Kosovo: Memorial plaque to missing reporters unveiled again

The plaque - that has been destroyed six times in the past by unknown perpetrators - is located near the Velika Hoca-Zociste road where Radio Pristina journalists Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic went missing on August 21, 1998.

Beta agency on Wednesday carried a statement issued by the UNS, that said the following words in Serbian and Albanian are inscribed on the memorial plaque:
"Our colleagues Djuro Slavuj and Ranko Perenic were kidnapped in this place on August 21, 1998. We are looking for them."

President of the Association of Journalists of Serbia in Kosovo Budimir Nicic said after the unveiling of the plaque on Tuesday that it represented "evidence to what degree institutions are uninterested in resolving these cases, even in finding out who has been destroying the plaque, who has been removing it, and who has been mocking justice all these years."

"The effect of EULEX, whose police officers, prosecutors and judges, as they are announcing, are finishing their mission in a month here in Kosovo, is zero when it comes to murders and kidnappings of journalists. I do not know if they have a clear conscience and if they will have it after leaving here," said Nicic.

Secretary General of the Association of Journalists of Serbia Nino Brajovic called on the European Federation of Journalists to adopt a resolution submitted by journalist associations from Belgrade and Pristina.

"Today, the Association of Journalists of Serbia, the Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia, the Association of Journalists of Kosovo and the Trade Union of Journalists of Serbia, the four associations from Belgrade and Pristina that are members of the European Federation of Journalists, send their request to the European...