The petition for the raped women during the latest conflict in Kosovo, has managed to gather 115.759 signatures.

The Steering Board of this petition made public the results for each Kosovo municipality, during a press conference. This petition was signed at established tends at the most frequented areas, during one week in all Kosovo municipalities, excluding those with Serb majority.

In an interview for Voice of America, the former US diplomat and Balkans expert, James Hooper, said that the report of the US prosecutor, Clint Williamson, is linked more to Kosovo’s future than its past.

Former Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur, Dick Marty, in an interview for SRF (Swiss radio), says statement by Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) prosecutor, Clint Williamson, is of extreme importance. “Not too many people expected such positive results. Ambassador Williamson speaks of crimes against humanity. He knows what meaning these words have. What has happened today is extremely important. Witnesses don’t trust the Kosovo or international justice system. There are reasons for this.

LDK announced today that on 14:00 hours will be handed over joint comments of majority deputies of Kosovo Assembly towards the request KO.119-14 of the deputies of the fifth legislation of Kosovo Assembly from Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), represented from Xhavit Haliti

The lead prosecutor of the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF), Clint Williamson, did not rule out the possibility that there were executions in Kosovo for organ harvesting purposes but that during the investigations he led he was unable to find sufficient evidence to file an indictment. However, he said that war crimes indictments can be expected against KLA central figures.

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.

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court has confirmed to have received the request from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to interpret the constitutive session of the Kosovo Assembly and election of Isa Mustafa to the post of the Speaker but the judges have not yet met to decide whether to temporarily suspend Assembly’s works as requested by the PDK. In a reply to Tirana-based Top Channel, the Constitutional Court confirmed that the team of judges is expected to decide this week whether to schedule further sessions or to “freeze” the Speaker’s post until the case is resolved by the Court.

Clint Williamson, the lead prosecutor for the EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) investigating the war crime and organised crime allegations in the Council of Europe (CoE) report met this morning with Kosovo President, Atifete Jahjaga. According to a press release from the meeting, Jahjaga said that Kosovo institutions are committed to cooperate with SITF in the coming period to strengthen rule of law and meet obligations to the local and international justice. Jahjaga is also quoted to have said that the Kosovo Assembly has endorsed the creation of the Special Court and as soon as n

Around 1,500 Serbs have blocked in Zubin Potok the Mitrovica-Ribaric road in protest against what they said is an increasing pressure on Kosovo Serbs by EULEX. Today’s protest was organised by the so-called Steering Council of Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo and began at 11 o’clock. No incident has been reported so far. Sources told KosovaPress that Zubin Potok’s leadership and the local residents are getting ready to place a total blockade on cooperation with Kosovo institutions.

Mohamed Nabhan, Palestinian ambassador to Belgrade, told Danas newspaper that Arabs support Serbia and not the independence of Kosovo. “Kosovo failed to get the status of a state thanks to Arab countries and Muslims and not thanks to Israel. Arabs have supported Serbia’s position and we still do,” he said. Nabhan also said that the situation in the Gaza Strip is completely different from Kosovo. “Kosovo has always been part of Serbia, whereas Gaza and the West Bank were never part of Israel. These are occupied territories. Serbia never occupied Kosovo.