Serbian journalists’ organization marks anniversary of abductions in Kosovo (Serbian media)
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) marked the 21st anniversary of the abduction of two Radio Pristina journalists with a demand to EULEX, UNMIK and war crime prosecutors in Serbia and Kosovo to renew their investigations into the murders and abductions of journalists and media staff in Kosovo. Radio Pristina reporters Djura Slavuj and […]
Read More →Shaban Berisha got three-month suspended sentence for demolishing memorial plaque to missing journalists (BETA, KoSSev)
Shaban Berisha (47) received three-month suspended sentence and EUR 200 fine over demolishing the memorial plaque dedicated to the missing journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Penezic, while ethnic motives were excluded from the verdict, Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) said in a statement. The verdict made by the Basic Court in Djakovica is not […]
Read More →Memorial plaque to missing journalists placed for the eighth time (KoSSev, Radio KIM)
Members of the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and its branch in Kosovo (DNKiM) accompanied by Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jan Braathu placed on Friday a memorial plaque dedicated to their missing colleagues, Radio Pristina journalists, Djura Slavuj and Ranko Perenic for the eighth time, KoSSev portal reports. The memorial […]
Read More →OSCE Mission commends police for identifying perpetrator of vandalism on memorial plaque (OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Radio KIM)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo commends Kosovo Police for identifying the perpetrator of the latest act of vandalism on the memorial plaque of journalists Đuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenić in Rahovec/Orahovac. In our condemnation of the act on 4 February, we noted that vandalism on the plaque serves to undermine inter-community trust and dialogue, as […]
Read More →Shaban Berisha confessed demolishing memorial plaque of missing journalists (Radio KIM, KoSSev, Radio kontakt plus)
A suspect, Shaban Berisha (47) confessed he eradicated by an excavator, a memorial plaque dedicated to the missing journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic, on 30 January 2019, Djakovica police report said. The report also said the act was “ethnically motivated,” Radio KIM reports. “The police carried out an investigation on 4 February 2019 and […]
Read More →OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns vandalism on memorial plaque of missing journalists (OSCE Mission, Radio KIM, B92)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns the latest act of vandalism on the memorial plaque of journalists Đuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenić in Velika Hoca/Hoçë e Madhe in Rahovec/Orahovac. In June 2018, together with the Association of Journalists of Serbia registered in Kosovo and a group of journalists, the OSCE Mission participated in a ceremony […]
Read More →“Killings of reporters in Kosovo must be investigated” (B92)
The Serbian Commission Investigating Murders of Journalists on Monday urged the Specialist Chambers for crimes committed by the so-called KLA to be investigated. The killing and kidnapping of journalists in Kosovo in the period from 1998 to 2000, the period that encompasses the mandate of the Specialist Chambers for KLA crimes must be the topic […]
Read More →Memorial plaque dedicated to missing journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic demolished for seventh time (Radio KIM)
A memorial plaque placed on the spot from where journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic were abducted on 21 August 1998 was demolished and taken away for the seventh time in the last six years. Demolished plaque was found near the spot by President of Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo, Budimir Nicic and […]
Read More →Missing journalist Marjan Melonasi (B92, UNS, Kossev, Vesti)
“I know that Marjan was being threatened for socializing with Serbs. This is what he told me; however, there may have been other things.” “At the time of his disappearance, I had already moved to Gracanica and we were not so close anymore. I could only infer from his behavior that somebody was threatening him […]
Read More →Srpska Lista, Djuric on kidnapping of journalists in Kosovo (RTS, BETA)
Srpska Lista on the occasion of two decades since the kidnapping of Serbian journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic in the area of Orahovic said this case must be resolved and the perpetrators brought to the justice, RTS reported. “The silence of the international community and Pristina institutions about this case will not discourage us […]
Read More →Kosovo Serb Journalists Remembered 20 Years After Disappearance (Balkan Insight)
The fate of two Radio Pristina journalists is still not known, two decades since they disappeared. Serbian journalists on Tuesday marked two decades since the unexplained disappearance of two colleagues on a road in western Kosovo during the 1998-99 war in the former southern Serbian province. The fate of Radio Pristina journalists Djuro Slavuj and […]
Read More →Impunity for crimes targeting journalists in Kosovo (B92, CoE, EFJ, UNS)
It has been close to twenty years since the killings, kidnappings and disappearances of 14 Serbian and Albanian journalists in Kosovo. These crimes happened between 1998 and 200, and no one has been brought to justice, the Council of Europe (CoE) has stated on its website. During the Annual Meeting of the European Federation of […]
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