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ConflictNov 4Kosovo Identifies Three More Wartime Missing PersonsThree Kosovo Albanian intellectuals who were forcibly disappeared by Serbian forces in April 1999 have been identified in a mass grave in the north of Kosovo.Balkan Insight
ConflictOct 26‘Real Grave’: Kosovo Seeks to Correct Mistakes Made in Identifying War DeadIn trying to identify the remains of more than 300 war dead, authorities in Kosovo are revisiting those identified and buried shortly after the end of hostilities and without the help of DNA, searching for possible mistakes.Balkan Insight
ConflictOct 21Kosovo Court Sentences Serb for War CrimesKosovo Serb Milorad Djokovic was sentenced by a Pristina court to 10 years in prison for war crimes related killings and beatings of civilians during a Serbian military assault on a village in 1999.Balkan Insight
ConflictOct 9HALO’s Kosovo Mine-Clearing Work to End in 2026“In 1999, when Kosovo’s refugees began returning home, they found a country devastated by war. More than 800,000 people had been displaced, and the landscape was scarred by landmines and unexploded cluster munitions. For families returning home, the war may have ended, but the danger remained. Today, Kosovo is a very different country. After 27 […] The post HALO’s Kosovo Mine-Clearing Work to End in 2026 appeared first on Human Progress.Human Progress
ConflictSep 28Hostile Reactions to Kosovo Wartime Leaders’ Verdict Miss Key Point: the Victims’ OrdealPredictable criticisms of the Hague verdict convicting four Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes ignore the question at the trial’s heart – who the victims were, and what compensation they deserve.Balkan Insight
ConflictSep 24Kosovo Marks Banjska Attack Anniversary as Main Suspects Remain FreePoliticians and relatives paid tribute to Kosovo police officer killed in September 2023 Banjska attack by an armed Serb gang, while the majority of the suspects remain at liberty, most likely in Serbia.Balkan Insight
ConflictSep 16Former president of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimesLe Monde [en]
ConflictBreakingSep 16Kosovo war crimes court jails ex-president Hashim Thaçi for 25 years, sparking mass protestsEuroNews [en]
ConflictSep 16Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci Sentenced To 25 Years For War CrimesThe 58-year-old Thaci, and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army who fought Serb forces in the 1998-99 war, was convicted on four counts of war crimes: illegal and arbitrary arrest and detention, cruel treatment, torture, and murder. Judge Charles Smith said the men, widely regarded as national heroes in Kosovo, had been engaged in a "common criminal purpose" that involved arbitrary detention of at least 385 people at locations in Kosovo and northern Albania under KLA control.RFE/RL
ConflictSep 16Hague Court Convicts Kosovo Liberation Army Leaders of War CrimesFormer Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three fellow ex-guerrilla leaders were given lengthy prison sentences for war crimes including arbitrary detention, torture and murder during the 1998-99 conflict.Balkan Insight
ConflictSep 16Kosovo ex-president Thaci faces Hague war crimes verdictA tribunal will rule if Hashim Thaci, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), committed war crimes during the war of independence with Serbia.DW News [en]
ConflictSep 4Kosovo Charges Serbian Security Officers Over Jashari Compound MassacreKosovo has filed charges against Serbian security officers regarding the Jashari Compound Massacre. This marks a significant legal development related to past conflict and accountability.balkaninsight.com