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 around 2,000 displaced persons from Djakovica to their hometown was prevented by an atmosphere of hatred, which, as he said, have prevailed in the past days.
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 humiliation as the previous year," said Kandic in an open letter published in the Belgrade based daily Danas.
Jevtic: The displaced still have no possibilities to return (NMagazin, Kontakt plus radio)
Each year on June 20 the United Nations, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and countless civic groups around the world host World Refugee Day events in order to draw the public's attention to the millions of refugees and Internally displaced persons worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes due to war, conflict and persecution.
Brezovica: Collective centres two weeks without electricity (KIM Radio)
Collective centres in Brezovica without electricity again (KIM Radio)
Albanians from Petric near Klina blocked access to Holly Trinity Church (Radio Gorazdevac, Radio kontakt plus)
Dejan Slavic in detention up to 30 days (KIM radio, RTS, Blic, Politika, Vecernje Novosti)
The Basic Court in Pristina ordered detention up to 30 days to Dejan Slavic from Obilic on suspicion of allegedly committing a war crime against the civilian population during the Kosovo conflict, reports Serbian media.
Lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic, defense attorney for the arrested Slavic, told RTS that he received the court's decision on detention and that late on he would be able to give more details.
Serb properties in Kosovo destroyed and taken over, perpetrators remain unpunished (RTS)
Serbian national broadcaster, RTS continues its serial “Pravo na sutra” focusing on usurped Serb properties in Kosovo, featuring some of the cases.