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Daily:Indictments against ex-KLA leaders “to shake Kosovo”

PRISTINA, 21. JUNE 2016 – A Pristina-based daily writes that the first indictments of the special court for KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) war crimes are expected by the end of the year. According to...

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Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Jailed for Wartime Torture

PRISTINA, 08. AUG. 2016 – EU rule-of-law mission judges sentenced former paramilitary Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Xhemshit Krasniqi to eight years in jail for the abuse and torture of civilians in...

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Kosovo Special War Crimes Court to start by the end of the year

PRISTINA, 22. AUG. 2016 -Outgoing EU Special Representative in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar When asked when the Special Court for war crimes committed by the KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) can be expected,...

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US Lawyer Appointed Kosovo War Crimes Special Court Chief Prosecutor

BRUSSELS, 05. SEPT. 2016 – US lawyer David Schwendiman has been appointed as the chief prosecutor of the new Hague-based Special Kosovo war crimes court which is expected to try former Albanian...

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Kosovo War Court Prosecutor Promises ‘Fearless’ Probes

THE HAGUE, 15. SEPT. 2016 – The chief prosecutor at the new special court set up to try former paramilitary Kosovo Liberation Army fighters for crimes during and after the war promised he would conduct...

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Former Albanian KLA war crimes court “will change Kosovo’s political scene”

PRISTINA, 16. SEPT. 2016 – A war crimes court that will deal with the crimes committed in Kosovo by the former ethnic Albanian paramilitary KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) will start its work in the...

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Kosovo President Demands Prosecutors Probe War Crimes

PRISTINA, 10. OCT. 2016 – President Hashim Thaci sent letters to Kosovo prosecutors urging them to take action to resolve a series of crimes against both ethnic Albanians and Serbs during and after the...

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Kosovo ex Paramilitary Commander Fatmir Limaj Charged with War Crimes

PRISTINA, 28. OCT. 2016 – Kosovo’s Special Prosecution filed an war crimes indictment against former paramilitary Kosovo Albanian. The Special Prosecution charged Fatmir Limaj with war crimes over the...

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Kosovo police official arrested for war crimes released

BELGRADE, 02. NOV. 2016 – The Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime has halted an investigation against Kosovo Police official Nihat Thaci, who was released, official news agency Tanjug...

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New War Court Could Disrupt Kosovo’s Politics

PRISTINA, 02. NOV. 2016 (BIRN) – If the new Hague-based Special Court indicts senior politicians for war crimes and political killings, it could bring down Kosovo’s governing coalition and undermine...

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First former Kosovo Albanian paramilitary KLA war crimes court indictments...

PRISTINA, 03. NOV. 2016 – The special court for ex Kosovo Albanian paramilitary formation KLA war crimes could raise the first indictments by June 2017, Koha Ditore – a Pristina-based Albanian language...

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Kosovo War Crimes Court Prosecutor: I will be guided only by the facts and...

Pristina, 07 November 2016 – The recently appointed Kosovo Special Tribunal Chief Prosecutor of the newly created Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, Mr David Schwendiman, stressed during his visite to...

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FM Johnson: UK to monitor work of special court for KLA crimes

PRISTINA, 10. NOV. 2016 – Boris Johnson has announced that cooperation with the special court for the former Kosovo Albanian paramilitary KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) war crimes was “very important...

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Prosecutor: “Sufficient evidence to indict ex-KLA members”

BRUSSELS, 14. NOV. 2016 – There is sufficient evidence to indict certain former members of the former Kosovo Albanian paramilitary group KLA (“Kosovo Liberation Army”) for war crimes committed in the...

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KOSOVO:EKATERINA TRENDAFILOVA APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE SPECIALIST WAR...

PRISTINA, 14 Dec 2016 – Dr Ekaterina Trendafilova was appointed the first President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers . After the independent Selection Panel submitted its recommendation, the...

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EX KOSOVO ALBANIAN PARAMILITARY HARADINAJ APPREHENDED IN FRANCE

PARIS, PRISTINA, 04. JAN. 2017 -The French police arrested ex Kosovo Albanian paramilitary UCK chief Ramush Haradinaj, actually president of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo party, based on an...

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Serbia to seek arrested Haradinaj’s extradition from France

BELGRADE, 05. JAN. 2016 – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has commented on the arrest of Ramush Haradinaj in France to say it is “good for justice to be above politics” and stressed that...

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Ex Kosovo Albanian paramilitary commander Haradinaj to be kept in custody...

PARIS, 05. JAN. 2017 – Former Kosovo Albanian paramilitary UCK commander Ramush Haradinaj , arrested by French police, will remain in custody “until Serbia makes a formal extradition request,” a French...

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Albania:Haradinaj’s arrest, strong criticism against the EU, suspension of...

TIRANA, 09. JAN. 2017 – In Albania, the repeated arrests of the former Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj is being commented with rage against French authorities. They say that this arrest is...

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Serbian Prosecution:”New evidence against Haradinaj, indictment expanded”

BELGRADE, 11. JAN. 2017 – The Serbian Ministry of Justice has sent to the French judicial authorities an extradition request for former Kosovo Albanian paramility commander Ramush Haradinaj, arrested...

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