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SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE OF RASKA AND PRIZREN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KFOR IS NOT IN POSITION TO PROTECT THE MONASTERY OF ZOCISTE AND SECURE ITS REBUILDING BISHOP ARTEMIJE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE MONKS Gracanica, July 19 , 2002 The commander of the Multinational Brigade South Brigadier General Wolf-Dieter Skodowski and the political advisor to gen. Velentin (COMKFOR) Mr. Maartens de Sitters had a meeting today with Bishop Artemije and hieromonk Sava (Janjic) at Gracanica Monastery. The main topic of discussion were the events at Zociste monastery in the last four days. Despite his sincere willingness to assist all Kosovo communities, as...

Another Serb cemetery in Kosovo demolished 12:13 KOSOVSKA MITROVICA , June 24 (Tanjug) - A total of 74 gravestones at the Serb cemetery in the village of Milosevo near Pristina were pulled down in the past week, villager Rodoljub Dutina told Tanjug on Monday. Dutina said that unidentified vandals had taken away three busts, and that just 13 gravestones had remained intact. (end)