Albania–Serbia relations
Serbia, Kosovo Urged to Publish ‘Deal to Open Up War Archives’
Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Serbia and Kosovo on Monday called on the authorities in both countries to publish the details of a deal on revealing the contents of secret wartime archives that was reportedly made during negotiations in Brussels last week.
Kosovo War Crimes Court’s First Trial Will Set a Precedent
His trial, which might last for over a year, will set a precedent for the rest of the KLA cases, experts told BIRN.
'Joint criminal enterprise' claim causes outrage
Salih Mustafa in court in October 2020. Photo: Kosovo Special Chambers/Screenshot.
Kosovo–Serbia Dialogue Must Include Presevo Valley, Mayor Says
The newly elected mayor of Presevo, an ethnic Albanian majority municipality in south Serbia, Ardita Sinani, says Belgrade is deleting the addresses of citizens in her municipality in a silent process of ethnic cleansing.
Landmine Blasts on Albania-Kosovo Border Blight Survivors’ Lives
"I have great difficulty walking. I am afraid that my legs are getting infected, because the prostheses are hurting me," Koloshi told BIRN.
EU to Examine Whether Serbia is ‘Deleting’ Ethnic Albanian Addresses
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution to amend the EU report on Serbia and investigate claims that Serbia has been classifying as "inactive" the addresses of mainly ethnic Albanians deemed no longer to be living at these addresses.
Serbian Public Broadcaster Airs War Crime Convicts’ Denials
Two convicted war criminals, former Yugoslav deputy prime minister Nikola Sainovic and Yugoslav Army general Vladimir Lazarevic, appeared on Serbia's public broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia on Tuesday evening and denied that they committed the crimes of which they were convicted.
In Hostile Serbian Parliament, MP Fights for Rights of ‘Enemy’ Albanians
As a political representative of ethnic Albanians in Serbia, Shaip Kamberi never had it easy.
It got a whole lot harder, however, when an election last year yielded a parliament dominated by the party of President Aleksandar Vucic and its allies, leaving Kamberi and his five Albanian and Bosniaks colleagues as the only opposition MPs in the 250-seat assembly.
Serbia’s Ethnic Albanians Fear Belgrade is Silently Deleting Addresses
Experts and citizens are voicing concern that the addresses of minority ethnic Albanians in Serbia are being made quietly inactive by the Serbian authorities, without the subjects being informed.
Kosovo War Veterans’ Deputy Leader Boycotts Hague Court Hearing
Nasim Haradinaj in court at a previous hearing. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers/Screenshot.
The plea was entered in accordance with court's regulations after Haradinaj did not appear in court.
Haradinaj's lawyer told the court that his client did not want to take part in the hearing "as a protest about the way he has been treated".
Leader of Kosovo War Veterans Pleads Innocent at Hague Court
"I plead not guilty and I am completely not guilty," Hysni Gucati, the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans' Organisation, told the pre-trial judge during his initial appearance at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague on Friday.