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Excavations for missing persons during the Kosovo war, in Prekaz, Ferizaj, November 20, 2023. Photo: Kosovo Government Commission on Missing Persons/Facebook

Kosovo Calls for Blood Samples and Witnesses to Help Identify War Missing

More than two decades after the Kosovo war, the fate of around 1,600 missing persons remains unresolved. State institutions are now urging families to provide DNA samples and for witnesses to come forward—regardless of their ethnicity or role during the conflict.

Pedestrians walk past by silhouettes symbolising missing persons in Prishtina, Kosovo on August 30, 2021. Photo: EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

Kosovo War Victims Await Forensic Identification as Resources Fall Short

More than a quarter of a century after the end of the war in Kosovo, the country’s ability to identify the missing is severely crippled by staff shortages, inadequate forensic equipment, outdated infrastructure, and lack of political will.

Prishtina Insight is a digital and print magazine published by BIRN Kosovo, an independent, non-governmental organisation. To find out more about the organization please visit the official website. Copyright © 2016 BIRN Kosovo.

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