Minister for Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin has confirmed that he met with former Mayor of Zubin Potok, Slavisa Ristic, who is charged with the murder of Kosovo policeman. Vulin, commenting Ristic’s statements that they’ve met and that Vulin told him not to go to Kosovo for some time, confirmed that he had friendly meeting with Ristic where he said to him that he believes that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. "I told him that I think that the presentation of the ideas of the indictment is harassing Serbs and could lead to political instability in Ko

MITROVICA - EULEX Acting Head of Mission Joelle Vachter and Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar talked in northern Mitrovica on Tuesday with political representatives of north Kosovo Serbs about the security of citizens and the rule of law. During the meeting, the officials discussed “issues of mutual concern regarding security of citizens and the rule of law in northern Kosovo”, EULEX has stated in a release. "EULEX is part of the larger EU family in Kosovo and represents a key plank of the EU's overall comprehensive policy here,” Vachter said. In the meeting, Zbogar expressed th

Dr. Yusuf Sonmez, the first accused in the case of organ trafficking in the case of Pristina clinic "Medicus", was at the airport in Tirana in 1999, where he participated in the transport of human organs from Albania to Western Europe.

PRISTINA - The Serbian Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes is in contact with Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office over Yusuf Sonmez, a Turkish doctor suspected of having conducted illegal human organ transplantations, Eulex has confirmed. Eulex can confirm that the Serbian Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes is in contact with the Special Prosecution Office in connection with a Kosovo fugitive from justice who has been allegedly located in a European metropolis, Miguel Carvalho de Faria, the head of the Eulex Press and Public Information Office, told Tanjug late Wednesday. The Prosecutor's Off

Mitrovica – Leaders of the Mitrovica municipality, Ksenija Bozovic and Goran Rakic visited today Detention Unit in Mitrovica and talked with prisoners and, as stated, some of whom are in detention for years without indictment. As stated, the purpose was to visit Serbian prisoners in Detention Unit, as well as detained Serbs accused before the EULEX justice including the CI SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic. Bozovic and Rakic ​​wanted to get acquainted with the conditions in which are Serbian prisoners. "The tour included all the rooms, from cells to the workrooms, an interview was conducted with a

Kosovo Police arrested one person of Albanian ethnicity on suspicion of participating in the planning of an assassination against Goran Rakic, Mayor of North Mitrovica. EULEX learned about this first, and forwarded the information to Kosovo Police. Mayor Rakic said: “Kosovo Police from the North Mitrovica station yesterday informed me that they had received official notification that my assassination was being planned. They have taken all the necessary measures and designated officers who will accompany me non-stop.

While Serbian War Crimes Prosecution Office claims it has strong evidence that the Turkish doctor Yusuf Somnez, suspected of trafficking in human organs, is in the Netherlands, EULEX still checks this information. Eight days ago, the Serbian Prosecutor's Office submitted the information to EULEX chief prosecutor Jonathan Ratel, including the address in Amsterdam, where Somnez was located.

Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs, Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the invasion of Albanian timber thieves across the administrative border with Serbia and murder of Serbian member of Gendarmerie prove that KFOR and EULEX are not doing their job. "We requested an urgent meeting, and I expect a response about the time of the meeting.

Bishop of Raska and Prizren Diocese, Teodosije, has expressed deep concern regarding the EULEX arrest warrants issued for current and former mayors of Zubin Potok, Stevan Vulović and Slaviša Ristic. Bishop Teodosije stressed that the latest EULEX decision "caused great anxiety among Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and does not contribute to the creation of trust and cooperation, which we so desperately need." "In order to calm the situation and build confidence in the EULEX mission, especially in the north, it is necessary to resolve existing problems through dialogue, instead of indictments that Serbi