović (SL), re- connected to water supply and sewage systems, ﬁve (5) are elected for his second term as mayor with 59.40% of votes in the connected only to the sewage system, and two (2) only to the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 water supply. Power supply is still a problem, especially in municipal elections, Mayor Ivanović won with 57.05% of votes in villages and rural areas (source: draft municipal development plan, the second round. Deputy Mayor is Siniša Dimić (SL) and Deputy municipal inspector for construction). Mayor for Communities is Bajrush Ymeri (LDK). Health There are eight (8) municipal directors. One (1) department is run by a woman director: public services (IQNB Citizens Initiative for The primary health care system currently includes one (1) Novoberde), ﬁve (5) departments are run by men directors: Kosovo-run municipal family health centre, and nine (9) health administration and personnel (LDK); budget and ﬁnance (SL); houses (one (1) Kosovo-run and eight (8) Serbia-run). The health inspection (LDK); agriculture, forest and rural development (SL); sector has 36 employees, 12 Kosovo Albanian and 24 Kosovo and health and social welfare (SL), and two (2) are vacant: Serb including doctors, nurses and support staff, 24 women and education, culture youth and sports; and urbanism, cadastre and 12 men. All family health facilities including Serbia-run, are spatial planning. In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) ﬁnancially and materially supported by Novo Brdo/Novobërdë director was a woman (source: municipal directors and municipal website). municipality.

All communities have access to health care and all health JUDICIARY f a c i l i t i e s , h o w e v e r, m a n y Ko s o v o S e r b s t r a v e l t o Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality, or outside of Kosovo for The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court has a branch in Novo secondary health care services (source: municipal directorate of health Brdo/Novobërdë municipality with one (1) judge, a Kosovo and social welfare). Albanian man. The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality (source: Novo Brdo/Novobërdë branch of Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court). Education There are three (3) preschool classes, two (2) following Kosovo curriculum, one (1) following Serbian curriculum, with 70 SECURITY PRESENCE children (40 Kosovo Albanians and 30 Kosovo Serbs), and three (3) preschool teachers (two (2) Kosovo Albanians, one (1) Kosovo Kosovo Police station in Novo Brdo/Novobërdë municipality has Serb), seven (7) primary schools, three (3) following Kosovo 34 police ofﬁcers, 19 are Kosovo Serb, 14 are Kosovo Albanian curriculum, four (4) following Serbian curriculum, with 1139 and one (1) is a Kosovo Roma; four (4) are women. pupils (541 Kosovo Albanians, 591 Kosovo Serbs and 7 Kosovo Roma) and 131 teachers (65 Kosovo Albanian and 66 Kosovo As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR Serb) and three (3) secondary schools with 251 students (80 covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). Kosovo Albanian and 171 Kosovo Serb) and 31 teachers (10 Kosovo Albanian and 21 Kosovo Serb) (source: municipal directorate of education, culture, youth and sports).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Novo Brdo/Novobërdë has seven (7) Serbian Orthodox churches, one (1) Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Draganac/Dragancë In Novo Brdo/Novobërdë there are: which is on the list of Special Protective Zones, and two (2) mosques, all of which are in use. In addition there is a cultural • 15 seats in the municipal assembly heritage site of Medieval Town of Novo Brdo/Novobërdë which is a Special Protective Zone (source: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, distributed among 7 political entities municipal guidebook). • 34 police ofﬁcers A total of 16 cultural heritage sites (six (6) archaeological and ten (10) architectural) in Novo Brdo/ Novobërdë municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites • 1 judge under permanent/temporary protection. • 165 teachers in 7 primary and 3 secondary schools and 3 preschool classes

21 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PARTEŠ/PARTESH The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Parteš/Partesh, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 18.3 km² area The municipality of Parteš/Partesh is located in the eastern part of Kosovo covering an area of approximately 18.3 km² and 2 villages includes Parteš/Partesh town and two (2) villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 1,787 population population is 1,787.

Ethnic composition Parteš/Partesh was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these 1.Kosovo Serbs 1,785 years are not available. 2.Other 2 According to the UNHCR statistics, 271 displaced persons have (source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo Serbs.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Parteš/Partesh municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 4,6941, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 57.84% or 2,715 voters and in 2nd round it was 51.04% or 2,396 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

59.97% SL Serbian List 9 seats 40.03% GINS Citizens Initiative People's Unity 6 seats

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Infrastructure The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among two (2) political entities, all members are Kosovo Serb; eight (8) are The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Žarko Bujić (SL). assessed as good. Most of the roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted and maintained. All three villages of Parteš/Partesh, Pasjane/Pasjan and Donja Budriga/Budrigë e EXECUTIVE Poshtme are connected to sewage system. Work on water supply system in all villages is currently being ﬁnalized (source: municipal directorate of urban planning, cadaster and geodesy). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Dragan Petković (SL), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 61.94% of votes in the Health second round of the 2017 municipal elections*. In the previous term, the mayor was Dragan Nikolić (Građanska Inicijativa The health care system includes one (1) Serbia-run maternity Srpska (GISL), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 hospital in village of Pasjane/Pasjan, which is at the municipal municipal elections with 52.16% of votes. Deputy Mayor is Zoran level considered as a family health center since it is being Perić (SL). ﬁnanced by the Government of Kosovo, and three (3) Serbia-run healthcare facilities in the villages Pasjane/Pasjan, Donja There are six (6) municipal departments, all run by men directors: Budriga/Budrigë e Poshtme and Parteš/Partesh. All health administration (SL); budget and ﬁnance (SL); urban planning, facilities are ﬁnancially and materially supported by cadaster and geodesy (SL); education, health, social services, Parteš/Partesh municipality. youth, culture and sports (SL); public services, security and emergencies (SL); and agriculture, forestry and rural All communities have access to health care and all health development (SL). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) facilities (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social welfare, culture, sports and youth). director was a woman (source: OSCE ﬁeld team).

*Mayor Petković received 59.73 % of votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections, however due to irregularities during the voting process, the Central Election Commission Education ordered the repeat of the mayoral elections, in which Mayor Petković received 61.94%. There are two (2) primary schools with 566 pupils and 52 teachers and six (6) secondary schools with 574 students and 24 JUDICIARY teachers, all following Serbian curriculum (source: municipal directorate of education, health, social welfare, culture, sports and youth).

There are no courts in Parteš/Partesh municipality. Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court and Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce cover the municipality (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court). RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

Parteš/Partesh has three (3) Serbian Orthodox churches, none of SECURITY PRESENCE which were damaged, and all are in use. There are religious ruins dating back to the medieval period in the vicinity of Donja The Kosovo Police station in Parteš/Partesh has 21 police Budriga/Budrigë e Poshtme, which are ritually visited by Serbian ofﬁcers, 15 are Kosovo Serb, ﬁve (5) are Kosovo Albanian and one Orthodox believers (source: municipal public relations ofﬁcer and municipal (1) is Kosovo Macedonian; one (1) is a woman. development plan).

As for the international military presence, the Turkish KFOR A total of seven (7) cultural heritage sites (three (3) Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT covers the area (source: Kosovo archaeological and four (4) architectural) in Parteš/Partesh Police). municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

ECONOMY € KEY FACTS The economy of Parteš/Partesh municipality is predominantly In Parteš/Partesh there are: based on dairy, milk and cheese, production and small trade businesses. There are approximately 56 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable • 15 seats in the municipal assembly data on the number of employees in the private sector (source: distributed among 2 political entities municipal directorate of urban planning, cadaster and geodesy). • 21 police ofﬁcers • No courts physically present in the municipality • 76 teachers 2 primary and 6 secondary schools

23 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RANILUG/RANILLUG The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Ranilug/Ranillug, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 77.62 km² area The municipality of Ranilug/Ranillug is located in eastern Kosovo covering an area of 77.62 km² and includes Ranilug/Ranillug 12 villages town and 12 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 3,866. 3,866 population

Ethnic composition Ranilug/Ranillug was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these 1.Kosovo Serbs 3,692 years are not available. 2.Kosovo Albanians 164 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 1 According to the UNHCR statistics, 233 displaced persons have 4.Other 3 returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo 5.Not speciﬁed 6 Serbs.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Ranilug/Ranillug municipality registered for the last municipal elections held in October 2017 was 5,5781, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 58.16% or 3,244 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

78.91% SL Serbian List 12 seats 8.72% PDS Serbian Progressive Party 1 seat 7.55% SLS Independent Liberal Party 1 seat 3.37% GI SDP – OI Citizens Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among four (4) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Serb; ﬁve (5) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Dejan Jovanović The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (SL). assessed as good. Most of the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Ranilug/Ranillug town and nine (9) out of 13 villages are connected to water supply, while EXECUTIVE eight (8) are connected to sewage system. Sufﬁcient power supply is still a problem, especially in the remote villages (source: municipal information ofﬁcer). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Vladica Aritonović (SL), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 78.25% of votes in the Health ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Gradimir Mikić (Građanska Inicijativa Srpska - There are eight (8) Serbia-run healthcare facilities, ﬁnancially GISL), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 and materially assisted by the municipality of Ranilug/Ranillug. municipal elections with 52.34% of votes. Deputy Mayor is Davor The health sector has 28 employees, including doctors and Petković (SL). support staff; 16 men and 12 women.

There are six (6) municipal departments, all run by men directors: All communities have access to health care and all health general administration and personnel (SL); budget, ﬁnance and facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). economy (PDK); education, health, social welfare, culture, youth and sport (SL); public services (SL); urbanism, cadastre, geodesy and property (SL); and agriculture, forestry and rural Education development (SL). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), all directors were men (source: municipal department of general There are two (2) primary schools with 532 pupils, 65 teachers administration and personnel). and 18 support staff, two (2) secondary schools with 354 students, 32 teachers and ﬁve (5) support staff and six (6) kindergartens with 226 children, 18 teachers and three (3) JUDICIARY support staff, all following Serbian curriculum.

There are no courts in Ranilug/Ranillug municipality. The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court and the Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES cover the municipality (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane basic court). Ranilug/Ranillug has nine (9) Serbian Orthodox churches, none of which were destroyed or damaged. Most of them are in use SECURITY PRESENCE (source: municipal development plan and information ofﬁcer).

Kosovo Police station in Ranilug/Ranillug has 28 police ofﬁcers, 17 are Kosovo Serbs and 11 are Kosovo Albanians; three (3) are women. KEY FACTS In Ranilug/Ranillug there are: As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Deputy Mayor). • 15 seats in the municipal assembly distributed among 4 political entities ECONOMY € • 28 police ofﬁcers The economy of Ranilug/Ranillug is predominantly based on dairy, milk and cheese, production and small businesses. There • No courts physically present in the are approximately 110 registered private businesses operating municipality in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of employees in the private sector (source: Deputy Mayor). • 115 teachers in 2 primary and 2 secondary schools and 6 kindergartens

25 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 ŠTRPCE/SHTËRPCË The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Štrpce/Shtërpcë, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 247 km² area The municipality of Štrpce/Shtërpcë is located in the south- eastern part of Kosovo covering an area of approximately 247 16 villages km² and includes Štrpce/Shtërpcë town and 16 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, 6,949 population the total population is 6,949.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 4,300 Kosovo Albanians, 8,138 Kosovo Serbs and 17 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 3,757 Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 2.Kosovo Serbs 3,148 census conducted in 1981, as Štrpce/Shtërpcë was not a 3.Kosovo Roma 24 separate municipality at that time. 4.Kosovo Bosniaks 2 5.Kosovo Ashkali 1 According to the UNHCR statistics, 961 displaced persons have 6.Other 7 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 517 Kosovo 7.Not speciﬁed 10 Serbs, one (1) Kosovo Roma and 443 Kosovo Albanians.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Štrpce/Shtërpcë municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October is 13,7811, voters including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 57.22% or 7,886 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

74.04% SL Serbian List 11 seats 12.98% ISHS Albanian Initiative for Syrinikë 2 seats 12.98% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 2 seats

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The Municipal Assembly has 15 seats distributed among three The economy of Štrpce/Shtërpcë is predominantly based on (3) political entities, 11 members are Kosovo Serb and four (4) agriculture, mainly raspberry production, tourism, and small are Kosovo Albanian; eight (8) are women. The Municipal businesses. The approximate number of registered private Assembly Chairperson is Predrag Grbić (SL) and the Deputy businesses is 167. There are no exact data on the number of Municipal Assembly Chairperson for Communities is Garip Sahiti employees in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of (PDK)*. economic development, tourism, agriculture and forestry).

*According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal PUBLIC SERVICES assembly chairperson for communities.

Infrastructure EXECUTIVE The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political urban centre are asphalted. Water supply and sewage systems afﬁliations. are connected to the households in most of the villages. Since The municipality is headed by Mayor Bratislav Nikolić (SL), re- August 2009, power supply has been improved, as residents elected for his third term as mayor with 73.58% of votes in the have started paying electricity bills (source: municipal directorate of ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 planning, reconstruction, and urban development). municipal elections, Mayor Nikolić won with 56.25 % of votes in the second round. Deputy Mayor is Ivica Tanasijević (SL) and Deputy Mayor for Communities is Fikri Hasani (PDK). Health There are eight (8) municipal departments. Seven (7) The primary health care system currently includes one (1) departments are run by men directors: general administration municipal family health centre located in Štrpce/Shtërpcë town (PDK); budget and ﬁnance (SL); health and social welfare (LDK); and seven (7) health houses in both Kosovo Serb and Kosovo emergency and public services (SL); education, youth, culture Albanian villages. The health sector has 22 employees, including and sport (SL); planning, reconstruction and urban development doctors, nurses and support staff that work under the Kosovo (SL); and economic development, tourism, agriculture and system; ten (10) women and 12 men. Approximately 200 staff forestry (SL), one (1) director is not yet appointed: geodesy, are working in the Serbia-run healthcare facilities in the cadastre and property. In the previous mandate (2013-2017), all municipality. directors were men (source: municipal information ofﬁcer). All communities have access to health care and health facilities regardless of the system under which they operate (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). JUDICIARY Education The Basic Court of Ferizaj/Uroševac has a branch in Štrpce/Shtërpcë with two (2) judges, one (1) is Kosovo Bosniak There are six (6) primary schools and two (2) secondary schools and one (1) is Kosovo Gorani; one (1) woman and one (1) man. with 2,500 pupils and 244 teachers, of them three (3) primary and one (1) secondary schools follow Serbian curriculum, and The Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the one (1) kindergarten with 95 children and seven (7) teachers in municipality (source: Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Court). Štrpce/Shtërpcë town (source: municipal directorate of education, youth, culture and sport).

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Štrpce/Shtërpcë municipality has 61 police ofﬁcers, 52 are Kosovo Serb and nine (9) are Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women.

As for the international military presence, US KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Štrpce/Shtërpcë has ﬁve (5) mosques, all of which are in use. There are 16 Serbian Orthodox churches, none of them was In Štrpce/Shtërpcë there are: destroyed or damaged in either 1999 conﬂict or March 2004 riots, most of them are in use. Five (5) Serbian Orthodox churches • 15 seats in the municipal assembly in the municipality are listed as Special Protective Zones, the Church of St. Nicholas in Štrpce/Shtërpcë town, the Church of St. distributed among 3 political entities Theodore in Biti e Poshtme/Donja Bitinja village, the Church of St. Nicholas in Gotovushë/Gotovuša village, the Church of the Holy • 61 police ofﬁcers Virgin in Gotovushë/Gotovuša village, and the Church of St. George in Biti e Epërme/Gornja Bitinja village. • 2 judges

A total of ten (10) cultural heritage sites (four (4) archaeological • 251 teachers in 6 primary and 2 secondary and six (6) architectural) in Štrpce/Shtërpcë municipality are schools and 1 kindergarten included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

28 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 VITI/VITINA The OSCE regional centre Gjilan/Gnjilane covers 11 municipalities, including Viti/Vitina, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 276 km² area The municipality of Viti/Vitina is located in south-eastern Kosovo and covers an area of approximately 276 km² and includes 38 villages Viti/Vitina town and 38 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 46,987. 46,987 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 35,105 Kosovo Albanians, 8,369 Kosovo Serbs and 179 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 46,669 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Serbs 113 conducted in 1991*, there were 45,078 Kosovo Albanians, 7,002 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 25 Kosovo Serbs and 178 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 14 5.Kosovo Roma 12 According to the UNHCR statistics, 412 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Gorani 7 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 381 Kosovo 7.Kosovo Turks 4 Serbs, 20 Kosovo Roma, nine (9) Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Other 83 Egyptians and two (2) Kosovo Croats. 9.Not speciﬁed 60 *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Viti/Vitina municipality registered for the last municipal elections held in October 2017 was 49,3171, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 43.18% or 21,295 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

37.39% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 11* seats 22.60% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 6 seats 20.71% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 5* seats 10.56% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 3 seats 4.01% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.37% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat

* Following the elections, one (1) PDK member joined LDK.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among six (6) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; nine (9) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Naim Pira (LDK). The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as average. Most of the roads connecting villages with the urban centre are not asphalted. Viti/Vitina town is connected EXECUTIVE to both water supply and sewage system. In addition, 23 villages are connected to water supply system, 30 are connected to Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political sewage system. Power supply is still a problem, especially in the afﬁliations. villages (source: municipal development plan). The municipality is headed by Mayor Sokol Haliti (LDK), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 51.65% of votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 Health municipal elections, Mayor Haliti won with 58.88% of votes in the second round. Deputy Mayor is Hasan Aliu (LDK). The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main family medicine centre, ﬁve (5) family medicine centres and There are (10) municipal departments. One (1) department is run seven (7) health houses. The health sector has 129 employees, by a woman director: education (LDK), nine (9) departments are including doctors, nurses and support staff; 88 are women. run by men directors: health and social welfare (LDK); youth, culture and sports (LDK); ﬁnance, economy and development All communities have access to health care and all health (LDK); public services and emergencies (LDK); agriculture, facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). forestry and rural development (LDK); urban planning and environmental protection (LDK); administration (LDK); inspection (LDK); and cadastre, geodesy and property (LDK). In the previous Education mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women (source: municipal website). There are 17 primary and lower secondary schools with 7,438 pupils and 524 teachers, three (3) secondary schools with 2,464 students and 796 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 80 JUDICIARY children and eight (8) teachers (source: municipal directorate of education).

The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court has a branch in Viti/Vitina with seven (7) judges, six (6) are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; six (6) men and one (1) woman.

The Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Prosecutor's ofﬁce covers the municipality (source: Gjilan/Gnjilane Basic Court).

SECURITY PRESENCE

Kosovo Police station in Viti/Vitina municipality has 64 police ofﬁcers, 57 are Kosovo Albanian, six (6) are Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Croat stationed in the main police station and in the sub-station in Pozhoran/Požaranje; seven (7) are women.

As for the international military presence, the United States KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

ECONOMY € The economy of Viti/Vitina municipality is predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. There are approximately 1,695 registered businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of employees in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of ﬁnance, economy and development).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Viti/Vitina has 30 mosques. They were not damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and continued to function throughout this time. Five (5) In Viti/Vitina there are: new mosques have been built since 2003. There are six (6) Serbian Orthodox churches and one (1) Serbian Orthodox • 27 seats in the municipal assembly monastery. Out of the six (6) Serbian Orthodox churches, two (2) are in use, one (1) in Binçë/Binač village and one (1) in Viti/Vitina distributed among 6 political entities town. The Orthodox Monastery in Buzovik/Buzovik village, a Special Protective Zone, the Orthodox Church Sveta Petka in • 64 police ofﬁcers Binač/Binçë as well as Orthodox churches in Gërmovë/Grmovo, Podgorcë/Podgorce and Zhiti/Žitinje villages, were • 7 judges destroyed/desecrated in the aftermath of the 1999 conﬂict and were not reconstructed. There are six (6) Catholic churches, located in Viti/Vitina town and the villages of Letnicë/Letnica, • 1,328 teachers in 17 primary and 3 secondary Vërnez/Vrnez, Kabash/Kabaš, Binçë/Binač and Stublla e schools and 1 kindergarten Epërme/Gornja Stubla, all are in use (source: municipal development plan, religious representatives).

