Kosovo’s 'Shrunken' Capital Faces Cuts

balkan insight
20 JUL 2011 / 10:27

After Kosovo's first census in 30 years revealed that Pristina is home to just 200,000 residents, about half the previous estimate, officials are rethinking the capital’s funding.

Besiana Xharra Pristina

Kosovo's capital faces funding cuts and the prospect of donors dropping projects after its population was revealed to be just 200,000, well below half a million, which had been the unofficial benchmark figure used for many years.....more...
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-shrinking-capital-faces-funding-cuts
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Kosovo’s census: Are we shrinking?

balkan insight 19 JUL 2011 / 09:55

Kreshnik Hoxha
“Blimey, where has everyone gone?” This was my initial reaction when faced with the fact that Kosovo has 1, 773, 872 citizens according to the Statistical Office of Kosovo (SOK).
This figure is the end result of the census held last April in 34 municipalities of Kosovo, excluding the lawless Northern part of the country and the Diaspora.
Though the data should be taken with a pinch of salt, it is evident that even with the error emanating from the registration methodology, which has not been stated in the SOK website, the results ought to be in this region....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/blog/outside-in-kosovo-s-census-are-we-shrinking

First Kosovo state census proves controversial

se times
18/07/2011

The debut post-independence census draws mixed reviews.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 18/07/11
The first population and housing census since the country's declaration of independence was finalised in April, with official results published last month.

Census Commission Chairman Rifat Blaku told SETimes, "We assess the census as successful, based on the international evaluation, as foreign experts also confirm."...more...
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/07/18/feature-03

Montenegrin Serbs Refuse to Accept Census Data

balkan insight
13 JUL 2011 / 14:00

Serbs in Montenegro are rejecting the latest census figures from the Statistical Office.

Podgorica
Unpleasantly surprised by the numbers released on Tuesday, members of Serbian organizations and pro-Serb political parties say they will not accept census results related to ethnicity, religion and mother tongue....more...
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Montenegro Releases Census Data

balkan insight
 12 JUL 2011 / 18:10

Fewer than half of Montenegro’s inhabitants are Montenegrins, according to census figures released by the Statistical Office.

Tanjug

While 45 percent of the country’s residents declared themselves to be Montenegrins, nearly 30 percent said they were Serbs.
The language numbers were also skewed toward Serbs. While 37 percent of the country’s 625,266 inhabitants said they speak Montenegrin, about 44 per cent speak Serbian....more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-publishes-population-census-data

Albania Moves Ahead With Disputed Census

balkan insight
06 JUL 2011 / 09:13

As parliament's legal committee approves a bill preparing the framework for the 2011 census, nationalist groups object to the proposed query regarding people's ethnicity and religion.


Besar Likmeta Tirana

Albania's Minister of Technology and Innovation, Genc Poll, defended the survey as vital for the country’s institutions, while arguing that the query about ethnicity and religion was only a matter of statistics. ...more....
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Census Result Causes Confusion in Kosovo

balkan insight
04 JUL 2011 / 10:09

The fact that the population - about 1.7 million - appears almost the same size as the electoral roll has many Kosovars scratching their heads.

Petrit Collaku Pristina
The preliminary result of the census in Kosovo, based on figures gathered in April, states that Kosovo has a population of 1,733,872, excluding the northern Serb-ruled part of the country, where the census was boycotted. ...more...
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/confusion-over-population-stats-of-kosovo-institutions

Croatia´s Population is 4,2 Million Census Shows

balkan insight
01 JUL 2011 / 13:14

There are 4,290,612 people living in Croatia today, according to the preliminary results of this years’s census.

Croatian Times
Croatia’s capital has 792,875 residents, Split has 178,192, Rijeka 128,735 and Osijek 107,784.
The number of Croatians has dropped by about 150,000 since the last, 2001, census, but Ivan Kovac, head of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), says that the numbers cannot be compared due to different methodologies applied....more....
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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatia-s-population-is-4-29%C3%A5-6aa2-census-results-show

Kosovo census: 1.8 million people, 1.6 million voters

se times

11/06/2011

The census findings surprise and disappoint many Albanians.

By Linda Karadaku for the Southeast European Times in Pristina – 11/06/11

The preliminary results of Kosovo's census continue to spur debate prior to being finalized this month.

Kosovo daily Zeri reported that the census, which took place in April, recorded the country's population at 1.8 million people -- but the number of registered voters in the last elections was 1.6 million.....more....
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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2011/06/11/blog-03

New Montenegro census could spur calls for change

se times

07/06/2011

The results may influence tax policy, infrastructure, job creation and the economic and social situation of every citizen in Montenegro.

