Informing minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic on March 11, 1999,

ordered in a written statement the District Prosecution Court in

Prishtina that urgently open procedure and fix the time for trial

against the publisher of the daily newspaper "Kosova Sot", Mr. Ruzhdi

Kadriu and its editor in chief, Mr. Ibrahim Rexhepi. Court hearing is

going to be held on Saturday on March 13, at 1000 hrs, where the verdict

is expected to be brought in accordance with Serbian laws.

According to Aleksandar Vucic's instructions, the indictment is based on

the article 67 of the Law for Public Informing of Serbia. According to

this article, penalties are enormous, 800.000 dinars. Basing on our

material capacity, this means our newspaper shut down.

Words of the minister Vucic at the press conference prove that

everything has been prepared previously. The conference held today at

1300 hrs and it mainly discussed for the newspaper "Kosova

Sot" where Vucic among others said that "couple of minutes ago I

contacted with the Court and according to the information I possess,

they're going to pay the fine of 800.000 dinars. Perhaps

then, they're going to put themselves together!"

Staff of the editing "Kosova Sot" in Prishtina