A total of 30 cultural heritage sites, eight (8) archaeological and 22 architectural, in Viti/Vitina municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

31 MUNICIPAL PROFILES 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA REGION

32 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GLLOGOC/GLOGOVAC The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Gllogoc/Glogovac, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

290 km² area The municipality of Gllogoc/Glogovac is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 290 km² and includes Gllogoc/Glogovac town and 37 villages. According to the 2011 37 villages Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 58,531. 58,531 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 40,447 Kosovo Albanians, 27 Kosovo Serbs and 5 Kosovo Montenegrins 1.Kosovo Albanians 58,445 in the municipality; whereas according to the census conducted 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 14 in 1991*, there were 53,562 Kosovo Albanians, 23 Kosovo Serbs 3.Kosovo Turks 5 and 3 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Egyptians 2 5.Kosovo Serbs 2 6.Others 22 According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered 7.Not Speciﬁed 41 returns in the municipality.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 53,4081, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 46.40% or 24,779 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

44.64% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 16* seats 19.19% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 5* seats 7.89% IQVD Citizen Initiative Vision for Drenas 3 seats 6.01% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.97% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.85% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 1 seat 3.38% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 3.05% IQD Citizen Initiative for Drenas 1 seat 2.28% Independent candidate Hamit Kastrati* *

* Following the elections, one (1) NISMA member and one (1) independent candidate joined PDK.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; ten (10) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Labinot The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Halilaj (PDK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Gllogoc/Glogovac town is connected to water and sewage systems, 35 villages are connected to water EXECUTIVE supply system, while 26 are connected to sewage system. Power supply is still a problem especially in the villages (source: municipal director of urban planning and environmental protection). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Ramiz Lladrovci (PDK), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 59.04% of votes in the The primary health care system includes one (1) main family ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, health centre, seven (7) family health centres and ﬁve (5) health the mayor was Nexhat Demaku (PDK), who was elected in the care centres. The health sector has 177 employees, including ﬁrst round of the 2013 municipal elections with 63.44% of the doctors, nurses and support staff; 119 women and 58 men. votes*. Deputy Mayor is Gani Sylaj (PDK). There are ten (10) municipal departments. Five (5) departments All residents have access to health care and health facilities are run by women directors: general administration (PDK); (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). culture, youth and sport (PDK); agriculture and economic development (PDK); municipal inspection (PDK); and public services and emergency (PDK), ﬁve (5) departments are run by Education men directors: health and social welfare (PDK); education (PDK); budget and ﬁnance (PDK); cadastre, geodesy and property (PDK); There are 29 primary schools with 9,811 pupils and 787 and urban planning and environmental protection (PDK). In the teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 3,108 students and 183 previous mandate (2013-2017), ﬁve (5) directors were women teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 134 children and 22 (source: municipal website). teachers (source: municipal directorate of education). *On 4 December 2016, Gllogoc/Glogovac went to extraordinary elections (following the resignation of former Mayor Demaku), in which Mayor Lladrovci won 62.55% of votes in the second round. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

Gllogoc/Glogovac has 17 mosques. Seven (7) of them were JUDICIARY damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and were reconstructed and ten (10) new ones have been built after the conﬂict. There is one (1) The Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court has a branch in functional Catholic church in Lapushnik/Lapušnik village (source: Gllogoc/Glogovac with eight (8) judges, all are Kosovo Albanian; President of Islamic Community in Gllogoc/Glogovac). six (6) men and two (2) women (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). A total of 17 cultural heritage sites in Gllogoc/Glogovac Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and municipality. Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality has KEY FACTS 82 police ofﬁcers, all are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are women (source: Kosovo Police). In Gllogoc/Glogovac there are:

As for the international military presence, Finnish KFOR covers • 31 seats in the municipal assembly the area (source: KFOR). distributed among 8 political entities

ECONOMY • 82 police ofﬁcers € The economy of Gllogoc/Glogovac municipality is mainly based • 8 judges on agriculture and small businesses. There are approximately 2,100 registered private businesses operating in the • 992 teachers in 29 primary and 2 secondary municipality. Approximately 5,100 people are employed in the schools and 1 kindergarten private sector (source: municipal directorate for agriculture and economic development).

34 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEPOSAVIĆ/LEPOSAVIQ The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Leposavić/Leposaviq, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

750 km² area The municipality of Leposavić/Leposaviq is located in northern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 750 km² and includes Leposavić/Leposaviq town and 72 villages. No ofﬁcial data on 72 villages population is available as the 2011 census was not conducted in the northern municipalities. According to the municipal 18,635 population administration, the total population is estimated at 18,635.

Ethnic composition Since June 1999, the municipality has received displaced persons from all over Kosovo and now hosts approximately 1.Kosovo Serbs approximately 18,000 2,500 of them. Most Kosovo Serb displaced persons live in 2.Kosovo Albanians approximately 270 private accommodation or with their relatives. Others live in 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 350 collective centres in Leposavić/Leposaviq town and in 4.Kosovo Roma 12 Lešak/Leshak and Sočanica/Soçanicë villages. Kosovo Ashkali According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 858 (source: community representatives) Kosovo Albanians, 14,977 Kosovo Serbs and 79 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 951 Kosovo Albanians, 14,299 Kosovo Serbs and 89 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality.

According to the UNHCR statistics, 257 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 13 Kosovo Serbs and 244 Kosovo Albanians.

*The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 17,7471, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 48.03% or 8,523 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

56.27% SL Serbian List 12 seats 28.57% PKS Party of Kosovo Serbs 6 seats 4.64% GIDI Citizens Initiative – Democratic Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE SECURITY PRESENCE

The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed among three The Kosovo Police station in Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality (3) political entities, all members are Kosovo Serb; six (6) are has 99 police ofﬁcers, 94 are Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Nikola Lazović Bosniak and four (4) Kosovo Albanian assigned to Bistricë e (SL). Shalës/Šaljska Bistrica police substation; 14 are women.

As for the international military presence, Slovenian KFOR has a EXECUTIVE Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT covering the area (source: Kosovo Police).

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Zoran Todić (SL), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 63.20% of votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous mandate, the ECONOMY € mayor was Dragan Jablanović (then Citizen Initiative Srpska), The economy of Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality is who was elected in the ﬁrst round of the 2013 municipal predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. elections with 51.48% of the votes cast. Deputy Mayor is Radoš There is no reliable data on the number of registered businesses Mihajlović (SL). and number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal general administration).

There are 13 municipal departments. Three (3) departments are run by women directors: administration (SL); budget and ﬁnance (SL) and health (not afﬁliated), ten (10) departments are PUBLIC SERVICES run by men directors: agriculture and rural development (not afﬁliated); economic development (GIDI); cadastre and geodesy Infrastructure (SL); communities (Citizens' Initiative Together); culture, youth and sports (SL), education (SL); ﬁreﬁghters and inspection (SL); The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is road infrastructure (GIDI); urban planning and inspection (SL) assessed as underdeveloped. However, a number of and social welfare (SL). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), infrastructural projects, especially those that pertain to road ﬁve (5) directors were women. infrastructure, have been implemented in the past several years with the ﬁnancial assistance of local institutions, the Serbian Government and international organizations (source: municipal general administration). JUDICIARY

In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated Health Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an agreement on judiciary structures in northern Kosovo. The The primary health care Serbia-run system includes one (1) process of the integration of the Serbia-run judiciary into the health house and eight (8) village 'ambulantas' of which only two legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October 2017. (2) units are operational. The health sector has 135 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff; 103 women and 32 There is one (1) Basic Court in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with men. jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, There is also one (1) health unit in Kosovo Albanian village of Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, Bistricë e Shalës/Šaljska Bistrica with three (3) medical staff, one Zvečan/Zveçan and Vushtrri/Vučitrn. (1) doctor and two (2) technical staff run by Kosovo institutions (source: municipal communities’ ofﬁcer). The Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Branch in Leposavić/Leposaviq has three (3) Kosovo Serb judges; two (2) All communities have access to health care and to health men and one (1) woman. facilities (source: head of Leposavić/Leposaviq Health House).

Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are three (3) primary schools with 1,281 pupils and 232 employees of which 170 teachers, two (2) secondary schools In Leposavić/Leposaviq there are: with 391 students and 124 employees of which 91 teachers and three (3) kindergartens with 638 children and 175 staff. There is also one (1) primary school located in Kosovo Albanian • 19 seats in the municipal assembly village of Bistricë e Shalës/Šaljska Bistrica with 24 pupils and 16 distributed amongst 3 political entities employees of which ten (10) teachers. The municipality also hosts three (3) faculties, education, sports • 99 police ofﬁcers and agronomy as well as two (2) colleges, economics and trafﬁc. These faculties are part of the public university in northern Mitrovica/Mitrovicë (source: municipal general administration-ofﬁcer • 3 judges dealing with education issues and kindergartens' directors). • 541 employees in 4 primary and 2 secondary schools and 3 kindergartens

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality has 16 Serbian Orthodox churches and three (3) monasteries, all three (3) monasteries are classiﬁed as Special Protective Zones. Seven (7) Serbian Orthodox churches have been renovated and nine (9) new ones are built after the conﬂict. There is one (1) mosque in the municipality, it was built after the conﬂict (source: local priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church, municipal communities' ofﬁcer and municipal administration).

A total of 20 cultural heritage sites in Leposavić/Leposaviq municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection..

37 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICA/MITROVICË NORTH The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North where the centre's second ofﬁce is located, and has teams in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION The municipality of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North is located in northern Kosovo. It includes Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and adjacent cadastral zones. No ofﬁcial data on population is available as the 2011 census was not conducted in the four northern Kosovo Serb-majority municipalities. However, 29,460 population according to the most recent estimates, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North has approximately 29,460 inhabitants

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 66,528 approximately Kosovo Albanians, 25,929 Kosovo Serbs and 2,000 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Serbs 22,530* Montenegrins in the municipality of Titova Mitrovica (which 2.Kosovo Albanians 4,900 included both of the current municipalities of 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 1,000 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North); 4.Kosovo Gorani 580 according to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 82,837 5.Kosovo Turks 210 Kosovo Albanians, 9,482 Kosovo Serbs and 1,216 Kosovo 6.Kosovo Roma 200 Montenegrins in the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica (which 7.Kosovo Ashkali 40 included both of the current municipalities of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North). (source: UNMIK Administration in Mitrovica Local Communities Ofﬁce – Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North was not a separate municipality February 2010) neither in 1981 nor in 1991 and therefore speciﬁc data for Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North from the censuses conducted in these *(of which 5,000 to 7,000 are persons displaced from elsewhere in Kosovo). years are not available.

According to the UNHCR statistics, 381 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 2008, of them 40 Kosovo Serbs, one (1) Kosovo Roma, seven (7) Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians, eight (8) Kosovo Bosniaks, 308 Kosovo Albanians and 17 Kosovo Turks.

*The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 was 21,7971, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 39.45% or 8,598 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

67.14% SL- Serbian List 14seats 14.35% GI SDP- OI – Citizens' Initiative SDP – Oliver Ivanović 3 seats 8.16% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 2 seats

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE The Appellate Division is also located in the building in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, with jurisdiction over appeals originating from the following ten (10) municipalities: The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed amongst three Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, Leposavić/ Leposaviq, (3) political entities, 17 members are Kosovo Serb, two (2) are Zvečan/Zveçan, Zubin Potok, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women. The Municipal Assembly Klokot/Kllokot, Ranilug/Ranillug, Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Novo Chairperson is Dejan Gurešić (SL) and the Deputy Chairperson of Brdo/Novobërdë, Parteš/Partesh. It has seven (7) judges, two (2) the Municipal Assembly for Communities is Bashkim Cimili Kosovo Albanian and ﬁve (5) Kosovo Serb. (PDK). The Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the seven (7) municipalities mentioned above. It has 20 prosecutors, EXECUTIVE ten (10) Kosovo Albanian and ten (10) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Prosecution Ofﬁce is located in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political North (source: basic court and prosecution ofﬁcials). afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Goran Rakić (SL), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 67.45% of votes in the SECURITY PRESENCE ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the re-run of the 2013 municipal elections, held in February 2014, Mayor Rakić Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North municipality is the seat of the northern won with 52.84% of the votes in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Kosovo Police regional headquarters and the municipal police Aleksandar Spirić (SL), while Deputy Mayor for Communities has station. The regional Kosovo Police headquarters, including not yet been appointed. intervention and trafﬁc units, has 125 police ofﬁcers: 106 Kosovo Although the municipal statute foresees the establishment of Serb, eight (8) Kosovo Albanian, eight (8) Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) sixteen (16) municipal departments, in September 2018 the Kosovo Turk and two (2) Kosovo Montenegrin; 13 are women. municipality operated with seven (7) departments formed in conjunction with the Mitrovica North Administrative Ofﬁce The municipal police station has 141 police ofﬁcers, 120 Kosovo established in 2012. These departments are: general Serb, 18 Kosovo Albanian, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) Kosovo administration; ﬁnance, budget and economic development; Turk and one (1) Kosovo Montenegrin; 11 are women. public services, infrastructure, inspections and emergency situations; urbanism, cadastre and geodesy; education, culture, As for the international military presence, multinational KFOR youth and sport; social welfare and health; and local civil affairs troops cover the area (source: Kosovo Police). and public relations, of them three (3) are women. Directors are ofﬁcially not politically afﬁliated. ECONOMY € JUDICIARY The economy of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North predominantly relies on publicly owned enterprises, local administration, as well as In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated assistance from the Serbian government and foreign (EU) Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an donations. There are also a few hundred small businesses which agreement on integrated judiciary in northern Kosovo. The provide goods and services (source: OSCE Field Support Section). process of the integration of the previously existing Serbia-run judiciary into the legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October 2017. PUBLIC SERVICES As a result, there is one Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with Infrastructure jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, All the main roads are asphalted in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. The Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, urban area of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North and the adjacent Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The Basic Court cadastral zones are connected to Mitrovicë/Mitrovica regional Mitrovica/Mitrovicë operates in two separate buildings, one in water and sewage supply systems (source: OSCE Field Support Section) Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and one in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. The premises located in the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North accommodate the serious crimes department (dealing with criminal offences punishable by ten (10) and more years of imprisonment), and the general crimes department. The premises located in the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South contain the civil matters department, minor offences department and the department for the juveniles.

The Basic Court Mitrovica/Mitrovicë has a total of 32 judges, 15 Kosovo Albanian and 17 Kosovo Serb. The court house in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North has 17 judges, eight (8) Kosovo Albanian and nine (9) Kosovo Serb.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Health RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES In Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, there is one Serbia-run (1) clinic- There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches in the municipality, medical centre and one (1) health house. The centre serves as the both have been built after the conﬂict. There are two (2) mosques main health institution for Kosovo Serbs from across Kosovo. in the municipality. One (1) existed before the conﬂict and a new There is also a policlinic that provides health care services for one (1) was built in Suvi Do/Suhodoll village in 2016. One (1) students within the university complex. Additionally, another mosque that previously existed in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North was Serbia-run health facility is located the ethnically-mixed destroyed during the conﬂict and has not been reconstructed neighborhood of Suvi Do/Suhodol (source: hospital in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë (source: Serbian Orthodox Church and Islamic Community representatives). North and students' policlinic). One (1) cultural heritage site in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North All communities have access to health care, whereas Kosovo municipality is included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Albanians mainly utilize services provided by the hospital located list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. Kosovo Albanians of the mixed community neighbourhood of Mikronaselje/Kodra e Minatorëve have access to the health center located in their neighborhood, which formally belongs to the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South health system. Here one (1) doctor and one (1) nurse work regularly, KEY FACTS while a pediatrician visits once a week (source: community representative). In Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North there are:

Education • 19 seats in the municipal assembly distributed amongst 3 political entities There are seven (7) primary schools with 1,706 pupils and 165 teachers, six (6) secondary schools with 1,325 students and 271 • 141 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 125 in teachers, including support staff and school management, one (1) kindergarten with preschool facility with 563 pupils and 46 the regional command teachers, and one (1) specialized school “Kosovski Bozur,” which provides elementary and secondary education for children and • 32 judges in the Basic Court, 17 in youth with special needs, with 46 pupils and 37 employees. The Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North courthouse, 7 in the majority of students are Kosovo Serb, with a number of Kosovo Appellate Court and 20 prosecutors Bosniaks, Kosovo Gorani and Kosovo Roma also attending the school system in the municipality. Following the conﬂict in 1999, the Serbian language University in Prishtinë/Priština relocated to • 482 teachers in 7 primary and 6 secondary Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, where it still operates (source: Open-data schools and 1 kindergarten and 37 employees Portal of Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, last in 1 specialized school update in October 2017).

Kosovo Albanian students access schools located in • 1 public university Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. In addition, there are two (2) classes with 18 pupils and six (6) employees located in the mixed community neighbourhood Mikronaselje/Kodra e Minatorëve, although these classes ofﬁcially belong to the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South–based school “Aziz Sylejmani” (source: school director).

40 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MITROVICË/MITROVICA SOUTH The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South where the centre is located, and has teams in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION The municipality of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South is located in northern Kosovo, south of Ibër/Ibar river. It includes Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South town and some 40 villages. According 40 villages to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 71,909. 71,909 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 66,528 Kosovo Albanians, 25,929 Kosovo Serbs and 2,000 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 69,497 Montenegrins in the municipality of Titova Mitrovica (which 2.Kosovo Ashkali 647 included both of the current municipalities of 3.Kosovo Roma 528 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North); 4.Kosovo Turks 518 according to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 82,837 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 416 Kosovo Albanians, 9,482 Kosovo Serbs and 1,216 Kosovo 6.Kosovo Gorani 23 Montenegrins in the municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica (which 7.Kosovo Serbs 14 included both of the current municipalities of 8.Kosovo Egyptians 6 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North). 9. Other 47 Mitrovica/Mitrovicë South was not a separate municipality 10. Not Speciﬁed 213 neither in 1981 nor in 1991 and therefore speciﬁc data for Mitrovica/Mitrovicë South from the censuses conducted in these (source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) years are not available.

According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,561 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 43 Kosovo Serbs, 797 Kosovo Roma, 446 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians, 46 Kosovo Bosniaks, 228 Kosovo Albanians and one (1) Kosovo Turk. *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 79,0421, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 40.35% or 31,890 voters and in 2nd round it was 37.31% or 29,489 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

29.00% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 11 seats 20.24% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 17.57% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 7 seats 16.93% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 6 seats 5.64% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.64% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.04% PD Justice Party 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE Albanian and ten (10) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Prosecution Ofﬁce is located in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North (source: basic court and prosecution ofﬁcials). The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among seven (7) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 13 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Jeton Ujkani (AKR). SECURITY PRESENCE

Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality is the seat of the regional EXECUTIVE police headquarters and the municipal police station. The regional police headquarters has 129 police ofﬁcers, 126 Kosovo Albanian and three (3) Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipal police station, including the substation in The municipality is headed by Mayor Agim Bahtiri (AKR), re- Svinjarë/Svinjare village and a contact ofﬁce in “Roma Mahalla”, elected for his second term as mayor with 57.41% of votes in the has 110 police ofﬁcers, 109 Kosovo Albanian and one (1) Kosovo second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 Bosniak; 21 are women (source: Kosovo Police). municipal elections, Mayor Bahtiri won with 52.27% of votes in the second round. Deputy Mayor is Faruk Mujka (Vetëvendosje!). As for the international military presence, multi-national KFOR There are 14 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are troops cover the area (source: KFOR). run by women directors: health (AKR) and European integration and social welfare (Vetëvendosje!), 12 departments are run by men directors: administration (Vetëvendosje!); education (AKR); ﬁnance and economic development (Vetëvendosje!); urbanism ECONOMY € and spatial planning (AKR); cadastre, property and geodesy (AKR); public services and infrastructure (AKR); agriculture and The economy of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality is rural development (Vetëvendosje!); environmental protection predominantly based on agriculture, trade and small businesses. (AAK); inspection (NISMA); protection and rescue (AAK); culture, The Trepça/Trepča mining complex, functioning at a limited youth and sport (LDK); and procurement (LDK). In the previous capacity, remains the largest employer. There are approximately mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: 7,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality municipal information ofﬁce). and approximately 10,000 persons employed in the private sector (source: municipal business registration centre).

JUDICIARY PUBLIC SERVICES In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated Infrastructure Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an agreement on integrated judiciary in northern Kosovo. The The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is process of the integration of the previously existing Serbia-run assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the judiciary into the legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October urban centre are asphalted. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South city and 2017. 26 villages are connected to water supply and sewage systems. Power supply is still a problem, especially in the villages and in As a result, there is one Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with wintertime (source: municipal development plan). jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, Health Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The Basic Court The health care system includes one (1) regional hospital, one (1) Mitrovica/Mitrovicë operates in two separate buildings, one in main family health centre and 23 health houses. The health Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South and one in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. sector has 583 employees, including doctors, nurses and support The premises located in the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North staff; 290 women and 293 men. There is one (1) health house in accommodate the serious crimes department (dealing with the mainly Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian criminal offences punishable by ten (10) and more years of inhabited neighbourhood “Roma Mahalla”. These residents also imprisonment), and the general crimes department. The access healthcare services of Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. premises located in the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South contain the civil matters department, minor offences department and the All communities have access to health care (source: municipal department for the juveniles. directorate of health).

