Kosovo begins excavations at newly found mass graves tied to 1998-99 war missing
Authorities are searching for the remains of about 1,600 people missing from the war, while families hope the newly found graves will bring answers.
- Authorities began excavating mass graves near Small Kalluder in the northern municipality of Zubin Potok, Kosovo, in late July, seeking victims from the 1999 war.
- Some 13,000 people died in the Kosovo war, with roughly 1,200 ethnic Albanians and around 400 ethnic Serbs still missing; Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, which Belgrade does not recognize.
- Erblin Ademi, whose father, Adem Ademi, a prominent surgeon, disappeared with 22 other intellectuals in April 1999, watched excavations on August 5, 2026, expressing both pain and hope.
- Police in Kosovo arrested two ethnic Serbs on suspicion of war crimes last month, while Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated authorities believe the victims could be the missing intellectuals.
- Despite a May 2023 agreement to clarify the fate of the missing, Kosovo and Serbia have accused each other of stalling, as The European Union presses both to normalize ties for bloc membership.
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Hope for answers as Kosovo finds new mass graves from 1998-99 conflict
Erblin Ademi watched from afar as workers excavated recently discovered mass graves from the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father went missing, Ademi both feared and wished that his remains will finally be found.
The Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo announced that an indictment was filed against the Serb S.S. for a war crime in the village of Reznik near Vučitrn. He is accused of having participated in the murder of nine Albanian civilians on April 6, 1999 with other members of the Serbian forces.
The excavation of another mass grave has begun in Kosovo. Some 13,000 people died in the Kosovo War, and 1,600 people are still listed as missing.
The families of the missing have been waiting for almost three decades to learn the fate of their loved ones
(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Deploying ground-penetrating radar equipment to survey eight suspected locations containing the remains of fallen soldiers in Con Tien commune, Quang Tri province, authorities detected unusual signals with disturbed areas underground.
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