The Basic Court in Pristina has ordered the pretrial detention of Igor Marković, who is suspected of being involved in attacks against KFOR members and Kosovo Police officers in Zvečan in May 2023.

According to the court’s announcement, there is grounded suspicion that the defendant committed the criminal offenses of “Association for unconstitutional activities,” “Endangering internationally protected persons,” “Participation in a crowd committing a criminal offense and hooliganism,” “Assault on an official” and “Unauthorized possession, control or ownership of weapons.”

At this stage of the proceedings, the court considered pretrial detention to be the most appropriate measure because of the risk that Marković could flee and evade criminal responsibility.

As part of its reasoning, the court cited the fact that Igor Marković is a Serbian citizen, assessing that this increases the possibility of his leaving and the judicial authorities losing access to him.

The court also found that there was a possibility that the suspect could interfere with witnesses or evidence, creating obstacles to the continuation of the criminal proceedings.

Based on these circumstances, the Basic Court in Pristina assessed that pretrial detention was, for the time being, the only measure that would enable the criminal proceedings to continue without obstruction.

The suspicions against Igor Marković are linked to the events of May 2023 in Zvečan, during which KFOR members and Kosovo Police officers were attacked.

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Vehicles transporting goods with a total weight of over 20 tonnes will be allowed to operate without restrictions tomorrow, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport announced.

The ministry explained that official temperature forecasts do not meet the criteria required to activate temporary restrictive measures.

Consequently, the decision providing for a ban on these vehicles will not take effect tomorrow.

MIT announced that weather conditions will continue to be monitored and assessed daily.

If conditions warrant the imposition of restrictions, citizens and businesses will be informed in a timely manner.

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With the rise of Slobodan Milošević to the leadership of Serbia, Albanian-language education in Kosovo, and especially the University of Prishtina, faced heavy blows that brought the situation to the point of serious danger, on a scale threatening the destruction of education in the Albanian language.

The Serbian authorities, driven by a nationalist approach, engaged in changing and suppressing Albanian schooling in Kosovo. At the same time, the situation at the university became increasingly grave, in parallel with the worsening situation across Kosovo.

The University Center was no longer a safe place for Albanian students and professors. Immediately after the end of the summer semester of the 1990/91 academic year, on June 28, 1991, the Assembly of Serbia imposed violent measures on the University of Prishtina.

In the new academic year, the violent administration, dominated by Serb-Montenegrin cadres, increased the number of students by 923 new enrollees, mainly Serbs brought from various regions of Serbia and Montenegro.

On August 21, 1991, the Helsinki Group in Vienna published a statement emphasizing that Albanian education in Kosovo no longer existed and had been destroyed by Serbia. Nevertheless, with the beginning of 1992, efforts were aimed at finding the possibilities and forms for Albanian schools to resume activity.

On February 14, 1992, the University of Prishtina announced that university-level instruction in house-schools would begin on February 17 of that year.

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