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Odalovic: We have no information about new graves (RTK2)

President of the Commission for Missing Persons in the Serbian Government Veljko Odalović said that in order to continue clarifying the fate of missing persons in Kosovo, information about the new mass graves are required. "I hope that this year we will finally receive information about Kosare. We also request new search of Livočko Lake and Zilivode. However, these are our information.

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Human remains of 28 victims found in Raska handed over to families (Koha)

The Department of Forensic Medicine (DFM), on Thursday met with the families of 28 victims found in the mass grave at Rudnica, Raska last year. The DFM officially informed them about the identification of their relatives and handed over the relevant documents. The remains of the 28 victims will be buried in Rezalle village, Skenderaj municipality on the 5th of April, media report referring to a press release issued by EULEX.

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Kosovo and Croatia to work together on missing persons’ cases (Epoka e Re)

Representatives of the Kosovo government Commission on Missing Persons travelled to Croatia, at the invitation of the Commission for Kidnaped and Missing Persons in Croatia. The meeting held between the two committees aimed to concretize the steps in addressing the cases of common interest and cooperation, in the exchange of experience with a view to addressing the challenges facing the two countries in the process of enlightening the fate of the missing as a result of the wars in former Yugoslavia.

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Serbs and Albanians together are seeking missing persons (RTK2, Beta)

Association of missing persons in Kosovo and Metohija and the Association of missing Albanians have agreed with the families to seek together all disappeared. This was after the meeting, "Non-governmental associations for Missing Persons - Example of best practice and cooperation between communities", in Pristina, said the coordinator of the Association for missing persons in Kosovo, Milorad Trifunovic. Trifunovic told BETA that the policy remains the major obstacle to resolving the fate of missing Serbs and Albanians. "We believe that there are still some who are protecting criminals.

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UN Raps Serbia Over Wartime Missing Persons (Balkan Insight)

The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances told Serbia that it was still failing to meet its international commitment to resolve the fate of missing persons from the 1990s wars.

The UN committee admonished Belgrade for not doing enough to uphold the rights of people who disappeared and their relatives, who it said “are still waiting for justice and reparations for the war crimes and crimes against humanity during the wars of the 1990s”.

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Open letter to top state officials (KIM Radio)

 
 The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) sent an open letter to top state officials on Friday, demanding that they raise the question of abducted and murdered Serbs before all international institutions and in contacts with international officials. In the letter addressed to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, the association stressed that the families have been waiting for 17 years to hear the truth, demanding fre

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Ratel: EULEX to reopen cases of missing Serb journalists (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Kosovo’s Special Prosecution Office Jonathan Ratel has pledged that EULEX will reopen all cases of kidnapped and murdered journalists in Kosovo-Metohija, the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) has said in a release. A delegation of UNS representatives met with Ratel at the EULEX headquarters in Pristina Friday for exchange of information on the cases involving kidnappings and murders of journalists in the southern Serbian province. Ratel pledged he would do everything he could, in cooperation with the prosecutor's offices in Pristina and Prizren, t

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The association of missing persons will not attend protests (Zeri)

The Association of the Families of Missing Persons in Kosovo declared that they will not attend any protest organized by political parties, and called on family members of the missing not to be manipulated by politicians. Members of the Association called on Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to dismiss the Minister for Communities and Returns Aleksandar Jablanovic for his “insulting statement for the family members of missing people.” “The visit of Serbian Prime Minister in such a tense situation is humiliating for the families of the missing,” it is on their reaction.

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