New Tribunal to Prosecute Kosovo Guerrillas in 2015 (Balkan Insight)
23 Jul 14 The new Netherlands-based special court will launch its first cases against former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters for the wartime killings, deportations and abductions of Serbs next year. Marija Ristic BIRN Belgrade “We expect the court to be fully functional at the beginning of next year… There will be several former Kosovo Liberation […]
Read More →Service to killed harvesters in Staro Gacko (IRS)
In the village of Staro Gacko, near Lipljan in central Kosovo, the priests of the eparchy of Raska and Prizren have served the memorial service for 14 Serb harvesters who were killed in the field on July 23, 1999. Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric has stated that Serbia will be with […]
Read More →Serbia facing new pressures from Brussels and USA; PM denies “language of ultimatums” (Dailies)
Because of strained relations of Washington and Brussels to Moscow, Serbian Government expects additional pressure on Belgrade to join western sanctions against Russia. The crash of Malaysian plane, for which West blames Moscow, probably will lead to new sanctions against Russia. UK will already on the today’s session of the council of the EU Foreign […]
Read More →Williamson’s report on Tuesday, indictments in early 2015 (IRS)
Clint Williamson, the chief prosecutor in the investigation about the trade in human organs of the abducted Serbs in Kosmet, will publish on Tuesday his report on the case in Brussels, and the indictments will be raised only after the forming of the special court, which is expected at the beginning of the next year, […]
Read More →Serbian parties will support government under certain conditions (RTK2)
Although still it is not in sight which party could form a new government of Kosovo, minority political parties put forward their demands, in return for the support to the future government. If it wants the support of the Serbian List, the future Kosovo government will have to make some concessions. “It is necessary to […]
Read More →Tahiri: Mitrovica bridge will return to its function (Koha)
The Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, namely its public information office, issued a press release today about the result of talks between delegations from Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels on the issue of barricades in Mitrovica. During the meeting, EU representative Fernando Gentilini confirmed the position of the EU that barricades must be […]
Read More →Two Serbs from Babin Most were sentenced to long prison terms (Kontakt plus radio, KiM radio)
Two Kosovo Serb from Babin Most were sentenced to a total of 22 years in prison for committing a war crime against the civilian population. The Appellate Court in Pristina reversed the decision of Municipal Court in Mitrovica North and sentenced two Kosovo Serbs Jovica Dejanovic (54) and Djordje Bojkovic (72) to a total of […]
Read More →Kosovo Guerrillas ‘Severely Beat Civilian Prisoner’ (Balkan Insight)
23 Jul 14 A witness told the trial of the Kosovo Liberation Army’s ‘Drenica Group’ cell, accused of assaulting prisoners during the 1998-99 war, that her husband was beaten at a KLA jail. Behar Mustafa BIRN Mitrovica The protected prosecution witness identified only as ‘Witness K’ testified on Tuesday at the war crimes trial of […]
Read More →The Problem with the Kosovo War Rape Petition (Balkan Insight)
23 Jul 14 A campaign in Kosovo urging the UN to investigate wartime rapes shows the failure of local institutions to do anything themselves, highlights prejudiced attitudes towards victims and cannot bring justice. Hana Marku, Lura Limani Pristina The collection of signatures for a petition to pressure the United Nations to investigate rapes that took […]
Read More →Drecun: Documentation about murder of 14 Serbs extensive (Tanjug)
Chairman of the Serbian parliament’s Committee on Kosovo- Metohija (KiM) Milovan Drecun said Wednesday that despite extensive documentation on the July 1999 murder of 14 Serb reapers in the village of Staro Gracko, in the municipality of Lipljan, no one had yet been convicted for the crime. “There is extensive documentation from an investigation conducted […]
Read More →DSS claims that SNS violated the promise (Danas)
Many people believe that victory of Tomislav Nikolic, the candidate of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), in the second round of the presidential elections which were held in 2012, was due to the support of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS). However, the agreement signed by then the leaders of the two parties is binding only […]
Read More →Nothing out of the charges against Thaci (Danas)
U.S. Prosecutor Clint Williamson failed to prove trafficking in human organs in Kosovo during the 1999 conflict, according to diplomatic sources in Brussels. Brussels, Belgrade – No evidence of trafficking in human organs in Kosovo, organized crime, or on command responsibility of the central headquarters of the former Kosovo Liberation Army, according to the report […]
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