Russia has refused to provide evidence for the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo’s prosecution of Albanians in Pristina over illegal organ transplants.
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The witness whose kidney was removed at a Pristina clinic told the trial of seven Albanians accused of illegally selling organs that he was never paid the money he was promised.
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A Turkish doctor said he wouldn’t give evidence in the trial of seven Albanians accused of harvesting and selling kidneys at a clinic near Pristina.
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The clergy of the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani in Kosovo have locked their gates, after protests in the town that continued for weeks moved in front of the entrance.
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Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor said there were new leads in the investigation into alleged organ trading by Kosovo fighters during the late 1990s conflict.
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Victims’ families and political activists accused the Kosovo authorities of taking no legal action against those responsible for deadly violence in 2000.
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A court in the town of Prizren acquitted seven ethnic Albanians of terrorising Serb villagers and forcing them from their homes during the late 1990s conflict.
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The lawyer for ex-fighter turned politician Fatmir Limaj mocked allegations that he illegally spent a million euro on his war crimes trial defence.
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Human Rights Watch said Balkan states were still not properly addressing issues like war crimes, the abuse of ethnic minorities and refugees’ rights to return home.
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Kosovo police detained five youths on suspicion of vandalising Serbian Orthodox graves in the town of Vitia/Vitina - four of them under the age of 18.
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Yugoslav Army general Dragoljub Ojdanic's admission that he committed war crimes against Kosovo Albanians in the 1990s is a symbolic step forward for Serbia, experts say.
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Yugoslav Army general Dragoljub Ojdanic confessed that he committed war crimes against Kosovo Albanians in the late 1990s and withdrew his appeal against his Hague conviction.
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Pristina said it would repair more than 60 Serbian memorials vandalised in apparent retaliation for Belgrade’s removal of an Albanian monument.
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Belgrade's ally Moscow said the EU had failed to push forward its investigation into alleged organ trafficking by Kosovo fighters during the late 1990s conflict.
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Police stepped up security near Serbian monuments and graves after several attacks amid heightened tensions over Belgrade's removal of an Albanian memorial.
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Hashim Thaci 'From 'Snake' to Prime Minister
Thaci, born in 1968, joined the Albanian independence cause as a student, becoming one of the leaders of the protest movement in the early 1990s. As the Serbian crackdown intensified, he left for Switzerland, studying history and international relations in Zurich.