Skenderaj

Kosovo’s Forensic Investigators: ‘We are the Voice of the Dead’

"The bodies had been thrown into the grave mercilessly and hurriedly. When I first touched the remains of a body, I shuddered with horror. It seemed to me that each of them was telling me his own history of his death. It was something surreal," Gerxhaliu told BIRN.

Kosovo Police Detain Wartime Massacre Suspect

Kosovo's Special Prosecution said in a statement on Wednesday that a suspect identified only by the initials M.A. has been detained "for the criminal offence 'war crimes against the civilian population'".

The prosecution said that the person who was arrested, an ethnic Albanian who holds Serbian citizenship, will soon appear before a pre-trial judge.

Kosovo Guerrillas’ Stronghold Tense Ahead of Election Showdown

For two decades, voters in the town of Skenderaj/Srbica in Kosovo's Drenica Valley have been pledging their support to the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK and its former leader Hashim Thaci, the wartime political chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA who went on to dominate politics in the country in the years after the conflict.

Can Kosovo Get Payback for Wartime Devastation?

Ngritja e Zerit gathers and classifies evidence in support of claims for damages that resulted from the Kosovo war.

Without any financial support from the state, Bejta and Osaj have been helping ordinary Kosovo citizens prepare lawsuits, and have refused to give up despite the fact that every case they have prepared so far has been rejected by the courts in the country.

Kosovo Ruling Party Denies Running Anti-BIRN Campaign

Basri Musmurati, the secretary of Kosovo's ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, has dismissed claims that the party was behind a campaign against BIRN Kosovo in 2009 as "fairytales".

"I am not interested in commenting on Milaim's statements or if he is right or not. I don't care about his fairytales," Musmurati said.

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