The Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo has filed an indictment against Fatmir Sheholli, charging him with the criminal offenses of espionage and blackmail.

The case file contains numerous pieces of evidence and materials which, according to the prosecution, are linked to Sheholli’s involvement in these activities.

Page 48 of the indictment includes data obtained during searches conducted against him. These materials form part of the police report and were admitted as evidence by the Prosecution.

Among the evidence mentioned are documents from the Republic of Serbia which, according to the indictment, enabled Sheholli to travel within Serbian territory and coordinate actions with Serbia’s BIA.

During the search on 09.10.2025, the authorities seized, as evidence A#1, four Serbian documents in Fatmir Sheholli’s name: two passports, an identity card of the Republic of Serbia, and a service booklet from the former Yugoslav Army. The Prosecution assesses that possessing them facilitated his movement in Serbia, as well as his contacts and duties related to BIA activities.

The indictment also refers to another report by the Kosovo Police, which includes materials seized during searches of the defendant’s properties.

Some of this evidence relates to Sheholli’s purchase of an apartment from the Serbian media institution JP Radio-Televizije Srbije – Beograd, located at Takovska 10.

According to the indictment, during the search conducted on 09.10.2025, documents were found among the seized material A#35 proving the conclusion of a sales contract for the apartment between Fatmir Sheholli and JP Radio-Televizije Srbije – Beograd.

Evidence A#35, item 22, obtained during the search of his apartment and vehicle, shows that Sheholli possessed the original documentation for an apartment in Pristina. The property had been purchased through a contract with JP Radio-Televizija Srbije – Beograd, an institution where he had been employed.

The Prosecution considers it significant that, up until the contract was signed, Sheholli had presented himself as a member of the Serbian SUP in Podujevo. According to the indictment, the seized documents subsequently also prove his employment with Serbia’s Radio-Television structure in Pristina, during a period when the violence by the Serbian Army and Police against the Albanian population had reached its peak.

These circumstances, assessed together with the other evidence gathered in this criminal case, are considered relevant by the Prosecution in clarifying Sheholli’s ties and engagements with Serbia’s state structures during that period as well. The materials have been attached to the indictment’s general case file.

The indictment also includes other information and details which, the Special Prosecution alleges, show that Fatmir Sheholli was involved in numerous cases of espionage.

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The Basic Prosecution Office in Gjakova has released the first information about the serious incident that occurred in the village of Kërvasari, Malisheva, where a woman died from gunshot wounds. Her husband is suspected in the case; he was also seriously injured and is in critical condition.

According to the Prosecution’s statement, the woman, the suspect’s wife, died at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo (QKUK) as a result of gunshot wounds. The incident occurred in Kërvasar, in the Municipality of Malisheva, “Bota sot” reports.

The suspect, a male, also sustained serious gunshot wounds. He was taken for medical treatment and, according to the QKUK statement, his condition is serious and critical.

The State Prosecutor went to the scene, while on his orders the victim’s body was sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Pristina for an autopsy.

The case was initiated by the State Prosecutor for the criminal offenses of “Aggravated Murder” and “Unauthorized possession, control or ownership of weapons.”

The Basic Prosecution Office in Gjakova announced on August 24, 2026, that, in cooperation with the Kosovo Police, all necessary actions were being taken to fully clarify the circumstances and secure relevant evidence.

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The Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo, the Kosovo Police and the Institute of Forensic Medicine have announced a new discovery during excavation and exhumation operations at suspected locations in Zubin Potok.

According to the initial assessment by forensic experts, bone remains believed to belong to at least 23 individuals have been found in the area.

Their final identification is expected to be carried out only after the forensic examinations and other necessary procedures have been completed.

Investigations and procedural actions will continue by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Kosovo Police, through the Directorate for the Investigation of War Crimes and in cooperation with the relevant institutions.

Full statement:

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE KOSOVO POLICE, THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND THE INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE

Pristina, August 19, 2026

The Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo, in cooperation with the Kosovo Police and the Institute of Forensic Medicine, informs the public that during excavation and exhumation activities in the Zubin Potok case, forensic experts confirmed another finding on Wednesday at the suspected locations.

Based on the preliminary assessment, teams from the Institute of Forensic Medicine identified bone remains believed to belong to at least 23 individuals.

The full identification process will take place after the forensic examinations and relevant procedures have been completed.

The Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Kosovo Police, through the Directorate for the Investigation of War Crimes and in coordination with the other competent institutions, will continue the investigations and procedural actions related to this case.

Three people, J.R., M.J. and M.B., are being investigated in connection with this matter and are suspected of the criminal offense of “War crimes against the civilian population.” All three are in pretrial detention.

The Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo, the Kosovo Police and the Institute of Forensic Medicine underline their commitment to conducting a professional, impartial and documented process, while fully respecting the dignity of the victims and the families of missing persons. Any new information will be made public in accordance with legal requirements and the needs of the investigation.

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The Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo has asked the Basic Court in Pristina to order Fehim Sali into pretrial detention. He was arrested yesterday on suspicion of espionage.

The request states that Sali is a citizen of Kosovo of Serbian ethnicity and also holds Serbian citizenship.

