Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms

US Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier (l), Istog/Istok Mayor Ilir Ferati (c) and Minister for Communities and Returns Nenad Rasic (r), visit the burned house in Veriq/Veric on July 11, 2023. Photo: Ilir Ferati/Facebook.

Driton Rugova, police spokesperson for Peje/Pec region, told BIRN that Svetislav Veric's house suffered material damages from the fire set by unknown persons.

Kosovo's public reacted angrily on Sunday after the Minister of Local Government, Elbert Krasniqi, reported that a bar in the western town of Gjakove/Djakovica had refused to serve a group of youngsters belonging to minority communities.

A rights group in Kosovo, the Council for the Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms, CDHRF, on Friday demanded the dismissal of Kosovo's deputy prime and foreign minister, Behgjet Pacolli, for using "sexist and racist" language in a report to parliament on the country's failure to join Interpol.

Changes to an existing law that grants benefits to war victims and veterans were approved by 69 lawmakers on Thursday.

Human rights campaigners in Pristina welcomed the decision, saying it was “high time” to legally acknowledge rape victims of the conflict.