Pristina, 29 November 2020 - The State Prosecutor informs the public that he carefully monitored the election process that took place today for the presidents of the two municipalities in Podujevo and North Mitrovica. The on-call prosecutors carefully monitored the election process in the local elections in Podujevo and North Mitrovica. Prosecutors occasionally visited most polling stations in the two municipalities, where they were carefully informed about the course of the election process. Also, one on-call prosecutor was present at the CEC all the time in order to be informed about the entire course of the election process. It is worth ...

On 19 October, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) presented it first ever public Systemic and Thematic Justice Monitoring Report. The report covers the period from September 2019 until mid-March 2020 and includes findings of 107 monitored cases and 312 hearings, as well as specific recommendations for the Kosovo authorities to improve the justice system. Addressing the participants, the Head of EULEX, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, emphasized two unique features of the Mission’s justice monitoring work: “Firstly, the Mission enjoys full access to judicial, prosecutorial and police systems granted by the Kosovo authorities in June 2018, when EULEX phased out its ...

Prishtina, June 6, 2020 - The Basic Prosecution in Prishtina, Department of Serious Crimes, on April 27, 2020, has filed an indictment against the defendant S.O., due to the criminal offenses of “Aggravated Murder”, under Article 173 paragraph 1 subparagraph 1.1 of the CCRK and “Rape”, under Article 227 paragraph 7 in conjunction with paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo, who on July 11, 2019, in Fushë Kosovë, after having rapped the victim K.V., the defendant then killed him.