Slavica Popovic
In Kosovo, Proposal to Research Post-War Crimes Sparks Controversy
In the afternoon of July 23, 1999, Slavica Popovic's father, brother and uncle were out in the fields harvesting wheat in the central Kosovo village of Gracka e Vjeter/Staro Gracko when they were killed, along with 11 of their neighbours.
"Since then we have been waiting to know who killed them, and who is responsible. But we've never received an answer," Popovic told BIRN.
Bloody Harvest: 1999 Massacre of Kosovo Serbs Remains Unpunished
The annual wheat harvest season is most difficult time of the year for Slavica Popovic.
Wherever she goes during these days, she cannot help but remember the murders of four close relatives who were killed while they were out in the field harvesting their wheat.
15 years since murder of 14 Serb reapers
LIPLJAN - A commemoration was held in the village of Staro Gracko on Wednesday to mark 15 years since the killing of 14 Serb reapers in the municipality of Lipljan in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).
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