According to the WHO, in 2010, 107,000 both legal and illegal transplants of human organs were carried out. Two-thirds of all transplanted organs are kidneys. Experts believe that ten percent of all kidney transplants are illegal. The organization Organ Watch provided a different number – from 15 to 20,000 illegal operations a year. At least two illegal human organs transplantation surgeries... 

Israeli organ trafficking ring leader Moshe Harel A European Union (EU) prosecutor says an Israeli man suspected of running an organ trafficking network has been arrested in Israel. “We have received information that Moshe Harel has been arrested in Israel on organ trafficking and other related offences,” EU special prosecutor Jonathan Ratel said. Harel is wanted in Kosovo, where he and... 

Serbian president Boris Tadic has announced his resignation, nine months before the end of his presidential term, paving the way for an early presidential election. Serbia’s parliament speaker is expected to call the vote for May 6, the same day that general elections are already scheduled. ­Tadic is set to leave the office April 6, after that Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, the speaker of parliament,... 

A picture taken on December 13, 2011 shows a Romanian officer of the EULEX mission in Kosovo standing guard in front of a truck carring Russian aid at the border crossing of Jarinje between Serbia and northern Kosovo Russian diplomats have announced that EU officials continue to block a Russian aid convoy on the Serbia-Kosovo border and insist the issue must be solved at a senior political level. Russian... 

Russia provided an original response to the Kosovo Serbs who asked Russia for citizenship in a desperate attempt to find at least some protection from the Albanian militants. Instead of Russian passports or military assistance Russia sent to northern Kosovo blankets and food. On December 7 a convoy of 25 cars of MOE Russia set off to the Balkans from the city of Noginsk located in Moscow region. Residents... 

Kosovo Force KFOR soldiers guard the border crossing Jarinje between Serbia and northern Kosovo Violence has flared again in Northern Kosovo after NATO troops brutally dispersed a crowd of Serbian protesters at a makeshift roadblock, firing live ammunition at peaceful demonstrators, and have now established an armed presence in the area. Over 100 KFOR troops arrived at the scene on Friday and forced... 

There is no doubt that in the massive wave of popular outrage against NATO’s support for terrorists in Libya, a spontaneous international movement of decent people from all walks of life from the four corners of the Earth, the people of Serbia have opened their hearts speaking out in the name of justice. It is time for us to do the same for Serbia. Twelve years ago I had the honour to speak... 

North Kosovo, in orange, is Serb-run. Pristina aims to start trade war with Belgrade. Two policemen were wounded Monday, with one later dying of his injuries, in an operation to extend central control over North Kosovo. Since the region claimed independence in 2008, its largest remaining majority-Serb enclave has resisted rule from the capital, Pristina. The European Union, which normally backs Kosovo’s... 

Arid Uka, a Kosovan Muslim, nicknamed Abu Reyann, was be behind the fatal shooting of two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport. Obama Says U.S. Will Spare No Efforts in Investigating Killings. 21-year old Arid Uka, a Kosovo Muslim gunman, shouting “Allahu Akbar” opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. airmen in Frankfurt, Germany, killing two and wounding two others before his gun jammed and he... 

The Israeli market for donor livers has been well-documented. Most international trafficking rings have involved wealthy Israeli patients on ‘transplant tours’. It is fitting that the man described as the “fixer” in Kosovo’s alleged organ ring was an Israeli of Turkish descent. Moshe Harel, a fugitive wanted by Interpol in connection with the case, is accused of matching... 

Lutfi Dervishi (center) is also linked to the Kosovo Liberation Army's alleged kidnapping and killing of Serb civilians for their organs. A gang of Kosovan organ traffickers operated an elaborate international network that traded in the organs of people living in extreme poverty, a court heard. The men, including a former senior Kosovan Health Ministry official, promised poor people from Moldova,... 

Man dressed in black randomly shot at ‘panicked’ people at mall. A gunman clad in black went on a shooting rampage Thursday, killing his ex-girlfriend by slitting her throat from ear to ear on New Years Eve then slaying four workers at a suburban shopping mall near Helsinki before apparently turning his gun on himself, police said. Takkirauta, a Finnish blogger, reports that according to the police... 

Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, 33 years old, arrived in France in 2004. “I escaped Kosovo because of Anti-Roma racism, but also Mecedonia and Montenegro”. 3 out of their 9 children were born in France Particuliar distinction: Mr Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, living with 2 women. “I remarried, but in the interest of my children, my first wife stayed with us, Overall, our... 

Nowhere in Europe is there such segregation as Kosovo. Thousands of people are still displaced and in camps. Nowhere else are there so many ‘ethnically pure’ towns and villages scattered across such a small province. Nowhere is there such a level of fear for so many minorities that they will be harassed simply for who they are. And perhaps nowhere else in Europe is at such a high risk... 

Serbs protest in Mitrovica Hundreds of Kosovo Serbs have taken over a UN courthouse in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, raising a Serbian flag to replace the UN’s.The protesters broke into the building in the Serb-dominated part of the city, forcing UN police to retreat. A Kosovo police spokesman said a UN official was negotiating with Serb leaders to try to resolve the issue. Kosovo Serbs...