Law enforcement in Kosovo

The detention of Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic has been extended until October 6, said his wife Milena Popovic-Ivanovic.

She told Tanjug on Thursday that the decision was made by a panel of EULEX judges from the Municipal Court in Kosovska Mitrovica, and that the request filed by Ivanovic's lawyers to set him free pending the end of the trial was rejected as unfounded.

The UN Security Council was told that Pristina must act quickly to set up a new special court to deal with alleged war crimes committed by senior Kosovo Liberation Army members.

According to a statement released by Pristina Airport, one person was injured when the helicopter crashed during a training exercise at around 3pm.

EULEX said in a written statement that the helicopter is owned and operated by the Starlite Aviation company, which has a contract with the mission to provide transportation services.

EULEX helicopter crashes in Pristina

PRISTINA -- A helicopter of the EU mission in Kosovo crashed at Pristina airport on Tuesday, leaving several people injured, a NATO spokesperson has told Reuters.

"An EULEX helicopter crashed at Pristina airport... There are some injuries and we are checking," he said.

Two weeks after a report was published concluding that the EU rule-of-law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) had reacted appropriately to corruption claims within its ranks, the prosecutor who unearthed the claims described the document as a disappointment.

The EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, on Monday said it had found human remains in a village cemetery in the Skenderaj/Srbica area of Kosovo after a villager provided information.

BELGRADE - EULEX Chief Gabrielle Meucci has said that, regardless of the guarantees that the Serbian government gave, conditions have not been met for Oliver Ivanovic to be released from detention until the remaining 38 witnesses are heard.

BELGRADE - Serbia greatly appreciates the work of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on the promotion of human rights and protection of rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said Wednesday.

Nine injured in Kosovo collective center fire

PRISTINA -- Nine persons have been injured in a fire that broke out in one unit of the Center for Collective Accommodation in Malisevo in Kosovo.

Reports said on Tuesday that a more serious tragedy was averted thanks to the swift response of firefighters and the police.

"Full investigation into EULEX corruption claims needed"

EP Rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek has said that a report that found no evidence of corruption in EU's mission in Kosovo, EULEX, "is only the first step."

The Austrian MEP called for "a full investigation into the work of the EU rule of law mission."