A member of the working group for drafting the law on missing persons, Lawyer Miroslav Perković proposes that Serbia initiate the adoption of a regional law that would, after more than twenty years since the end of the war, not only solve the problem of missing persons but also and competence of the prosecution of war crimes.

A key innovation of this law would be a reward for all those who would report a location of yet undiscovered mass graves to the competent authorities.

The remains of human body were not found at the third location near the Orthodox church in Pristina, in the search for suspected mass grave, said the Secretary of the Office of the Government of Serbia for Missing Persons, Veljko Odalović.

The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in KiM to hold a memorial service to commemorate the day of mass kidnappings of Serbs in Orahovac/Rahovec municipality in 1998.

Eighteen years have passed since the mass kidnappings of Serbs in the Orahovac/Rahovec municipality. Slightly more than 20 families are still searching for their loved ones who disappeared during the period from 11 to 22 July 1998 in the municipality of Orahovac/Rahovec in an armed attack by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Kathryne Bomberger, general director of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in an exclusive piece for the paper writes that even with all the work done, around 1665 people still remain missing from the conflict in Kosovo - and this is why the efforts to find them must be a priority. After the conflict, Bomberger writes, the rule of law is being substantially challenged. “Citizens question the credibility of the authorities that cannot or do not take steps to bring to justice those who are responsible for the missing persons.

Family members and the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo marked today the 18th anniversary of the first mass kidnapping of Serbs in Kosovo, by laying of wreaths at the "Memorial of Truth" in Mitrovica north. On that day were kidnapped the workers of Belaćavac pit mine, which was part of the Electro Industry of Serbia (EPS).

President of the Serbian Government Commission for Missing Persons Veljko Odalović considers that the information about a mass graves near the Temple of Christ the Saviour, and which director of the Office of Forensic Medicine in the Kosovo Justice Ministry revealed, must be checked.  "This is information that we need to check, but one cannot give such statements without the evidence. We have cooperation with the Pristina delegation, and we jointly check all locations.

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) condemned the demolition of the memorial plaque dedicated to the missing journalists of Radio Pristina, Ɖuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenić, who disappeared in 1998.

The arrest of former KLA member Albert Spahiu in Switzerland, accused for crimes committed in the municipality of Orahovac/ Rahovec, opened new wounds of the families of the kidnapped and murdered Serbs. No one was held responsible for the crimes committed in July 1998 in Orahovac/Rahovec and villages Opteruša, Retimlje, Zočište and Velika Hoca.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci during a visit to Meja, Gjakove/Djakovica to mark the Day of the Missing Persons in Kosovo, 27 April, said the wounds of the war are still not closed in Kosovo. “We feel the anger of every family member about the slow process for finding the fate of the missing persons. The government has shown concern for the martyrs, war veterans and victims of sexual violence. Gaping wounds remain because of not finding the missing persons,” Thaci said.

Associations representing families of missing persons, during a round-table organized yesterday to mark the week of the missing in Kosovo, did not exclud the possibility of protests to find out about the fate of the missing.