Predrag Vukovic

A hearing in the trial of 11 former Yugoslav Army soldiers for war crimes in four Kosovo villages in May 1999 was postponed at Belgrade Higher Court on Monday, meaning that two full years have passed without any hearing in the case being held.

Former serviceman Predrag Vukovic, alias Madzo, who was arrested in Montenegro last year, appeared for the first time at Belgrade Higher Court on Friday at the trial of Yugoslav Army ex-soldiers for war crimes in Kosovo in May 1999.

After four years on the run, Montenegrin police have arrested Predrag Vukovic, a former Serbian fighter accused of committing war crimes in the Kosovo village of Ljubenic in 1999.

At least 60 refugees will be transported this week out of a centre in Sid, near the Croatian border, after locals petitioned for their removal, complaining that they were a safety risk. 

Hundreds of refugees have been already transported from the centre, Serbia's State Commissioner for Refugees, Vladimir Cucic told BIRN.