Nela Kuburovic

BIRN contacted ACAS, asking whether it had started probing potential corruption worth tens of millions of euros in public procurement deals, which were won by companies connected to Bojan Kisic, husband of Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic. No response arrived by the time of publication.

Out of the spotlight, companies linked with Bojan Kisic secured lucrative contracts with several state companies and ministries, including a three-million-euro deal to maintain Serbia's integrated health information system. The software handles the most sensitive private information of the Serbian public health-care system. 

Former KLA fighter Tomor Morina was released from detention and returned to Kosovo on Wednesday afternoon after North Macedonia's Supreme Court earlier the same day ruled that there were no legal grounds for his extradition to Serbia.

Kosovo's Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli welcomed the release.

A new report by the Belgrade-based Humanitarian Law Centre, published on Wednesday, said there has been no progress this year so far in the implementation of Serbia's national strategy for the prosecution of war crimes.

Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said on Friday that it was "hypocritical" of the UN court to say that witnesses did not dare to appear in court in Belgrade and that therefore the two Serbian Radical Party officials had to be tried in The Hague.

"Serbia has the right to appeal. It will refute the decision," Kuburovic said, Serbia's Happy TV station reported.

According to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) the two Radicals and members of the Serbian National Assembly, are supposed to be put on trial in The Hague, on charges of contempt of court, relating to the previous trial of their party leader, Vojislav Seselj.

The legislation is named after a teenager abducted and murdered several years ago, and aims to introduce life sentence for those found guilty of committing the most serious crimes.

More than 4,000 Serbian soldiers and police officers were taking part, along with 300 combat and other vehicles and systems, and around 40 aircraft.

Ambassadors and diplomatic representatives of 23 EU member states and head of the EU Delegation to Serbia are attending the meeting with Villa Mir in Belgrade.

Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said this on Wednesday, adding that this was done on the basis of the last request from Pristina to question certain individuals in connection with the investigation into the murder.

Ivanovic, a Serb politician from northern Kosovo, was shot and killed a year ago in the town of Kosovska Mitrovica.