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The Kosovo government said it needs more satellite images of a suspected mass grave site in southern Serbia to determine whether a search for buried bodies that was halted by the Belgrade authorities should continue.
Preliminary excavations have begun at a mine near the town of Sjenica in southern Serbia, where experts are searching for the bodies of people who went missing during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
Fahrije Hoti, whose struggle to rebuild her life after her husband disappeared during wartime became the subject of a feature film, was given the award by the European Union’s office in Kosovo.
Kosovo Liberation Army ex-leaders turned politicians Hashim Thaçi and Kadri Veseli pleaded not guilty to additional charges filed by Hague prosecutors alleging they committed further wartime and post-war crimes against civilians.
On the day commemorating missing persons from the independence war, justice remains sought for the fate of over 1,600 people still missing since 1998-1999.
