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.
