Kosovo Court Sentences Man to Life in Jail for Arranging Wife’s Murder
Naim Murseli was jailed for life for orchestrating the murder of his wife and staging it as a robbery. A second man also received a life sentence for carrying out…
Kosovo Court Detains Former Serbian Interior Ministry Official for War Crimes
Pristina Basic Court hands down a detention order for Kosovo Serb Dejan Pelevic, suspected of war crimes in Skenderaj/Srbica that left 15 dead and 16 missing in 1999. KAYNAK: Balkan…
Kosovo Judicial Council Demotes Judge After BIRN Report
Judge Naime Krasniqi-Jashanica has been transferred to a lower division of the Pristina Basic court after BIRN reported on her involvement in undermining the victim in a domestic violence trial.…
Kosovo Court Finds Serb Not Guilty of War Crimes
Court finds Dragan Ristic not guilty of war crimes in 1999 in Gjakova/Djakovica, highlighting that the prosecution had proved that crimes were committed by Serbian forces, but not that Ristic…
‘Still Alive?’ Kosovo’s Elderly Forced to Prove Their Pension Rights
Campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court judgment declaring that an order obliging certain types of pensioners to prove they are not dead in order to access their pensions is illegal.…
First Witnesses Testify in Obstruction of Justice Trial of Kosovo’s Thaci
In the first week of Hashim Thaci's trial for obstruction of justice, the prosecution alleged at the Hague court that the former Kosovo president attempted to influence witnesses during his…