Istog/Istok
In Kosovo, War Prisoners Campaign to Save Their Old Jail
He recalls that it was a warm evening when the detainees were brought to the prison in the village of Gurrakoc/Djurakovac, which was already overcrowded with inmates. The violent abuse started immediately.
Kosovo Commemorates 15th Anniversary of First President’s Death
Acting President Vjosa Osmani paid tribute at Ibrahim Rugova's memorial in Pristina, saying that the path that he paved "remains a permanent guideline" for Kosovo.
Kosovo Detains Serb Ex-Policeman as War Crime Witness
Police on Wednesday detained Zarko Zaric, who was a policeman in Kosovo before the war, for questioning as a witness in a war crime case.
Media reported that Zaric, a Serb who left Kosovo after the war but returned to live there again three years ago, was held in the village of Ljubozda in the Istog/Istok municipality and then taken to the capital Pristina to be interviewed.
Ibrahim Rugova: Pacifist Father of Kosovo’s Independence
From Paris student to campaigner for Albanian rights
Rugova in Pristina in April 1998. Photo: EPA/SRDJAN SUKI.