The Basic Court Mitrovica/Mitrovicë has a total of 32 judges, 15 Kosovo Albanian and 17 Kosovo Serb. The court house in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë Sorth has 15 judges, seven (7) Kosovo Albanian and eight (8) Kosovo Serb. The Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the seven (7) municipalities mentioned above, including Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South. It has 20 prosecutors, ten (10) Kosovo

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are 27 primary schools with 12,049 pupils and 1,162 teachers and technical staff, four (4) secondary schools with In Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South there are: 4,526 students and 335 teachers and technical staff and one (1) kindergarten with 339 children and 42 teachers. There is also one (1) primary and secondary music school with 272 students and • 35 seats in the municipal assembly 32 teachers and one (1) specialized school with 52 students and distributed amongst 7 political entities 19 teachers (source: municipal directorate of education). • 110 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 129 in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South also hosts the public university “Isa the regional command Boletini,” with six (6) faculties, providing education for around 4,000 students (source: University's information and public relations ofﬁce). • 32 judges in the Basic Court and 15 judges in A considerable number of Kosovo Roma pupils residing in Roma Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South court house and 20 Mahalla attend schools in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. Education prosecutors instruction in Turkish language is available in primary school 'Andon Zako Çajupi', whereas teaching in Bosnian language is available in primary school 'Bedri Gjinaj' and secondary school • 1,590 teachers and technical staff in 27 Gymnasium 'Frang Bardhi.' primary and 4 secondary schools, 1 specialized school, 1 music school and 1 kindergarten

• It has the only Olympic stadium in Kosovo RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES • 1 public university Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality has 15 mosques. Four (4) were destroyed/damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and have been reconstructed in its aftermath, and 11 have been built after the conﬂict. There are also two (2) tekkes that were not damaged/destroyed and are in use. There is one (1) Serbian Orthodox church in the municipality. It was damaged/destroyed during the March 2004 riots and reconstructed in the 2009, and is functional. There are two (2) Catholic churches in the municipality, one (1) was not destroyed and is functional, the other one is damaged/destroyed and not reconstructed.

A total of 41 cultural heritage sites in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection (source: Islamic community representative, Serbian Orthodox priest and Catholic priest).

43 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PODUJEVË/PODUJEVO The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Podujevë/Podujevo, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

663 km² area The municipality of Podujevë/Podujevo is located in north- eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 663 km² and includes Podujevë/Podujevo town as well as 77 villages. 77 villages According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 88,499. 88,499 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 72,092 Kosovo Albanians, 2,242 Kosovo Serbs and 615 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 87,523 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Ashkali 680 conducted in 1991*, there were 91,005 Kosovo Albanians, 1,118 3.Kosovo Roma 74 Kosovo Serbs and 320 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Bosniaks 33 5.Kosovo Serbs 12 According to the UNHCR statistics, 82 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Turks 5 returned to the municipality since, all of them Kosovo Ashkali and 7.Kosovo Egyptians 2 Kosovo Egyptians. 8.Other 43 9.Not speciﬁed 127

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Podujevë/Podujevo municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 84,0881, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 47.75% or 40,155 voters and in 2nd round it was 38.04% or 31,991 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

42.07% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 15 seats 24.41% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 9 seats 20.14% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 7 seats 6.19% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 1.92% OBKD Organization of Democratic National Front 1 seat 1.37% PD Justice Party 1 seat

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The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among six (6) Infrastructure political parties. All members are Kosovo Albanian; 12 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Fatmir Gashi The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (LDK). assessed as good. Most of the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Podujevë/Podujevo town EXECUTIVE and 55 out of 77 villages are connected to water supply and sewage systems. Power supply is still a problem especially in the Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political villages and in the wintertime (source: municipal directorate of public services and emergency). afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Agim Veliu (LDK), was re- elected for his third term as a mayor with 63.78% of votes in the Health second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Veliu won with 50.16% of votes in the The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Nexhmi Rudari (LDK). There are 11 family health centre, four (4) family health centres and 19 primary municipal departments. One (1) department is run by a woman health care stations. Health sector has 246 employees, including director: culture, youth and sport (LDK), ten (10) departments are doctors, nurses and support staff; 160 women and 86 men. run by men directors: general administration (LDK); health and Kosovo Serbs predominantly receive primary medical care in the social welfare (LDK) ; education (LDK); budget and ﬁnance (LDK); family medicine centre in Orllan/Orlane village, for secondary cadastre, geodesy and property (LDK); public services and care they mostly go to larger Serbia-run healthcare facilities emergency (LDK); municipal inspection (LDK); urban planning elsewhere in Kosovo. and environmental protection (LDK); agriculture, forestry and All communities have access to health care and all health rural development (LDK); and planning and economic facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). development (LDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women (source: municipal information ofﬁce). Education JUDICIARY There are 37 primary schools with 14,520 pupils and 1,162 teachers and technical staff, three (3) secondary schools with Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court has a branch in Podujevë/Podujevo 4,775 students and 287 teachers and technical staff and one (1) with six (6) judges, all Kosovo Albanian men (source: Kosovo Judicial kindergarten with 65 pupils and 15 teachers and technical staff Council). (source: municipal directorate of education).

Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality.

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Podujevë/Podujevo municipality has 81 police ofﬁcers, 79 Kosovo are Albanian and two (2) are Kosovo Ashkali; ten (10) are women. Of them, 65 police ofﬁcers are stationed in Podujevë/Podujevo police station and 16 in Orllan/Orlane police sub-station (source: Kosovo Police).

As for the international military presence, US KFOR and Hungarian LMT cover the area (source: KFOR).

ECONOMY € The economy of Podujevë/Podujevo municipality is predominantly based on trade, food processing, agriculture, bricks and metal parts production, and small businesses. There are some 4,600 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. The estimated number of persons employed in the private sector is 6,000 (source: municipal directorate of economic development and planning).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Podujevë/Podujevo has 40 mosques, four (4) were destroyed in the 1999 conﬂict and reconstructed afterwards, 18 new In Podujevë/Podujevo there are: mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There is one (1) Serbian Orthodox church, damaged during the March 2004 riots and reconstructed in 2010, currently not in use, but guarded by • 35 seats in the municipal assembly the Kosovo Police. There are also one (1) tekke and one (1) distributed among 6 political entities Catholic church in the municipality, both not functional (source: Islamic community representative and head of municipal ofﬁce for communities • 81 police ofﬁcers and return).

A total of 31 cultural heritage sites in Podujevë/Podujevo • 6 judges municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. • 1,464 teachers and technical staff in 37 primary and 3 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

46 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 SKENDERAJ/SRBICA The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Skenderaj/Srbica, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

378 km² area The municipality of Skenderaj/Srbica is located in north-western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 378 km² and includes Skenderaj/Srbica town and 48 villages. According to the 2011 48 villages Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 50,858. 50,858 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 45,504 Kosovo Albanians, 1,104 Kosovo Serbs and 136 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 50,685 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Serbs 50 conducted in 1991*, there were 54,437 Kosovo Albanians, 713 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 42 Kosovo Serbs and 99 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 10 5.Kosovo Egyptians 1 According to the UNHCR statistics, 86 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Turks 1 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 79 Kosovo 7.Other 5 Serbs, six (6) Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians and one (1) 8.Not Speciﬁed 64 Kosovo Albanian.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Skenderaj/Srbica municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 was 54,9701, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 31.59% or 17,365 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

62.12% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 20 seats 10.05% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 3 seats 5.79% Civic Initiative 41000 2 seats 5.69% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.55% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 1 seat 3.03% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 1 seat 2.32% FJALA Word 1 seat 1.84% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities. All members are Kosovo Albanian; nine (9) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Fatbardha The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is Haliti (PDK). assessed as good. Approximately 92% of the roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Skenderaj/Srbica town and seven (7) out of 48 villages are connected to water EXECUTIVE supply system. Power supply and sewage system are still a problem, especially in the villages (source: municipal director of urban planning and environmental protection). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Bekim Jashari (independent), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 85.52% of The primary health care system includes one (1) main family votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the health centre, ﬁve (5) centres for family medicine and seven (7) previous term, the mayor was Sami Lushtaku (PDK), who was primary health stations. The health sector has 176 employees, elected in the ﬁrst round of the 2013 municipal elections with including doctors, nurses and support staff; 93 women and 83 88.21% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Nuredin Lushtaku (PDK). men. There are nine (9) municipal departments. Two (2) departments are run by women directors: geodesy, cadastre, and property One (1) Serbia-run healthcare facility is located in Suvo (PDK) and urban planning and environmental protection (PDK), Grlo/Syriganë (source: municipal ofﬁce for communities and seven (7) departments are run by men directors: economy, returns). ﬁnance, and development (PDK); education (PDK); culture, youth and sport (PDK); health and social welfare (PDK); public services All communities have access to health care and all health (PDK); agriculture and rural development (PDK); and facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). administration and personnel (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: municipal web site). Education There are 23 primary schools with 8,700 students and 662 JUDICIARY teachers, three (3) secondary schools with 1,800 students and 200 teachers, and one (1) kindergarten with 105 children and 11 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Court has a branch in teachers, all following Kosovo curriculum. Skenderaj/Srbica with six (6) judges, all Kosovo Albanian men (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). Kosovo Serbs living in Skenderaj/Srbica municipality use one (1) Serbian-curriculum primary school with 42 students and 14 Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 15 children, ten (10) municipality. teachers and technical staff in Banja/Bajë, as well as one (1) secondary school with 18 students and 11 teachers in Suvo Grlo/Syriganë (source: municipal directorate of education, municipal ofﬁce for communities and return). SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Skenderaj/Srbica municipality has 88 police ofﬁcers: 86 are Kosovo Albanian, one (1) is Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Ashkali; seven (7) are women. Of them, 79 ofﬁcers are stationed in Skenderaj/Srbica police station and nine (9) in the police sub-station in Suvo Grlo/Syriganë village.

As for the international military presence, Slovenian KFOR LMT covers the area (source: Kosovo police).

ECONOMY € The economy of Skenderaj/Srbica municipality is predominantly based on agriculture, brick and ﬂour production and small trade businesses. There are approximately 3,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal ofﬁce for business registration).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Skenderaj/Srbica municipality has 18 mosques. Eight (8) of them were destroyed during the 1999 conﬂict and have been In Skenderaj/Srbica there are: reconstructed in its aftermath, and ten (10) new ones have been built. There is one (1) Serbian Orthodox church and one (1) • 31 seats in the municipal assembly monastery in the municipality, both are functional. The 15th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Devič was damaged in distributed among 8 political entities the 2004 March riots and partially reconstructed in 2009, and is declared a Special Protective Zone (source: local religious • 88 police ofﬁcers representatives).

A total of 32 cultural heritage sites in Skenderaj/Srbica • 6 judges municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. • 908 teachers in 24 primary and 4 secondary schools and 2 kindergartens

49 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 VUSHTRRI/VUČITRN The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Vushtrri/Vučitrn, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

344 km² area The municipality of Vushtrri/Vučitrn is located in north-western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 344 km² and includes Vushtrri/Vučitrn town and 64 villages. According to the 2011 64 villages Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 69,870. 69,870 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 57,351 Kosovo Albanians, 6,091 Kosovo Serbs and 381 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 68,840 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Serbs 384 conducted in 1991*, there were 71,354 Kosovo Albanians, 5,522 3.Kosovo Turks 278 Kosovo Serbs and 269 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 143 5.Kosovo Roma 68 According to the UNHCR statistics, 795 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 33 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 521 Kosovo 7.Kosovo Gorani 3 Serbs, 65 Kosovo Roma, 207 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Kosovo Egyptians 1 Egyptians, one (1) Kosovo Gorani and one (1) Kosovo Turk. 9.Other 50 10.Not speciﬁed 70

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality registered for the last municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 71,9781, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 44.39% or 31,953 voters and in 2nd round it was 39.38% or 28,344 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

30.74% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 11 seats 20.10% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 7 seats 18.38% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 6 seats 7.89% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 3 seats 7.79% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 3 seats 4.28% LB Movement for Uniﬁcation 2 seats 3.90% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 2.34% SL Serbian List 1 seat 1.85% PD Justice Party 1 seat

50 VUSHTRRI/VUČITRN

MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES

The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among nine (9) Infrastructure political entities, 34 members are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; 13 are women. The Municipal Assembly The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Chairperson is Nasuf Aliu (AKR). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Vushtrri/Vučitrn town is connected to EXECUTIVE water and sewage systems, while 29 villages have water supply and 22 are connected to sewage system (source: directorate of urbanism and environmental protection). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality is headed by Mayor Xhafer Tahiri Health (LDK), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 54.24% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the The primary health care system includes one (1) main family previous term, the mayor was Bajram Mulaku (PDK), who was health centre, nine (9) family health centres, three (3) in the town, elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal elections with and six (6) in the villages, and nine (9) primary health care 55.20% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Besim Muzaqi stations. Municipal health sector has 205 employees, including (Vetëvendosje!). doctors, nurses and support staff; 144 women and 61 men. There are 12 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are Health services in the Kosovo Serb villages are provided by the run by women directors: public procurement (LDK) and culture, health house in Prilužje/Prelluzhë, which has village 'ambulanta' youth and sport (Vetëvendosje!), ten (10) departments are run by in Banjska/Bajskë, Grace/Gracë, and Gojbulja/Gojbulë under men directors: administration (Vetëvendosje!); budget and Serbia-run system (source: municipal directorate of health and social ﬁnance (LDK); education (LDK); health and social welfare welfare). (Vetëvendosje!); urbanism and environmental protection (LDK); geodesy, cadastre and property (LDK); public services (Vetëvendosje!); economy, agriculture, forestry and rural Education development (Vetëvendosje!); protection and safety (AKR); and inspection (AAK); In the previous mandate (2013-2017), three (3) There are 32 primary schools with 10,126 pupils and 856 directors were women (source: municipal information ofﬁce). teachers and technical staff, three (3) secondary schools with 3,570 pupils and 258 teachers and technical staff and one (1) kindergarten with 175 children and 29 teachers and technical JUDICIARY staff (source: municipal directorate of education).

The Kosovo Serb village of Prilužje/Prelluzhë has one (1) Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Court has a branch in Vushtrri/Vučitrn secondary and one (1) primary school. There is also one (1) with six (6) judges, all Kosovo Albanian men (source: Kosovo Judicial primary school in Grace/Gracë and one (1) in Gojbulja/Gojbulë Council). Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the and one (1) lower primary school (ﬁrst to fourth grade) in municipality. Banjska/Bajskë which follow the Serbian curriculum. These schools have some 400 pupils and 70 teachers and technical staff (source: head of municipal ofﬁce for communities and return). SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality, including sub-station in Prilužje/Prelluzhë village, has 99 police ofﬁcers, 92 are Kosovo Albanian, six (6) are Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Bosniak; 18 are women (source: Kosovo Police)

As for the international military presence, Slovenian KFOR covers the area (source: KFOR).

ECONOMY € The economy of Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality is predominantly based on agriculture, small trade businesses, and wood processing industry. There are approximately 3,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. The estimated number of people employed in the private sector is 6,000 (source: municipal business registration centre).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Vushtrri/Vučitrn has 42 mosques, three (3) were burnt and ﬁve (5) damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and were reconstructed In Vushtrri/Vučitrn there are: afterwards, 32 new mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are six (6) Serbian Orthodox churches in the municipality. • 35 seats in the municipal assembly Three (3) Serbian Orthodox churches were damaged/destroyed during the March 2004 riots and were reconstructed and are in distributed among 9 political entities use. Three (3) other churches were damaged/destroyed and not reconstructed. The municipality has one Special Protective Zone, • 99 police ofﬁcers Vojinović's Medieval Bridge/Old Bridge, which is under protection of the Kosovo Institute for Protection of Monuments (source: Head of • 6 judges Islamic Community in Vushtrri/Vučitrn and Archpriest in the Serbian Orthodox parish of Leposavić/Leposaviq). • 1,213 teachers and technical staff in 36 A total of 29 cultural heritage sites in Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality primary and 4 secondary schools and 1 are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. kindergarten

52 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 ZUBIN POTOK The OSCE regional centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Zubin Potok, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

333 km² area The municipality of Zubin Potok is located in northern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 333 km² and includes Zubin Potok town and 63 villages. No ofﬁcial data on population is 63 villages available as the 2011 census was not conducted in the northern municipalities. 15,200 population According to the head of the general administration, the total population is estimated at 15,200.

Ethnic composition The municipality has 650 internally displaced persons, 80 approximately refugees from Croatia from the 90' (source: municipal ofﬁce for 1.Kosovo Serbs 13,900 communities and return). 2.Kosovo Albanians 1,300 According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 2,079 (source: deputy mayor for communities) Kosovo Albanians, 6,282 Kosovo Serbs and 44 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. The municipality was not featured in the 1981 census.

According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered returns in the municipality.

*The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Zubin Potok municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 8,4001, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 47.20% or 3,965 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

71.76% SL Serbian List 13 seats 11.98% GIZP Civic Initiative for Zubin Potok 2 seats 8.37% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 2 seats 4.17% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat 3.73% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed among ﬁve (5) The economy of Zubin Potok municipality is predominantly based political entities, 15 members are Kosovo Serb, four (4) Kosovo on agriculture and small trade businesses. There is no reliable Albanian; six (6) are female. The Municipal Assembly data available on the number of registered private businesses Chairperson is Nemanja Jakšić (SL) and the Deputy Chairperson and people employed in the private sector (source: economy, local of the Municipal Assembly for Communities is Sefer Veseli (PDK). development, and environmental protection).

The 24-km-long artiﬁcial Gazivode Lake built in 1977 represents one of the main resources and touristic attractions in the EXECUTIVE municipality. The hydro power plant was also constructed to utilize water from the lake to produce electricity power that is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political then distributed throughout Kosovo. afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Stevan Vulović (SL), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 79.85% of votes in the PUBLIC SERVICES ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Vulović won with 78.74% of votes in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Latinka Utvić (SL) and Deputy Infrastructure Mayor for Communities is Agim Hasani (LDK). The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is There are 15 departments, and ﬁve (5) departmental directors assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the appointed by September 2018, of them one (1) woman director: town are asphalted. Zubin Potok town and villages are connected ﬁnance and budget (SL), four (4) departments are run by men: to water and sewage systems. Power supply is problematic in administration (SL); sport (SL); agriculture, forestry and hunting remote villages (source: municipal development plan). (SL); social protection (LDK); investments (vacant); health (vacant); education (vacant); culture and youth (vacant); local Health services, safety and extraordinary situations (vacant); economic development (vacant); cadaster and geodesy (vacant); The primary health care system includes one (1) health centre urbanism, environmental protection, planning and property (health house) and seven (7) village 'ambulantas' under Serbia- (vacant); information technology (vacant); and European run system. The health sector has 77 employees including integration (vacant). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one doctors, nurses and support staff. (1) director was a woman. Kosovo Albanian inhabited village Çabër/Čabra has one (1) health house with two (2) employees, one (1) doctor and one (1) nurse, JUDICIARY run by Kosovo institutions.

In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated All communities have access to health care and all health Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an facilities in areas they inhabit (source: general administration, assembly agreement on judiciary structures in northern Kosovo. The and common affairs). process of the integration of the Serbia-run judiciary into the legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October 2017. Education There is one Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with jurisdiction over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. The primary health care system includes one (1) health centre Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, (health house) and seven (7) village 'ambulantas' under Serbia- Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, run system. The health sector has 77 employees including Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. doctors, nurses and support staff.

The Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Branch in Zubin Potok has Kosovo Albanian inhabited village Çabër/Čabra has one (1) health two (2) Kosovo Serb judges dealing with civil cases; both men. house with two (2) employees, one (1) doctor and one (1) nurse, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the run by Kosovo institutions. municipality. All communities have access to health care and all health facilities in areas they inhabit (source: general administration, assembly and common affairs). SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Zubin Potok municipality has 61 police ofﬁcers, 56 Kosovo Serb and ﬁve (5) Kosovo Albanian deployed to the police sub-station in Çabër/Čabra village; ﬁve (5) are women.

