KLA

"Court for KLA is not criticism of Hague's work"

THE HAGUE -- Serge Brammertz says a tribunal to deal with KLA crimes would not represent "criticism of the work of the Hague Tribunal concerning the Kosovo conflict."

BELGRADE / BRUSSELS - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Kosovo government’s approval of a special court to investigate 1998-1999 war crimes committed by members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army KLA, former ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization, in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), is a step forward for justice and the rule of law.

DECANI - Archimandrite Sava Janjic, abbot of Visoki Decani monastery in western Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said Saturday that an unidentified men has threatened that he will destroy the medieval Serbian monastery in the next few days, adding that the Kosovo police, KFOR and international representatives in Kosovo have been notified about the latest threats.

The head of the Kosovo War Veterans Association, Muharrem Xhemajli, told BIRN that protests would be held across the country next week if parliament doesn’t act to approve the new legislation on Monday.

Former KLA fighters have expressed anger after parliament did not put a vote on the law guaranteeing benefits for war veterans on the agenda of its session on Thursday.