International Day of Missing Persons – region still looks for 10.167 persons (RTS)
International Day of Missing Persons is being marked in Serbia. As a consequence of the wars that happened in the region during the nineties 10.167 persons are still uncounted for. Out of this number more than 3.800 persons are of Serb nationality RTS reports today. RTS added that the families of the missing persons would […]
Read More →Odalovic: They do not give remains of killed Serbs to families (Radio KIM)
Kosovo authorities have refused to hand over in Pristina mortal remains of seven members of Sutakovic and Petrovic families kidnapped and killed in Djakovica in 1999. They agree to hand over the remains to the families at administrative crossing with Montenegro, Radio KIM reports. These are remains of seven persons, five from Sutakovic and two […]
Read More →KFOR: Warehouse containing toxic substances in Djakovica is closing, citizens’ safety was jeopardized (KoSSev)
KFOR’s mission as part of the monitoring of all facilities storing toxic chemicals estimated it is necessary to remove toxic substances from a warehouse in Djakovica because they pose a life-threatening hazard, KoSSev portal reported. KFOR experts inspected the facility in Djakovica yesterday. Chemicals will be moved to a new, safer warehouse, away from the […]
Read More →Protest of Albanians in Djakovica prevented the Serbs from visiting the city on Christmas (RTS, Tanjug)
The displaced Serbs from Djakovica, due to the protests of the Albanians, did not go to the Church in their native city, reported Radio television of Serbia. In Djakovica, Albanians organized a protest in order to prevent the displaced Serbs from coming and visiting the Church during Christmas. The organizers of the protest said that […]
Read More →Displaced Serbs will not be able to go to Djakovica for Christmas (RTV Puls, Politika, TV Most)
Displaced Serbs from Djakovica and for the forthcoming Christmas will not be able to visit their city because the “Self-Determination” movement announced a protest for January 6th, says the president of the Association of Displaced Persons from Djakovica, Djokica Stanojevic, for today’s edition of Belgrade based daily Politika. Politika notes that this will be the […]
Read More →Haradinaj: “New communication” needed in respecting victims (RTK, Danas)
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said yesterday in relation to protests organized in Djakovica town against the visit of displaced Serbs that “a new communication” is needed, which includes respect for the victims, but also for the rights of pilgrims, RTK in Serbian language reported. Asked to comment on the protests in Djakovica against the […]
Read More →IDPs cancelled their visit to Djakovica (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio, Vesti, Kossev)
Earlier announced visit of internally displaced persons from Djakovica to the Monastery of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God, on the eve of the monastery celebration on August 28, was cancelled due to security reasons, the president of Djakovica citizens Association, Djokica Stanojevic confirmed to RTK2. Stanojevic stresses that the arrival of […]
Read More →Kandic to Thaci: Allow the Serbs from Gjakovica to visit the church (NMagazin, Danas, N1, Press, B92, Blic)
The founder of the Humanitarian Law Center, Natasa Kandic, called on Kosovo President Hashim Thaci to allow Serbs from Djakovica to visit the church this year. “On this occasion, please personally engage so that the Serbs from Djakovica on August 28, 2018, visit the church and their homes and them not to be exposed to […]
Read More →False charges hinder the return of Serbs (Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported that an Albanian organization from Djakovica handed over a list to the special prosecutor of Kosovo with the names of about 200 Serbs from the area, claiming to be responsible for war crimes. The Association of Displaced Persons from Djakovica claimed that it was yet another attempt to scare and […]
Read More →False charges hinder the return of Serbs (Vecernje Novosti)
Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti reported that an Albanian organization from Djakovica handed over a list to the special prosecutor of Kosovo with the names of about 200 Serbs from the area, claiming to be responsible for war crimes. The Association of Displaced Persons from Djakovica claimed that it was yet another attempt to scare and […]
Read More →Twenty years since the kidnapping of the workers of the “Belacevac” mine (Kossev)
On June 22, 1998, on the way to their job, nine workers of the mine “Belacevac” of Obilic thermal power plant – Dusan, Pero and Zoran Adjancic, Mirko Buha, Dragan Vukmirovic, Filip Gojkovic, Miroslav Trifunovic, Srboljub Savic and Bozidar Lempic were kidnapped. Associations dealing with the issue of the missing say that this was the […]
Read More →Human Remains Found in Suspected Kosovo War Grave (Balkan Insight)
The remains of five people have been found in a suspected mass grave near the Kosovo town of Gjakova/Djakovica, although their identity and cause of death has yet to be established. The EU Rule-of-Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX told BIRN that the remains of five bodies have been found during a search for a mass […]
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