As for the international military presence, Swiss KFOR Liaison Monitoring Team covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Zubin Potok municipality has 16 Serbian Orthodox churches, mostly from 14th and 15th century, and one (1) Serbian Orthodox In Zubin Potok there are: monastery from 14th century, which was renovated in 2003 and classiﬁed as a Special Protective Zone. There is one (1) mosque in • 19 seats in the municipal assembly Çabër/Čabra village that was destroyed during the conﬂict and was reconstructed in 2003 (source: municipal development plan). distributed among 5 political entities

A total of three (3) cultural heritage sites in Zubin Potok • 61 police ofﬁcers municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. • 2 judges

• 148 teachers in 4 primary and 1 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

55 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 ZVEČAN/ZVEÇAN The OSCE regional center Mitrovicë/Mitrovica covers nine (9) municipalities, including Zvečan/Zveçan, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION

122 km² area The municipality of Zvečan/Zveçan is located in northern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 122 km² and includes Zvečan/Zveçan town and 35 villages. No ofﬁcial data on 35 villages population is available as the 2011 census was not conducted in the northern municipalities. 16,800 population According to the latest unofﬁcial information, the total population is estimated at 16,800 (source: www.eopstinazvecan.com)

Ethnic composition After the conﬂict, the municipality received 3,750 displaced persons including 250 refugees from Croatia living in private 1.Kosovo Serbs over 16,000 accommodation and collective centres. 2.Kosovo Albanians approximately 500 3.Kosovo Bosniak approximately 300 According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 1,934 Kosovo Roma Kosovo Albanians, 7,591 Kosovo Serbs and 291 Kosovo Kosovo Gorani Montenegrins in the municipality. The municipality was not featured in the 1981 census. (source: municipal return and community ofﬁcer) According to the UNHCR statistics, 34 displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them seven (7) Kosovo Serbs and 27 Kosovo Albanians.

*The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Zvečan/Zveçan municipality registered for the last municipal elections held in October 2017 was 9,0691, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 47.34% or 4,293 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

69.30% SL Serbian List 13 seats 24.27% GIZNZ For our ZVEČAN 5 seats 2.66% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE SECURITY PRESENCE

The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed among three The Kosovo Police station in Zvečan/Zveçan municipality has 60 (3) political entities, 18 members are Kosovo Serb, one (1) is police ofﬁcers, 56 are Kosovo Serb and four (4) Kosovo Albanian; Kosovo Albanian; six (6) are female. The Municipal Assembly ﬁve (5) are women. Chairperson is Biljana Jaredić (SL) and the Deputy Chairperson of the Municipal Assembly for Communities is Lavdim Peci As for the international military presence, the multinational KFOR (Vetëvendosje!). Joint Regional Detachment-North and Greek Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT cover the area (source: Kosovo Police).

EXECUTIVE

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political ECONOMY € afﬁliations. The economy of Zvečan/Zveçan municipality is predominantly The municipality is headed by Mayor Vučina Janković (SL), re- based on the public sector and related assistance, production of elected for his second term as mayor with 70.59% of votes in the batteries and battery recycling, agriculture and small trade ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 businesses. Trepča/Trepça mining complex, the largest employer municipal elections, Mayor Janković won with 57.55% of votes and the key economic contributor before 1999, has continued to in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor has not been yet appointed, operate in the territory of the municipality in a limited capacity while Deputy Mayor for Communities is Florim Kelmendi under the management of a Serbia-run body. There is no reliable (Democratic League of Dardania – LDD)*. data on the number of employed in private sector in Zvečan/Zveçan. The adopted municipal statute foresees the establishment of 13 municipal departments, however only three (3) departments have been partially established by September 2018: general PUBLIC SERVICES administration; agriculture and inspection; and department of urbanism and cadastre, the latter two (2) are run by women Infrastructure directors, all ofﬁcially not politically afﬁliated. In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) municipal departments were The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is established, one (1) was run by a woman director. assessed as good. Most of the main roads connecting villages *LDD was created in January 2007 by former members of LDK. with the urban centre are asphalted. Zvečan/Zveçan town and three (3) out of 35 villages are connected to the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica regional water supply and sewage systems, other villages have their own water supply and sewage systems. JUDICIARY All villages are connected to power supply system. Electricity supply is fairly stable (source: municipal department of general In February 2015, the parties engaged in the EU-facilitated administration). Dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština reached an agreement on judiciary structures in northern Kosovo. The process of the integration of the Serbia-run judiciary into the Health legal system in Kosovo started on 24 October 2017. The primary health care system includes one (1) health house There is one (1) Basic Court Mitrovicë/Mitrovica with jurisdiction and four (4) village 'ambulantas' under Serbia-run system. The over seven (7) municipalities in the region, i.e. health sector has about 155 employees, including doctors, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South, Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North, nurses and support staff. Leposavić/Leposaviq, Zubin Potok, Skenderaj/Srbica, Additionally, two (2) village 'ambulantas' ﬁnanced by the Kosovo Zvečan/Zveçan, Vushtrri/Vučitrn. government are currently operating in two (2) Kosovo Albanian villages, with two (2) employees (source: municipal community ofﬁcer). The Basic Court Mitrovca/Mitrovicë has total of 32 judges, 15 Kosovo Albanian and 17 Kosovo Serb integrated judges; 17 men All communities have access to health care and all health and 15 women. There is no court branch of the Basic Court facilities in areas they inhabit (source: municipal department of general Mitrovca/Mitrovicë in Zvečan/Zveçan. administration).

Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Basic Prosecutor's ofﬁce covers the municipality.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are three (3) primary schools with 706 pupils and 94 teachers, one (1) secondary school with 221 students and 43 In Zvečan/Zveçan there are: teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 313 children and 24 teachers which follow the Serbian curriculum (source: Open- data Portal of the Ministry of Education, Science and • 19 seats in the municipal assembly Technological Development, last update in October 2017). distributed among 3 political entities In addition, there is one (1) primary school and two (2) satellite schools with 62 Kosovo Albanian pupils and 18 teachers • 60 police ofﬁcers following the Kosovo curriculum in the three villages inhabited by this community (source: school director). • No courts physically present in the After the 1999 conﬂict, the Serbian-language faculty of arts and municipality music was relocated from Prishtinë/Priština to Zvečan/Zveçan, and the college for technical sciences and trafﬁc engineering • 179 teachers in 4 primary and 1 secondary was relocated from Ferizaj/Uroševac. Both institutions are under school and 1 kindergarten jurisdiction of the University in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North.

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

Zvečan/Zveçan municipality has ﬁve (5) Serbian Orthodox churches and (3) monasteries, two (2) of them are classiﬁed as Special Protective Zones (SPZ). One (1) of those two SPZs is a joint special protective zone, classiﬁed as such due to territorial reasons, consisting of the Serbian Orthodox Sokolica Monastery and the Kosovo Albanian heritage site Isa Boletini Memorial Complex. Zvečan/Zveçan medieval fortress also has status of SPZ. All ﬁve (5) Serbian Orthodox churches have been built after the conﬂict. There are two (2) mosques in the municipality built after the conﬂict (source: clergy of Banjska Monastery, Islamic Community's representatives).

A total of ﬁve (5) cultural heritage sites in Zvečan/Zveçan municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

58 MUNICIPAL PROFILES 2018 PEJË/PEĆ REGION

59 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 DEÇAN/DEČANE The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Deçan/Dečane, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 297 km² area The municipality of Deçan/Dečane is located in south-western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 297 km² and includes 36 villages Deçan/Dečane town and 36 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 40,019 population 40,019.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 39,179 Kosovo Albanians, 234 Kosovo Serbs and 898 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 39,402 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Egyptians 393 conducted in 1991*, there were 47,669 Kosovo Albanians, 188 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 60 Kosovo Serbs and 603 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 42 5.Kosovo Roma 33 According to the UNHCR statistics, 55 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Serbs 3 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them nine (9) Kosovo 7.Kosovo Gorani 1 Serbs, 31 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians, 13 Kosovo 8.Other 19 Bosniaks and two (2) Kosovo Montenegrins. 9.Not speciﬁed 66

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The number of voters in Deçan/Dečane municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 42,4471, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 39.07% or 16,584 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

59.68% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 59,68% 17 seats 17.78% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 17,78% 5 seats 10.51% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 10,51% 3 seats 9.02% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement* 0* seats PSD – Social Democratic Party 2** seats

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list ﬁgure is higher than, or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

* Following the elections, two (2) Vetëvendosje! municipal assembly members resigned from their party and joined Social Democratic Party (PSD).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Infrastructure The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among four (4) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; ten (10) are The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Haki Shehaj assessed as good. All the main roads that connect villages with (AAK). the urban centre are asphalted. Deçan/Dečane town and 27 out of 36 villages are connected to the water supply system. The town and only seven (7) surrounding villages are connected to EXECUTIVE the sewage system. Power supply is still a problem, especially during the winter (source: municipal directorate of public services). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Bashkim Ramosaj (AAK), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 64.3% of votes in the ﬁrst The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal round of the 2017 elections. In the previous term, the mayor was family health centre, one (1) mental health care centre, three (3) Rasim Selmanaj (AAK), who was elected in the ﬁrst round of the family health centres and six (6) health houses. The health sector 2013 municipal elections with 54.26% of the votes. Deputy has 120 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff; Mayor is Sami Cacaj (AAK). 84 women and 36 men.

There are 11 municipal departments. One (1) department is run All communities have access to health care and all health by a woman director: economic development (AAK), ten (10) facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). departments are run by men directors: general administration (AAK); budget and ﬁnance (AAK); education (AAK); health and Education social welfare (AAK); urbanism and planning (AAK); inspection (AAK); public services (AAK); agriculture, forestry and rural There are 18 primary schools with 4,950 pupils and 352 development (AAK); geodesy and cadastre (AAK); and culture, teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 1,074 students and 90 youth and sport (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 43 pupils and three (3) (1) director was a woman (source: municipal website). teachers (source: municipal directorate of education).

JUDICIARY RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES Pejë/Peć Basic Court has a branch in Deçan/Dečane with four (4) judges, all are Kosovo Albanian; one (1) is a woman. Deçan/Dečani municipality has a total of 20 mosques, four (4) were destroyed and two (2) damaged/burned in the 1999 conﬂict Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality and reconstructed after the conﬂict. Two (2) of them are non- (source: Basic Court). functional, one (1) was burned in 2016, and the other one remains closed due to lack of believers. There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches in the municipality, the Visoki Dečani SECURITY PRESENCE Monastery inscribed in UNESCO List of World Heritage and classiﬁed as a Special Protective Zone and a church located in the village of Ratish i Ulët/Donji Ratiš, which was destroyed in the The Kosovo Police station in Deçan/Dečane municipality has 57 aftermath of the 1999 conﬂict, currently only remains of the police ofﬁcers, 56 Kosovo Albanian and one (1) Kosovo Egyptian; church are present at the site. There is one (1) Catholic Church six (6) are women. located in Papiq/Papić village (source: religious communities' representatives) As for the international military presence, Italian KFOR covers the area (source: Pejë/Peć Regional Kosovo Police) A total of 69 cultural heritage sites (archaeological and architectural) in Deçan/Dečani municipality are included in the ECONOMY € Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list, as sites under permanent/temporary protection. The economy of Deçan/Dečane municipality is mainly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. There are approximately 2,083 registered private businesses in the municipality. There is KEY FACTS no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economic development). In Deçan/Dečane there are:

• 27 seats in the municipal assembly distributed among 4 political parties • 57 police ofﬁcers • 4 judges • 445 teachers in 18 primary and 2 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

61 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GJAKOVË/ ÐAKOVICA The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Gjakovë/Ðakovica, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 586 km² area The municipality of Gjakovë/Ðakovica is located in south- western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 586 km² and 91 villages includes Gjakovë/Ðakovica town and 91 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 94,556 population population is 94,556.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 87,588 Kosovo Albanians, 1,898 Kosovo Serbs and 1,953 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 87,672 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Egyptians 5,117 conducted in 1991*, there were 106,868 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Roma 738 1,751 Kosovo Serbs and 1,460 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Ashkali 613 municipality. 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 73 6.Kosovo Serbs 17 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,051 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Turks 16 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 117 8.Kosovo Gorani 13 Kosovo Roma, 920 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians and 14 9.Other 92 Kosovo Bosniaks. 10.Not speciﬁed 205

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The number of voters in Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 114,4181, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 38.41% or 43,948 voters and in 2nd round it was 36.34% or 41,577 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

25.19% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 9 seats 16.87% ALTERNATIVA 6 seats 14.18% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 5 seats 13.31% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 4* seats 9.67% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 4 seats 9.66% PSHDK Albanian Christian Democratic Party 3 seats 4.70% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 3.30% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 0* seats Independent members 2* seats

* Following the elections, one (1) member from Vetëvendosje! and one (1) from AKR have resigned from their parties, and have remained to hold the seats as independent members.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 35 seats distributed among nine (9) The economy of Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality is predominantly political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 15 are based on small businesses. There are around 7,358 registered women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Anton Shala businesses in the municipality, which employ approximately (PSHDK). 15,069 people (source: municipal directorate of economic development/ business registration centre).

EXECUTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Infrastructure The municipality is headed by Mayor Ardian Gjini (AAK), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 53.4% of votes in the second The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the assessed as good. The roads connecting the urban centre with 86 mayor was Mimoza Kusari-Lila (AKR), who was elected in the villages are asphalted. Gjakovë/Ðakovica town is connected to second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 52.4% of the water supply and sewage systems, while only 47% of the villages votes. Deputy Mayor is Ramadan Hoti (PDK). are connected to water supply, and none to the sewage system, and currently use alternative methods. Power supply covers the There are 12 municipal departments. Three (3) departments are entire municipality (source: municipal directorate of public services). run by women directors: culture, youth and sport (AAK); geodesy and cadastre (AAK); and health and social welfare (PDK), nine (9) departments are run by men directors: administration (AAK); Health inspectorate (AAK); urban planning and environment protection (AAK); budget and ﬁnance (AAK); public services (PDK); The primary health care system includes one (1) mental health agriculture (PDK); education (PSHDK); economic development care centre, one (1) main family health care centre located in the (PSHDK); and emergency and preparedness (NISMA). In the town, ten (10) smaller health centres and 16 health houses previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women located in different villages. There is also secondary health care (source: municipal information ofﬁce) system which includes the regional hospital and the Kosovo Occupational Health Institute, both managed by the Ministry of Health. The health sector has 344 employees, including doctors, JUDICIARY nurses and support staff; 245 women and 99 men.

Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court has 15 judges, all Kosovo All communities have access to health care and all facilities Albanian; nine (9) men and six (6) women. It has branches in (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). Malishevë/Mališevo and Rahovec/Orahovac. Education Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce has 12 prosecutors; ten (10) men and two (2) women. The Ofﬁce also covers There are 43 primary schools with 12,744 pupils, including Malishevë/Mališevo and Rahovec/Orahovac municipalities (source: Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court and Prosecutor's Ofﬁce). 1,487 from non-Albanian communities, and 1,100 teachers, seven (7) secondary schools with 4,063 students, including 132 students from non-Albanian communities, and 308 teachers, and one (1) kindergarten with four (4) units in different locations with SECURITY PRESENCE 512 children, including 28 children from non-Albanian communities, and 49 educators. There is also a public university Kosovo Police station in Gjakovë/Đakovica has 94 police ofﬁcers, “Fehmi Agani” providing education to 3,744 students for the 91 Kosovo Albanian, two (2) Kosovo Egyptian and one (1) Kosovo 2018/2019 academic year (source: municipal directorate of education for Bosniak; four (4) are women. Its sub-station in 2018/19 school year). Ponashec/Ponošec village has six (6) police ofﬁcers.

The Regional Kosovo Police Directorate in Gjakovë/Đakovica has 93 police ofﬁcers; ten (10) are women (source: Gjakovë/Ðakovica regional police directorate and police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality has a total 33 mosques, an Islamic Grand Madrassa and 22 tekkes (dervish lodges). Twenty In Gjakovë/Ðakovica there are: (20) mosques and tekkes, including the Grand Madrassa, were destroyed/damaged during the 1999 conﬂict and reconstructed • 35 seats in the municipal assembly after the conﬂict. There are four (4) Serbian Orthodox churches. One (1) is functional, destroyed in March 2004 riots and distributed among 9 political entities reconstructed in 2011, the other three (3) remain destroyed since the aftermath of the 1999 conﬂict (on the site of one of destroyed • 94 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 93 in the churches located in town's centre, a public park was built in regional command 2006).There are 24 Catholic and six (6) Protestant Evangelic churches, all are functional (source: religious communities' representatives). • 15 judges and 12 prosecutors

A total of 179 cultural heritage sites (archaeological and • 1,457 teachers in 43 primary and 7 secondary architectural) in Gjakovë/Ðakovica municipality are included in schools and 1 kindergarten the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. • 1 public university

64 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 ISTOG/ISTOK The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Istog/Istok, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 454 km² area The municipality of Istog/Istok is located in north-western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 454 km² and includes 50 villages Istog/Istok town and 50 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 39,289. 39,289 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 35,972 Kosovo Albanians, 7,736 Kosovo Serbs and 1,856 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 36,154 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Egyptians 1,544 conducted in 1991*, there were 43,910 Kosovo Albanians, 5,968 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 1,142 Kosovo Serbs and 1,302 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Serbs 194 municipality. 5.Kosovo Ashkali 111 6.Kosovo Roma 39 According to the UNHCR statistics, 2,050 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Turks 10 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 980 8.Other 45 Kosovo Serbs, 38 Kosovo Roma, 719 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 9.Not speciﬁed 50 Egyptians, 309 Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) Kosovo Albanian and three (3) Kosovo Montenegrins. (source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Istog/Istok municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 47,6831, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 44.58% or 21,256 voters and in 2nd round it was 41.72% or 19,892 voters. On 17 December 2017, 2nd round of the 2017 municipal elections was repeated due to irregularities; the number of registered voters in the repeat election was 49,235, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voters turnout in the repeated 2nd round was 41.38% or 19,869 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

38.18% LDK - Democratic League of Kosovo 11 seats 21.38% AAK - Alliance for Future of Kosovo 6 seats 14.52% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 4 seats 8.93% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.50% IQPI – Initiative of Istog/Istok Independents 1 seat 3.32% SL - Serbian List 1 seat 2.19% Slaviša Maliković 1 seat 2.11% Radenko Belošević 1 seat

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The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, 24 are Kosovo Albanian and three (3) are Kosovo Serb; nine (9) are women. The Municipal Assembly The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Chairperson is Qaush Balaj (LDK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Istog/Istok town and 95 per cent of villages are connected to the water supply system, and EXECUTIVE approximately 30 per cent of residents have access to sewage system. Power supply has improved in both rural and urban areas Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political over the last years (source: municipal department of public services and protection). afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Haki Rugova (LDK), re- Health elected for his third term as mayor with 50.03% of votes in the repeated 2nd round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 The primary health care system includes ﬁve (5) municipal family municipal elections, Mayor Rugova won with 51.01% of votes in health centres, one (1) located in Istog/Istok town and four (4) in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Agim Ademaj (LDK). Vrellë/Vrela, Banjë/Banja, Gurrakoc/Đurakovac and Rakosh/Rakoš villages. In addition, there are ten (10) primary There are 11 municipal departments. One (1) department is run healthcare centres. The health sector has 123 employees, by a woman director: general administration (LDK), ten (10) including doctors, nurses and support staff; 87 women and 36 departments are run by men directors: budget and ﬁnance (LDK); men. inspection (LDK); economy and development (LDK); public services and protection (LDK); cadaster and geodesy (LDK); In Istog/Istok municipality there is one (1) Serbia-run healthcare urban planning and environment (LDK); education (LDK); youth, facility, located in Osojane/Osojan village, comprised of seven (7) culture and sport (PDK); health and social-welfare (PDK); and ofﬁce premises. agriculture, forestry and hydro-economy (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: OSCE All communities have access to health care and all health Field Team). facilities in the municipality (source: municipal department of health and social welfare).

JUDICIARY Education The Pejë/Peć Basic Court branch in Istog/Istok has four (4) There are 11 primary schools with 5,868 pupils and 380 judges; all Kosovo Albanian and all are men. teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 1,576 students and 111 teachers and ﬁve (5) kindergartens with 279 children and 20 The Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality teachers. (source: The Pejë/Peć Basic Court and Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce) There is one (1) Serbian-curriculum primary school in Osojane/Osojan village with 50 (returnee) children and 18 SECURITY PRESENCE teachers (source: municipal department of education and culture, municipal ofﬁce for communities and return, and the director of the “Radoš Tošić” school) Kosovo Police station in Istog/Istok municipality has 78 police ofﬁcers: 73 are Kosovo Albanian, three (3) are Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) is Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Ashkali; eight (8) are women (source: Kosovo Police) . As for the international military presence, Slovenian KFOR covers the area (source: Slovenian KFOR Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT).

