Kosova in a historical context, Jakup Krasniqi

Title: Kosova in a historical context
Original: Kosova në kontekst historik
Category: History
Author: Jakup Krasniqi
Translated by: Majlinda Hajrullahu
Publisher: Europrinty
Year: 2007
Pgs. 124
Weight: 0.171 kg
ISBN: 978-9951-05-109-X

About the book

Instead of the Platform "Kosova in a Historical Context", is the title of the book edited by Jakup Krasniqi. The book is in two parts: the first deals with historical aspects and the second with current issues. Within its 125 pages, the book raises very important issues for the Kosovo of yesterday and today.

Given their importance for Kosovo it is evident that the issues raised are important for all Albanians, wherever they are. As a politician by profession and also, historian Jakup Krasniqi looks at Kosovo in a way that is inseparable from the historical context. This gives him the possibility of regarding this issue and the current problems that are connected to it, in one side to see them more obviously and in the other to make assertions, with data from the past and present.

History is explained in a way that illuminates the present and makes it more intelligible. I think that some of the subjects chosen for training form the past, and some from the present , are intended as matters that directly or indirectly are palpable to Albanians, Serbs or to the internationals engaged in the discussions about the final status of Kosovo, which will start presently.

Does this mean that Kosovo in a historic context is an extended concept of the platform for the discussions, that should have been done, and about which the opinion should have been informed?

About the author

Jakup Krasniqi was born on the 1st January 1951, in Negroc in the region of Drenas. In 1971 he finished the secondary school in Prishtina. In 1976 he majored in the field of history, in the Philosophic Faculty of the University of Prishtina. In 1997, he finished the post university studies at the same university.

In November 2003, he mastered in the field of History. During the years 1981-1991 he was imprisoned, because of his political activities. After the period of his confinement, he continued and dedicated his activity the national issues.

During the period of the war, he was the spokesman of the General Headquarter of the Kosovo Liberation Army, member of the General Headquarter and the Political Directory. After the Liberation of Kosovo, in 1999 he was the Minister of Reconstruction in the Temporary Government of Kosovo, in 2002 he was the minister of the Ministry of Public Sevices.