By Mirjana Boskovic for Southeast European Times in Podgorica – 07/06/11

Montenegro citizens eagerly await the new census results, especially related to national, religious and linguistic data. They are bracing themselves for large figure differences between the current census and the one from 2003.
As census data can lead to increased taxation, the new results could affect school locations, roads, utility infrastructure, shopping centers, banks, businesses and jobs.....more...    


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http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2011/06/07/feature-05

Population census completed in Croatia

tportal.hr

Central Bureau of Statistics:

29.04.2011 11:05

Author: Radio.net

Enumerators finished carrying out a population census in Croatia which lasted over the last four weeks, the Central Bureau of Statistics (DZS) reported on Thursday evening....more...

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http://daily.tportal.hr/125094/Population-census-completed-in-Croatia.html

Pristina is Cut Down to Size

balkan insight
23 Apr 2011 / 09:21
While many have claimed that Kosovo’s Capital had grown into a 500,000 strong metropolis since the war, the census appears to show it holds a more modest 200,000 people
Kanarina Shehuread more: balkan insight
Pristina ...more...

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/pristina-is-cut-down-to-size

Kosovar Officials Extend Census; Many Serbs Boycott

radio free europe
April 16, 2011


PRISTINA -- The Kosovar government has announced an extension in several municipalities of a nationwide census that had been due to end on April 15, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports.
It said the deadline for counting people would be extended until April 19 in the Pristina, Decan, Partesh, and Kllokot municipalities....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_extends_census_serbs_boycott/4746086.html

Census Extended in Kosovo

balkan insight

18 Apr 2011 / 10:05

Census-takers will continue collecting data in several towns in Kosovo this week, though the population headcount officially ended last Friday at midnight.

Petrit CollakuPristina

Seven municipalities, including Pristina, will be given an additional four days to complete the census, the Central Census Commission, CCC, has announced. ...more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/census-extended-in-kosovo

Kosovo census extended until April 19

b92.net
Politics Friday 15.04.2011 13:48

Source: Tanjug
PRIŠTINA -- The population census in Kosovo will be extended until Tuesday April 19, in order to give a chance to all people who have not been polled yet to participate...more...

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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=15&nav_id=73826

Montenegro PM, Opposition Spar Over Census

balkan insight

13 Apr 2011 / 16:41

Montenegro's prime minister has condemned leaks of alleged census results, which show that the number of Serbs in the country has increased since the last headcount in 2003.

RTS

Premier Igor Luksic condemned the leak of information by the leader of the opposition New Serb Democracy Party, Andrija Mandic. The party head said that the results of the census, which began on April 1, show that Serbs make up more than 35 per cent of the population, up by three per cent from the last population survey in 2003....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-pm-opposition-spar-over-census

Number of K. Serbs taking part in census increasing

b92.net Politics Wednesday 13.04.2011 14:07

Source: B92, Tanjug PRIŠTINA -- Number of Serbs south of Kosovska Mitrovica who have agreed to take part in a population census is on the rise. More than 7,000 Serbs took part in the census in Gračanica. ...more...

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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=13&nav_id=73788

Number of K. Serbs taking part in census increasing

b92.net Politics Wednesday 13.04.2011 14:07

Source: B92, Tanjug PRIŠTINA -- Number of Serbs south of Kosovska Mitrovica who have agreed to take part in a population census is on the rise. More than 7,000 Serbs took part in the census in Gračanica. ...more...

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http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=13&nav_id=73788

Comment: 2011 Census Puts Montenegrin ‘Idea’ to The Test

balkan insight

11 Apr 2011 / 12:35

If the number of Serbs is seen to rise again in the latest headcount, it will be seen as marking a wider failure of the idea of an independent Montenegro.

By Milena Milosevic and George Mesthos

Montenegro’s first population census since independence in 2006 bears all the hallmarks of past questions about identity. But this time there is more at stake, as the country struggles to consolidate its recently won statehood....more...

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http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/2%C3%A5aaaa-census-puts-montenegrin-idea-to-the-test

Bulgaria's population shrinking: census

xinhua.net

English.news.cn 2011-04-05 18:39:47

SOFIA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's population has dropped by 581,750 over the past 10 years to 7,351,234, according to preliminary results of the latest nationwide census released on Tuesday....more...

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-04/05/c_13814152.htm