ECONOMY € The economy of Istog/Istok municipality is predominantly based on agriculture. There are approximately 2,900 registered private businesses, out of which 1,425 are active and operational. There is no reliable data on the number of employees in the private sector (source: municipal business centre).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Istog/Istok municipality has a total of 14 mosques, one (1) was destroyed and ﬁve (5) were damaged in the 1999 conﬂict. All of In Istog/Istok there are: them have been reconstructed after the conﬂict, and two (2) new ones have been built. All of them are functional. There is one (1) • 27 seats in the municipal assembly Catholic church in Gurrakoc/Đurakovac and is functional. There are in total nine (9) Serbian Orthodox churches, one (1) was distributed among 8 political entities destroyed after the 1999 conﬂict and was reconstructed in the period 2001-2003, one was (1) damaged after the 1999 conﬂict • 78 police ofﬁcers and further in the 2004 March riots and was reconstructed in the period 2007-2008, whereas three (3) remain damaged/burned • 4 judges and dysfunctional since the 1999 conﬂict, and one (1) is present within the remains of an archaeological medieval complex. Three (3) out of nine (9) Serbian Orthodox churches are classiﬁed as • 529 teachers in 12 primary and 2 secondary Special Protective Zones: Gorioč Monastery, Monastery of the schools and 5 kindergartens Holy Virgin of Hvosno, and Church of Saint Nicholas (source: religious communities' representatives)

A total of 64 cultural heritage sites (archaeological and architectural) in Istog/Istok municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

67 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 JUNIK The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Junik, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 77 km² area Junik municipality is located in western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 77 km2 and includes Junik town and two (2) 2 villages villages, Jasiq/Jasić and Gjocaj/Đocaj. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 6,084 population 6,084.

Ethnic composition Junik was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these years are 1.Kosovo Albanians 6,069 not available. 2.Other 4 3.Not speciﬁed 11 According to the UNHCR statistics, there are no registered returns in the municipality. (source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Junik municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 5,5901, including out- of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 48.64% or 2,719 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

43.43% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 7 seats 31.72% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 5 seats 15.32% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 9.53% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list ﬁgure is higher than, or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Infrastructure The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among four (4) political parties, all members are Kosovo Albanian; six (6) are The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Muharrem assessed as good. Most of the main roads that connect villages Krasniqi (AAK). with the urban centre are asphalted. There are ongoing works to improve the sewage, irrigation, water supply and electrical systems in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of urbanism EXECUTIVE cadastre and environment).

Health Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality has one (1) main health centre, with 31 The municipality is headed by Mayor Agron Kuqi (AAK), re- employees including doctors, nurses and support staff; 18 elected for his third term as mayor with 57.9% of votes in the ﬁrst women and 13 men. round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal All communities have access to health care facilities (source: elections, Mayor Kuqi won with 62.46% in the second round. municipal directorate of health and social welfare). Deputy Mayor is Faik Tofaj (AAK).

There are seven (7) municipal departments. Two (2) departments Education are run by women directors: budget and ﬁnance (AAK) and general administration (AAK), ﬁve (5) departments are run by There is one (1) primary school and one (1) secondary school in men directors: urbanism, cadastre and environment (AAK); Junik municipality with a total of 850 students and 56 teachers education, culture, youth and sports (PDK); health and social (source: municipal directorate of education, culture, youth and sports). welfare (AAK); public services, inspection and emergency (AAK); and economic development (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women (source: municipal RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES website). Junik has two (2) mosques, both damaged during the 1999 JUDICIARY conﬂict and reconstructed in its aftermath and one (1) tekke (source: directorate of urbanism cadastre and environment and religious communities' representatives). There are no courts in Junik. The Deçan/Dečane branch of the Pejë/Peć Basic Court covers the municipality (source: Pejë/Peć Basic A total of 20 architectural sites in Junik municipality are included Court). in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality.

SECURITY PRESENCE KEY FACTS In Junik there are: Kosovo Police station in Junik has 25 police ofﬁcers, all are Kosovo Albanian; 24 men and one (1) woman (source: Pejë/Peć • 15 seats in the municipal assembly Regional Police Station). distributed among 4 political entities As for the international military presence, Italian KFOR covers the area (source: KFOR/Multi National Battle Group West). • 25 police ofﬁcers

• No courts physically present in the ECONOMY € municipality The economy of Junik municipality is predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. Currently, there are • 56 teachers in 1 primary and 1 secondary approximately 100 businesses registered in the municipality. school The municipal administration is the largest single employer in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of economic development).

69 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 KLINË/KLINA The OSCE regional centre Pejë/Peć covers six (6) municipalities, including Klinë/Klina, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 308 km² area The municipality of Klinë/Klina is located in western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 308 km² and includes 53 villages Klinë/Klina town and 53 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 38,496. 38,496 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 45,594 Kosovo Albanians, 6,829 Kosovo Serbs and 973 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 37,216 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Egyptians 934 conducted in 1991*, there were 43,248 Kosovo Albanians, 5,209 3.Kosovo Serbs 98 Kosovo Serbs and 621 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 85 5.Kosovo Roma 78 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,296 displaced persons 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 20 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 974 7.Kosovo Turks 3 Kosovo Serbs, 46 Kosovo Roma, 265 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Other 23 Egyptians, ﬁve (5) Kosovo Bosniaks, one (1) Kosovo Croat and 9.Not speciﬁed 39 ﬁve (5) Kosovo Montenegrins.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Klinë/Klina municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 47,4081, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 39.77% or 18,852 voters and in 2nd round it was 34.96% or 16,572 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

34.96% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 10 seats 19.79% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 6 seats 18.43% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 5 seats 7.78% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 4.61% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 4.44% IQ Initiative for Progress of Klina 1 seat 2.52% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.49% PSHDK – Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat

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The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; eight (8) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Fadil Gashi The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (LDK) (source: municipal assembly chairperson). assessed as good. All the main roads that connect villages with the urban centre are asphalted, and the town centre is paved with cobblestones. There are ongoing works to improve water supply EXECUTIVE and electrical systems in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of urbanism and environment protection).

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Health The municipality is headed by Mayor Zenun Elezaj (AAK), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 51.6% of votes in the second Klinë/Klina has one (1) municipal family health centre and three round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the (3) family health clinics. The health sector has 136 employees, mayor was Sokol Bashota (PDK), who was elected in the second including doctors, nurses and support staff; 60 men and 76 round of the 2013 municipal elections with 75.12% of the votes. women. Deputy Mayor is Besim Hoti (LDK). There are ten (10) municipal departments. One (1) department is There is one (1) Serbia-run healthcare facility (i.e. one (1) room run by a woman director: cadaster, geodesy and property (AAK), rented nearby the satellite school in the village of Videjë/Vidanje, nine (9) departments are run by men directors: administration attended by one (1) medical nurse). The facility operates as a (AAK); health and social welfare (AAK); ﬁnances, economy and branch of the main Serbia-run healthcare facility in development (LDK); urbanism and environment protection (AAK); Osojane/Osojan village, Istog/Istok municipality. agriculture and rural development (NISMA); public services (Vetëvendosje!); inspectorate (LDK); culture, youth and sports All communities have access to healthcare facilities (source: (Vetëvendosje!); and education (LDK). In the previous mandate municipal directorate of health and social welfare). (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: municipal director of administration). Education JUDICIARY There are 17 primary schools with 6,605 pupils and 435 teachers, two (2) secondary schools with 1,865 students and 108 The Pejë/Peć Basic Court has a branch in Klinë/Klina with six (6) teachers and two (2) kindergartens with 142 children and four (4) judges, ﬁve (5) are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; staff members. There is a small Serbian-curriculum school in two (2) are women. Videjë/Vidanje village attended by seven (7) Kosovo Serb The Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality (returnee) children (source: municipal directorate of education and (source: Pejë/Peć Basic Court and Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce). municipal ofﬁce for communities and return).

SECURITY PRESENCE

Kosovo Police station in Klinë/Klina has 84 police ofﬁcers, 83 are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Ashkali; seven (7) are women.

As for the international military presence the KFOR Multinational Battle Group West covers the area (source: Kosovo Police, Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT KFOR).

ECONOMY € The economy of Klinë/Klina municipality is predominantly based on agriculture. There are approximately 1,000 registered private businesses operating in the municipality and 6,000 people working in the private sector (source: municipal business registration centre).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Klinë/Klina municipality has a total of seven (7) mosques, three (3) were damaged/burned during the 1999 conﬂict and In Klinë/Klina there are: reconstructed in its aftermath, and four (4) new ones have been built. There are eight (8) Serbian Orthodox churches and • 27 seats in the municipal assembly monasteries, ﬁve (5) churches were destroyed in the aftermath of the 1999 conﬂict, one (1) was reconstructed in 2006. Three (3) distributed among 8 political entities Serbian Orthodox sites are classiﬁed as Special Protective Zones (Budisavci Monastery, Dolac Monastery and Hermitage with • 84 police ofﬁcers Church in Uljarica). There are nine (9) Catholic churches, all functional (source: religious communities' representatives). • 6 judges A total of 23 archaeological sites in Klinë/Klina municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites • 547 teachers in 17 primary and 2 secondary under permanent/temporary protection. schools and 2 kindergartens

72 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PEJË/PEĆ The OSCE regional centre covers six (6) municipalities, including Pejë/Peć where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 603 km² area The municipality of Pejë/Peć is located in western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 603 km² and includes Pejë/Peć 78 villages city and 78 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 96,450. 96,450 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 79,965 Kosovo Albanians, 7,995 Kosovo Serbs and 9,796 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 87,975 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 3,786 conducted in 1991*, there were 96,441 Kosovo Albanians, 7,815 3.Kosovo Egyptians 2,700 Kosovo Serbs and 6,960 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Roma 993 municipality. 5.Kosovo Serbs 332 6.Kosovo Gorani 189 According to the UNHCR statistics, 2,616 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Ashkali 143 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 904 8.Kosovo Turks 59 Kosovo Serbs, 428 Kosovo Roma, 792 Kosovo Ashkali and 9.Other 132 Kosovo Egyptians, 479 Kosovo Bosniaks, ten (10) Kosovo Gorani 10.Not speciﬁed 141 and three (3) Kosovo Montenegrins.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Pejë/Peć municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 110,6911, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 40.31% or 44,616 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

39.39% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 15 seats 27.50% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 10 seats 12.92% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 5 seats 8.61% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 3 seats 2.19% ALTERNATIVA 1 seat 2.16% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The Municipal Assembly has 35 seats distributed among six (6) The economy of Pejë/Peć municipality is predominantly based on political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are agriculture, services and trading. There are approximately 7,964 women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Islam Husaj registered private businesses operating in the municipality. (LDK). There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economic development- business registration ofﬁce). EXECUTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. Infrastructure The municipality is headed by Mayor Gazmend Muhaxheri (LDK), re-elected for his second term as mayor with 50.23% of votes in The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 assessed as good. All the main roads that connect villages with municipal elections, Mayor Muhaxheri won with 56.48% of votes the urban centre are asphalted. Pejë/Peć city is connected to in the second round. Deputy Mayor is Shkumbin Gashi (LDK). water supply and sewage systems. Out of 78 villages, 64 are There are 14 municipal departments. Three (3) departments are connected to water supply system and 56 are connected to the run by women directors: economic development (LDK); sewage system, and there are 60,000 meters of irrigation European integration and diaspora (LDK); and municipal works channels. Power supply is still a problem in rural areas, especially and public services (PDK), 11 departments are run by men during winter (source: directorate of municipal work and public services). directors: administration (LDK); education (LDK); ﬁnance (LDK); urbanism (PDK); cadastre and geodesy (LDK); health and social Health welfare (LDK); culture, youth and sport (LDK); inspection (PDK); emergency and protection (PDK); property-legal issues (PD); and Pejë/Peć has one (1) main family health centre, 11 family health agriculture, forestry and hydro-economy (LDK). In the previous centres and ten (10) family medical clinics. There are 340 mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: employees in the health sector, including doctors, nurses and municipal assembly secretariat). support staff; 252 women and 88 men.

JUDICIARY The Kosovo Serb community predominantly uses the Serbia-run healthcare facility in Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc. For serious health issues, Kosovo Serb residents tend to get treatment in the Serbia- Pejë/Peć Basic Court has 24 judges, all Kosovo Albanian; 16 men run Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North hospital. and eight (8) women. It consists of a general department (civil and criminal), a serious crimes department, a juvenile All communities have access to health care and all health department and a minor offences division and has branches in facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). Deçan/Dečani, Istog/Istok and Klinë/Klina.

Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce has 24 prosecutors, 23 are Education Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Serb; 15 are men and nine (9) are women. The Ofﬁce consists of a general department, a There are 27 primary schools with 14,111 pupils and 930 department of serious crimes and a juveniles department (source: teachers, six (6) secondary schools with 5,283 students and 416 Pejë/Peć Basic Court, Pejë/Peć Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce) teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 37 teachers.

There is also one (1) Serbian-curriculum primary school in Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc with 90 pupils and 35 teachers, one (1) SECURITY PRESENCE secondary school with 30 students and 30 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 20 children and one (1) teacher. Kosovo Police station in Pejë/Peć municipality has 159 ofﬁcers at the main police station and its two (2) sub-stations in In addition, Pejë/Peć hosts the Resource Centre for Learning and Goraždevac/Gorazhdevc and Vitomirica/Vitomiricë, 122 are Consulting, a school offering primary and secondary education Kosovo Albanian, 27 Kosovo Bosniak, ﬁve (5) Kosovo Egyptian, for blind and visually impaired students from all over Kosovo, and two (2) Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo Montenegrin, one (1) Kosovo a primary and secondary music school (source: municipal directorate of Ashkali, and one (1) Kosovo Gorani; 26 are women (source: Kosovo education). Police). There is also a public university "Haxhi Zeka" in Pejë/Peć, Kosovo Police Regional Directorate in Pejë/Peć town has 156 offering bachelor and master studies. The Faculty of Business ofﬁcers, 150 Kosovo Albanian and six (6) Kosovo Bosniak; 16 are (Business Administration) offers bachelor and master studies in women. Albanian and Bosniak languages, other faculties offer studies in Albanian language only. As for the international military presence, Italian KFOR covers the area (source: Italian KFOR Liaison Monitoring Team - LMT).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Pejë/Peć municipality has a total of 28 mosques and two (2) tekkes (dervish lodges). Twenty-two (22) mosques were In Pejë/Peć there are: destroyed/damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and have been reconstructed subsequently. An Islamic Grand Madrassa and one • 35 seats in the municipal assembly (1) tekke remains destroyed since 1999. From the total number of mosques, two (2) are non-functional due to a lack of believers distributed among 6 political entities and ﬁve (5) are newly-built (i.e. did not exist before the conﬂict). There are six (6) Serbian Orthodox churches. One (1) was • 159 police ofﬁcers in police stations and 156 destroyed during the March 2004 riots and was reconstructed in in the regional command 2012, one (1) was damaged after the 1999 conﬂict and further in the 2004 March riots and was reconstructed in the period 2013- 2014, one (1) remains damaged/burnt since 1999, and one (1) • 24 judges and 24 prosecutors remains non-functional due to a lack of believers. The Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć is also located in the municipality. It • 1,449 teachers in 28 primary and 7 secondary is listed in the UNESCO List of World Heritage. There are ﬁve (5) schools and 2 kindergartens Catholic churches and one (1) Protestant Evangelic church, all are operational (source: religious communities' representatives). • 1 public university A total of 112 cultural heritage sites (archaeological and architectural) in Pejë/Peć municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

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76 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 FUSHË KOSOVË/KOSOVO POLJE The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 83 km² area The municipality of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 83 km² and 15 villages includes Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje town and 15 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, 34,827 population the total population is 34,827.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 20,142 Kosovo Albanians, 8,445 Kosovo Serbs and 1,033 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 1.Kosovo Albanians 30,275 census conducted in 1981, as Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje was 2.Kosovo Ashkali 3,230 not a separate municipality at that time. 3.Kosovo Roma 436 4.Kosovo Serbs 321 According to the UNHCR statistics, 2,130 displaced persons 5.Kosovo Egyptians 282 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 407 6.Kosovo Turks 62 Kosovo Serbs, 313 Kosovo Roma and 1,410 Kosovo Ashkali and 7.Kosovo Bosniaks 34 Kosovo Egyptians. 8.Kosovo Gorani 15 9.Other 131 10.Not speciﬁed 41

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 36,3611, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 43.77% or 15,917 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

45.38% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 12 seats 16.58% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 2* seats 14.64% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 3* seats 5.00% PDAK Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo 1 seat 4.06% PLE Liberal Egyptian Party 1 seat 3.53% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 3.24% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 1 seat 2.51% PD Justice Party 1 seat 2.44% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.30% SL Serbian List 1 seat Independent members 2* PSD Social Democratic Party 1** 1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voters list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

* Following the elections, two (2) PDK municipal assembly members resigned from their party and remained to hold their seats as independent members. In addition, one (1) Vetëvendosje! member resigned from the party and joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among 13 The economy of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje municipality is political entities, 24 members are Kosovo Albanian, one (1) is predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. Kosovo Ashkali, one (1) is Kosovo Egyptian and one (1) is Kosovo There are approximately 900 registered private businesses Serb; eight (8) are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson operating in the municipality with around 5,200 employees is Vjollca Konjusha (LDK) and the Deputy Chairperson of the (source: municipal directorate of ﬁnance and economy). Municipal Assembly for Communities in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje is Qerim Gara (PDAK)*.

*According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per PUBLIC SERVICES cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. Infrastructure The overall status of the infrastructure in the municipality is EXECUTIVE assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. However, heavy trafﬁc jams are common, since the main road from Prishtinë/Priština to the Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political airport leads through the town of Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. The afﬁliations. main Kosovo railway station is located in the municipality, which The municipality is headed by Mayor Burim Berisha (LDK), re- leads to Skopje and other Kosovo towns (source: municipal elected for his fourth term as mayor with 63.8% of votes in the development plan). ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Berisha won with 64.33% of votes in Health the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Fadil Krasniqi (LDK) and Deputy Mayor for Communities is Halil Qerimi (PDAK). The primary health care system currently includes one (1) There are 11 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are municipal family health centre and 11 health houses in the run by women directors: general administration (LDK) and surrounding villages. Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Roma use the culture, youth and sport (LDK), nine (9) departments are run by Serbia-run healthcare facility in Kuzmin, as well as the Serbia- men directors: budget and ﬁnance (LDK); economic run healthcare facility in Ugljare/Uglar (Gračanica/Graçanicë development (LDK); urban planning (LDK); geodesy, cadastre municipality). The health sector has 104 employees, including and property (LDK); health and social welfare (LDK); education doctors, nurses and support staff, 93 Kosovo Albanian, nine (9) (LDK); public services and environment (LDK); agriculture and Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak and one (1) Kosovo Ashkali; rural development (LDK); and inspection (not afﬁliated). In the 69 women and 35 men. previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women All communities have access to health care and all health (source: municipal regulation on 'organisation, competences and responsibilities of the municipal bodies' and municipal information ofﬁcer). facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare).

Education JUDICIARY There are eight (8) primary schools attended by Kosovo Albanian, There are no courts in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje. Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian pupils with 5,995 pupils and Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court covers the municipality (source: 288 teachers, three (3) secondary schools with 1,603 students Kosovo Judicial Council). and 71 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 164 children and 19 teachers. There is one (1) school providing primary and secondary education in Bresje that follows the Serbian curriculum, with a satellite school in Kuzmin village. The school in SECURITY PRESENCE Bresje has 25 pupils and 17 teachers, and Kuzmin satellite school has 23 pupils and two (2) teachers. The school in Bresje hosts The Kosovo Police station in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje both Serbian and Kosovo curriculum classes (source: education statistics in Kosovo 2016/2017 publication of the Ministry of Education, Science municipality has 68 police ofﬁcers, 64 are Kosovo Albanian, two and Technology). (2) are Kosovo Serb and two (2) are Kosovo Bosniak; ten (10) are women.

