Association of the Families

The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo has covered the inscription on the Monument of Gratitude to France with a black cloth.

The inscription reads, "We love France as it loved us, 1914-1918."

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that the case of former KLA commander Ramush Haradinaj represents "a test for Europe."

Dragisa Murganic, secretary of the Red Cross in Kosovo, told BIRN that they backed an appeal for Serbs in Kosovo to donate part of their income to the Serbian Orthodox Church's Diocese of Raska and Prizren.

"It is a good proposal. Everything that's in the interest of the people of Kosovo is welcome. We need to express a lot more solidarity in these difficult times," Murganic said.

Kosovo platform seen as "last hope"

BELGRADE -- The Association of the Families of Kidnapped and Murdered Serbs has said that the announced platform for Kosovo "is the last hope for the kidnapped."

The platform should be presented by President Tomislav Nikolic.

War Crimes Prosecution "looking for 115 perpetrators"

BELGRADE -- The Association of the Families of Kidnapped and Murdered Serbs has marked the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of large-scale anti-Serb violence in Kosovo.

On this occasion, Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that "the primary goal is for the kidnapped to be found, and the perpetrators punished."

BELGRADE - The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) requested on Thursday a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic ahead of his trip to the next meeting within the dialogue on the normalization of relations with Pristina, set to take place in Brussels on February 9.

BELGRADE - The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) has sent an open letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), asking for assistance in ensuring the release of the kidnapped Serbs in KiM.

BELGRADE - The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has said in a release that it fully supports the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee's assessment that the UNMIK mission has failed to conduct efficient investigations in cases related to organ trafficking in KiM in 1999 and 2000.

Families of kidnapped Serbs hope to learn about their fate

BELGRADE -- An association gathering families of Serb victims in Kosovo said it hoped that an investigation of a suspected mass grave will yield "concrete results."