Gjilan, November 24, 2021 - The Basic Prosecution in Gjilan, General Department, has filed an indictment against the defendant H.R., due to the criminal offense “Mistreatment during exercise of official duty or public authorization”, under Article 195 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.   According to the indictment, the defendant H.R., on 01 November 2021, in a primary school of the municipality of Viti, abused his duty and authority, so that while he was acting as a teacher he mistreated, intimidated and severely insulted the dignity of the injured party, 13-year-old student, in the way that she initially ...

Prishtinë, 24 November 2021– The Basic Prosecution in Prishtina, for the sake of fair and correct information of the public opinion through this announcement announces that on 25.05.2021, has received the criminal report against the suspect FH, owner of a dental practice in Prishtina, in terms of criminal offenses "Unconscious medical treatment", "Failure to provide medical assistance" and "Sexual harassment", provided by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.   The prosecutor of the case, after reviewing and analyzing in detail the criminal report, documents and evidence attached to it by the injured party, ...

Prishtina, November 19, 2021 - The Chief State Prosecutor, Aleksandër Lumezi, received in a meeting the Ambassador of France in Kosovo, Marie-Christine Butel. Evaluation of the legal cooperation between the State Prosecutor and the institutions of justice in France, the deepening of this cooperation, especially with the National School of Magistrates and National Financial Prosecutor’s Office in France in the exchange of experiences in the field of organized crime investigation, corruption and terrorism, as well as the strengthening of internal institutional mechanisms in evaluating, disciplining, controlling and strengthening the integrity and ethics of prosecutors, were some of the ...

Ferizaj, November 19, 2021 - The Basic Prosecution in Ferizaj, General Department, has requested from the Basic Court in Ferizaj to order the measure of the detention on remand against the defendants Sh.L., G.S., E.Sh., M.L. and B.R., from Kaçanik, who are under the 48-hour detention measure. According to the request of the Prosecution, there is a grounded suspicion that the defendants during an indefinite time in co-perpetration, they continuously cut trees of different types in the protected forest exactly in the territory of the National Park “Sharri” for the purpose of sale ...

Prishtina, November 15, 2021 - Following the institutional commitment and the vital importance of the separation of powers and cooperation between justice institutions, the Chief State Prosecutor, Aleksandër Lumezi, received in a meeting in his office, the Minister of Justice, Albulena Haxhiu, where present also were the Chairman of the Kosovo Prosecutorial Council Jetish Maloku and deputy Minister of Justice, Blerim Sallahu. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss common issues and overcome challenges with the aim of rebuilding cooperation and mutual trust for ongoing reforms aimed at improving the justice system. In this context, the parties have stressed ...

Prishtinë, 9 November  2021 – The Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK), has filed indictment in the Basic Court in Prishtina - Special Department, against S.B. for the criminal offense "War crimes against the civilian population". The Special Prosecution Office announces that the indictment has been filed against the defendant S.B on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of "War Crimes against the Civilian Population" punishable under article 142 of the Criminal Code of the former SFRY, as law in force in the time of the commission of the criminal offense. The ...

Prishtina, November 8, 2021 - The Chief State Prosecutor, Aleksandër Lumezi, received in a meeting the Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo EULEX, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark. The process of legislative changes, institutional reforms, efforts to strengthen the rule of law in the Republic of Kosovo and the discussion of other issues of common interest were the focus of the meeting between the Chief State Prosecutor and the Head of EULEX. On this occasion, Chief State Prosecutor Lumezi informed the Head of EULEX Mission about the institutional positions for these processes, referencing arising from the functional review ...

Mitrovica, November 01, 2021 - Basic Prosecution in Mitrovica - Department of Serious Crimes, has filed an indictment with the Basic Court in Mitrovica, against the defendants L.S., B.H., V.I., and V.S., in terms of criminal offenses “Aggravated Murder”, under Article 173 paragraph 1 item 1.5 of the CCRK, “Attempted aggravated murder”, under Article 173 paragraph 1 item 1.5 in conjunction with Article 28 of the CCRK, “Unauthorized possession, control or possession of weapons”, under Article 366 paragraph 1 of the CCRK, as well as “Use of a weapon or dangerous means”, under Article 367 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code ...