As for the international military presence Slovenian KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS There are 13 mosques in the municipality, six (6) were destroyed/damaged during the 1999 conﬂict and were In Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje there are: reconstructed, and six (6) new mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches, both are in use. One (1) church, Saint Nicholas, was slightly damaged in the • 27 seats in the municipal assembly March 2004 riots and was reconstructed in 2005 by the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (source: municipal distributed among 13 political entities development plan, Islamic Council of Kosovo). • 68 police ofﬁcers A total of eight (8) cultural (archaeological and architectural) heritage sites in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under • No courts physically present in the permanent/temporary protection. municipality

• 397 teachers in 9 primary and 4 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

79 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 GRAČANICA/GRAÇANICË The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Gračanica/Graçanicë, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 131 km² area The municipality of Gračanica/Graçanicë is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 131 km² and includes 16 villages Gračanica/Graçanicë town and 16 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 10,675 population population is 10,675.

Ethnic composition Gračanica/Graçanicë was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted in these years are not available. 1.Kosovo Serbs 7,209 2.Kosovo Albanians 2,474 According to the UNHCR statistics, 743 displaced persons have 3.Kosovo Roma 745 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 654 Kosovo 4.Kosovo Ashkali 104 Serbs, 65 Kosovo Roma, 19 Kosovo Ashkali and Egyptians, one 5.Kosovo Gorani 22 (1) Kosovo Albanian and four (4) Kosovo Montenegrins. 6.Kosovo Turks 15 7.Kosovo Bosniaks 15 8.Kosovo Egyptian 3 9.Other 45 10.Not speciﬁed 43

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW

The total number of voters in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 21,1631, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 42.07% or 8,903 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

64.54% SL Serbian List 14* seats 14.42% SLS – Independent Liberal Party 2* seats 10.32% PDS - Progressive Democratic Party 2 seats 4.72% IQSH Albanian Civic Initiative 1 seat 3.01% GINP - New Beginning 0* seats

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voter's list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

* Following the elections, one (1) member from SLS and one (1) from GINP have resigned from their parties and joined SL.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 19 seats distributed among four (4) The economy of Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality is political entities, 18 members are Kosovo Serb, one (1) is Kosovo predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. Albanian; seven (7) are women. The Municipal Assembly There are approximately 500 registered private businesses Chairperson is Ljubiša Karadžić (SL) and Deputy Chairperson of operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the the Municipal Assembly for Communities is Imri Ajeti (IQSH)*. number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of budget and ﬁnance). *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in a numerical minority is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy chairperson of the municipal assembly for communities. PUBLIC SERVICES

Infrastructure EXECUTIVE The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the afﬁliations. urban centre are asphalted. The municipality faces serious The municipality is headed by Mayor Srdjan Popović (SL), elected difﬁculties with water supply, especially during summer. Power for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 87.53% of votes in the ﬁrst round supply has improved recently and power cuts generally became of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor less frequent (source: municipal development plan). was Branimir Stojanović (SL), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 58.48% of the votes*. Health Deputy Mayor is Saša Danić (SL). Deputy Mayor for Communities has not been yet appointed. In the municipality of Gračanica/Graçanicë there are 15 village There are 11 municipal departments. One (1) department is run ambulantas, of approximately 60m2. Each has 5-10 nurses and by a woman director: education and culture (SL), ten (10) one (1) doctor, while there are other doctors who are available departments are run by men directors: administration (SL); twice a week in different villages. In addition, there are two (2) health and social services (SL); ﬁnance (SL); youth and sport hospitals, Internal and Pediatric Clinic in Laplje selo/Llapllasellë (SL); agriculture and forestry (SL); public services (SL); cadastre and Clinical Hospital Center in Gračanica/Graçanicë town. (SL); urbanism (SL); inspection (SL); and economic development Around ten (10) nurses and four (4) doctors are available 24 hours (Sl). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a to assist patients in each of these two (2) hospitals. woman (source: municipal information ofﬁcer). There is also one (1) small health center in Kišnica/Kishnicë *Following Mayor Stojanović's resignation on 9 December 2014 after having been appointed village that is administered by Prishtinë/Priština municipality. Deputy Prime Minister, extraordinary mayoral elections were held in Gračanica/Graçanicë on The facility is used by Kosovo Albanian residents residing in the 18 January 2015, and Vladeta Kostić (SL) won 64.83% of votes in the ﬁrst round. municipality of Gračanica/Graçanicë (source: municipal department of health, social and family protection).

JUDICIARY Education The Basic Court in Prishtinë/Priština has a branch in There are three (3) pre-primary schools, nine (9) primary schools Gračanica/Graçanicë with three (3) civil judges, all Kosovo Serb and eight (8) secondary schools in Gračanica/Graçanicë women (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). municipality following the Serbian curriculum, with approximately 550 teachers. The Gračanica/Graçanicë municipal Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the department of education administers two (2) kindergartens municipality. located in Laplje Selo/Llapllasellë and Dobrotin/Dobratin. There is one (1) Prishtinë/Priština municipality-run primary school in the Kosovo Albanian inhabited village of Kishnicë/Kišnica which SECURITY PRESENCE has a satellite school in Sušica/Sushicë village, and one (1) Lipjan/Lipjan municipality-run lower secondary school in the The Kosovo Police station in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Ashkali inhabited village of has 42 police ofﬁcers, 30 are Kosovo Serb, 11 are Kosovo Radevë/Radevo (source: municipal directorate of education). Albanian and one (1) is Kosovo Bosniak; ﬁve (5) are women.

The municipality is covered by Slovenian KFOR (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality has 11 Serbian Orthodox churches which are in use. The municipality hosts the Ulpiana In Gračanica/Graçanicë there are: archaeological site, an ancient Roman city, and the historic 13th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Gračanica, which was • 19 seats in the municipal assembly included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2006 and has a distributed among 4 political entities Special Protective Zone around it. In addition, there are ﬁve (5) monuments, of which four (4) were constructed after 2005, and one (1) in the early 1940s (source: municipal directorate of education and • 42 police ofﬁcers culture).

• 3 judges A total of 66 cultural (archaeological and architectural) heritage sites in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under • Approximately 550 teachers in 3 pre-primary, permanent/temporary protection. 9 primary and 8 secondary schools

82 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LIPJAN/LIPLJAN The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Lipjan/Lipljan, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 422 km² area The municipality of Lipjan/Lipljan is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 422 km² and includes 62 villages Lipjan/Lipljan town and 62 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 57,605 population 57,605.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 43,118 Kosovo Albanians, 10,259 Kosovo Serbs and 354 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 1.Kosovo Albanians 54,467 conducted in 1991*, there were 53,730 Kosovo Albanians, 9,713 2.Kosovo Ashkali 1,812 Kosovo Serbs and 272 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 3.Kosovo Serbs 513 4.Kosovo Roma 342 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,541 displaced persons 5.Kosovo Turks 128 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 480 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 42 Kosovo Serbs, 95 Kosovo Roma, 964 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 7.Kosovo Gorani 6 Egyptians and two (2) Kosovo Bosniaks. 8.Kosovo Egyptian 4 9.Other 260 10.Not speciﬁed 31

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW

The total number of voters in Lipjan/Lipljan municipality registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 59,5481, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 49.86% or 29,690 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

39.24% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 12 seats 19.90% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 seats 10.17% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 3 seats 8.65% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 3 seats 8.18% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 3 seats 6.17% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 1.89% PAI – Ashkali Party for Integration 1 seat 1.65% PD - Justice Party 1 seat

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voter's list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE ECONOMY € The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight The economy of Lipjan/Lipljan municipality is predominantly (8) political entities, 30 members are Kosovo Albanian and one based on agriculture and small trade businesses. There are (1) is Kosovo Ashkali; ten (10) are women. The Municipal approximately 2,110 registered private businesses operating in Assembly Chairperson is Daut Azemi (LDK). the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economic development). EXECUTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Imri Ahmeti (LDK), re- Infrastructure elected for his second term as a mayor with 59.5% of votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is municipal elections, Mayor Ahmeti won with 53.9% of votes in assessed as good. Roads in four (4) villages are not asphalted and the second round. Deputy Mayor is Fauz Xhemaili (AKR) and connected with the urban centre. Lipjan/Lipljan town and 40 out Deputy Mayor for Communities is Lulzim Qerimi (PAI)*. of 62 villages are connected to water supply system, while 47 villages are connected to sewage system (source: municipal directorate of public services). There are 13 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are run by women directors: health and social care (LDK) and urbanism, planning and environment (LDK), 11 departments are Health run by men directors: education (LDK); culture, youth and sport (AKR); emergency and rescue (PD); procurement (LDK); budget The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main and ﬁnance (LDK); public services (LDK); inspectorate (LDK); municipal family health centre in town, four (4) family health administration (LDK); agriculture, forestry and rural development centres in villages of Shalë/Sedlare, Magurë/Magura, (AKR); geodesy and cadastre (LDK); and economic development Gadime/Gadimlje and Janjevë/Janjevo, and seven (7) health (LDK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), all directors were houses in the surrounding villages. The health sector has 232 men (source: personnel ofﬁce). employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff, 224 Kosovo Albanian, ﬁve (5) Kosovo Serb, one (1) Kosovo Bosniak, *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with less than ten (10) per one (1) Kosovo Croat and one (1) Kosovo Ashkali; 140 women and cent of residents belonging to communities in a numerical minority is not required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities, but the position can be established if proposed by the 92 men (source: municipal directorate of health and social care). Mayor and approved by the municipal assembly. Kosovo Serbs use a makeshift health facility placed in the vicinity of the Serbian Orthodox church in Lipjan/Lipljan town (source: municipal ofﬁce for communities and return). JUDICIARY Education Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court has a branch in Lipjan/Lipljan with six (6) judges, all are Kosovo Albanian; ﬁve (5) men and one (1) There are 24 primary schools with 9,903 pupils and 793 woman (source: Lipjan/Lipljan branch of the Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court). teachers, three (3) secondary schools with 3,170 students and Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the 205 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 104 children and 20 municipality. teachers (source: municipal directorate of education).

There is one (1) primary school following Serbian curriculum in town, with three (3) satellite schools in Staro Gracko/Grackë e SECURITY PRESENCE Vjetër, Rubovc/Rabovce, Lagjia Re/Novo Naselje villages, with 90 pupils and one (1) kindergarten with 40 pupils. The total number The Kosovo Police station in Lipjan/Lipljan has 94 police ofﬁcers of teachers is 63 (source: municipal ofﬁce for communities and return). in the main police station and two (2) sub-stations in Magure/Magura and Janjevë/Janjevo, 80 are Kosovo Albanian, 13 are Kosovo Serb and one (1) is Kosovo Bosniak; 14 are women. As for the international military presence Turkish KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS There are 32 mosques in the municipality. Seven (7) mosques were damaged/destroyed in the 1999 conﬂict and were In Lipjan/Lipljan there are: reconstructed afterwards, and 17 new mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are ﬁve (5) Serbian Orthodox churches in • 31 seats in the municipal assembly the municipality, three (3) are in use, two (2) in Lipjan/Lipljan distributed amongst 8 political entities town and one (1) Rubovc/Rabovce village, while two (2) others located in Kraishtë/Krajište and Sllovi/Slovinje were destroyed/damaged after the 1999 conﬂict. The two (2) churches • 94 police ofﬁcers in Lipjan/Lipljan town (within the Special Protective Zone) sustained minor damages in the March 2004 riots and were • 6 judges reconstructed by the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) in 2005. There are two (2) Catholic churches in the municipality and both are in use. These churches did not • 1,081 teachers in 25 primary and 3 secondary suffer any damages (source: municipal directorate of youth, sport and schools and 2 kindergartens culture).

A total of six (6) cultural heritage (archaeological and architectural) sites in Lipjan/Lipljan municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

85 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 OBILIQ/OBILIĆ The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Obiliq/Obilić, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 105 km² area The municipality of Obiliq/Obilić is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 105 km² and includes 19 villages Obiliq/Obilić town and 19 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 21,549. 21,549 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 20,971 Kosovo Albanians, 5,490 Kosovo Serbs and 421 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 1.Kosovo Albanians 19,854 census conducted in 1981, as Obiliq/Obilić was not a separate 2.Kosovo Roma 661 municipality at that time. 3.Kosovo Ashkali 578 4.Kosovo Serbs 276 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,898 displaced persons 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 58 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 875 6.Kosovo Egyptians 27 Kosovo Serbs, 608 Kosovo Roma, 409 Kosovo Ashkali and 7.Kosovo Gorani 5 Kosovo Egyptians and six (6) Kosovo Bosniaks. 8.Kosovo Turks 2 9.Other 48 10.Not speciﬁed 40

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW

The total number of voters in Obiliq/Obilić municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 24,5821, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 50.71% or 12,466 voters and in 2nd round it was 43.69% or 10,739 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

28.07% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 6 seats 22.44% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 5 seats 15.65% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 3 seats 10.80% LB Movement for Uniﬁcation 2 seats 8.39% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2 seats 5.91% SL Serbian List 1 seat 3.45% SLS Independent Liberal Party 1 seat 2.96% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voter's list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

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The municipal assembly has 21 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, 19 members are Kosovo Albanian and two (2) are Kosovo Serb; seven (7) are women. The Municipal The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Assembly Chairperson is Burim Gerguri (AAK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Obiliq/Obilić town and 17 out of 19 EXECUTIVE villages and connected to water supply and sewage system. Power supply is still a problem especially in the villages (source: municipal development plan). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Xhafer Gashi (AAK), re- Health elected for his second term as mayor with 60.52% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 The primary health care system currently includes one (1) municipal elections, Mayor Gashi won with 53.81% of votes in municipal family health centre and seven (7) health houses in the the second round. Deputy Mayor is Ajet Berisha (LB) and Deputy surrounding villages. The health sector has 101 employees, Mayor for Communities is Slaviša Jakovljević (SLS)*. including doctors, nurses and support staff; 60 women and 41 men. There are 11 municipal departments. Two (2) departments are There are three (3) Serbia-run healthcare facilities located in run by women directors: economy, ﬁnance and development Plemetina/Plemetin, Babin Most/Babimoc and (AAK) and environmental protection (AAK), nine (9) departments Carravodicë/Crkvena Vodica. are run by men directors: general administration (LB); health and social welfare (AAK); education (AAK); local infrastructure (LB); All communities have access to health care and all health urban planning, cadastre, and property (AAK); public services facilities. However, Kosovo Serbs usually go to nearest Serbia- and emergencies (AAK); inspection (AAK); agriculture and rural run health institutions (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). development (LB); and culture, youth and sports (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women Education (source: municipal web site).

*According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with less than ten (10) per There are nine (9) primary schools with 3,471 pupils and 307 cent of residents belonging to communities in a numerical minority is not required to appoint teachers including the support staff, two (2) secondary schools a deputy mayor for communities, but the position can be established if proposed by the Mayor and approved by the municipal assembly. with 797 students and 70 teachers including support staff and one (1) kindergarten with 80 children and nine (9) teachers and six (6) support staff. JUDICIARY There are two (2) primary schools following Serbian curriculum, Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court covers the municipality (source: one (1) in Carravodicë/Crkvena Vodica with 150 pupils and 19 Kosovo Judicial Council). teachers, including support staff (pupils attending Kosovo curriculum also use the same school facility but in different shift), and one (1) in Obiliq/Obilić town. In addition, there is a secondary SECURITY PRESENCE school and a primary school in one (1) building in Plemetin/Plemetina with 157 pupils in secondary education and Kosovo Police station in Obiliq/Obilić municipality has 48 police 295 pupils in primary education with 11 teachers and support ofﬁcers, 42 are Kosovo Albanian, ﬁve (5) are Kosovo Serb and one staff which falls under Gračanica/Graçanicë school (source: directorate of education statistics for 2018). (1) is Circassian; nine (9) are women.

As for the international military presence, Finnish KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police).

ECONOMY € The economy of Obiliq/Obilić municipality is predominantly based on electrical energy production, agriculture and small trade businesses. The Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is the primary employer. There are approximately 325 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There are around 2,356 people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economy, ﬁnance and development).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS There are 16 mosques in the municipality, one (1) was damaged in the 1999 conﬂict and reconstructed following the conﬂict. In Obiliq/Obilić there are: Three (3) mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are three (3) Serbian Orthodox churches, one (1) of them, the Church • 21 seats in the municipal assembly of the Birth of the Holly Virgin, which is not in use, was damaged distributed amongst 8 political entities during the 2004 March riots and reconstructed by Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) in 2005.The Gazimestan monument, marking the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, is • 48 police ofﬁcers located in the municipality and has a Special Protective Zone around it (source: municipal directorate of culture, youth and sport). • No courts physically present in the municipality A total of four (4) cultural (archaeological and architectural) heritage sites in Obiliq/Obilić municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under • 411 teachers and support staff in 11 primary permanent/temporary protection. and 2 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten, and 11 teachers and support staff in primary and secondary school in Plementina (under Gračanica/Graçanicë school)

88 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Prishtinë/Priština where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 572 km² area The municipality of Prishtinë/Priština is located in central Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 572 km² and includes 48 villages Prishtinë/Priština city and 48 villages. It is the administrative, political, economic and cultural centre of Kosovo and the most 198,897 population densely populated municipality. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 198,897.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 140,043 Kosovo Albanians, 43,875 Kosovo Serbs and 6,394 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 194,452 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Turks 2,156 conducted in 1991*, there were 154,990 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Ashkali 557 26,893 Kosovo Serbs and 3,912 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Serbs 430 municipality. 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 400 6.Kosovo Gorani 205 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,753 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Roma 56 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 1,145 8.Kosovo Egyptians 8 Kosovo Serbs, 246 Kosovo Roma and 362 Kosovo Ashkali and 9.Other 334 Kosovo Egyptians. 10.Not speciﬁed 299

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Prishtinë/Priština municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 188,3411, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 47.57% or 89,599 voters and in 2nd round it was 45.16% or 85,055 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

33.12% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 7* seats 28.34% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 15 seats 10.99% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 seats 10.01% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 5 seats 7.61% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 4 seats 3.20% LB Movement for Uniﬁcation 2 seats 2.83% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 1.46% ALTERNATIVA 1 seat PSD Social Democratic Party 9** seats Independent candidate 1* seat

* Following the elections, ten (10) Vetëvendosje! assembly members resigned from their party, nine (9) joined Social Democratic Party (PSD) and one (1) remained to hold the seat as an independent member.

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The municipal assembly has 51 seats distributed among ten (10) Prishtinë/Priština municipality has three (3) police stations and political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 18 are one sub-substation in Donja Brnjica/Bërnica Poshtme village. women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Agim Kuleta There are 351 police ofﬁcers, 332 are Kosovo Albanian, 15 are (LB). Kosovo Serb, two (2) are Kosovo Bosniak, one (1) is Kosovo Turk and one (1) is Kosovo Roma; 68 are women.

EXECUTIVE The Kosovo Police regional directorate with its respective units counts 260 police ofﬁcers, 249 Kosovo Albanian, eight (8) Kosovo Serb and three (3) Kosovo Bosniak; 33 are women. Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The international military presence is covered by Italian KFOR The municipality is headed by Mayor Shpend Ahmeti (PSD)*, re- (source: Kosovo Police). elected for his the second term as mayor with 50.22% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Ahmeti won with 51.80% of votes in the second round. First Deputy Mayor is Selim Pacolli (AKR) and second Deputy Mayor is Muhedin Nushi (PSD). ECONOMY € The economy of Prishtinë/Priština municipality is based on a There are 16 municipal departments. Four (4) departments are wide range of economic activities including construction, run by women directors: social welfare (ALTERNATIVA); ﬁnance agriculture, communications, trade and tourism. There are over (AKR); cadaster (Vetëvendosje!); and parks (AKR), 12 8,735 registered businesses with approximately 75,000 departments are run by men directors: administration (PSD); employees (source: municipal directorate of economy and development). urbanism, construction and environmental protection (PSD); public services (PSD); strategic planning and sustainable development (PSD); capital investment and contracts PUBLIC SERVICES management (AKR); inspection (AAK); property (PSD); education (AAK); health (Vetëvendosje!); culture (Vetëvendosje!); Infrastructure agriculture (AKR); and sports (AAK). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), three (3) directors were women (source: municipal web The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is site). assessed as good. All the roads connecting villages with the *In the 2017 municipal elections, Mayor Ahmeti ran as a Vetëvendosje! candidate, and urban centre are asphalted. Prishtinë/Priština city and most of subsequently joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD). the villages are connected to water supply and sewage system. The municipality faces serious difﬁculties with air pollution and trafﬁc congestions (source: pollution measurements by the municipality and JUDICIARY the US Embassy, and municipal mobility plan/feasibility study).

