Odalovic: There were 53 camps for Serbs in Kosovo during the conflict (Vecernje Novosti, RTS)
Head of the Government’s Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalovic told Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti that during the 90’s conflict In Kosovo, there were 53 camps for Serbs and non-Albanians and that it is reasonable to suspect that there were mass graves in their vicinity. Odalovic told Vecernje Novosti that some of these mass […]
Read More →We will strive to find all missing persons, says Vucic (RTS, Tanjug, B92)
We will give our best to find all the missing persons, they have not disappeared as long as we mention them, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during a visit to the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo and Metohija, reprted Serbian media. He left this message in a memorial book of […]
Read More →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 →Anniversary of crime in Orahovac to be marked (Radio kontakt plus, KoSSev)
Three Serbian non-governmental organizations, Women in Black, Humanitarian Law Center and Youth Initiative for Human Rights together with the families of the victims would participate in commemoration of the crimes committed against Serbs in Orahovac municipality, at the Belgrade cemetery “Orlovaca” today, Serbian media report. During and after armed conflict that took place from 17 […]
Read More →REKOM: Determine the accuracy of information about the mass grave (B92, N1, KiM radio)
The Coalition for REKOM invited the competent authorities of Serbia to determine the accuracy of information about the existence of a mass grave in the village of Medevce, 30 meters from the road Leskovac – Pristina. A site suspected of being a mass grave is one kilometre and a half from the administrative crossing of […]
Read More →10,000 still missing in former Yugoslavia (N1, Beta)
More than 10,000 people are still listed as missing in the wars in the former Yugoslavia, an organization of the families of missing persons said on Tuesday. A total of 10,281 people are still listed as missing and their fate is unknown, including a little more than 3,600 Serbs, the Coordination of Serb Associations of […]
Read More →International Day of the Missing Persons in Gracanica on August 30 (Kossev, KiM radio)
Coordinator of the Association of Families of the Killed and Missing Persons, Milorad Trifunovic confirmed to KIM radio that the International Day of the Missing Persons will be held at Gracanica on August 30 at 11:00. Trifunovic said that he did not know why the representatives of this association were not invited last week to […]
Read More →Odalovic: I expect indictments for war crimes against Serbs (RTS, Tanjug)
Chairperson of the Serbian Government Commission for Missing Persons, Veljko Odalovic told Tanjug news agency he expects that the Special Court for KLA war crimes would rise indictments, as per evidences delivered to it, for the crimes committed against Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. Odalovic said there are numerous crimes against Serbs, including those that […]
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 →Serbia marks Kosovo Victims’ Day (N1)
The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija have together marked the Kosovo Victims’ Day, commemorating the victims of the 1998 Serbian – Albanian conflict in Kosovo. The Association asked for a monument to be erected for the victims, while the Director of […]
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 […]
Read More →Forensics to verify if discovered bodies belong to Serbs (Politika, B92, Tanjug)
There are at least five bodies discovered over the last three weeks nearby Djakovica town, however, their number could be higher, Serbian media reported. Chairperson of the Missing Persons Commission, Veljko Odalovic said there is reasonable doubt that these bodies belong to people listed as missing Serbs from Kosovo. Odalovic told Politika daily that international […]
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