Kosovo ready to cooperateKosovo ready to cooperate – Espionage on the Serbian List and Serbia, what KFOR said and what Eulex said
Express newspaper
29/08/2025 8:03
A Croatian pilot has been arrested along with his Kosovo partner on suspicion that she provided him with sensitive information, reportedly information related to the movements of Serbs in northern Kosovo, as well as members of KFOR.
The arrests have sparked great public interest, with some media outlets reporting that authorities are also investigating the couple’s possible ties to Serbian intelligence services.
NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, KFOR, has said that they take these allegations seriously.
“We take these allegations very seriously. The safety of KFOR personnel and the integrity of classified information are paramount,” a NATO official told Radio Free Europe.
But Murganić turned out to be no unknown name. Murganić turned out to have been part of UNMIK, EULEX, and had connections with judges and prosecutors from these missions, according to media reports in Croatia.
The EU Rule of Law Mission, EULEX, has also confirmed that she was part of them. In a response to Naconale, EULEX said that they are aware that a former employee of theirs is involved in an investigation.
“EULEX Kosovo is aware of media reports involving an investigation against a former member of the EULEX Mission. The Mission is currently not in a position to comment further on the case,” EULEX said.
Kosovo has expressed its willingness to cooperate on this matter.
The spokesperson for the acting Government of Kosovo, Përparim Kryeziu, said that “given that the activity of AM and the Croatian citizen, both arrested in Croatia, took place in Kosovo, our institutions are fully prepared to cooperate with the institutions of Croatia for the further development of the investigations and the full disclosure of the activities and network of action.”
Meanwhile, the Serbian List MP, Igor Simić, was asked by journalists about this case after the session of the Kosovo Assembly held on August 28. He replied briefly that neither he nor any other exponent of the Serbian List knows AM, denying that any of them had any connection with him.
The story began nine years ago.
They met in 2016: he was a member of the Croatian contingent in KFOR, while she worked as a translator for EULEX. Their relationship was long and intermittent, but always lively, while AM often visited Croatia. It was there that he was arrested a few days ago.
The prosecution says the pilot revealed secret information about the movements and positions of KFOR forces, which AM then transmitted through encrypted applications. The charge against him provides for up to 10 years in prison, while against her – from one to five years.
AM was placed in custody, with the reasoning that there is a risk of flight and influence over witnesses. The pilot, however, was not taken into custody, as the court assessed that there is no longer a possibility of repeating the offense – given that he is no longer on a mission in Kosovo.
In his initial statements, the pilot defended himself by saying that his girlfriend was only sending him weather data, which was essential for flights, and not classified information. “Someone is doing me an injustice, she is just a collateral victim,” he told investigators.