Prishtinë/Priština Basic Court, including its branches, has 84 judges, 79 are Kosovo Albanian, 4 (four) are Kosovo Serb and one Health (1) is Kosovo Bosniak; 33 are women. There are also 22 newly appointed judges who are still undergoing training and do not The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main work with cases yet. The Court has branches in family health centre, 16 municipal family health centres and 13 Gllogoc/Glogovac, Gračanica/Graçanicë, Lipjan/Lipljan and health houses in the surrounding villages, and one (1) emergency Podujevë/Podujevo and additionally covers Fushë health centre. The health sector has 843 employees, including Kosovë/Kosovo Polje and Obiliq/Obilić municipalities (source: doctors, nurses and support staff; 210 women and 633 men. Kosovo Judicial Council). Prishtinë/Priština also hosts the University Hospital where the secondary and tertiary health care is provided by 3,600 staff. The Court of Appeals, located in Prishtinë/Priština and covering all of Kosovo, has 41 judges, 34 are Kosovo Albanian, six (6) are There is one (1) Serbia-run healthcare facility in Donja Kosovo Serb (ﬁve (5) of whom sit in the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Brnica/Brnicë e Poshtme (source: municipal ofﬁce for communities and branch) and one (1) is a Kosovo Bosniak; 11 are women. return and Kosovo Serb representative).

The Kosovo Supreme Court has a total of 18 judges, 16 are Kosovo Serbs residing in Prishtinë/Priština city and Kosovo Albanian and two (2) are Kosovo Serb; six (6) are women. Slivovo/Slivovë, Donja Brnjica/Bërnicë e Poshtme, Gornja Brnjica/Bërnicë e Epërme, Devet Jugovića/Nëntë Jugoviq and Prishtinë/Priština Basic Prosecution Ofﬁce, which covers the Lebane/Leban villages, also use Serbia-run secondary health whole region, has 54 prosecutors, 52 are Kosovo Albanian and care services in Gračanica/Graçanicë municipality and the two (2) are Kosovo Serb; 26 are women. hospital located in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Education KEY FACTS There are 43 primary and lower secondary schools with 32,921 pupils and 2,067 employees, 14 secondary schools with 10,361 In Prishtinë/Priština municipality there are: students and 779 employees and 14 kindergartens with 2,025 children and 278 employees (source: municipal directorate of education). • 51 seats in the municipal assembly Prishtinë/Priština also hosts the public university “Hasan distributed among 10 political entities Prishtina,” the main education institution with 14 faculties, providing education for around 53,000 students (source: Statistical • 351 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 260 in Agency of Kosovo). the regional command

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES • 165 judges in basic, appellate and supreme courts and 54 prosecutors There are 48 mosques in the municipality, six (6) were destroyed in the 1999 conﬂict and were reconstructed, and 25 new • 3,124 employees in 43 primary and 14 mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are two (2) secondary schools and 14 kindergartens Serbian Orthodox churches, of which one (1) is in use, Saint Nicholas Church, and which was damaged during the March 2004 riots and reconstructed in 2008 by the Reconstruction • 1 public university Implementation Commission (RIC). There are two (2) Catholic churches, including the Roman Catholic Cathedral, in the municipality. One (1) Catholic church was built before the conﬂict, while the Cathedral was built after the conﬂict. There are six (6) Protestant Evangelical churches in the municipality, out of which one (1) was built before the conﬂict and ﬁve (5) others were built after the conﬂict. During the conﬂict these churches did not suffer any damages. There are ﬁve (5) tekkes and three (3) “zaviyes”, namely small tekkes (source: municipal department of culture, youth and sports).

A total of 134 cultural (archaeological and architectural) heritage sites within Prishtinë/Priština municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection.

91 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 SHTIME/ŠTIMLJE The OSCE regional centre Prishtinë/Priština covers six (6) municipalities, including Shtime/Štimlje, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 134 km² area The municipality of Shtime/Štimlje is located in southern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 134 km² and includes 22 villages Shtime/Štimlje town and 22 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 27,324 population 27,324.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 21,716 Kosovo Albanians, 971 Kosovo Serbs and 17 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 1.Kosovo Albanians 26,447 census conducted in 1981, as Shtime/Štimlje was not a 2.Kosovo Ashkali 750 separate municipality at that time. 3.Kosovo Serbs 49 4.Kosovo Roma 23 According to the UNHCR statistics, 168 displaced persons have 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 20 returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo 6.Kosovo Gorani 2 Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians. 7.Kosovo Turks 1 8.Other 13 9.Not speciﬁed 19

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW

The total number of voters in Shtime/Štimlje municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 26,3561, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 50.27% or 13,248 voters and in 2nd round it was 46.68% or 12,302 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

35.09% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 8 seats 18.53% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 4 seats 16.19% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 2* seats 10.83% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 2 seats 8.69% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 2 seats 3.76% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 3.36% LB Movement for Uniﬁcation 1 seat Independent Member 1* seat

1. The overall population ﬁgure presented above is taken from the 2011 census (or authoritative estimates where the census ﬁgure is not available), whereas the voters list is a reﬂection of all people with a civil registration entry in the municipality. In some cases, the voter's list ﬁgure is higher than or similar to the overall population number due to insufﬁcient updating of the civil registry or a signiﬁcant proportion of people registered in the municipality but actually living elsewhere or abroad.

* Following the elections, one (1) Vetëvendosje! assembly member resigned from the party and remained to hold the seat as an independent member.

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The municipal assembly has 21 seats distributed among eight There is one (1) municipal family health centre and four (4) health (8) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; eight (8) houses. The health sector has 77 employees, including doctors, are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Ms. Medina nurses and support staff; 52 women and 25 men. Shtime/Štimlje Brahaj (PDK). municipality hosts the only institution for persons with mental and physical disabilities in Kosovo, run by the Kosovo Ministry of EXECUTIVE Labour and Social Welfare, and has 76 staff members. There is also the Center for Integration and Rehabilitation of the chronic and psychiatric patients, run by the Kosovo Ministry of Health, Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political and has 38 staff members. afﬁliations. Shtime/Štimlje municipality is headed by Mayor Naim Ismajli All communities have access to health care and all health (PDK), re-elected for his fourth term as mayor with 51.61% of facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Ismajli won with 50.27% of Education votes in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Rrahman Jakupi (PDK). There are seven (7) municipal departments. Two (2) departments There are seven (7) primary and two (2) secondary schools with are run by women directors: health and social welfare (PDK) and 6,215 pupils and 405 teachers, and one (1) kindergarten with 41 urban planning, cadastre and geodesy (PDK), ﬁve (5) children and ﬁve (5) staff members (source: education statistics in departments are run by men directors: administration (PDK); Kosovo 2016/2017 publication of the Ministry of Education, Science and economy (PDK); public services (PDK); education (PDK); and Technology). youth, culture and sports (PDK). In the previous mandate (2013- 2017), two (2) directors were women (source: Mayor's ofﬁce). RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES JUDICIARY There are 14 mosques in the municipality, ﬁve (5) were damaged/destroyed during the 1999 conﬂict and reconstructed There are no courts in Shtime/Štimlje. Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic afterwards, and three (3) new mosques have been built after the Court covers the municipality (source: Kosovo Judicial Council). conﬂict. There are two (2) Serbian Orthodox churches in town, Ferizaj/Uroševac Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the neither is in use. The Church of Saint Michael has been slightly municipality. damaged in the 2004 March riots and reconstructed by Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) in 2005. Additional restoration works have been conducted by UNESCO in SECURITY PRESENCE 2009-2010 (source: municipal ofﬁce for communities and return).

The Kosovo Police station in Shtime/Štimlje municipality has 40 A total of four (4) cultural (archaeological and architectural) police ofﬁcers, 39 are Kosovo Albanian and 1 (one) is Kosovo heritage sites in Shtime/Štimlje municipality are included in the Ashkali; four (4) are women. Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport list of sites under permanent/temporary protection. As for the international military presence Turkish KFOR covers the area (source: Kosovo Police). KEY FACTS ECONOMY € In Shtime/Štimlje there are:

The economy of Shtime/Štimlje municipality is predominantly • 21 seats in the municipal assembly based on agriculture. There are approximately 900 registered distributed among 8 political entities private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of economy). • 40 police ofﬁcers

• No courts physically present in the PUBLIC SERVICES municipality

Infrastructure • 410 teachers in 7 primary and 2 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Shtime/Štimlje town and all villages are connected to water supply system since 2007 (source: municipal directorate of urban planning, cadastre and geodesy).

93 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN REGION

94 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 DRAGASH/DRAGAŠ The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Dragash/Dragaš, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 435 km² area The municipality of Dragash/Dragaš is located in southern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 435 km² and includes 35 villages Dragash/Dragaš town and 35 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 33,997 population 33,997.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 18,623 Kosovo Albanians, 93 Kosovo Serbs and 21 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 20,287 Montenegrins in the municipality; whereas according to the 2.Kosovo Gorani 8,957 census conducted in 1991*, there were 941 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 4,100 60 Kosovo Serbs and 10 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Turks 202 municipality. The 1981 census notes that the majority in the 5.Kosovo Serbs 7 municipality were 'Muslims' (the number was 15,942). 'Muslim' 6.Kosovo Ashkali 4 was a term used in the former Yugoslavia to designate ethnic 7.Kosovo Egyptians 3 belonging for the community of Slavic-speaking Muslims. In 8.Kosovo Roma 3 Dragash/Dragaš, this community is today declared as either 9.Other 283 Kosovo Gorani or Kosovo Bosniaks. In 1991, there were 16,112 10.Not speciﬁed 151 people declared as 'Muslims'.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,441displaced persons have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them six (6) Kosovo Bosniaks and 1,435 Kosovo Gorani. *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Dragash/Dragaš municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 40,3381, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 37.34% or 15,063 voters and in 2nd round it was 32.35% or 13,051 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

32.39% PDK – Democratic Party of Kosovo 9 seats 28.47% LDK – Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 10.71% VAKAT Coalition Vakat 3 seats 8.42% JGP – United Gorani Party 2 seats 5.21% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 1 seat 4.64% AAK – Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 1 seat 2.68% NISMA – Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 2.53% PG – Movement for Gora 1 seat 2.30% AKR – Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.23% GIG – Gora Citizens' Initiative 1 seat

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Infrastructure The municipal assembly has 27 seats distributed among ten (10) political entities, 20 members are Kosovo Albanian, four (4) are The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Kosovo Gorani and three (3) are Kosovo Bosniak; eight (8) are assessed as good. Almost all roads are asphalted. The women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Betim Merdiu construction of a common water supply system for 15 villages (PDK). The Municipal Assembly Deputy Chairperson for started in 2011 and is still ongoing, while other villages have Communities in Dragash/Dragaš is Selman Osmani, a Kosovo individual water supply systems (source: municipal development plan). Gorani (JGP)*. Health *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal The primary health care system includes one (1) main family assembly chairperson for communities. health centre and 13 health houses. The health sector has 100 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff; 78 men and 22 women. EXECUTIVE All communities have access to health care and facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Shaban Shabani (PDK), Education elected for his term as mayor with 51.07% of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the There are 35 primary schools with 3,579 pupils and 470 mayor was Salim Jenuzi (PDK), who was elected in the second teachers, providing education in Albanian and Bosnian round of the 2013 municipal elections with 60.55% of the votes languages, within the Kosovo curriculum, one (1) multi-ethnic cast. Deputy Mayor is Selami Sahiti (AAK) and Deputy Mayor for secondary school in Dragash/Dragaš town with 601 students, Communities is Šerif Aga (VAKAT, Kosovo Bosniak). 537 Kosovo Albanian and 64 Kosovo Bosniak, and 73 teachers There are eight (8) municipal departments, all run by men that provide education in Albanian and Bosnian languages under directors: economy and ﬁnance (PDK); education (PDK); geodesy the Kosovo curriculum. and cadastre (VAKAT); administration (PDK); culture youth and sports (AKR); agriculture rural development and inspection There are six (6) Serbian-curriculum primary and one (1) (JGP); health and social welfare (VAKAT); and protection rescue secondary schools spread across the Kosovo Gorani and Kosovo and public services (GIG). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), Bosniak inhabited villages, with approximately 175 employees, there were also no women directors (source: municipal website). including support staff. In total, 600 pupils are registered for pre- school and primary school classes and 150 for secondary school (source: municipal directorate of education and management of secondary JUDICIARY school in Mlike/Mlikë)

Prizren Basic Court has a branch in Dragash/Dragaš with two (2) Kosovo Albanian judges: one (1) man and one (1) woman (source: RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES Prizren Basic Court). There are two (2) mosques in Dragash/Dragaš town and 35 in Prizren Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality. surrounding villages, one in each village. None were damaged during the conﬂict, and regular renovation/maintenance works have been conducted after the conﬂict (source: municipal development SECURITY PRESENCE plan). A total of 14 cultural heritage sites in Dragash/Dragaš municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and The Kosovo Police station in Dragash/Dragaš has 55 police Sport list of sites under temporary protection. ofﬁcers, including six (6) police ofﬁcers at the Kruševo/Krushevë police sub-station: 36 are Kosovo Albanian, 15 are Kosovo Gorani and four (4) are Kosovo Bosniak (source: Kosovo Police). KEY FACTS As for the international military presence, Turkish KFOR Liaison In Dragash/Dragaš there are: Monitoring Team covers the area. • 27 seats in the municipal assembly distributed among 10 political entities ECONOMY € • 55 police ofﬁcers The economy of Dragash/Dragaš municipality is predominantly based on agriculture and small business. There are • 2 judges approximately 744 registered private businesses operating in the municipality with around 1,152 employees. The municipality wishes to strengthen its touristic potential (source: municipal website). • 718 teachers and support staff in 41 primary and 2 secondary schools

96 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MALISHEVË/MALIŠEVO The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Malishevë/Mališevo, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 306 km² area The municipality of Malishevë/Mališevo is located in south- eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 306 km² and 43 villages includes Malishevë/Mališevo town and 43 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 54,613 population population is 54,613.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1991*, there were 47,318 Kosovo Albanians, 475 Kosovo Serbs and 11 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 54,501 Montenegrins in the municipality. There is no data from the 2.Kosovo Roma 26 census conducted in 1981, as Malishevë/Mališevo was not a 3.Kosovo Bosniaks 15 separate municipality at that time. 4.Kosovo Ashkali 5 5.Other 8 According to the UNHCR statistics, 17 displaced persons have 6.Not speciﬁed 58 returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo Roma.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Malishevë/Mališevo municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 52,2731, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 43.67% or 22,830 voters and in 2nd round it was 38.05% or 19,892 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

33.82% NISMA - Social Democratic Initiative 12* seats 27.95% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 9 seats 18.03% LDK - Democratic League of Kosovo 5* seats 14.28% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 4 seats 4.31% AAK - Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 1 seat

* Following the elections, one (1) LDK municipal assembly member resigned from LDK and joined NISMA.

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The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among ﬁve (5) Infrastructure political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Rrahim Morina The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is (LDK). assessed as good. Most of the roads leading to town and villages are asphalted and the municipality is a point on the Ibrahim Rugova highway, connecting to Albania. Twenty four (24) out of EXECUTIVE 43 villages are connected to water supply system and 25 villages are connected to sewage system, with additional ten (10) villages Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political partially connected to both systems. Water supply remains an issue in the municipality (source: municipal directorate of urbanism). afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Ragip Begaj (NISMA), re- elected for his second term as mayor with 55.80% of votes in the Health second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2013 municipal elections, Mayor Begaj (then a PDK candidate), won The primary health care system includes one (1) main municipal with 65,85% of votes in the ﬁrst round. Deputy Mayor is Hajdin family health centre and seven (7) sub-units, as well as six (6) Berisha (NISMA). family health centres located in villages. The health sector There are 11 municipal departments. One (1) department is run employs 122 people, including doctors, nurses and support staff; by a woman director: culture, youth and sports (NISMA), ten (10) 64 men and 58 women. departments are run by men directors: administration (NISMA); education (NISMA); agriculture and forestry (NISMA); economy All communities have access to health care and all health and ﬁnance (NIMSA); protection and rescue (NISMA); geodesy facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). and cadastre (NISMA); inspections (NISMA); health and social welfare (NISMA); public services (NISMA); and urbanism Education (NISMA). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), one (1) director was a woman (source: municipal website). There are 36 primary schools and three (3) satellite schools with 9,541 pupils and 711 teachers and three (3) secondary schools, including two (2) vocational schools, with 3,224 students and JUDICIARY 128 teachers. There is one (1) kindergarten with 75 children and eight (8) educators (source: municipal directorate of education). Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court has a branch in Malishevë/Mališevo with ﬁve (5) Kosovo Albanian judges, all male (source: Malishevë/Mališevo branch court). RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the There are 17 mosques in Malishevë/Mališevo, all active. Nine (9) municipality. of them were destroyed in the 1999 conﬂict and were all reconstructed afterwards. There are remains of one (1) Serbian Orthodox church in the municipality, which was substantially SECURITY PRESENCE damaged after the conﬂict and is no longer in use. There is one (1) Catholic church and two (2) Protestant churches (source: head of local Islamic community, Mayor's legal advisor). The Kosovo Police station in Malishevë/Mališevo municipality has 61 Kosovo Albanian police ofﬁcers; two (2) are women (source: Kosovo Police). A total of 20 cultural heritage sites in Malishevë/Mališevo municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and As for the international military presence, the Swiss KFOR Sport list of sites under temporary protection. Liaison Monitoring Team covers the area (source: Swiss KFOR LMT).

KEY FACTS ECONOMY € In Malishevë/Mališevo there are: The economy of Malishevë/Mališevo municipality is predominantly based on agriculture and small trade businesses. • 31 seats in the municipal assembly There are approximately 1,434 registered private businesses distributed among 5 political entities operating in the municipality. (source: municipal business centre ofﬁce). • 61 police ofﬁcers

• 5 judges

• 847 teachers in 36 primary and 3 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

98 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 MAMUŞA/MAMUSHË/MAMUŠA The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 11 km² area The municipality of Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša is located in south-eastern Kosovo and covers an area of approximately 11 5,507 population km². According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 5,507.

Ethnic composition Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša was not a separate municipality in 1981 and 1991 and therefore data from the censuses conducted 1.Kosovo Turks 5,128 in these years are not available. 2.Kosovo Albanians 327 3.Kosovo Roma 39 According to the UNHCR statistics, three (3) displaced persons 4.Kosovo Ashkali 12 have returned to the municipality since 1999, all of them Kosovo 5.Kosovo Bosniaks 1 Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian.

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics)

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW 1 The total number of voters in Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša registered for the municipal elections held in October 2017 was 3,935 , including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout was 67.50% or 2,656 voters (source: Central Election Commission).

The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

47.88% KDTP - Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo 7 seats 47.04% KTAP - Kosovo Turkish Justice Party 7 seats 3.73% PDK - Democratic Party of Kosovo 1 seat

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The municipal assembly has 15 seats distributed among three Infrastructure (3) political entities, 14 members are Kosovo Turk, one (1) is Kosovo Albanian; six (6) are women. The Municipal Assembly The overall infrastructure status in the municipality is assessed Chairperson is Iliyaz Bayraktar (KTAP). as good. The main road in the municipality is asphalted. Water supply system is improving following many problems, but there is no sewage system. Power supply is still a problem, especially EXECUTIVE in the winter (source: municipal development plan).

Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political Health afﬁliations. Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša municipality is headed by Mayor Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša has one (1) municipal family health Abdulhadi Krasniq (KDTP), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with center with 17 employees, including doctors, nurses and support 53.99% of votes in the ﬁrst round of the 2017 municipal staff; ten (10) women and seven (7) men. For more complex elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Arif Bytyc (KTAP), health issues, residents go to Prizren Regional Hospital. who was elected in the ﬁrst round of the 2013 elections with All communities have access to health care and all health 52.59% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Hilimi Sala (KDTP), and facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). Deputy Mayor for Communities is Ms. Ganimete Sadiku (PDK)*. There are six (6) municipal departments, all run my men Education directors: general administration and joint affairs (KDTP); budget and ﬁnance (KDTP); education (KDTP); health and social welfare There is one (1) primary lower education school in the (KDTP); urbanism spatial planning cadastre and geodesy (KDTP); municipality with 739 pupils and 49 teachers, including three (3) and public services (KDTP) (source: municipal administration ofﬁce). preschool teachers and one (1) upper secondary school with 203 students and four (4) teachers (source: municipal directorate of education, *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with less than ten (10) per education statistic MEST). cent of residents belonging to communities in a numerical minority is not required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities, but the position can be established if proposed by the Mayor and approved by the municipal assembly. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

JUDICIARY Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša has two (2) mosques, which were not damaged during the 1999 conﬂict and are in use (source: There are no courts in Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša. Prizren municipal development plan). Basic Court covers the municipality (source: Prizren Basic Court). Prizren Basic Prosecutor's ofﬁce covers the municipality. The Watch Tower of Mahmud Pasha is included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under temporary protection.

