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The trial for the September 2024 terrorist attack in Banjska, Zvecan, held at the Basic Court of Prishtina on April 17, 2025. Photo: BIRN

Three Serbs Go on Trial for 2023 Armed Attack in Banjska, Kosovo

As the trial started for the September 2023 attack on the Kosovo village of Banjska, in which a police officer was killed, the prosecution said it would prove the assault was well planned by a trained group of armed Serbs.

Presentation of BIRN report "Challenges of Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Deradicalisation Programs in Kosovo," at 'Reporting House' in Prishtina, February 27,2025. Photo: BIRN

Gaps in Kosovo’s Legal Framework Hinder Effective Rehabilitation of Terrorism Offenders: BIRN Report

A BIRN Kosovo report reveals that gaps in the country's laws regarding rehabilitation, reintegration, and deradicalisation programs for individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses have led to low participation in these programs.

Left to right: Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic and Dusan Maksimovic at Prishtina Basic Court on October 9, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Serbs Plead Not Guilty to Terrorism Over Banjska Attack

The only three suspects arrested so far in Kosovo for the deadly attack on police by a Serb armed group in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023 pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges.

Left to right, Blagoje Spasojevic, Vladimir Tolic, and Dusan Maksimovic at Pristina Basic Court on September 25, 2024. Photo: BIRN

Kosovo Postpones Trial for Banjska Attack, Awaits Supreme Court Ruling

The first trial hearing for the 2023 deadly attack in Banjska was postponed to October, and Kosovo's Supreme Court was asked to rule on whether the trial of fugitive kingpin Milan Radoicic and 41 others can be held in absentia.

Kosovo Declares Serb Groups in North ‘Terrorists’

Government on Thursday declares two groups operating in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo terrorist organisations, amid warnings that it may further alienate local Serbs.


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