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Albanians acquitted over attack against checkpoint in Dobrosin (BETA, Tanjug, Kontakt plus radio)

The Basic Court in Gnjilane acquitted from charges of terrorism and participation in terrorist groups all ten members of “Dobrosin group,” Serbian media reported.

They were charged in 2012, over the armed attack against Police of Serbia checkpoint in the village of Dobrosin, Bujanovac municipality.

The court acquitted Valon Jashari, who was charged for terrorism and participation in a terrorist group. Previously, he was sentenced for the same crime to 9 years in prison.

UNS: How murders of journalists in Kosovo were "lost" (Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS), B92, KIM Radio)

Out of 14 killed and kidnapped journalists and media workers in Kosovo, Kosovo Prosecution is investigating 7 cases, three are "in the process of hand-over" from EULEX.

One is closed, while there is no information about the three remaining, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) said it learned.

These are considerably different data compared to those UNS received from EULEX a month ago when we were told that there were only two open investigations.

Kabasic: Basic Court to start working on Monday, Department of Appeals deals with appeals (KoSSev portal)

In an interview to KoSSev news portal, President of the Basic Court in Mitrovica, Nikola Kabasic said that the Court in North Mitrovica within the Kosovo judicial system will start operating on Monday, at 8.00.

On the same day, the judges will start work in the court building in the former Jugobanka facility in South Mitrovica, as well as in the court units in Leposavic and Zubin Potok. In the north, the Department of the Kosovo Court of Appeals will also be led by the judge Milan Bigovic. This department will deal with the appeals and not the court in Pristina.

Brnabic: Judges in Kosovo gave neutral statement, not oath (N1 TV)

Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic said Serbian judges and prosecutors did not take an oath before the Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci, but gave special, neutral statement, TV N1 reported.

After the alleged statement of the oath was shared on the social networks mentioned that judges swore on the Kosovo Constitution and the oath was not neutral, PM Brnabic expressed her opinion on Twitter.

“In order for you to have accurate information, our judges did not take an oath, but gave special, status neutral statement. The truth matters,” PM wrote.

Nurse Retracts Testimony in Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Trial (Balkan Insight)

At the retrial of three Kosovo men accused of trafficking in human organs, a nurse who worked at the Medicus clinic near Pristina denied a statement she signed ten years ago about the removal of patients’ kidneys.

Mendehie Hajdari, who used to work as a nurse at the Medicus clinic until the day investigators closed it down in 2008 over the allegations of organ trafficking, appeared at Pristina Basic Court on Wednesday but retracted her previous statement to police.

Arrest of three Serbs is violation of freedom of movement and voters rights (TV Most)

The Serbian Government Office for Kosovo issued a press release yesterday strongly protesting over the legal violence against Saša Aranđelović, Dejan Urošević and Goran Savković, arrested on October 22 at Jarinje administrative crossing point due to alleged suspicion they were transporting explosive materials, TV Most reported.

Enver Sekiraqa sent back to prison after brief house arrest (Prishtina Insight)

Enver Sekiraqa, who is currently appealing a 37-year sentence for inciting the murder of a Kosovo Police officer, was sent back to prison on the order of the Kosovo Court of Appeals.

Enver Sekiraqa, sentenced by the Basic Court in Prishtina with 37 years of imprisonment for inciting the murder of Kosovo Police Officer Triumf Riza, was returned to prison after spending little more than a day on house arrest.

Judges and prosecutors from Kosovo north did not take oath today (RTS)

Judges and prosecutors from the north of Kosovo did not take an oath today at the office of the Kosovo President, RTS reported.

The ceremony was scheduled to take place today at 11.00. Kosovo Chief Prosecutor, Aleksandar Lumezi said to RTS that judges and prosecutors from the north did not come and the next date would be set by the office of the Kosovo President.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to RTS earlier, he expects the implementation of the agreement on the judiciary would start as of Friday.

Deal on Unifying Kosovo Justice System Takes Effect (Balkan Insight)

The EU confirmed that on Tuesday the Kosovo-Serbia agreement on unifying the justice system in Kosovo is due to come into force.

Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, told BIRN on Monday that a landmark agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, unifying the justice system in Kosovo, will come into force on Tuesday.