SECURITY PRESENCE KEY FACTS The police station has 22 police ofﬁcers, 17 are Kosovo Albanian and ﬁve (5) are Kosovo Turk; two (2) are women (source: Kosovo In Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša there are: Police). As for the international military presence, the Turkish KFOR Liaison Monitoring Team covers the area. • 15 seats in the municipal assembly distributed among 3 political entities

ECONOMY € • 22 police ofﬁcers

The economy of Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša municipality is • No courts physically present in the mainly based on small scale farming and trade activities. There municipality are some 800 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: Mamuşa/Mamushë/Mamuša • 53 teachers in 1 primary and 1 secondary municipal Integrity Plan). school

100 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 PRIZREN The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Prizren, where the centre is located, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 640 km² area The municipality of Prizren is located in south-eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 640 km2 and includes Prizren 74 villages city and 74 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total population is 177,781. 177,781 population

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 93,657 Kosovo Albanians, 11,651 Kosovo Serbs and 538 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 145,718 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Bosniaks 16,896 conducted in 1991*, there were 135,674 Kosovo Albanians, 3.Kosovo Turks 9,091 10,911 Kosovo Serbs and 460 Kosovo Montenegrins in the 4.Kosovo Roma 2,899 municipality. 5.Kosovo Ashkali 1,350 6.Kosovo Gorani 655 According to the UNHCR statistics, 1,810 displaced persons 7.Kosovo Serbs 237 have returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 595 8.Kosovo Egyptians 168 Kosovo Serbs, 170 Kosovo Roma, 54 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 9.Other 386 Egyptians, 975 Kosovo Bosniaks and 16 Kosovo Gorani. 10.Not speciﬁed 381

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Prizren municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1 st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 168,8841, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 40.62% or 68,595 voters and in 2nd round it was 30.94% or 52,255 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

31.21% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 13 seats 16.91% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 7 seats 15.25% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 6 seats 8.72% AAK Alliance for Future of Kosovo 4 seats 8.34% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 4 seats 7.23% KDTP Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party 3 seats 5.53% VAKAT Coalition VAKAT 2 seats 3.98% NDS New Democratic Party 2 seats

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The municipal assembly has 41 seats distributed among eight SECURITY PRESENCE (8) political entities, 34 members are Kosovo Albanian, four (4) are Kosovo Bosniak and three (3) are Kosovo Turk; 16 are Kosovo Police in Prizren municipality has 192 police ofﬁcers, women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Artan Abrashi including police stations South (136 police ofﬁcers) and North (56 (Vetëvendosje!) and the Municipal Assembly Deputy Chairperson police ofﬁcers) and police sub-stations in Zhur/Žur and for Communities is Sencar Karamuço (KDTP)*. Sredska/Sreckë, 139 are Kosovo Albanian, 34 Kosovo Bosniak, 15 Kosovo Turk, 3 Kosovo Gorani and one (1) Kosovo Roma; 176 *According to the Law on Local Self-Government, a municipality with more than ten (10) per men and 16 women (source: Kosovo Police). cent of residents belonging to communities in numerical minority position in that municipality is required to appoint a deputy mayor for communities and a deputy municipal assembly chairperson for communities. Kosovo Police Regional Headquarters, including Regional Investigation Unit and Regional Rapid Response Unit, has 78 police ofﬁcers, 70 Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Turk, three (3) EXECUTIVE Kosovo Bosnian and one (1) Kosovo Roma; 14 are women. Regional Trafﬁc Unit has 50 police ofﬁcers, 44 Kosovo Albanian, Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political four (4) Kosovo Turk, one (1) Kosovo Bosnian and one (1) Kosovo afﬁliations. Roma; three (3) are women. The municipality is headed by Mayor Mytaher Haskuka (Vetëvendosje!), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 50.36% As for the international military presence, the Swiss KFOR Liaison of votes in the second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In Monitoring Team, German KFOR, and Turkish KFOR cover the the previous term, the mayor was Ramadan Muja (PDK), who area. was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 53.78% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Eshref Memaj (LDK), € and Deputy Mayor for Communities is Ms. Memnuna Ajdini ECONOMY (VAKAT). The economy of Prizren municipality is mainly based on It has 13 municipal departments. One (1) department is run by a agriculture, trade, construction and food processing, all private woman director: tourism and economic development (KDTP), 12 enterprises. There are some 5,400 registered private businesses departments are run by men directors: health (Vetëvendosje!); operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the inspection (Vetëvendosje!); public services (Vetëvendosje!); number of people employed in the private sector. The industrial emergency and safety (Vetëvendosje!); administration (NISMA); zone is still under pending process of expropriation of the education and science (NISMA); culture, youth and sports properties located under this zone (source: Kosovo business registration (NISMA); cadastre and geodesy (NDS); urbanism and spatial ofﬁce). planning (LDK); agriculture and rural development (LDK); labour and social welfare (LDK); and budget and ﬁnance (KDTP). In the previous mandate (2013-2017), two (2) directors were women (source municipal information ofﬁcer). PUBLIC SERVICES

Infrastructure JUDICIARY The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Prizren Basic Court consists of a general department, a serious assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the crimes department, a juvenile department and a minor offences urban centre are asphalted. Water supply is functional in Prizren division. It has 43 judges, including the court president, 38 city and in villages. There is no sewage system in a few villages. Kosovo Albanian, four (4) Kosovo Bosniak and one (1) Kosovo Power supply is still a problem, especially during the winter and Roma; 11 are women. It has branches in Dragash/Dragaš and in the villages (source: local public water company “Hidroregjioni”). Suharekë/Suva Reka and also covers Mamuşa/Mamushë/ Mamuša municipality (source: Prizren basic court).

Prizren Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce consists of a general department, department of serious crimes and a juveniles department. The ofﬁce has 24 prosecutors, including Chief Prosecutor, all Kosovo Albanian; seven (7) are women. In addition to Prizren, it covers Dragash/Dragaš, Mamuşa/Mamushë/ Mamuša and Suharekë/Suva Reka municipalities.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 Health KEY FACTS The primary health care system includes 14 municipal family health centres and 26 health houses. It has 475 employees, In Prizren there are: including doctors, nurses and support staff; 264 women and 211 men. • 41 seats in the municipal assembly The regional hospital in Prizren offers services to approximately distributed among 8 political entities 250,000 residents. It employs 778 workers, including 155 doctors, and is equipped with emergency and intensive care • 192 police ofﬁcers in the stations and 128 in units. the regional command The Kosovo Serb community uses two (2) Serbia-run healthcare facilities, loca ted in villa ges Sredska/Sreckë and • 43 judges and 24 prosecutors Mushnikovë/Mušnikovo with in total ﬁve (5) medical and support staff. For secondary health care services Kosovo Serbs travel to • 2,250 teachers in 51 primary and 5 secondary Štrpce/Shtërpcë, Sredska/Sredskë or Mitrovica/Mitrovicë North. schools All communities have access to health care and facilities (source: municipal director of health). • 1 public university Education There are 56 schools, 51 primary and lower secondary schools with 25,808 pupils and 1,877 teachers and ﬁve (5) upper secondary schools with 7,691 pupils and 373 teachers. Kindergartens are privately run. There is also a public university in Prizren “Ukshin Hoti”, offering lectures in Albanian, Bosnian and Turkish languages (source: municipal directorate of education and science, and education statistic are provided by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology).

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES

Prizren has 75 mosques. Seven (7) of them have been renovated since the 1999 conﬂict and all are in use. There are 20 Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries, seven (7) of them were destroyed or damaged during the March 2004 riots, and all of them were reconstructed from 2005 to 2016. Two (2) churches in Prizren town, St George and Holy Virgin of Ljevisa, and the Monastery of St, Archangels near the town have permanent presence of the clergy. There are (5) Catholic churches currently in use, and not damaged during the conﬂict, seven (7) tekkes and three (3) Protestant churches (source: Islamic community centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and UNESCO).

A total of 184 cultural heritage sites in Prizren municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under temporary protection and six (6) under permanent protection.

103 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RAHOVEC/ORAHOVAC The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Rahovec/Orahovac, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 275 km² area The municipality of Rahovec/Orahovac is located in south- western Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 275 km² and 35 villages includes Rahovec/Orahovac town and 35 villages. According to 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 56,208 population population is 56,208.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 56,391Kosovo Albanians, 4,026 Kosovo Serbs and 209 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 55,166 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Ashkali 404 conducted in 1991*, there were 55,033 Kosovo Albanians, 3,795 3.Kosovo Egyptians 299 Kosovo Serbs and 174 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Serbs 134 5.Kosovo Roma 84 According to the UNHCR statistics, 386 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Bosniaks 10 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them 318 Kosovo 7.Kosovo Turks 2 Serbs, 22 Kosovo Roma and 46 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo 8.Other 11 Egyptians. 9.Not speciﬁed 98

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality registered for the municipal elections held in 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 57,2001, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 41.73% or 23,868 voters and in 2nd round it was 37.05% or 21,195 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

29.15% PDK Democratic Party of Kosovo 9 seats 23.91% AAK Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 7 seats 22.27% LDK Democratic League of Kosovo 7 seats 13.39% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 4 seats 3.10% NISMA Social Democratic Initiative 1 seat 2.49% AKR Alliance New Kosovo 1 seat 2.03% IQDU Citizen Initiative for Unity and Justice 1 seat 1.76% SL Serbian List 1 seat

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The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among eight Infrastructure (8) political entities, 30 members are Kosovo Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; 11 are women. The Municipal Assembly The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is Chairperson is Mr. Afrim Dina (AAK). assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the urban centre are asphalted. Water supply system functions in Rahovec/Orahovac town and in a limited number of villages, but EXECUTIVE the shortages remain persistent especially in the summer. The Kosovo Serb inhabited Upper Rahovec/Orahovac occasionally is Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political particularly affected due to its higher altitude, sometimes stretching for days. Power supply is still a problem occasionally, afﬁliations. especially in the winter time, but there has been a slight Rahovec/Orahovac municipality is headed by Mayor Smajl Latiﬁ improvement due to the construction of a modern transformer (AAK), elected for his second non-consecutive term as mayor station (source: municipal development plan). with 50.7% of votes in second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Idriz Vehapi (PDK), who was elected in the second round of the 2013 municipal Health elections with 52.38% of the votes. Deputy Mayor is Fatmir Iska (AAK). There is one (1) primary family health centre, nine (9) family There are 12 municipal departments. One (1) department is run health centres and three (3) health houses, with around 129 by a woman director: general administration (AAK), 11 employees, including doctors, nurses and support staff. There departments are run by men directors: health and social welfare are two (2) Serbia-run healthcare facilities located in Upper (AAK); education (AAK); ﬁnance and budget (AAK); economy and Rahovec/Orahovac and in the village of Velika Hoča/Hoçë e development (AAK); urbanism, planning and environment (AAK); Madhe, with 24 medical and support staff. Secondary services geodesy, cadastre and property (NISMA); public services (AAK); are usually sought in Mitrovice/Mitrovica north. agriculture, forestry and rural development (AAK); inspections (AAK); culture, youth and sports (AAK); and protection and rescue All communities have access to health care and all health (AAK). In the previous mandate, one (1) director was a woman facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). (source: municipal website). Education JUDICIARY There are 26 primary schools with 7,345 pupils and 690 teachers, four (4) secondary schools with 2,721 pupils and 120 Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Court has a branch in teachers, of which two (2) primary schools with 95 pupils and 56 Rahovec/Orahovac with ﬁve (5) judges, all Kosovo Albanian, all employees and one (1) secondary school with 12 pupils and 18 men. Four (4) are sitting judges and one (1) is currently employees, follow Serbian curriculum. There are also six (6) pre- undergoing ﬁnal training (source: Rahovec/Orahovac court branch). school classes and one (1) kindergarten with 118 children and 29 teachers. Additionally, there is also one (1) regular lower music Gjakovë/Ðakovica Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the school with 134 pupils with ten (10) teachers (source: municipal municipality. directorate of education and school management).

SECURITY PRESENCE

The Kosovo Police station in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality has 58 police ofﬁcers, 57 Kosovo are Albanian and one (1) is a Kosovo Serb; two (2) are women (source: Kosovo Police).

As for the international military presence, the Austrian KFOR covers the area and has a Liaison and Monitoring Team - LMT operating in the municipality.

ECONOMY € The economy of Rahovec/Orahovac municipality is mainly based on agriculture, particularly viticulture, and production of plastic, heaters, freezers and recycling. There are around 1,120 registered private businesses operating in the municipality. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private sector (source: municipal directorate of urbanism, planning and environment).

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES KEY FACTS There are 26 mosques in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality. Seven (7) mosques were destroyed and four (4) were damaged in the In Rahovec/Orahovac there are: 1999 conﬂict, all of them reconstructed afterwards. Five (5) new mosques have been built after the conﬂict. There are 16 Serbian • 31 seats in the municipal assembly Orthodox churches and one (1) Serbian Orthodox monastery. In June 1999, the monastery was destroyed and one (1) church was distributed among 8 political entities damaged, and both reconstructed between 2005 and 2006. The monastery and two (2) churches are currently in use. There are • 58 police ofﬁcers three (3) tekkes in the municipality (source: Islamic community representative and municipal development plan). • 5 judges A total of 44 cultural heritage sites in Rahovec/Orahovac municipality are included in the Ministry of Culture Youth and • 849 teachers in 27 primary and 4 secondary Sport list of sites under temporary protection. schools and 1 kindergarten

106 MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 SUHAREKË/SUVA REKA The OSCE regional centre Prizren covers six (6) municipalities, including Suharekë/Suva Reka, and has teams working in all of them.

AREA AND POPULATION 361 km² area The municipality of Suharekë/Suva Reka is located in south- eastern Kosovo. It covers an area of approximately 361 km² and 42 villages includes Suharekë/Suva Reka town and 42 villages. According to the 2011 Kosovo Population and Housing Census, the total 59,722 population population is 59,722.

Ethnic composition According to the census conducted in 1981, there were 55,640 Kosovo Albanians, 3,568 Kosovo Serbs and 27 Kosovo 1.Kosovo Albanians 59,076 Montenegrins in the municipality; according to the census 2.Kosovo Ashkali 493 conducted in 1991*, there were 61,230 Kosovo Albanians, 3,001 3.Kosovo Roma 41 Kosovo Serbs and 23 Kosovo Montenegrins in the municipality. 4.Kosovo Bosniaks 15 5.Kosovo Egyptians 5 According to the UNHCR statistics, 51 displaced persons have 6.Kosovo Turks 4 returned to the municipality since 1999, of them two (2) Kosovo 7.Kosovo Serbs 2 Roma and 49 Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptians. 8.Other 15 9.Not speciﬁed 71

(source: Kosovo Agency of Statistics) *The 1991 census is not accepted by Kosovo Albanians as legitimate.

GOVERNING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW The total number of voters in Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality registered for the municipal elections held in November 2017 (1st round in October and 2nd round in November) was 66,3901, including out-of-Kosovo voters. The voter turnout in 1st round was 44.31% or 29,415 voters and in 2nd round it was 40.07% or 26,604 voters (source: Central Election Commission). The 2017 municipal assembly election results were as follows: The current seat distribution is as follows:

29.18% LDK – Democratic League of Kosovo 9 seats 27.71% AAK – Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 9 seats 19.18% PDK – Democratic Party of Kosovo 6 seats 9.66% NISMA – Social Democratic Initiative 3 seats 9.22% Vetëvendosje! (Self-Determination) Movement 1* seat 2.88% IQTH – Initiative for Theranda 1 seat Independent member 1* seat PSD - Social Democratic Party 1** 1** seat

* Following the elections, two (2) Vetëvendosje! assembly members resigned from their party, one (1) joined Social Democratic Party (PSD) and one (1) remained to hold the seat as an independent member.

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MUNICIPAL PROFILE 2018 LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Infrastructure The municipal assembly has 31 seats distributed among six (6) political entities, all members are Kosovo Albanian; ten (10) are The overall status of infrastructure in the municipality is women. The Municipal Assembly Chairperson is Bexhet Kuçi assessed as good. All the main roads connecting villages with the (AAK). urban centre are asphalted. Suharekë/Suva Reka town and around 75% of the villages are connected to water supply, while 11 villages are managed by the regional water supply company EXECUTIVE “Hidroregjioni”. As for the sewage system, 31 out of 42 villages have functional systems. Power supply has improved during the last four years (source: municipal development plan and municipal directorate Structure of municipal executive and the executive's political of public services). afﬁliations. The municipality is headed by Mayor Bali Muharremaj (AAK), elected for his ﬁrst term as mayor with 52.57% of votes in the Health second round of the 2017 municipal elections. In the previous term, the mayor was Sali Asllanaj (LDK), who was elected in the The primary health care system currently includes one (1) main second round of the 2013 municipal elections with 53.38% of family health centre in town, six (6) family health centres in major the votes. Deputy Mayor is Ms. Mihrije Suka (AAK). villages and seven (7) smaller health facilities in smaller villages. There are ten (10) municipal directors. Three (3) departments are The health sector has 145 employees, 123 of them involved in run by women directors: health and social welfare (AAK); providing health services (32 doctors and 91 nurses-technicians) urbanism and planning (AAK); and inspection (NISMA), seven (7) and 22 administrative staff; 90 women and 55 men. departments are run by men directors: education (AAK); culture, youth, sports and diaspora (AAK); ﬁnance, economy and budget All communities have access to health care and all health (AAK); administration (AAK); public services emergency and facilities (source: municipal directorate of health and social welfare). environment (AAK); agriculture forestry and rural development (AAK); and cadastre and property (AAK). In the previous mandate Education (2013-2017), all directors were men (source: municipal web site). There are 29 primary and lower secondary schools with 9,069 pupils and 757 teachers, three (3) secondary high schools with JUDICIARY 3,088 students and 223 teachers and one (1) kindergarten with 61 children and nine (9) teachers (source: municipal directorate of education). Prizren Basic Court has a branch in Suharekë/Suva Reka with eight (8) judges, all Kosovo Albanian; one (1) is a woman. Six (6) of the judges are sitting judges, and two (2) judges are currently RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL SITES undergoing ﬁnal training (source: Prizren Basic Court).

Prizren Basic Prosecutor's Ofﬁce covers the municipality. Suharekë/Suva Reka has 22 mosques, 14 were destroyed/damaged in the 1999 conﬂict, and all of them were reconstructed afterwards. Five (5) new mosques have been built after the conﬂict. All six (6) Serbian Orthodox churches have been SECURITY PRESENCE destroyed in June 1999, and no reconstruction was done since then. There is one (1) Catholic church in Sallagrazhdë/Selograde The Kosovo Police station in Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality village, which is in use, and one (1) Protestant church in has 67 police ofﬁcers, all Kosovo Albanian; nine (9) are women. Suharekë/Suva Reka (source: Islamic community representative and The substation in Mushtisht/Mušutište village has ten (10) police municipal development plan). ofﬁcers, all Kosovo Albanian; one (1) is a woman (source: Kosovo Police). A total of 46 cultural heritage sites (archaeological and architectural) in Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality are included As for the international military presence, Austrian KFOR Liaison in the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport list of sites under Monitoring Team covers the area. temporary protection.

ECONOMY € KEY FACTS The economy of Suharekë/Suva Reka municipality is In Suharekë/Suva Reka there are: predominantly based on rubber, garment and beverages, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, production and small trade • 31 seats in the municipal assembly businesses. There are some 3,700 registered private distributed among 6 political entities businesses, of which approximately 2,316 businesses are active • 77 police ofﬁcers and operating while the rest are considered inactive. There is no reliable data on the number of people employed in the private • 8 judges sector (source: municipal directorate of economy and ﬁnance). • 989 teachers in 29 primary and 3 secondary schools and 1 kindergarten

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Informations clés

Organisation Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE)

Type de document factsheet

Date d'adoption 29 janvier 2019

Source OSCE