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Drecun for Politika: There are witnesses, they should be protected (Serbian media)

KiM Assembly Committee Chairman Milovan Drecun said there is new evidence against Ramus Haradinaj for crimes he has not been tried for, reports Serbian media, quoting daily Politika.

Drecun said this to Belgrade based daily Politika and added that Serbian authorities had found a way to speak with the Hague prosecutor, even though it was part of ''the unrecognized Kosovo judiciary''.

"We have put in place a mechanism to avoid any interpretation of recognizing self-proclaimed Kosovo through cooperation with the prosecution," Drecun said.

Vucic: Serbian tear has no parents (RTS)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented today on the news that Ramush Haradinaj was interviewed in the Special Court for KLA crimes in The Hague saying that no one has brought the justice to the Serbs and he expects it won’t happen in the future either, RTS reports.  

He underlined that double standards are at play and no one can answer the question – where are the rights and the justice? He also said Serbian tear has no parents nor would it have, and that Serbia must fight for the better future, but in a manner not to jeopardize it.

Vecernje Novosti: "Nice was destroying evidence, Carla Del Ponte knew it too" (B92, Tanjug, Blic)

As Hague Prosecutor Geoffrey Nice played a role in destroying the evidence related to trafficking in human organs, in the "Yellow House case."

This is according to Branislav Tapuskovic, who at the time participated in the proceedings before the Hague Tribunal, and who now told Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti that former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte also spoke about this in the past.

KLA, charter flight for Hague (RTS)

Radio Television of Serbia reports that the first group of former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army will fly to The Hague on Thursday in a special plane, for the hearing before the prosecutors of the Special Court for crimes committed during the war.

RTS reports that it is already certain that two KLA members who received invitations for The Hague - Sylejman Selimi, who is in the hospital and Remzi Shala, whose current place of residence is unknown, will not board the plane.

Brammertz: Victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I'm afraid it will take a while (Blic, TV Prva)

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mechanism Serge Brammertz said today that he does not know when the first indictments will be filed at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers for the crimes committed by the KLA in Kosovo, Belgrade based daily Blic reported.

"I know that the victims in Kosovo are seeking justice, but I'm afraid it will take time," Brammertz told TV Prva, when asked whether he was surprised by the fact that the Kosovo Specialist Chambers have not yet issued an indictment yet.

The Hague: Kosovo victims have right to compensation (KIM Radio)

Victims of the war crimes committed in Kosovo between 1998 and 1999, would be able to participate, through representatives, in the proceedings of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, KIM Radio reported.

The proceedings would take place in The Hague, while the victims of the war crimes would be able to, based on the court’s verdicts, receive compensations for the losses or injuries they had sustained.

"A condition for peace to resolve the fate of the kidnapped" (KIM radio)

Association of the families of those killed and kidnapped from Kosovo and Metohija urged Belgrade officials to convey to the Albanian side in Brussels that "the conditions for peace are to find out the truth, and to resolve the fate of the kidnapped."

The statement points out that it is necessary to learn the truth and resolve the fate of the kidnapped Serbs, Roma, Albanians, Gorani, Muslims, as well as justice for victims or the prosecution and punishment for command responsibility of KLA commanders.

Russia reacts to decision to allow Kosovo to join PCA (B92, Blic, KIM radio, TV Most)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague allowed Pristina to join by ignoring the arguments of those who do not recognize Kosovo’s independence.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said this on Tuesday in Moscow, replying to reporters' questions.

New Kosovo War Court Awaits Dutch MPs’ Approval (Balkan Insight)

The Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, as the new Kosovo war crimes court will be called, is still awaiting final approval from MPs in the Netherlands, where it will be based, and for its funding from the EU to arrive before it can start work, BIRN has learned.

The Kosovo and the Netherlands governments signed an agreement in January which enabled the court’s chambers and prosecutor’s office to be located in The Hague.