The Special Prosecution Office alleges that there is a well-founded suspicion that Sali, acting intentionally and for material gain, was recruited by the Intelligence Service of the Republic of Serbia, known as the BIA. According to the Prosecution, he continuously assisted this foreign service by carrying out the orders and instructions of senior BIA official Zhelimir Matović, known by the nickname “Zheljko.”

The request alleges that Sali passed on information about political developments in Kosovo and identified officials of the Kosovo Intelligence Agency (KIA), photographing them. He is also suspected of providing information about members of the Wahhabi sect and other individuals, whom he later proposed to the BIA official as potential targets for contact and recruitment.

Sali is also suspected of other actions contrary to the state interests of the Republic of Kosovo that undermine and harm the country’s constitutional order and national security.

In its request submitted to the Basic Court, the Special Prosecution Office maintains that through these actions, the defendant committed the criminal offense of “Espionage,” as defined in Article 124, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.

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The Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo has filed an indictment against S.S., charging him with the criminal offense of “War Crimes Against the Civilian Population.”

The indictment states that on April 6, 1999, in the village of Reznik, Vushtrri, S.S., together with other members of the Serbian forces and S.T., who was previously convicted by the Basic Court in Pristina, participated in the killing of nine Albanian civilians.

According to the prosecution’s allegations, some of the victims were burned alive, while the bodies of others were burned after they had been killed.

S.S. is also accused of entering the homes of Albanian families together with armed individuals, looting them and then setting the houses on fire.

The case has been sent to the Basic Court in Pristina for review, while the defendant remains in pretrial detention.

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The Kosovo Special Prosecution Office has filed an indictment against 20 people for war crimes committed in Gjakova. Radio Free Europe has learned that Milan Radoičić is among the defendants.

According to the indictment, the group is accused of involvement in the killing of 107 civilians. The Special Prosecution Office has requested that all the defendants be tried in absentia.

The individuals charged with the criminal offense of “war crimes against the civilian population” were identified by the Prosecution Office only by their initials: M.K., R.C., M.D., P.R., S.K., L.O., Zh.S., S.S., L.D., Z.R., D.G., Ç.B., V.B., R.B., R.R., L.R., M.Sh., M.R., S.G. and T.A.

The Prosecution Office alleges that in 1998-1999, M.K., then head of the Secretariat of Internal Affairs in Gjakova; R.Ç., commander of the Special Police units; and M.D., commander of the 52nd Rocket Artillery Brigade, together with the other defendants, including Radoičić, participated in the killing of 107 civilians as members of these units during a “large-scale military-police operation.”

In its statement, the Special Prosecution Office said that, according to the indictment, women and children were initially separated from the men during the operation. The women were stripped of their gold jewelry, money and other valuables, while the men were killed in houses and courtyards, as well as at a location known as “Taliq Bridge.” At the same time, houses were set on fire.

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Former Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Liburn Aliu has completed his questioning at the Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo, where he had been summoned in connection with a suspected case of abuse of official duty during his time as minister.

Aliu, who spent around three hours at the Prosecution Office, said after leaving that he felt relieved because he had had the opportunity to explain the entire matter to the prosecutors.

According to him, he had remained silent for two years in the face of attacks and allegations, while during the questioning he explained that throughout his time as minister he had acted in accordance with the law and the recommendations of the National Audit Office. Aliu also said that there was no decision linking him to this process.

He also denied allegations of inaction, stressing that the case had been audited by the National Audit Office, which had issued recommendations, and that action had been taken on the basis of those recommendations. He also mentioned an investigation which, according to him, clarified the distinction between the minister’s position as part of the political staff and the work of the administration.

Aliu considered the questioning an opportunity to present his explanations regarding the entire process and said that he now felt at ease. He held the post of minister in the Kurti government until August 2025, when he resigned, and is currently the director of the Port of Durrës in Albania.

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Liburn Aliu, the former minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, is being questioned by the Kosovo Special Prosecution, where he has been for three hours.

The questioning is related to suspicions of abuse of official duty during the period when Aliu served as a minister in the Kurti government.

He remained in the post until August 2025, when he submitted his resignation.

Aliu currently serves as the director of the Port of Durrës in Albania.

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Igor Simiq, Ivan Zaporozhac, Ivan Todosijeviq, Zoran Todiq and Vasilije Tomasheviq, representatives of the Serbian List, have been summoned by the Basic Prosecutor’s Office in Mitrovica to give statements on August 13 as defendants.

According to the Serbian List, they are suspected of falsifying documents. The political party claims that the prosecution is linked to the fact that they headed Serbian institutions that are not recognized by Pristina, KP reports.

The case concerns their refusal to hand over the offices of the four northern municipalities, an incident that occurred three years ago.

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The deadline for submitting applications for the post of Prosecutor General has closed, with five candidates registered in the race.

The final list of applicants seeking to lead the General Prosecutor’s Office includes Adnan Xholi, Arta Marku, Fatjona Memçaj, Rovena Zoto and Ylli Pjeternikaj.

Following the close of applications, each candidate will undergo verification and assessment in accordance with the criteria established for this senior position in the justice system.

The Prosecutor General is appointed for a specified term and is responsible for directing and coordinating the activities of prosecution offices throughout the country. The selection process is expected to proceed with the other prescribed stages.

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