Grand Hotel Prishtina
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The Grand Hotel Prishtina is the main hotel of Pristina
(Prishtina in Albanian
), the capital of Kosovo
. It is located in downtown Pristina.
Prior to the Kosovo War
of 1999, the hotel was owned by the Yugoslav government. Its current owner is Unio Commerce.
Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
(Prishtina in Albanian
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
), the capital of Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. It is located in downtown Pristina.
Prior to the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
of 1999, the hotel was owned by the Yugoslav government. Its current owner is Unio Commerce.