Return to Klinavac

KIM Radio, Caglavica, June 17, 2006
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The beginning of the minority return project "Return to Klinavac" which is being directly implemented by Klina municipality with funds from the Kosovo consolidated budget is scheduled for Monday, June 19, at 11:30 a.m. This village, which was severely destroyed during the 1999 conflict, was abandoned by its Serb and Roma population seven years ago.

This event is the first step toward building a foundation for a new project of organized return to Klinavac for 15 Serb families now displaced and living in collective centers in south Serbia. Five Roma families currently displaced volunteered to return to their homes in this multi-section project offering reconstruction of houses, the possibility of starting a new life and major works on the infrastructure of the village including works on the rehabilitation of the roads, electricity network and waterworks.

Six more Albanian families will also receive housing assistance and the support of the community. The target of this event is to promote returns to and within Kosovo for all displaced persons. as well, it offers the possibility for local and international communities to demonstrate efforts in realizing the rights of all displaced persons from Kosovo to return to their homes and to live a sustainable and dignified life. This subproject is administered by UNDP in cooperation with the Ministry for Communities and Returns. The total value of the project is about 827,000 euros.

Albanian threatens to torch Serb house from which he was evicted

KIM Radio, Caglavica, June 17, 2006
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An Albanian man who usurped the house of Branislav Krstic from Prizren left the house today in accordance with an HPD order after living in it illegally for six hears; however, he has threatened to torch the house, KIM Radio has learned. KIM Radio reporters who visited Prizren today found the gate of garden where Branislav Krstic's house is located locked. What could be seen is that all the doors of the house itself were open.

Krstic's neighbors, whose name is not mentioned for security reasons, confirmed that during the day the squatter had been removing things from the house and threatening to set it on fire. The incident was reported to police; however, a source in the Kosovo Police Service station in Prizren told KIM Radio that the public information official had gone home for the day and that they needed to consult with him tomorrow regarding the case. The house of Branislav Krstic is located in Dragoljuba Ilica Street no. 4 in the Panelija quarter next to the church of St. Panteleimon.

The Police Confirm That A Serb KPS Member Is The Suspect For The Attack Against The Serbian Orthodox Priest

19 June (Zeri, Pristina)

A 29-year-old, KPS member from the Serb community is claimed to be a suspect for the fire arm attack against the Serb priest who was driving his car.

The UNMIK police spokesperson in Mitrovica, Larry R. Miller, emphasized that the 29-year-old will be given an indictment because he is found responsible for the attack that happened on May 6, 2006 at about 22:00 near the Sokolica Monastery.  The Serbian priest was traveling in his car with his wife and daughters and they were attacked with fire arms.
Larry Miller reemphasized that the car was shot, but fortunately nobody was hurt.

According to Miller, the initiative to find the initiator of the attack was made by the Regional Unit for Crimes. This investigation was sent to the Sector for the Investigation of Serious Crimes in Pristina.