
Suspect Arrested for 1999 Kosovo War Crimes Against Civilians
A suspect has been arrested for war crimes committed against civilians in Kosovo in 1999, according to Serbia's Interior Minister. The arrest was confirmed by Minister Dačić.
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A suspect has been arrested for war crimes committed against civilians in Kosovo in 1999, according to Serbia's Interior Minister. The arrest was confirmed by Minister Dačić.

The remains of four individuals have been exhumed in the village of Jabuka near Zubin Potok, Kosovo, with initial assessments suggesting they may belong to victims of forced disappearance during the Kosovo war.

The Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo announced the arrest of another individual in Zubin Potok on suspicion of committing war crimes during the Kosovo War.

There is a notable silence surrounding the wartime rape of ethnic minority women during the Kosovo war. Victims feel overlooked, with little public acknowledgment or discussion of their experiences.

Ekrem Bajrović has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Pristina Court in a retrial for war crimes, accused of arresting and mistreating 84 civilians during the Kosovo War.

The daughter of Tahir Sinani, a Kosovo war martyr, reacted strongly to Taulant Balla's post, which included her father in a list of UÇK mercenaries, calling it a grave humiliation.

Families of those missing from the Kosovo war express little hope from a new joint commission established between Serbia and its former southern province.
The trial of Grujica Veljković, who stands accused of war crimes committed in Kosovo, has commenced. This marks a significant step in the legal proceedings against him.

An open-air exhibition in Pristina commemorates the 27th anniversary of NATO's military intervention, which aimed to end the Kosovo war and the ethnic cleansing of ethnic Albanians.

Kosovo police have arrested five individuals suspected of involvement in the killing of six Albanian civilians during the 1998 Kosovo war.

‘Girlhood at War’ by Vjosa Musliu is an account of coming of age during the 1998-99 Kosovo war – and how that has shaped her ideas about racial discrimination and the feeling of being ‘unwanted’.

A former US soldier recounts Jesse Jackson's successful intervention in 1999 to secure the release of three American POWs during the Kosovo War.

The Kosovo prosecutor's office has filed indictments against 20 individuals for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, which resulted in over 13,000 deaths and 1,600 missing persons.
Momir Stojanović is being prosecuted by the public prosecutor's office for alleged war crimes in Kosovo, despite a criminal complaint against him being dismissed seven years ago. This renewed prosecution raises questions about the legal process.

Former guerrilla and politician Sami Lushtaku has been cleared of charges of obstructing justice and intimidating witnesses in his war crimes trial, for which he was previously acquitted in 2017.

An OSCE report outlines persistent challenges faced by Kosovo's justice system in adjudicating war crime cases, citing limited international cooperation and prolonged delays in proceedings.

An article details the Izbica massacre on March 27, 1999, where Serbian forces attacked the village, sheltering thousands, during the Kosovo War. It includes a list of victims and alleged perpetrators.

Human remains, believed to belong to a person missing since the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, were discovered during excavations in Vushtrri.

A new book titled 'The Train – On the Border Between Terror and Freedom' compiles testimonies from survivors of mass expulsions by train during the 1999 Kosovo War, shedding light on their experiences of displacement and survival.

The International Commission on Missing Persons in The Hague is currently processing 15 bone samples believed to belong to individuals who disappeared during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, with most submitted this year.

The Albanian Parliament began its plenary session with a minute of silence to honor Adem Jashari and his family, who were killed in the Kosovo War.

A Belgrade court sentenced former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Gjelosh Krasniqi to 15 years in prison in absentia for war crimes during the Kosovo war, finding him guilty of killing three people.

Pristina court upholds initial 2024 sentence of 13 years' imprisonment for Serbian ex-policeman Dusko Arsic for committing war crimes in the village of Butovc.

Excavation work continues in Kosovo as officials have found a third wartime mass grave site, believing more people buried from the Kosovo war could be discovered.

A man was detained at the Horgos border crossing on suspicion of committing a war crime in Kosovo in 1999. The arrest was made in connection with alleged atrocities during the conflict.

A retrial in Kosovo has confirmed the ten-year sentence for an ethnic Gorani former police officer, who was convicted of assaulting ethnic Albanian prisoners during the Kosovo war, one of whom died.

A court in Belgrade has ordered a 30-day detention for an individual suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in Pristina during the Kosovo war. The suspect will remain in custody pending further proceedings.

A ceremony was held in Niš on Vidovdan to honor soldiers and police officers who died in Kosovo and Metohija during the 1999 NATO bombing.

Five Kosovo Serbs, including former police officers, have been remanded in custody by a Kosovo court on suspicion of involvement in the 1999 Racak massacre. This event, which involved the killing of Albanian civilians, was a catalyst for NATO intervention in the Kosovo War.

Genevan director Dea Gjinovci's film 'La Beauté de l’Âne' delves into her father's childhood and the fate of her grandmother during the war in Kosovo, using forensic methods to uncover the past.

The Municipality of Pristina has removed an exhibition from the capital's main square that depicted massacres during the 1998-99 Kosovo War, citing alleged inaccuracies in its content.

Human remains were discovered in the municipality of Orahovac, Kosovo, which are suspected to belong to individuals who went missing during the Kosovo War, according to the Kosovo government's commission for missing persons.

A music school in Gjilan, Kosovo, is highlighted as one of the few places in the late 1990s where Kosovar Albanians and Serbs studied together, before being forced to leave due to pressure from authorities.

A US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson's successful efforts in 1999 to free him and two other POWs captured during the Kosovo War.