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Serbia Commemorates 1999 Battle Against Kosovo Guerrillas
Senior state and military officials including Defence Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and Serbian Army chief Milan Mojsilovic attended the commemorative event at Belgrade's Kombank Hall on Sunday evening to mark the 22nd anniversary of the two-month-long Battle of Kosare.
US Extends Blacklist of Persons Destabilising, Corrupting Balkans
US President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, June 2, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Samuel Corum/POOL
The "Kulti" plan was launched, Pristina sends the police in front of the monasteries
Since the start of this year alone, a total of 13 damages to church property or attempted theft have been recorded.
Kosovo PM Revives Plan to Sue Serbia for Genocide
But Veseli's proposal was described as political opportunism by opponents within Kosovo, and dismissed by international experts as impractical and extremely unlikely to succeed.
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Lawsuit against Serbia still possible? "Unexpected" assistance offered
First of all, as Kosovo Online reports, this is due to the fact that the Hague Tribunal did not investigate Slobodan Milosevic on the account of this act, but it also points out that it is ready to help prepare the lawsuit if Pristina asks her to do so, Ekonomija Online writes.
COVID-19 Limits Family Visits for Kosovo War Defendants
The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers told BIRN that because of the continuing pandemic, it is restricting visits by relatives to former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla leaders who are awaiting trial at its detention centre.
Kosovo War Video Collector Seeks to Preserve Evidence of Crimes
"Not only the new materials I find, but I cannot resist watching those I found earlier too. Then I cannot stay calm," he explained.
Kosovo Foreign Minister Under Fire over War Court Comments
Abelard Tahiri, the head of Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK's parliamentary group, called on Thursday for the dismissal of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Donika Gervalla because she said in 2016 that she was willing to provide evidence material to the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague.
Kosovo War Survivors Nervous About Participating in Guerrillas’ Trials
In December 2019, Gani was interviewed as a witness by prosecutors from The Hague. Gani is not his real name; BIRN is using a pseudonym to protect his identity. Many witnesses are fearful of potential retribution in Kosovo; this is one of the reasons that the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, which will try former KLA guerrillas for wartime crimes, was set up outside the country.
Hague Prosecution Contests Challenge to Hashim Thaci Indictment
The prosecution at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague has asked the pre-trial judge to dismiss the defence's motions challenging the indictment of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three other former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas turned politicians, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi.