Kosovo
duo facing trial at UN tribunal over alleged intimidation
of witness
28 April – Kosovo’s ex-minister for culture,
youth and sport and a former newspaper editor will appear
tomorrow before the United Nations International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after being charged
with contempt of court for allegedly trying to intimidate
a witness in a war crimes trial.
Ban
Ki-moon to discuss Kosovo issue during visit to Moscow
7 April – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today
he plans to discuss the situation in Kosovo, which declared
its independence from Serbia on 17 February, with Russian
officials during his visit to Moscow this week.
Former
top Yugoslav figure granted temporary leave by UN war crimes
tribunal
4 April – The United Nations tribunal set up to deal
with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts
of the 1990s has granted temporary release to a former senior
Yugoslav political figure facing trial over an alleged campaign
of terror and violence against Kosovo Albanians and other
non-Serbs in 1999.
Former
leader of Kosovo acquitted of war crimes charges by UN tribunal
3 April – The United Nations tribunal set up to deal
with the worst acts committed during the Balkan wars of
the 1990s today acquitted a former prime minister of Kosovo
of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Security
Council resolution still in force in Kosovo – Secretary-General
1 April – The United Nations mission in Kosovo continues
to operate on the assumption that the 1999 Security Council
resolution that gave it administrative authority following
ethnic bloodshed is still in force, Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon says in his first report on the issue since Kosovo
declared independence from Serbia on 17 February.
