EULEX

Excavation at suspected mass grave site begins

RUDNICA -- Excavation at Rudnica, south-west Serbia, began on Wednesday on grounds of clues that the site holds a mass grave containing the remains of ethnic Albanians.

They were killed during the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija in 1999.

RASKA - Exhumations at Rudnica, south-west Serbia, began on Wednesday on grounds of clues that the site holds a mass grave containing remains of ethnic Albanians killed during the conflicts in Kosovo-Metohija in 1999.

NOVI SAD - Serbia is opposing a reduction in the number of EULEX members and KFOR troops, Outgoing Minister without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Aleksandar Vulin has said.

Arrest of two lawyers "further pressure on Serbs"

BELGRADE, ZVEČAN -- Aleksandar Vulin says the arrest of lawyers Dejan Vasić and Faruk Korenica "represents further pressure on Serbs in northern Kosovo."

The minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo in the technical government called for their immediate release pending trial.

BELGRADE - Head of the EULEX mission in Kosovo Bernd Borchardt stated that there are no secret indictments against Serbs charged with war crimes committed in Kosovo.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Newly elected Mayor of Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic requested on Tuesday from international representatives in Kosovo that all persons from Kosovska Mitrovica kept in custody without reason be released pending their trials.