Oliver Ivanovic

BELGRADE - EULEX wants me behind bars no matter what, regardless of the fact that the Serbian government has repeatedly provided strong guarantees so I could be released pending trial, says Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative ‘Freedom, Democracy, Justice' (GI SDP), who has been in remand custody in Kosovo for 10 months now for allegedly committing war crimes during the NATO aggr

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - EULEX stated in a release on Wednesday that an international judge rejected as ungrounded the defense motion to dismiss the indictment filed with the Basic Court in Mitrovica against the leader of the Citizens' Initiative "Freedom, Democracy, Justice" (GI SDP) and four more Serbs.

Allegations of corruption shake EU mission in Kosovo

BELGRADE, BRUSSELS -- Instead of introducing legal standards of their countries to Kosovo, international prosecutors and judges serving there "have adopted local ways."

According to the Belgrade-based Politika daily, "the falsification of evidence against Oliver Ivanović" is one proof of this.

"EULEX prosecutor forged statement in Ivanović indictment"

BELGRADE -- In his indictment against Oliver Ivanović, EULEX Special Prosecutor Cezari Mihalcuk "falsified statements from a letter of the Serbian MUP," writes a daily.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric called Thursday for an urgent revision of EULEX activities in Kosovo-Metohija and also for judicial authorities to investigate allegations made by Belgrade-based daily Politika, which had accused a prosecutor of that mission of falsifying evidence in the case against the leader of the Citizens' Initiat

BELGRADE - Deputy leader of the Citizens' Initiative SDP Ksenija Bozovic said Thursday that she expected the trial against the party leader Oliver Ivanovic to begin before the end of 2015, pointing out that his defense was fully prepared for the trial.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Ksenija Bozovic, vice-president of the Citizens' Initiative (GI) "Serbia, Democracy, Justice" (SDP), voiced the expectation on Monday that the trial of GI SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic would begin soon, so that he could prove his innocence.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Milorad Pupovac, president of the Serbian National Council in Croatia, visited Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative "Freedom, Democracy, Justice", in prison in Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday.

After the visit, Pupovac told reporters that he cannot understand the reasons why the SDP leader is imprisoned.

BELGRADE - The leader of the Citizens' Initiative Serbia, Democracy, Justice Oliver Ivanovic has dismissed the charges raised against him as monstrous, totally fabricated and politically motivated, vowing that he and his lawyers will put up a strong fight to discredit the indictment.

The EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, issued the arrest warrants on Monday after Stevan Vulovic, the mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality, and Slavisa Ristic, a former mayor of Zubin Potok, failed to turn up for interviews with a prosecutor.